Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London
County	Greater London
Population	111,973 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	76,455 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	High Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, Arkley, Brunswick Park, Colney Hatch
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Barnet

Chipping Barnet is a constituency^{[n 1]} created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]} It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.

Villiers was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Prime Minister David Cameron from 2012 to 2016, when she was dismissed upon incoming Prime Minister Theresa May taking office. Boris Johnson appointed her as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2019 before she was sacked in February 2020.

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