Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Uxbridge


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1885
MP = John Randall
Party = Conservative
EP = London

Uxbridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The parliamentary constituency of Uxbridge was created as the westernmost county division of the historic county of Middlesex. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the seat as comprising the parishes of Ashford*, Bedfont, Cowley, Cranford, Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham , Laleham*, Littleton*, Northolt, Ruislip, Shepperton*, Staines*, Stanwell*, Sunbury*, Teddington, Uxbridge, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.

The parishes marked * were, from 1965, included in the administrative county of Surrey. The other parishes, in the above list, were at the same time incorporated in Greater London. In 1974 the south-west Middlesex communities, which had been transferred to Surrey, were linked to become the Borough of Spelthorne.

1918-1945: Uxbridge was cut down to be the north-western county division of Middlesex. The areas of south-west Middlesex which subsequently became the Borough of Spelthorne, with Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick and Teddington were all combined in a new Spelthorne constituency.

The local government areas in the new Uxbridge seat were defined, by the Representation of the People Act 1918, as the urban districts of Hayes, Ruislip-Northwood, Southall-Norwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley as well as the Uxbridge Rural District.

1945-1950: As part of an interim redistribution of parliamentary seats with more than 100,000 registered electors, changes were made to the Middlesex constituencies. Uxbridge was reduced to the urban districts of Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge.

1950-1974: In the general redistribution which took effect in 1950, Ruislip-Northwood became a new seat. Uxbridge (which became the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge in 1955) was joined by the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District, to form the last incarnation of the Uxbridge county division.

In 1965 the area of the constituency became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

1974-1983: The seat was re-classified as a borough constituency, comprising the Hillingdon wards of Colham-Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley.

1983-1997: The constituency was unchanged from 1974, but following re-warding it comprised the wards of Colham, Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon North, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.

1997-next election: There was a small boundary change, with Harefield ward being removed from the constituency. The remaining wards were Colham, Cowley, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon North, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, West Drayton and Yiewsley.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

A number of electoral wards in Hillingdon are moved into the new constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: UxbridgeElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Randall
votes = 16,840
percentage = 49.0
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roderick Dubrow-Marshall
votes = 10,669
percentage = 31.0
change = −9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tariq Mahmood
votes = 4,544
percentage = 13.2
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Cliff le May
votes = 763
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Young
votes = 725
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robert Kerby
votes = 553
percentage = 1.6
change = −0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Peter Shaw
votes = 284
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,171
percentage = 18.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 34,378
percentage = 59.4
change = +1.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +5.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Randall
votes = 15,751
percentage = 47.1
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Salisbury-Jones
votes = 13,653
percentage = 40.9
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Royce
votes = 3,426
percentage = 10.3
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Cannons
votes = 588
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,098
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 33,418
percentage = 57.5
change = -14.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Randall
votes = 16,288
percentage = 51.1
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Slaughter
votes = 12,522
percentage = 39.3
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Kerr
votes = 1,792
percentage = 5.6
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch
votes = 396
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
candidate = Julia Leonard
votes = 259
percentage = 0.8
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Frances Taylor
votes = 205
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = National Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Anderson
votes = 157
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = John McAuley
votes = 110
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Independent Liberal
candidate = Henry Middleton
votes = 69
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = James Feisenberger
votes = 39
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Ronnie Carroll
votes = 30
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,766
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 55.2
change = -16.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shersby
votes = 18,095
percentage = 43.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Williams
votes = 17,371
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Malyan
votes = 4,528
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Garrick Aird
votes = 1,153
percentage = 2.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
candidate = Julia Leonard
votes = 398
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 724
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London