Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Harrow West


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1945
MP = Gareth Thomas
Party = Labour Co-operative
EP = London

Harrow West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

A safe Conservative seat until Labour's landslide in 1997, the area is known for the famous Harrow School.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Harrow West constituency to deal with population changes. The upmarket area of Pinner has been moved to a new constituency called Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, making Harrow West a stronger Labour seat at the expense of the Conservatives than in 2005.

The electoral wards used in the modified Harrow West constituency are:

*Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Headstone North, Headstone South, Marlborough, Rayners Lane, Roxbourne, Roxeth and West Harrow

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Harrow WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Gareth Thomas
votes = 20,298
percentage = 42.5
change = −7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Freer
votes = 18,270
percentage = 38.3
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Noyce
votes = 8,188
percentage = 17.1
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Janice Cronin
votes = 576
percentage = 1.2
change = +0.1Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Berjis Daver
votes = 427
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,028
percentage = 4.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 47,759
percentage = 64.3
change = +1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing = −4.5

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Harrow WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Thomas
votes = 23,142
percentage = 49.6
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Finkelstein
votes = 16,986
percentage = 36.4
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chris Noyce
votes = 5,995
percentage = 12.9
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Kefford
votes = 525
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,156
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 46,648
percentage = 63.0
change = -9.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London