Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Ruislip-Northwood


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1950
MP = Nick Hurd
Party = Conservative
EP = London

Ruislip-Northwood 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

Ruislip-Northwood is a safe Tory seat comprising middle-class North-West London suburbia. The BBC TV sitcom "The Good Life" did its location filming here in the 1970s, even though the programme was set in Surbiton in South London, an area now represented by the Liberal Democrats.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Ruislip constituency, to be fought at the next UK general election in 2009 or 2010. It is to be called Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner.

According to the [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/North_London_Boroughs/downloads/North_London_NR_FR.doc Boundary Commission Report] , accessed 22 Jan 2006, the name of the constituency has a comma between "Ruislip" and "Northwood".

Members of Parliament

*1950 – 1979: Frederic Crowder, Conservative
*1979 – 2005: John Wilkinson, Conservative
*2005 – "present": Nick Hurd, Conservative

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Hurd
votes = 18,939
percentage = 47.7
change = −1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Cox
votes = 10,029
percentage = 25.3
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ashley Riley
votes = 8,323
percentage = 21.0
change = −7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Graham Lee
votes = 892
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Ian Edward
votes = 841
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Roland Courtenay
votes = 646
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,910
percentage = 22.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 39,670
percentage = 65.3
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −3.5

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Wilkinson
votes = 18,115
percentage = 48.8%
change = -1.5%Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Travers
votes = 10,578
percentage = 28.5%
change = -4.4%Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Cox
votes = 7,177
percentage = 19.3%
change = +3.1%Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Graham Lee
votes = 724
percentage = 1.9%
change = n/aElection box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Ian Edwards
votes = 547
percentage = 1.5%
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,537
percentage = 20.3%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 37,141
percentage = 61.1%
change = -13.1%Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London