Romford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Romford Borough constituency
Romford shown within Greater London
Created:	1885
MP:	Andrew Rosindell
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Romford 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Romford, Gidea Park and Collier Row in the London Borough of Havering. Although the constituency includes the middle class Romford Garden Suburb area, large housing estates also form part of the constituency and the electorate are mostly working class Conservatives.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London the Boundary Commission for England has made modifications and alterations to all existing constituencies. The electoral wards used to create the Romford constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:

• Brooklands, Havering Park, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Romford Town, and Squirrel’s Heath.

[edit] History

Although Romford has been highly marginal through much of the 20th Century, it has largely been a Conservative seat in recent years; although taken by Labour in the 1997 landslide, it was one of the few Tory gains in 2001.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Charles Rhys, Unionist (1923 - 1929)
• H.T. Muggeridge, Labour (1929 - 1931)
• W G Hutchison, Unionist (1931 - 1935)
• John Parker, Labour (1935 - 1945)
• Thomas Macpherson, Labour (1945 - 1950)
• Lt-Col John Lockwood, Conservative (1950 - 1955)
• Ron Ledger, Labour Co-operative (1955 - 1970)
• Dick Leonard, Labour (1970 - 1974)
• Michael Neubert, Conservative (1974 - 1997)
• Eileen Gordon, Labour (1997 - 2001)
• Andrew Rosindell, Conservative (2001 - present)

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	21,560	59.1	+6.1
	Labour	Margaret Mullane	9,971	27.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Seeff	3,066	8.4	+0.4
	British National	John McCaffrey	1,088	3.0	+1.8
	UK Independence	Terry Murray	797	2.2	+0.7
Majority			11,589	31.8
Turnout			36,482	62.3	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.5

General Election 2001: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	18,931	53.0	+11.4
	Labour	Eileen Gordon	12,954	36.3	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Meyer	2,869	8.0	+0.1
	UK Independence	Stephen Ward	533	1.5
	British National	Frank McAllister	414	1.2
Majority			5,977	16.7
Turnout			35,701	59.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Preceded by: Essex South

UK Parliament constituency 1885–

Succeeded by: Present incumbent

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] References

• List of MPs since 1885

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking | Battersea | Brent North | Brent South | Brentford and Isleworth | Camberwell and Peckham | Croydon North | Dagenham | Dulwich and West Norwood | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Ealing North | Ealing Southall | East Ham | Edmonton | Eltham | Enfield North | Erith and Thamesmead | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Greenwich and Woolwich | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Hampstead and Highgate | Harrow East | Harrow West | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Holborn and St. Pancras | Ilford South | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury | Lewisham Deptford | Lewisham East | Lewisham West | Leyton and Wanstead | Mitcham and Morden | Poplar and Canning Town | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Streatham | Tooting | Tottenham | Vauxhall | Walthamstow | West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bromley and Chislehurst | Chingford and Woodford Green | Chipping Barnet | Cities of London and Westminster | Croydon Central | Croydon South | Enfield Southgate | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hornchurch | Ilford North | Kensington and Chelsea | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Orpington | Putney | Romford | Ruislip-Northwood | Upminster | Uxbridge | Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East | Carshalton and Wallington | Hornsey and Wood Green | Kingston and Surbiton | Richmond Park | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Sutton and Cheam | Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)