Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ruislip-Northwood Borough constituency |
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| Ruislip-Northwood shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Nick Hurd |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | 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.
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[edit] 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,which is now represented by the Liberal Democrats.
[edit] 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 Boundary Commission Report, accessed 22 Jan 2006, the name of the constituency has a comma between "Ruislip" and "Northwood".
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1979: Frederic Crowder, Conservative
- 1979 – 2005: John Wilkinson, Conservative
- 2005 – present: Nick Hurd, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Ruislip-Northwood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nick Hurd | 18,939 | 47.7 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox | 10,029 | 25.3 | +6.0 | |
| Labour | Ashley Riley | 8,323 | 21.0 | −7.5 | |
| Green | Graham Lee | 892 | 2.2 | +0.3 | |
| National Front | Ian Edward | 841 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Roland Courtenay | 646 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,910 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,670 | 65.3 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Ruislip-Northwood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Wilkinson | 18,115 | 48.8% | -1.5% | |
| Labour | Gillian Travers | 10,578 | 28.5% | -4.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox | 7,177 | 19.3% | +3.1% | |
| Green | Graham Lee | 724 | 1.9% | n/a | |
| British National | Ian Edwards | 547 | 1.5% | ||
| Majority | 7,537 | 20.3% | |||
| Turnout | 37,141 | 61.1% | -13.1% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
