Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Uxbridge
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Uxbridge in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County Greater London
Major settlements Uxbridge
1885 (1885)–2010 (2010)
Number of members One
Replaced by Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, from 1885 until it was abolished at the 2010 general election.

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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.

1997-2010: 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 Member [1] Party
1885 Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland Conservative
Jan 1910 Charles Thomas Mills Conservative
1915 by-election Arthur Mills, later Baron Hillingdon Conservative
1918 Sir Sidney Peel Conservative
1922 Sir Dennistoun Burney Conservative
1929 John Llewellin Conservative
1945 Frank Beswick Labour Co-operative
1959 Charles Curran Conservative
1966 John Ryan Labour
1970 Charles Curran Conservative
1972 by-election Sir Michael Shersby Conservative
1997 by-election John Randall Conservative

Election results

General Election 2005: Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Randall 16,840 49.0 +1.9
Labour Roderick Dubrow-Marshall 10,669 31.0 −9.9
Liberal Democrat Tariq Mahmood 4,544 13.2 +2.9
BNP Cliff le May 763 2.2 N/A
Green Stephen Young 725 2.1 N/A
UKIP Robert Kerby 553 1.6 −0.2
National Front Peter Shaw 284 0.8 N/A
Majority 6,171 18.0
Turnout 34,378 59.4 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.9
General Election 2001: Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Randall 15,751 47.1 +3.6
Labour David Salisbury-Jones 13,653 40.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Catherine Royce 3,426 10.3 -0.6
UKIP Paul Cannons 588 1.8 N/A
Majority 2,098 6.2
Turnout 33,418 57.5 -14.8
Conservative hold Swing
Uxbridge by-election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Randall 16,288 51.1 +7.6
Labour Andrew Slaughter 12,522 39.3 -2.5
Liberal Democrat Keith Kerr 1,792 5.6 -5.4
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 396 1.3 N/A
Socialist Alternative Julia Leonard 259 0.8 -0.1
BNP Frances Taylor 205 0.7 N/A
National Democrats Ian Anderson 157 0.5 N/A
National Front John McAuley 110 0.3 N/A
Independent Liberal Henry Middleton 69 0.2 N/A
UKIP James Feisenberger 39 0.1 N/A
ProLife Alliance Ronnie Carroll 30 0.1 N/A
Majority 3,766
Turnout 55.2 -16.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Shersby 18,095 43.5
Labour David Williams 17,371 41.8
Liberal Democrat Andrew Malyan 4,528 10.9
Referendum Party Garrick Aird 1,153 2.8 N/A
Socialist Alternative Julia Leonard 398 1.0 N/A
Majority 724
Turnout 72.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992: Uxbridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Shersby 27,487 56.44
Labour RJE Evans 14,308 29.38
Liberal Democrat SJ Carey 5,900 12.11
Green IE Flindall 538 1.10
BNP Michael O'Rourke 350 0.72
Natural Law A Deans 120 0.25
Majority 13,179 27.06
Turnout 30,071 78.88

See also

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "U"
  2. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i20.htm
Labour (37)
Conservative (28)
Liberal Democrats (7)