Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)
Harrow East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Harrow East in Greater London. | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 72,537 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Stanmore, Kenton, Queensbury, Wealdstone, Harrow Weald |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of parliament | Bob Blackman (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | London |
Harrow East is a constituency[n 1] in the London Borough of Harrow represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Bob Blackman, a Conservative.[n 2]
Constituency profile
Traditionally a better area for the Labour Party than neighbouring Harrow West, the seat has still been mostly Conservative since the Second World War, but Labour did win here in landslide victories in 1945 and 1966. They won here again in 1997, and held on in the two subsequent general elections. In 2010 the seat was regained by a Conservative on a high turnout, though Labour's incumbent managed to hold on to Harrow West. Residents in the borough include fewer people in the category of no qualifications than the national average, in 2011, at 16.8%.[2]
The seat has been a bellwether since the 1979 General Election (inclusive), by reflecting the result nationally.
Boundaries
The constituency now comprises nine wards:
- Belmont; Canons; Edgware; Harrow Weald; Kenton East; Kenton West; Queensbury; Stanmore Park; Wealdstone.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1945 | Frederick Skinnard | Labour | |
1950 | Ian Harvey | Conservative | |
1959 by-election | Anthony Courtney | Conservative | |
1966 | Roy Roebuck | Labour | |
1970 | Hugh Dykes | Conservative | |
1997 | Tony McNulty | Labour | |
2010 | Bob Blackman | Conservative |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Harrow East[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
TUSC | Nana Asante | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Ross Barlow | ||||
Conservative | Bob Blackman | ||||
Labour | Uma Kumaran | ||||
UKIP | Aidan Powlesland | ||||
Green | Emma Wallace | ||||
General Election 2010: Harrow East[5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Bob Blackman | 21,435 | 44.7 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 18,032 | 37.6 | -7.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nahid Boethe | 6,850 | 14.3 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Abhijit Pandya | 896 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
Green | Madeleine Atkins | 793 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 3,403 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 48,006 | 67.1 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Harrow East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 23,445 | 46.1 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | David Ashton | 18,715 | 36.8 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pash Nandhra | 7,747 | 15.2 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Cronin | 916 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,730 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,823 | 60.5 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
General Election 2001: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 26,590 | 55.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Wilding | 15,466 | 32.2 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | George Kershaw | 6,021 | 12.5 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 11,124 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 48,077 | 58.4 | -12.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 29,962 | 52.52 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 20,189 | 35.43 | ||
Liberal Democrat | B. Sharma | 4,697 | 8.24 | ||
Referendum Party | B. Casey | 1,537 | 2.70 | ||
UKIP | A. Scholefield | 464 | 0.81 | ||
Natural Law | A. Planton | 171 | 0.30 | ||
Majority | 9,737 | 17.09 | |||
Turnout | 71.25 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1992: Harrow East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 30,752 | 52.87 | ||
Labour | Tony McNulty | 19,654 | 33.79 | ||
Liberal Democrat | V.M. Chamberlain | 6,360 | 10.93 | ||
Liberal | P. Burrows | 1,142 | 1.96 | ||
Natural Law | S. Hamza | 212 | 0.36 | ||
Anti-Federalist League | J. Lester | 49 | 0.08 | ||
Majority | 11,098 | 19.08 | |||
Turnout | 77.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 32,302 | 54.21 | ||
Labour | D.J. Brough | 14,029 | 23.55 | ||
Liberal | Z. Gifford | 13,251 | 22.24 | ||
Majority | 18,273 | 30.67 | |||
Turnout | 73.45 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Harrow East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 28,834 | 49.76 | ||
Liberal | R. Hains | 16,166 | 27.90 | ||
Labour | D.D. Brough | 12,941 | 22.33 | ||
Majority | 12,668 | 21.86 | |||
Turnout | 72.49 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Harrow East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 20,871 | 54.32 | ||
Labour | D. Miles | 12,993 | 33.82 | ||
Liberal | M. Savitt | 3,984 | 10.37 | ||
National Front | L. le Croissette | 572 | 1.49 | ||
Majority | 7,878 | 20.50 | |||
Turnout | 77.85 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 17,073 | 46.22 | ||
Labour | R.W. Lewis | 13,595 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | J. McDonnell | 6,268 | 16.97 | ||
Majority | 3,478 | 9.42 | |||
Turnout | 74.90 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 17,978 | 44.65 | ||
Labour | K.W. Childerhouse | 13,485 | 33.49 | ||
Liberal | J. McDonnell | 8,805 | 21.87 | ||
Majority | 4,493 | 11.16 | |||
Turnout | 82.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 19,517 | 51.00 | ||
Labour | Roy Roebuck | 15,496 | 40.49 | ||
Liberal | M.D. Colne | 3,185 | 8.32 | ||
Independent | G. Cramp | 72 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 4,021 | 10.51 | |||
Turnout | 75.94 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Roy Roebuck | 17,374 | 44.41 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 16,996 | 43.45 | ||
Liberal | M.D. Colne | 4,749 | 12.14 | ||
Majority | 378 | 0.97 | |||
Turnout | 82.76 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 20,307 | 52.94 | ||
Labour | Jo Richardson | 18,048 | 47.06 | ||
Majority | 2,259 | 5.89 | |||
Turnout | 79.98 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 23,554 | 57.22 | ||
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 17,607 | 42.78 | ||
Majority | 5,947 | 14.45 | |||
Turnout | 84.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-election 1959: Harrow East[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony T. Courtney | 17,776 | 52.8 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 15,546 | 46.2 | 0.6 | |
National Union of Small Shopkeepers | Thomas Lynch | 348 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 2,220 | 6.6 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,795 | 68.96 | -13.66 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
General Election 1955: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 22,243 | 54.43 | ||
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 18,621 | 45.57 | ||
Majority | 3,622 | 8.86 | |||
Turnout | 82.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 26,896 | 49.85 | ||
Labour | R.D. Rees | 23,725 | 43.98 | ||
Liberal | G.J.E. Rhodes | 3,329 | 6.17 | ||
Majority | 3,171 | 5.88 | |||
Turnout | 87.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Harrow East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 23,680 | 44.75 | ||
Labour | Frederick Skinnard | 22,216 | 41.98 | ||
Liberal | Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks | 6,393 | 12.08 | ||
Communist | W. Seaman | 633 | 1.20 | ||
Majority | 1,464 | 2.77 | |||
Turnout | 87.23 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Harrow East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Frederick William Skinnard | 27,613 | 46.44 | N/A | |
Conservative | Cmdr. Fredman Ashe Lincoln | 20,843 | 35.05 | N/A | |
Liberal | Anthony Gibbs | 7,513 | 12.63 | N/A | |
Communist | Miss G Driver | 3,493 | 5.87 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,770 | 11.39 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 77.34 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ 2011 census interactive maps by comparison the London Borough of Haringey has 17.8% and Three Rivers District has 17.4%
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/harrow-east-2015.html
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/harroweast
- ↑ http://www.harrow-elections.co.uk/resources/1954AppendJ.pdf
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