Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)

Upminster
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Upminster in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
February 1974–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hornchurch and Upminster
Created from	Hornchurch

Upminster was a constituency of the House of Commons in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. It was created for the 1974 general election and abolished for the 2010 general election

History

This usually safe Conservative seat was won by Labour in the landslide of 1997. It became one of the few seats that Labour lost in the 2001 general election.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Cranham, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Ardleigh Green, Cranham East, Cranham West, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Havering wards of Cranham East, Cranham West, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.

Upminster was the easternmost constituency of the London Borough of Havering, and of Greater London. The constituency was oddly shaped and covered both the wealthiest and the poorest parts of the borough while being London's least ethnically diverse constituency.

The constituency included the Upminster suburb of Cranham. The boundary to the north extended beyond the A127 and A12 to include Harold Wood and Harold Hill. In the east the constituency was uniquely the only London constituency form a protrusion to cross the M25 motorway and include North Ockendon. To the west the boundary also formed a protrusion to include the wealthy suburban area of Emerson Park which otherwise formed part of Hornchurch. The River Ingrebourne formed part of the constituency boundary to the west and the M25 Motorway formed much of the boundary to the east.

The constituency was replaced by the new Hornchurch and Upminster constituency for the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
Feb 1974	John Loveridge	Conservative
1983	Sir Nicholas Bonsor	Conservative
1997	Keith Darvill	Labour
2001	Angela Watkinson	Conservative
2010	constituency abolished: see Hornchurch and Upminster

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Upminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Watkinson	16,820	48.5	+3.0
	Labour	Keith Darvill	10,778	31.1	−10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Truesdale	3,128	9.0	−0.4
	Residents	Ron Ower	1,455	4.2	+4.2
	BNP	Chris Roberts	1,173	3.4	+3.4
	UKIP	Alan Hindle	701	2.0	−1.2
	Green	Melanie Collins	543	1.6	+1.6
	Third Way	David Durant	78	0.2	+0.2
Majority			6,042	17.4	+14.8
Turnout			34,676	63.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.9

General Election 2001: Upminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Watkinson	15,410	45.5	+6.0
	Labour	Keith Darvill	14,169	41.9	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jonathan Truesdale	3,183	9.4	-0.1
	UKIP	Terry Murray	1,089	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,241	3.6	−3.1
Turnout			33,851	59.6	-13.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Upminster^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	19,095	46.2	+16.1
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Bonsor	16,315	39.5	−14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Peskett	3,919	9.5	−6.2
	Referendum Party	Terry Murray	2,000	4.8	N/A
Majority			2,770	6.7	−17.4
Turnout			41,319	72.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Upminster^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Bonsor	27,946	55.8
	Social Democratic	J Martin	11,089	22.1
	Labour	D R O'Flynn	11,069	22.1
Majority			16,857	33.6
Turnout				75.2

General Election 1983: Upminster^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Bonsor	25,153	52.5
	Social Democratic	D Osman	12,339	25.8
	Labour	A Hughes	9,829	20.5
	National Front	G Nobes-Price	566	1.2
Majority			12,814	26.8
Turnout				72.1

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "U"
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.167 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
↑ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

External links

Constituency map

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°34′23″N 0°15′50″E / 51.573°N 0.264°E / 51.573; 0.264