Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)

Harrow West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harrow West in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	69,135 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of parliament	Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Harrow and Hendon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Harrow West in Middlesex 1945–50

Harrow West is a constituency^{[n 1]} created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament and which has returned the Labour Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas in the five General Elections from 1997 having previously returned Conservative MPs.^{[n 2]}

Political history

Summary of results

The Labour Party have held the seat since 1997 with the Conservative Party second-placed in each election. The 2015 result makes the seat the 215th safest of the party's 232 seats (by majority percentage) thus 18th most marginal seat.^[2] Thomas's majority has not exceeded 13.2% but has been lower, at 2.3%, in 1997.

Other parties

UKIP, Liberal Democrat and Green Party candidates won less than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore forfeit their deposits.

Boundaries

Years	Local authority	Wards
1945–1950	Urban District of Harrow	Harrow on the Hill and Greenhill, Headstone, Pinner North, Pinner South, Roxeth; West Harrow; part of Harrow Weald.
1950–1955	Urban District of Harrow	Pinner North, Pinner South, Roxeth; part of Harrow Weald.
1955–1983	Urban District of Harrow	Pinner North, Pinner South, and Roxeth.
1983–2010	London Borough of Harrow	Harrow on the Hill, Hatch End, Headstone North, Headstone South, Pinner, Pinner West, Rayners Lane, Ridgeway, Roxbourne, and Roxeth.
2010–present	London Borough of Harrow	Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Headstone North, Headstone South, Marlborough, Rayners Lane, Roxbourne, Roxeth, and West Harrow.

The constituency was created for the 1945 General Election when the Harrow constituency was split into new seats of Harrow East and Harrow West. It was reduced in size for the 1950 General Election when a third Harrow seat, Harrow Central, was created. The Boundary Commission review before the 1983 General Election saw the London Borough of Harrow contained in two seats, resulting in Harrow West gaining parts of the abolished Harrow Central.

Unlike Harrow East, it had always been won by the Conservative Party until Labour's landslide in 1997 when a swing of 17.5% was the eighth-highest swing in that election, and it was the safest Conservative seat to be lost to Labour.^[3] The constituency produced another better than average result for Labour in 2001 with a swing from Conservative to Labour of 5.4% or 5.5%, a pro-Labour swing bettered in four seats and in 2005 a challenge by Mike Freer produced a pro-Conservative swing of 4.5%.^[3]

The area has the largely Georgian conservation area on a stand-alone partly park-lined hill which hosts Harrow School and includes more urban Harrow town centre and suburban streets of homes with good-sized gardens and well-kept small parklands. The seat has fast London Underground links to the city centre and rail services, few dual carriageways and few high speed roads. Labour incumbent Tony McNulty lost the neighbouring Harrow East in 2010 to the Conservative Party. Harrow West's Thomas retained his seat in Harrow West with a reduced majority.

Latest boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Harrow West constituency to reflect parts of Greater London where population has increased more. The western border district, town or neighbourhood of Pinner has been moved to a new constituency, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, making Harrow West based on 2005 ward voting statistics, and on local elections, a stronger Labour seat at the expense of the Conservatives than in 2005 — both two leading parties won fewer votes in 2010. Harrow West saw a notional swing in favour of the Conservative Party's Rachel Joyce of 5.7% in the election.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
1945	Norman Bower	Conservative
1951	Sir Albert Braithwaite	Conservative
1960 by-election	Sir John Page	Conservative
1987	Robert Hughes	Conservative
1992	Robert Hughes	Conservative
1997	Gareth Thomas	Labour, then Labour Co-operative
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Harrow West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Gareth Thomas	30,640	60.8	+13.9
	Conservative	Hannah David	17,326	34.4	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Noyce	1,267	2.5	-0.8
	Green	Rowan Langley	652	1.3	-1.5
	UKIP	Rathy Alagaratnam	470	0.9	-3.5
Majority			13,314	26.4	+21.7
Turnout			50,355	72.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2015: Harrow West^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Gareth Thomas	21,885	47.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Hannah David	19,677	42.2	+5.4
	UKIP	Ali Bhatti	2,047	4.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Noyce	1,567	3.3	−12.9
	Green	Rowan Langley	1,310	2.8	+1.4
	Independent	Kailash Trivedi	117	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,208	4.7	−2.1
Turnout			46,603	66.9	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

General Election 2010: Harrow West^[8]^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	20,111	43.6	−5.0
	Conservative	Rachel Joyce	16,968	36.8	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Noyce	7,458	16.2	−2.5
	UKIP	Herbert Crossman	954	2.1	+0.8
	Green	Rowan Langley	625	1.4	N/A
Majority			3,143	6.8
Turnout			46,116	67.6	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Harrow West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Gareth Thomas	20,298	42.5	−7.1
	Conservative	Mike Freer	18,270	38.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Noyce	8,188	17.1	+4.2
	UKIP	Janice Cronin	576	1.2	+0.1
	Independent	Berjis Daver	427	0.9	N/A
Majority			2,028	4.2
Turnout			47,759	64.3	+1.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.5

General Election 2001: Harrow West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	23,142	49.6	+8.1
	Conservative	Daniel Finkelstein	16,986	36.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Noyce	5,995	12.9	−2.6
	UKIP	Peter Kefford	525	1.1	N/A
Majority			6,156	13.2
Turnout			46,648	63.0	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Harrow West^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Gareth Thomas	21,811	41.5	+19.0
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	20,571	39.2	−16.0
	Liberal Democrat	Pash Nandhra	8,127	15.5	−4.7
	Referendum	Herbert Crossman	1997	3.8	+3.8
Majority			1,240	2.3
Turnout			52,506	72.8
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	17.5

General Election 1992: Harrow West^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	30,240	55.20
	Labour	Claude Moraes	12,343	22.53
	Liberal Democrat	C. Noyce	11,050	20.17
	Liberal	G. Aitman	845	1.54
	Natural Law	J. Argyle	306	0.56
Majority			17,897	32.67
Turnout			54,784	78.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Harrow West^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	30,456	55.24
	Social Democratic	Stuart Bayliss	15,012	27.23
	Labour	Colin Bastin	9,665	17.53
Majority			15,444	28.01
Turnout				74.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Harrow West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	28,056	53.03
	Social Democratic	S.P. Bayliss	17,035	32.20
	Labour	K.A. Toms	7,811	14.77
Majority			11,021	20.83
Turnout				72.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	26,007	58.06
	Labour	M.T. Catterson	10,794	24.10
	Liberal	R. Dick	7,350	16.41
	National Front	R. Bennett	646	1.44
Majority			15,213	33.96
Turnout				78.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	21,924	51.99
	Labour	M.P. Reynolds	10,342	24.53
	Liberal	R.E. Bell	9,903	23.48
Majority			11,582	27.47
Turnout				74.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	23,950	51.55
	Liberal	R.E. Bell	12,081	26.00
	Labour	L. Wagner	10,430	22.45
Majority			11,869	25.55
Turnout				82.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	24,867	59.53
	Labour	Timothy P C Daniel	11,462	27.44
	Liberal	Jeffrey F Smith	5,440	13.02
Majority			13,405	32.09
Turnout				72.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	22,660	53.13
	Labour	Christopher Hubert Beaumont	12,313	28.87
	Liberal	Harry Charles Seigal	7,676	18.00
Majority			10,347	24.26
Turnout				80.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Page	23,132	53.91
	Labour	Kenneth W Childerhouse	10,725	24.99
	Liberal	Arnold E. Bender	9,055	21.10
Majority			12,407	28.91
Turnout				79.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrow West by-election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Page	18,526	55.77	-15.15
	Liberal	John M. Wallbridge	7,100	21.38	N/A
	Labour	Philip J. Jenkins	6,030	18.15	-10.93
	New Conservative	John E. Dayton	1,560	4.70	N/A
Majority			11,426	34.39	-7.45
Turnout			33,216
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Braithwaite	30,512	70.92
	Labour	Philip J. Jenkins	12,512	29,08
Majority			18,000	41.84
Turnout				79.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Braithwaite	31,321	70.63
	Labour	Richard Leonard	13,024	29.37
Majority			18,297	41.26
Turnout				81.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Braithwaite	26,549	67.47
	Labour	Leslie Littlewood	12,802	32.53
Majority			13,747	34.93
Turnout				83.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrow West by-election, 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Albert Braithwaite	22,826	72.00	+13.46
	Labour	Leslie Littlewood	8,877	28.00	-13.46
Majority			13,949	44.00	+14.97
Turnout			31,703
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Bower	23,744	58.54
	Labour	Leslie Littlewood	11,971	29.51
	Liberal	Philip Montague Syrett	4,846	11.95
Majority			11,773	29,03
Turnout				86.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Harrow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Bower	28,617	49.85
	Labour	Joan Thompson	18,961	33.03
	Liberal	Hubert Winthrop Young	7,364	12.83
	Common Wealth	Hugh Lawson	2,462	4.29
Majority			9,656	16.82
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
1 2 "Highest constituency swings in each general election since 1951". www.election.demon.co.uk.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ "Harrow West parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ webmaster@harrow.gov.uk (1 January 2004). "Election results for Harrow West, 7 May 2015".
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Harrow West". news.bbc.co.uk.
↑ Changes based upon 2005 notional results
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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