Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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Uxbridge

Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Uxbridge in Greater London for the 2005 general election.

County
Greater London
Major settlements
Uxbridge

1885–2010
Number of members
One
Replaced by
Uxbridge and South Ruislip (bulk), and Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (part)
Created from
Middlesex
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:
Spelthorne
Hayes and Harlington
Southall (part)

Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1885—2010. Its MPs elected were the Conservative Party's candidates for 107 years and the Labour Party's candidates for 18 years. The closing 40 years of the seat's history saw elections won by a Conservative candidate — in 1997 on a very marginal majority in relative terms.


The seat was centred on the town of Uxbridge. In each of the possible boundary reforms the seat was reduced reflecting the population expansion of the areas outlying its core area of Uxbridge and interwoven Hillingdon, Cowley and nearby Ickenham.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries

    • 1.1 Boundary review



  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Election results

    • 3.1 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1910s


    • 3.5 Elections in the 1920s


    • 3.6 Elections in the 1930s


    • 3.7 Election in the 1940s


    • 3.8 Elections in the 1950s


    • 3.9 Elections in the 1960s


    • 3.10 Elections in the 1970s


    • 3.11 Elections in the 1980s


    • 3.12 Elections in the 1990s


    • 3.13 Elections in the 2000s



  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




Boundaries




Original UK House of Commons seat Uxbridge created in 1885, before major reduction in 1918 and later reductions.


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 shape of the seat was irregular and it stretched more than three times the maximum length than its final form and twice its breadth.[1]


The parishes (as various successor urban districts) marked * were absorbed into Surrey and the others absorbed into Greater London, in 1965.




Uxbridge in the county of Middlesex, boundaries 1918-45




Uxbridge in the county of Middlesex, boundaries 1945-50


1918-1945: Uxbridge was cut down to be a north-western division of Middlesex. Large areas to the south were removed to form Spelthorne (UK Parliament 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. Uxbridge was reduced to the urban districts of Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge; shedding for five years to Spelthorne southerly Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.


1950–1974: In this general redistribution, Ruislip-Northwood became a new seat in the north and north-east. Uxbridge with immediate neighbours north south and east (together forming the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge in 1955) was re-united with Yiewsley and West Drayton, 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 transferred to the Ruislip-Northwood 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





















































ElectionMember[2]Party


1885

Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Bt

Conservative


Jan 1910

Hon. Charles Mills

Conservative


1915 b-e

Hon. Arthur Mills

Unionist


1918

Sir Sidney Peel

Unionist


1922

Sir Dennistoun Burney

Unionist


1929

John Llewellin

Conservative


1945

Frank Beswick

Labour


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



Elections in the 1880s




Dixon-Hartland



































General Election 1885: Uxbridge[3][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland
5,093
66.1

N/A


Liberal
James Pellatt Rickman
2,615
33.9

N/A
Majority
2,478
32.2

N/A

Turnout
7,708
77.8

N/A

Registered electors
9,902




Conservative win (new seat)













General Election 1886: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s






































General Election 1892: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland
5,172
71.8

N/A


Liberal

Leslie Probyn
2,029
28.2

N/A
Majority
3,143
43.6

N/A

Turnout
7,201
61.3

N/A

Registered electors
11,739




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A














General Election 1895: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1900s















General Election 1900: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Pocock






































General Election 1906: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Dixon-Hartland
6,429
50.6

N/A


Liberal

Sidney Job Pocock
6,284
49.4

N/A
Majority
145
1.2

N/A

Turnout
12,713
79.8

N/A

Registered electors
15,936




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1910s




Mills


































General Election January 1910: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Mills
10,116
65.2
+14.6


Liberal

Sidney Job Pocock
5,408
34.8
-14.6
Majority
4,708
30.4
+29.2

Turnout

88.0
+8.2


Conservative hold

Swing
+14.6

































General Election December 1910: Uxbridge[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Mills
9,005
67.8
+2.6


Liberal
Manmath Chandra Mallik
4,286
32.2
-2.6
Majority

35.6
+5.2

Turnout

75.4
-12.6


Conservative hold

Swing
+2.6














Uxbridge by-election, 1915[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Arthur Mills

Unopposed


Unionist hold


Harry Gosling








































General Election 1918: Uxbridge[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

  • Sidney Peel
9,814
59.1
n/a


Labour

Harry Gosling
6,251
37.6
n/a


Liberal
Norman Mackenzie Snowball
545
3.3
n/a
Majority
3,563
21.5
n/a

Turnout

55.9
n/a


Unionist hold

Swing
n/a

  • endorsed by Coalition Government


Elections in the 1920s








































General Election 1922: Uxbridge[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Dennistoun Burney
12,391
52.7



Labour

William Brown
7,292
31.0



National Liberal
F. S. Evans
3,844
16.3

Majority
5,099
21.7


Turnout

73.0



Unionist hold

Swing




Hutchison








































General Election 1923: Uxbridge[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Dennistoun Burney
9,254
40.6
-12.1


Liberal

Graham Seton Hutchison
7,423
32.5
+16.2


Labour
Robert Small
6,146
26.9
-4.1
Majority
1,831
8.1
-13.6

Turnout

66.6
-6.4


Unionist hold

Swing
-14.2







































General Election 1924: Uxbridge[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Dennistoun Burney
13,525
52.1



Labour
Robert Small
8,459
32.6



Liberal
J S Griffith-Jones
3,976
15.3

Majority
5,066
19.5


Turnout

71.8



Unionist hold

Swing








































General Election 1929: Uxbridge[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

John Llewellin
17,770
41.2
-10.9


Labour

Reginald Bridgeman
16,422
38.2
+5.6


Liberal
Richard Christian Cecil James Binney
8,847
20.6
+5.3
Majority
1,348
3.0
-16.5

Turnout

72.2
+0.4


Unionist hold

Swing
-8.2


Elections in the 1930s








































General Election 1931: Uxbridge[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Llewellin
35,836
71.96



Labour
Lawrence M. Worsnop
11,609
23.31


Workers

Reginald Bridgeman
2,358
4.73

Majority
24,227
48.65


Turnout

68.36



Conservative hold

Swing








































General Election 1935: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Llewellin
34,727
54.06



Labour
Lawrence M. Worsnop
24,000
37.36



Liberal
William Ridgway
5,514
8.58

Majority
10,727
16.70


Turnout

65.20



Conservative hold

Swing



Election in the 1940s








































General Election 1945: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Frank Beswick
25,190
43.74



Conservative

John Llewellin
24,106
41.85



Liberal
John Ernest Aylett
8,300
14.41

Majority
1,084
1.88


Turnout

73.93



Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Swing



Elections in the 1950s








































General Election 1950: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Frank Beswick
20,139
48.16



Conservative
C.B. Thorne
17,741
42.43



Liberal
John Ernest Aylett
3,933
9.41

Majority
2,398
5.74


Turnout

84.56



Labour Co-op hold

Swing








































General Election 1951: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Frank Beswick
21,249
49.14



Conservative

Charles Curran
19,701
45.56



Liberal
Lucien Fior
2,289
5.29

Majority
1,548
3.58


Turnout

84.75



Labour Co-op hold

Swing


































General Election 1955: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Frank Beswick
22,244
51.00



Conservative

Charles Curran
21,368
49.00

Majority
876
2.01


Turnout

81.71



Labour Co-op hold

Swing








































General Election 1959: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Curran
22,360
46.51



Labour Co-op

Frank Beswick
20,970
43.62



Liberal
Gordon Robert Goodall
4,746
9.87

Majority
1,390
2.89


Turnout

84.35



Conservative gain from Labour Co-op

Swing



Elections in the 1960s








































General Election 1964: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Curran
20,519
43.63



Labour
Thomas J. Parker
19,866
42.24



Liberal
Gordon Robert Goodall
6,644
14.13

Majority
653
1.39


Turnout

80.77



Conservative hold

Swing








































General Election 1966: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Ryan
21,793
45.46



Conservative

Charles Curran
20,903
43.61



Liberal
Gordon Robert Goodall
5,241
10.93

Majority
890
1.86


Turnout

82.55



Labour gain from Conservative

Swing



Elections in the 1970s








































General Election 1970: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Curran
23,414
49.35
+5.74


Labour

John Ryan
19,768
41.66
-3.80


Liberal
Gordon Robert Goodall
4,265
8.99
-1.94
Majority
3,646
7.68


Turnout
47,447
74.95



Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
































































Uxbridge by-election, 1972
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
14,178
42.31
-7.04


Labour

Manuela Sykes
13,000
38.79
-2.87


Liberal
Ian Stuart
3,650
10.89
+1.90


National Front
John Clifton
2,920
8.71
N/A


Union Movement
Dan Harmston
873
2.60
N/A


National Independence
Clare Macdonald
551
1.64
N/A

Democratic Conservative against the Common Market
Reginald Simmerson
341
1.02
N/A
Majority
1,178
3.52
-4.16

Turnout
35,513




Conservative hold

Swing








































General Election February 1974: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
20,542
42.08



Labour

Manuela Sykes
18,127
37.13



Liberal
J.S. Pincham
10,150
20.79

Majority
2,415
4.95


Turnout
48,819
82.48



Conservative hold

Swing








































General Election October 1974: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
19,969
44.51
+2.43


Labour
G.E. Pringle
17,816
39.71
+2.58


Liberal
J.S. Pincham
7,081
15.78
-5.01
Majority
2,153
4.80
-0.15

Turnout
44,866
75.09
-7.39


Conservative hold

Swing














































General Election 1979: Uxbridge
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
24,967
52.49
+7.98


Labour
G.E. Pringle
16,972
35.68
-4.03


Liberal
Jonathan Hunt
5,031
10.58
-5.20


National Front
P. Budgen
595
1.25
N/A
Majority
7,995
16.81
+12.01

Turnout
47,565
78.86
+3.77


Conservative hold

Swing



Elections in the 1980s








































General Election 1983: Uxbridge[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
23,875
53.62
+1.13


Social Democratic
P. Russell
11,038
24.79
+14.21


Labour
P.J. Magee
9,611
21.59
-14.09
Majority
12,837
28.83
+12.02

Turnout
44,524
72.26
-6.60


Conservative hold

Swing














































General Election 1987: Uxbridge[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
27,292
56.47
+2.85


Labour
David Keys
11,322
23.43
+1.84


Social Democratic
Anthony Goodman
9,164
18.96
-5.83


Green
Ian Flindall
549
1.14
N/A
Majority
15,970
33.05
+4.22

Turnout
48,327
76.52
+4.26


Conservative hold

Swing



Elections in the 1990s


























































General Election 1992: Uxbridge[9][10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Michael Shersby
27,487
56.44
-0.03


Labour

Robert Evans
14,308
29.38
+5.95


Liberal Democrat
SJ Carey
5,900
12.11
-6.85


Green
Ian Flindall
538
1.10
-0.04


BNP
Michael O'Rourke
350
0.72
N/A


Natural Law
A Deans
120
0.25
N/A
Majority
13,179
27.06
-5.99

Turnout
48,703
78.88
+2.36


Conservative hold

Swing




















































General Election 1997: Uxbridge[11]
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
Garrick Aird
1,153
2.8

N/A


Socialist Alternative
Julia Leonard
398
1.0

N/A
Majority
724
1.7


Turnout

72.3



Conservative hold

Swing
























































































Uxbridge by-election, 1997
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Randall
16,288
51.1
+7.6


Labour

Andy 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


Rainbow Dream Ticket
Ronnie Carroll
30
0.1

N/A
Majority
3,766
11.8


Turnout

55.2
-16.9


Conservative hold

Swing



Elections in the 2000s














































General Election 2001: Uxbridge[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Randall
15,751
47.1
+3.6


Labour
David Salisbury-Jones
13,653
40.9
-0.9


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
































































General Election 2005: Uxbridge[13]
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


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London


References




  1. ^ The seat span approximately 18.5 miles from the north of Harefield on the Hertfordshire border to the Surrey border at Hampton Court Park and 9 miles from the west of Staines to the east of Teddington. Its final form had a greatest ambit of approximately 5.0 miles from north Ickenham to south West Drayton and 3.0 miles east-to-west.


  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "U"


  3. ^ abcdefghi Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 350. ISBN 9781349022984. 


  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886


  5. ^ abcde British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig


  6. ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 429. ISBN 0-900178-01-9. 


  7. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 


  8. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 


  9. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 


  10. ^ "UK General Election results: April 1992 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Retrieved 19 April 2018. 


  11. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 


  12. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 


  13. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 




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