Romford (UK Parliament constituency)

Romford
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Romford in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,978 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Romford is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Rosindell, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Barking and Romford, and the Rural District of Romford (the civil parishes of Cranham, Dagenham, Great Warley, Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch, Noak Hill, Rainham, Upminster, and Wennington).

1945-1950: The Municipal Borough of Romford.

1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Romford, and the Urban District of Brentwood.

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Romford.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Bedfords, Central, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, and Oldchurch.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Havering wards of Ardleigh Green, Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

2010-present: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Havering Park, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Romford Town, and Squirrel’s Heath.

Changes at the 2010 boundary review

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election: Hylands ward and part of Romford Town ward (following a review of ward boundaries) was transferred into the area from the former constituency of Hornchurch, and that the shared part of Emerson Park was transferred from Romford to help form the new Hornchurch and Upminster constituency.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers Romford, Gidea Park and Collier Row in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Although the constituency includes the middle-income Romford Garden Suburb area,^[2] large ex-council housing forms a substantial part of the constituency, largely bought under the Right to Buy and the borough has a high level of households with vehicle ownership.^[3]

History

This seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Although Romford has been highly marginal in terms of majorities obtained through much of the 20th century, its boundaries have changed, and it has largely been a Conservative seat in recent years; although taken by Labour in the 1997 landslide, it was one of the few Conservative gains in 2001.

Members of Parliament

Sir John Bethell

	Member	Party
1885	John Westlake	Liberal
1886	James Theobald	Conservative
1894 by-election	Alfred Money Wigram	Conservative
1897 by-election	Louis Sinclair	Conservative
1906	John Bethell	Liberal
1918	Albert Edward Martin	Coalition Liberal
1922	Albert Edward Martin	National Liberal
1923	Charles Rhys	Conservative
1929	H. T. Muggeridge	Labour
1931	W. G. Hutchison	Conservative
1935	John Parker	Labour
1945	Thomas Macpherson	Labour
1950	John Lockwood	Conservative
1955	Ron Ledger	Labour Co-operative
1970	Dick Leonard	Labour
Feb 1974	Michael Neubert	Conservative
1997	Eileen Gordon	Labour
2001	Andrew Rosindell	Conservative

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Romford^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	25,067	51.0	−5.0
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	11,208	22.8	+18.4
	Labour	Sam Gould	10,268	20.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Sanderson^[6]	1,413	2.9	−9.1
	Green	Lorna Tooley^[7]	1,222	2.5	+1.5
Majority			13,859	28.2	−8.3
Turnout			49,178	67.7	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.7

General Election 2010: Romford^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	26,031	56.0	−1.7
	Labour	Rachel Voller	9,077	19.5	−9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Duffett	5,572	12.0	+3.6
	BNP	Robert Bailey	2,438	5.2	+2.2
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	2,050	4.4	+2.2
	English Democrats	Peter Thorogood	603	1.3	N/A
	Green	Gerry Haines	447	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Philip Hyde	151	0.3	N/A
	Independent	David Sturman	112	0.2	N/A
Majority			16,954	36.5
Turnout			46,481	65.3	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Romford^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	21,560	59.1	+6.1
	Labour	Mrs. Margaret Mullane	9,971	27.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff M. Seeff	3,066	8.4	+0.4
	BNP	John McCaffrey	1,088	3.0	+1.4
	UKIP	Terry P. Murray	797	2.2	+0.7
Majority			11,589	31.8
Turnout			36,482	62.3	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.5

General Election 2001: Romford^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell	18,931	53.0	+11.4
	Labour	Eileen Gordon	12,954	36.3	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Lawrence Meyer	2,869	8.0	+0.1
	UKIP	Steven Patrick Ward	533	1.5	N/A
	BNP	Frank McAllister	414	1.6	+0.4
Majority			5,977	16.7
Turnout			35,701	59.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.2

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Romford^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Gordon	18,187	43.2	+13.7
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	17,538	41.6	−15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Lawrence Meyer	3,341	7.9	−4.8
	Referendum	Steven Patrick Ward	1,431	3.4	N/A
	Liberal	Terry E. Hurlstone	1,100	2.6	N/A
	BNP	Michael J. Carey	522	1.2	N/A
Majority			649	1.6
Turnout			42,119	71.1	−6.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Romford^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	23,834	56.6	+0.6
	Labour	Eileen Gordon	12,414	29.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Pat A. Atherton	5,329	12.7	−7.5
	Green	Frederick James Gibson	546	1.3	+0.3
Majority			11,420	27.1
Turnout			42,123	78.0	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Romford^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	22,745	56.0	+2.6
	Labour	Nigel John Murray Smith	9,274	22.8	+3.5
	Liberal	John Hayward Bates	8,195	20.2	−6.0
	Green	Frederick James Gibson	385	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,471	33.2
Turnout			40,599	72.9	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Romford^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	20,771	53.4	−0.4
	Liberal	John Hayward Bates	10,197	26.2	+14.8
	Labour	Jack Hoepelman	7,494	19.3	−13.6
	National Front	Madelaine P. Caine	432	1.1	−0.8
Majority			10,574	27.2
Turnout			38,894	69.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1979: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	22,714	53.8
	Labour	S.M. Bartlett	13,902	32.9
	Liberal	John Hayward Bates	4,818	11.4
	National Front	Madelaine P. Caine	820	1.9
Majority			8,812	20.85
Turnout				76.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	17,164	43.41
	Labour	D.R. O'Flynn	14,513	36.70
	Liberal	Terry E. Hurlstone	7,663	19.38
	People	L. C. H. Sampson	200	0.51
Majority			2,651	6.70
Turnout				71.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	17,134	39.16
	Labour	D.R. O'Flynn	14,061	32.13
	Liberal	Terry E. Hurlstone	12,190	27.86
	Independent	E. Bates	374	0.85
Majority			3,073	7.02
Turnout				79.87
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1970: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dick Leonard	27,899	52.60
	Conservative	Michael Neubert	25,139	47.40
Majority			2,760	5.20
Turnout				66.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1966: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ronald Joseph Ledger	31,221	57.41
	Conservative	B.J. Higgs	23,160	42.59
Majority			8,061	14.82
Turnout				75.44
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ronald Joseph Ledger	27,143	47.51
	Conservative	Antony T.R. Fletcher	21,046	36.84
	Liberal	Douglas Geary	8,133	14.24
	Ratepayer	Edgar Bates	811	1.42
Majority			6,097	10.67
Turnout				77.76
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ronald Joseph Ledger	25,558	43.51
	Conservative	R. Jon S. Harvey	24,951	42.48
	Liberal	Douglas Geary	8,228	14.01
Majority			607	1.03
Turnout				80.37
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ronald Joseph Ledger	27,326	52.52
	Conservative	R.J.S. Harvey	24,701	47.48
Majority			2,625	5.05
Turnout				75.46
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1951: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lockwood	33,120	51.00
	Labour	A. Jones	31,822	49.00
Majority			1,298	2.00
Turnout				83.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Romford^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cutts Lockwood	27,656	46.1
	Labour	Thomas Macpherson	26,387	43.9
	Liberal	Norman Clarke	6,014	10.0
Majority			1,269	2.2
Turnout				85.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in 1940s

General Election 1945: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Macpherson	16,979	52.83
	Conservative	Montague Lavander Berryman	11,202	34.86
	Liberal	Henry John G Hare	3,957	12.31
Majority			5,777	17.98
Turnout				74.62
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1930s

General Election 1935: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	55,723	54.03
	Conservative	W. G. Hutchison	47,416	45.97
Majority			8,307	8.05
Turnout				61.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Romford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. G. Hutchison	50,097	61.46
	Labour	H. T. Muggeridge	31,410	38.54
Majority			18,687	22.93
Turnout				65.31
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in 1920s

General Election 1929: Romford ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Thomas Muggeridge	31,045	44.9
	Unionist	Hon. Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys	22,525	32.6
	Liberal	Arthur F Wood	15,527	22.5
Majority			8,520	12.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Romford ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hon. Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys	9,585	35.8
	Labour	Albert Enil Davies	9,109	33.9
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	8,144	30.3
Majority			476	1.9
Turnout				61.4
	Unionist gain from National Liberal		Swing

Boundary changes

Preceded by South Essex	UK Parliament constituency ^Barking 1885 – 1945	Succeeded by Barking
	UK Parliament constituency ^Dagenham 1885 – 1945	Succeeded by Dagenham
	UK Parliament constituency ^{Hornchurch, Upminster} 1885 – 1945	Succeeded by Hornchurch
	UK Parliament constituency ^Romford 1885 – present	Succeeded by Presently within boundary
	UK Parliament constituency ^Brentwood 1950 – 1955	Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar

Notes and references

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.
↑ 2001 Census
↑ 2011 census interactive maps
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ https://www.havering.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/Romford-2015-General-Election-results.aspx 3Aug15
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/list_of_selected_candidates
↑ http://london.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d74.stm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "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.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

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

London Borough of Havering

Districts	Ardleigh Green Chase Cross Coldharbour Collier Row Cranham Elm Park Emerson Park Frog Island Gallows Corner Gidea Park Hacton Harold Hill Harold Park Harold Wood Havering-atte-Bower Heath Park Hornchurch Noak Hill North Ockendon Rainham Rise Park Romford Rush Green South Hornchurch Upminster Upminster Bridge Wennington

Attractions	CEME The Diver Havering Museum Langtons Queen's Theatre Rainham Hall Rainham War Memorial The Rom Tithe Barn Museum Upminster Windmill

Major retail	The Brewery The Liberty The Mercury Romford Market

Places of worship	St Andrew, Hornchurch St Edward the Confessor, Romford St John, South Hornchurch St Helen and St Giles, Rainham St Laurence, Upminster St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon

Parks and open spaces	Bedfords Park Dagnam Park Harrow Lodge Park Havering Country Park Hornchurch Country Park Hylands Park Pyrgo Park Tylers Common Wildspace Conservation Park Upminster Park

Constituencies	Dagenham and Rainham (part) Hornchurch and Upminster Romford

Tube and rail stations	Elm Park Emerson Park Gidea Park Harold Wood Hornchurch Rainham Romford Upminster Upminster Bridge

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Public transport Schools

Coordinates: 51°35′17″N 0°11′13″E / 51.588°N 0.187°E / 51.588; 0.187

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