Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)

Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in Greater London.
County Greater London
Electorate 71,954 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Boris Johnson (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Uxbridge (most)
Ruislip-Northwood (part)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London

Uxbridge and South Ruislip is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Boris Johnson, a Conservative. [n 2]

It is considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party; the Conservative Party won the two most recent elections by a margin of about 25%, and since 1970 all fourteen parliamentary elections in this constituency and its predecessor (the constituency of Uxbridge) were won by the Conservatives.

History

Most of the constituency came from that of Uxbridge which was first established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, however part of the seat derived from Ruislip-Northwood which was carved out from the other seat, as was Hayes and Harlington in 1950, reflecting the growth in population across the area during the period from 1918, the previous creation of new seats on a national basis.

Political history

In 2010 for the locally selected Conservative standing, the one-party swing in the seat was only 0.1% greater than that seen nationally, however, was enough on the newly drawn constituency boundaries to provide the winning candidate, John Randall, born in Uxbridge, with 48.3% of the vote, and a majority of more than 11,000 votes.

In the election only the three largest parliamentary parties reached the 5% of the vote threshold and thus retained their deposits.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency changed prior to the general election in 2010 as Parliament approved the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Ickenham and parts of West Ruislip were allocated to the Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner new seat. Treating the constituency as the direct successor to the Uxbridge seat, it gained the electoral wards:

The seat now has the following electoral wards:

Constituency profile

The seat has three tube stations, and spacious urban districts of Outer London. The area, in contrast to Hayes and inner western suburbs, is without brutalist tower blocks, and is instead beside the Colne Valley regional park. The highest density of buildings is found close to historic Uxbridge town centre, a London hub in a seat that is ethnically diverse and prosperous, including on its outskirts Brunel University. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Members of Parliament

John Randall, MP for the seat since its creation in 2010 and for the old Uxbridge seat since a by-election in 1997, announced in July 2014 that he would be retiring at the May 2015 general election.[4] On 12 September 2014 Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, was selected to be the Conservative candidate at the general election.[5]

ElectionMember[6] Party
2010 Sir John Randall Conservative
2015 Boris Johnson Conservative

Election results

General Election 2015: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Boris Johnson 22,511 50.2 +2.0
Labour Chris Summers[10] 11,816 26.4 +3.0
UKIP Jack Duffin 6,346 14.2 +11.4
Liberal Democrat Michael Francis Cox[11] 2,215 4.9 -15.0
Green Graham Lee[12] 1,414 3.2 +2.1
TUSC Gary Harbord [13] 180 0.4 N/A
Independent Jenny Thompson[14] 84 0.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Alan "Howling Laud" Hope[15] 72 0.2 N/A
Communities United Sabrina Moosun[14] 52 0.1 N/A
The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (UK) Lord Toby Jug[16] 50 0.1 N/A
Independent Michael Doherty[14] 39 0.1 N/A
The Realists` Party Jane Lawrence[14] 18 0.0 N/A
Independent James Franklin Jackson[14] 14 0.0 N/A
Majority 10,695 23.9 -1.0
Turnout 44,811 63.4 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
General Election 2010: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[17]

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Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Randall* 21,758 48.3 +3.8
Labour Sidharath Garg 10,542 23.4 -3.0
Liberal Democrat Mike Cox 8,995 20.0 -2.7
BNP Diane Neal 1,396 3.1 +1.2
UKIP Mark Wadsworth 1,234 2.7 +1.1
Green Mike Harling 477 1.1 -1.1
English Democrats Roger Cooper 403 0.9 N/A
National Front Frank McCallister 271 0.6 -0.1
Majority 11,216 24.9
Turnout 45,076 63.3 +4.7
Source: BBC News[18]
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Uxbridge and South Ruislip". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ↑ "Sir John Randall to step down as Uxbridge MP – speculation grows over Boris Johnson as successor". Hillingdon and Uxbridge Times. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Chris (12 September 2014). "Boris Johnson selected to stand for Tories in Uxbridge and South Ruislip". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "U"
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/29845/Uxbridge-and-South-Ruislip-constituency-results-2015 23Jul15
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001007
  10. ↑ https://chrissummersforuxbridge.wordpress.com
  11. ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/mike_cox
  12. ↑ http://london.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
  13. ↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media.jsp?mediaid=33384&filetype=pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30232401
  16. ↑ http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media.jsp?mediaid=33384&filetype=pdf
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election 2010: Uxbridge & South Ruislip". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Coordinates: 51°32′N 0°26′W / 51.54°N 0.44°W / 51.54; -0.44

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