Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Ruislip-Northwood
Ruislip-Northwood
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Ruislip-Northwood in Greater London for the 2005 general election
County	Greater London
1950–2010
Seats	One
Created from	Uxbridge
Replaced by	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Ruislip-Northwood was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1950 to 2010 that elected one member (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was centred on the districts of Ruislip and Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The seat returned each of three Conservatives who stood in turn. Its narrowest majority was 17.3% in 1997, over the Labour Party candidate.

History

This represented the northern half of the earlier Uxbridge constituency which was divided into two following house-building in the area in 1950.

Ruislip-Northwood was a constituency that as such covered slightly elevated and gently hilly outskirts of West London, beginning 12 miles (19 km) WNW of Charing Cross.^[1]

All three of its successive Members of Parliament were Old Etonians and as the majorities they received were non-marginal, with their contributions the seat was throughout its elections a safe seat.

Almost all of its area has been succeeded by Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner.

Boundaries

1950–1974: The Urban District of Ruislip-Northwood.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Hillingdon wards of Eastcote, Haydon, Manor, Northwood, Ruislip, and South Ruislip.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Hillingdon wards of Bourne, Cavendish, Deansfield, Eastcote, Manor, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Ruislip, and St Martins.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Hillingdon wards of Bourne, Cavendish, Deansfield, Eastcote, Harefield, Manor, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Ruislip, and St Martins.

The constituency consisted of the northern part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1950	Petre Crowder	Conservative
	1979	John Wilkinson	Conservative
	2005	Nick Hurd	Conservative
2010		Constituency abolished: see Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (main successor)

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	23,077	57.51
	Labour	A.L. Birk	13,568	33.81
	Liberal	Gwendoline Rosser McGregor Wood	3,482	8.68
Majority			9,509	23.70
Turnout			40,127	88.05
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Ruislip-Northwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	25,295	63.58
	Labour Co-op	Thomas J Parker	14,491	36.42
Majority			10,804	27.16
Turnout			39,786	84.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	24,806	65.18
	Labour	George S Burden	13,251	34.82
Majority			11,555	30.36
Turnout			38,057	79.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	23,480	56.99
	Labour	James L King	10,424	25.30
	Liberal	Reginald A Walker	7,295	17.71	New
Majority			13,056	31.69
Turnout			41,199	83.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	21,036	52.36
	Labour	Patrick TA Marlowe	11,331	28.21
	Liberal	Reginald A Walker	7,806	19.43
Majority			9,705	24.15
Turnout			40,173	81.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	20,731	51.42
	Labour	P.L.N. Smith	13,455	33.38
	Liberal	Reginald A Walker	6,128	15.20
Majority			7,276	18.04
Turnout			40,314	81.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	24,247	60.65
	Labour	B.H. Silverman	11,541	28.87
	Liberal	Joyce M. Arram	4,188	10.48
Majority			12,706	31.78
Turnout			39,976	73.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	21,995	49.63
	Labour	Reg Race	10,574	23.86
	Liberal	Joyce Arram	10,311	23.27
	Ind. Conservative	W.P. Hobday	458	1.14	New
Majority			11,421	25.77
Turnout			43,338	82.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	20,779	51.50
	Labour	Reg Race	10,490	26.00
	Liberal	Joyce Arram	8,621	21.37
	United Democratic	W.P. Hobday	458	1.14	New
Majority			10,289	25.50
Turnout			40,348	74.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	26,748	61.30
	Labour	Michael Lloyd^[4]	9,541	21.87
	Liberal	(George) Raymond Stephenson^[4]	6,867	15.74
	National Front	Arthur Martin^[4]	477	1.09	New
Majority			17,207	39.43
Turnout			43,633	78.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Ruislip-Northwood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	24,498	59.58
	Liberal	Raymond Stephenson	11,516	28.01
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	5,105	12.42
Majority			12,982	31.57
Turnout			41,119	72.93
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: Ruislip-Northwood^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	27,418	62.63
	Liberal	Doreen Darby	10,447	23.86
	Labour	Hazel Smith	5,913	13.51
Majority			16,971	38.77
Turnout			43,778	77.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Ruislip-Northwood^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	28,097	63.3	+0.7
	Labour	RM Brooks	8,306	18.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	H Davies	7,739	17.4	−6.5
	Natural Law	MG Sheehan	214	0.5	New
Majority			19,791	44.6	+5.8
Turnout			44,356	82.1	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

General election 1997: Ruislip-Northwood^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	22,526	50.2	−12.7
	Labour	Paul D. Barker	14,732	32.9	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris D.J. Edwards	7,279	16.2	−0.4
	Natural Law	Cherry E. Griffin	296	0.8	+0.3
Majority			7,794	17.3	−25.7
Turnout			44,833	74.2	−7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Ruislip-Northwood^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	18,115	48.8	−1.4
	Labour	Gillian Travers	10,578	28.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cox	7,177	19.3	+3.1
	Green	Graham Lee	724	1.9	New
	BNP	Ian Edward	547	1.5	New
Majority			7,537	20.3	+3.0
Turnout			37,141	61.1	−13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2005: Ruislip-Northwood^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hurd	18,939	47.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cox	10,029	25.3	+6.0
	Labour	Ashley D. Riley	8,323	21.0	−7.5
	Green	Graham Lee	892	2.2	+0.3
	National Front	Ian Edward	841	2.1	New
	UKIP	Roland B.S. Courtenay	646	1.6	New
Majority			8,910	22.4	+2.1
Turnout			39,670	65.3	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

Notes and references

^ [1] Ordnance survey website
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
^ ^a ^b ^c Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 14. ISBN 0102374805.
^ "Election Data 1983". 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 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.141 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
^ The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.