Harrow West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 69,135 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Harrow, Wealdstone, Headstone, Rayners Lane, South Harrow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Harrow and Hendon |
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (as to Pinner), since 2010 |
Harrow West is a constituency [n 1] [n 2] in Greater London created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Until 1997, it only returned Conservative MPs; since then, it has elected the Labour Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas on a fluctuating majority. Since 2010, this has been bolstered by the loss of Pinner from the seat and the gain of a favourable ward for Labour from Harrow East.
The area covers the largely Georgian conservation area on a stand-alone, partly park-lined hill which hosts the famous Harrow School; it also includes the urban Harrow town centre, as well as 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.
The Labour Party have held the seat since 1997, with the Conservative Party second-placed in each election. The 2015 result made the seat the 215th safest of the party's 232 seats (by majority percentage), and thus the 18th most marginal seat. [2] Thomas's majority has ranged from 2.3% in 1997 to 26.4% in 2017.
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; it was the safest Tory seat lost to Labour. [3] Its electorate produced another better than average result for Labour in 2001, with a swing from the Conservatives to Labour of 5.4%, bettered in only four seats out of 650. The 2005 challenge by future Conservative MP Mike Freer produced a pro-Conservative swing of 4.5%. [3]
The 2010 inceptive seat saw a notional swing to the Tories in line with that nationally of 5.7%; in overall outcome the incumbent Labour MP's swing increased. The Harrow West and East seats now present as less marginal than they were in previous decades.
After a 1.1% swing to the Tories in 2015, the seat swung to Labour in 2017 by around 11%, with a local record number of votes for their incumbent candidate. At 34.4%, the Conservative vote share was the lowest in the seat's history, but the party received more votes in 2017 than in 2001 and 2010.
UKIP, Liberal Democrat and Green Party candidates won less than 5% of the vote in 2015 and 2017, therefore forfeiting their deposits.
Years | Local authority | Wards |
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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 and Hatch End, Pinner South, Roxbourne, Roxeth. |
1955–1983 | Municipal Borough of Harrow | Headstone, Pinner North and Hatch End, Pinner South, Roxbourne, Roxeth. |
1983–2010 | London Borough of Harrow | Harrow on the Hill, Hatch End, Headstone North, Headstone South, Pinner, Pinner West, Rayners Lane, Ridgeway, Roxbourne, Roxeth. |
2010–present | London Borough of Harrow | Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Headstone North, Headstone South, Marlborough (an easterly projection centred on Harrow and Wealdstone station and its compact urban hub), Rayners Lane, Roxbourne, Roxeth, West Harrow. |
The constituency was created for the 1945 general election when the Harrow constituency was split into the 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.
Labour's union leader Tony McNulty lost the neighbouring Harrow East in 2010 to Blackman, who held on in 2015 and 2017. However, Harrow West's Gareth Thomas retained his seat with a reduced majority.
Reviewing such representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England ( de facto ), as is custom agreed by Parliament, altered the area's limits to avoid malapportionment, as London's housing and rates of occupancy have altered. The western border district, town or neighbourhood of Pinner went to a new cross-Borough seat, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, making its source, based on a ward breakdown of the last result, and mirrored by local election results, a stronger seat for Labour; this was coupled with the inclusion of Marlborough ward which had returned many Labour councillors since World War II.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Harrow (as they existed on 4 May 2022):
Greenhill; Harrow on the Hill; Headstone; Marlborough; North Harrow; Rayners Lane; Roxbourne; Roxeth; Wealdstone North; Wealdstone South; West Harrow. [4]
Wealdstone will be transferred in from Harrow East. Other minor changes to align boundaries with new ward structure.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1945 | Norman Bower | Conservative | |
1951 by-election | Sir Albert Braithwaite | Conservative | |
1960 by-election | Sir John Page | Conservative | |
1987 | Robert Hughes | Conservative | |
1997 | Gareth Thomas | Labour, then Labour Co-op | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Michael Beavis [6] | ||||
Independent | Pamela Fitzpatrick | ||||
Green | Rupert Nepal George [7] | ||||
Workers Party | Zulkiple Husin [8] | ||||
Conservative | Abbas Merali [9] | ||||
Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas [10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Noyce | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 25,132 | 52.4 | 8.4 | |
Conservative | Anwara Ali | 16,440 | 34.3 | 0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa-Maria Bornemann | 4,310 | 9.0 | 6.5 | |
Green | Rowan Langley | 1,109 | 2.3 | 1.0 | |
Brexit Party | Richard Jones | 931 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,692 | 18.1 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,922 | 66.1 | 6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 72,477 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 30,640 | 60.8 | 13.8 | |
Conservative | Hannah David | 17,326 | 34.4 | 7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Noyce | 1,267 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |
Green | Rowan Langley | 652 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
UKIP | Rathy Alagaratnam | 470 | 0.9 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 13,314 | 26.4 | 21.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,355 | 72.1 | 5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 68,797 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 10.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 21,885 | 47.0 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Hannah David | 19,677 | 42.2 | 5.4 | |
UKIP | Ali Bhatti | 2,047 | 4.3 | 2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Noyce | 1,567 | 3.3 | 12.9 | |
Green | Rowan Langley | 1,310 | 2.8 | 1.4 | |
Independent | Kailash Trivedi | 117 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,208 | 4.8 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,603 | 66.9 | 0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 69,644 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 1.1 | |||
Note: From 2010 historically Conservative-strong Pinner formed part of the new seat Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. The 2010 changes are not based on the 2005 result as the constituency underwent major changes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 20,111 | 43.6 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Rachel Joyce | 16,968 | 36.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Noyce | 7,458 | 16.2 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Herbert Crossman | 954 | 2.1 | +0.8 | |
Green | Rowan Langley | 625 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,143 | 6.8 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,116 | 67.6 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 68,554 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −5.7 (nominal, instead seen, on new definition) | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 20,298 | 42.5 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Freer | 18,270 | 38.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Noyce | 8,188 | 17.1 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Janice Cronin | 576 | 1.2 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Berjis Daver | 427 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,028 | 4.2 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,759 | 64.3 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 74,133 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gareth Thomas | 23,142 | 49.6 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Daniel Finkelstein | 16,986 | 36.4 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Noyce | 5,995 | 12.9 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Peter Kefford | 525 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,156 | 13.2 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,648 | 63.0 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 74,083 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gareth Thomas | 21,811 | 41.5 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Hughes | 20,571 | 39.2 | −16.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pash Nandhra | 8,127 | 15.5 | −4.67 | |
Referendum | Herbert Crossman | 1997 | 3.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,240 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,506 | 72.8 | -5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 72,146 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -17.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hughes | 30,240 | 55.2 | 0 | |
Labour | Claude Moraes | 12,343 | 22.5 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Noyce | 11,050 | 20.2 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | G. Aitman | 845 | 1.5 | New | |
Natural Law | J. Argyle | 306 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,897 | 32.7 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,784 | 78.7 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 69,616 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hughes | 30,456 | 55.2 | +2.2 | |
SDP | Stuart Bayliss | 15,012 | 27.2 | -5.0 | |
Labour | Colin Bastin | 9,665 | 17.5 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 15,444 | 28.0 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 55,133 | 74.5 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 74,041 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 28,056 | 53.0 | -5.0 | |
SDP | Stuart Bayliss | 17,035 | 32.2 | New | |
Labour | Albert Toms | 7,811 | 14.8 | -9.3 | |
Majority | 11,021 | 20.8 | -13.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,902 | 72.3 | -6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,151 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 26,007 | 58.06 | +6.07 | |
Labour | Marie Catterson [24] | 10,794 | 24.10 | -0.43 | |
Liberal | Ronald Dick [24] | 7,350 | 16.41 | -7.07 | |
National Front | Timothy Bennett [24] | 646 | 1.44 | New | |
Majority | 15,213 | 33.96 | +6.49 | ||
Turnout | 44,797 | 78.72 | +4.27 | ||
Registered electors | 56,907 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 21,924 | 51.99 | +0.44 | |
Labour | M.P. Reynolds | 10,342 | 24.53 | +2.08 | |
Liberal | R.E. Bell | 9,903 | 23.48 | -2.52 | |
Majority | 11,582 | 27.46 | +1.91 | ||
Turnout | 42,169 | 74.45 | -8.34 | ||
Registered electors | 56,641 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 23,950 | 51.55 | -7.98 | |
Liberal | R.E. Bell | 12,081 | 26.00 | +12.98 | |
Labour | L. Wagner | 10,430 | 22.45 | -4.99 | |
Majority | 11,869 | 25.55 | -6.54 | ||
Turnout | 46,461 | 82.79 | +10.04 | ||
Registered electors | 56,122 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 24,867 | 59.53 | +6.40 | |
Labour | Timothy P C Daniel | 11,462 | 27.44 | -1.43 | |
Liberal | Jeffrey F Smith | 5,440 | 13.02 | -4.98 | |
Majority | 13,405 | 32.09 | +7.83 | ||
Turnout | 41,769 | 72.75 | -7.40 | ||
Registered electors | 57,418 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 22,660 | 53.13 | -0.78 | |
Labour | Christopher Hubert Beaumont | 12,313 | 28.87 | +3.88 | |
Liberal | Harry Charles Seigal | 7,676 | 18.00 | -3.10 | |
Majority | 10,347 | 24.26 | -4.65 | ||
Turnout | 42,649 | 80.15 | +0.32 | ||
Registered electors | 53,210 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 23,132 | 53.91 | -17.01 | |
Labour | Kenneth W Childerhouse | 10,725 | 24.99 | -4.09 | |
Liberal | Arnold E. Bender | 9,055 | 21.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,407 | 28.92 | -12.93 | ||
Turnout | 42,912 | 79.83 | +0.59 | ||
Registered electors | 53,756 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Page | 18,526 | 55.77 | -15.15 | |
Liberal | John M. Wallbridge | 7,100 | 21.38 | New | |
Labour | Philip J. Jenkins | 6,030 | 18.15 | -10.93 | |
New Conservative | John E. Dayton | 1,560 | 4.70 | New | |
Majority | 11,426 | 34.39 | -7.45 | ||
Turnout | 33,216 | 61.60 | -17.64 | ||
Registered electors | 53,756 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | 30,512 | 70.92 | +0.29 | |
Labour | Philip J. Jenkins | 12,512 | 29.08 | -0.29 | |
Majority | 18,000 | 41.84 | +0.58 | ||
Turnout | 43,024 | 79.24 | -1.95 | ||
Registered electors | 54,295 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | 31,321 | 70.63 | +3.16 | |
Labour | Richard Leonard | 13,024 | 29.37 | -3.16 | |
Majority | 18,297 | 41.26 | +6.33 | ||
Turnout | 44,345 | 81.19 | -2.57 | ||
Registered electors | 54,616 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | 26,549 | 67.47 | +8.93 | |
Labour | Leslie Littlewood | 12,802 | 32.53 | +3.02 | |
Majority | 13,747 | 34.93 | +5.90 | ||
Turnout | 39,351 | 83.76 | -2.94 | ||
Registered electors | 46,979 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 68.00 | -18.70 | ||
Registered electors | 46,599 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Bower | 23,744 | 58.54 | +8.69 | |
Labour | Leslie Littlewood | 11,971 | 29.51 | -3.52 | |
Liberal | Philip Montague Syrett | 4,846 | 11.95 | -0.88 | |
Majority | 11,773 | 29.03 | +12.21 | ||
Turnout | 40,561 | 86.70 | +8.09 | ||
Registered electors | 46,781 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 | 57,404 | 78.61 | |||
Registered electors | 73,024 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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