Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Hampton Court Palace

The constituency covers the western part of the London Borough of Richmond, i.e., that part of the borough on the north bank of the River Thames (although the river is on a north-south axis at this point). It includes the town of Twickenham, as well as the Hampton, Teddington and Whitton areas. It also includes Hampton Court Palace and Bushy Park, and the Rugby Football Union's ground, Twickenham Stadium.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has not recommended any changes to the boundaries of this constituency. The Commission received only eleven representations following the publication of their original proposals, of which ten were in support.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:

• Fulwell and Hampton Hill, Hampton, Hampton North, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, St Margarets and North Twickenham, South Twickenham, Teddington, Twickenham Riverside, West Twickenham, Whitton.

History

Twickenham was a safe seat for the Conservative Party for many years, until the Liberal Democrats gained the seat at the 1997 general election. Its MP Vincent Cable has increased his majority in the two general elections since then.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |	1918	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	Coalition Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1922		Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1929	Sir John Ferguson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1932	Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1934	Alfred Cecil Critchley	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1935	Sir Edward Keeling	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1955	Gresham Cooke	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1970	Toby Jessel	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Twickenham by-election, 8th August 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Ferguson	14,705	47.7	−0.8
	Labour	T.J. Mason	14,202	46.1	+11.3
	Liberal	F.G. Paterson	1,920	6.2	−10.5
Majority			503	1.6	−12.1
Turnout				49.5	−20.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1930s

Twickenham by-election, 16th September 1932

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hylton Murray-Philipson	21,688	56.2	−17.8
	Labour Co-op	Percy Holman	16,881	43.8	+17.8
Majority			4,807	12.4	−35.6
Turnout			38,569	51.9	−19.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.8

Twickenham by-election, 22nd June 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Critchley	23,395	56.1	−0.1
	Labour Co-op	Percy Holman	19,890	43.9	+0.1
Majority			5,505	12.2	−0.2
Turnout			43,285	55.5	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1950s

Twickenham by-election, 25th January 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gresham Cooke	23,075	64.0	−1.9
	Labour	R. P. Pitman	12,953	36.0	−1.9
Majority			10,122	28.1	−3.9
Turnout			36,028
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	26,237	45.1
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	21,956	37.8
	Labour	E Tutchell	9,065	15.6
	Independent English Conservative and Referendum	J Harrison	589	1.0
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	T Haggar	155	0.3
	Natural Law	A Hardy	142	0.2
Majority			4,281	7.3%
Turnout			58,144	79.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	24,344	48.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Nick Longworth	16,689	33.4	−4.3
	Labour	Dean Rogers	6,903	13.8	−1.8
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	1,423	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ray Hollebone	579	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,655	15.3
Turnout			49,938	66.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	26,696	51.6	+2.9
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	16,731	32.4	−1.0
	Labour	Brian Whitington	5,868	11.4	−2.4
	Green	Henry Gower	1,445	2.8	0.0
	UKIP	Douglas Orchard	766	1.5	+0.3
	Independent	Brian Gibert	117	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	George Weiss	64	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,965	19.3
Turnout			51,687	71.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
• Twickenham by-election, 1929
• Twickenham by-election, 1932
• Twickenham by-election, 1934
• Twickenham by-election, 1955

Sources

• Boundary Commission for England
• The House Of Commons Constituencies Beginning With T