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Twickenham
Twickenham
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Twickenham in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	79,172 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Twickenham, Hampton and Teddington
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat)
Seats	One
Created from	Brentford

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Twickenham is a House of Commons constituency in South-West London, ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Munira Wilson of the Liberal Democrats.^{[n 2]}

History

Since 1945, the boundaries of the seat have been similar to those of the abolished Municipal Borough of Twickenham.

From 1931 until 1983, Twickenham was a safe seat of the Conservative Party and from 1983 until 1997 a marginal seat for that party.

Liberal Democrat Vince Cable gained the seat during the 1997 landslide Conservative defeat and held it until 2015. The seat was one of very few in Britain that gave the Liberal Democrats a majority of votes in the 2005 and 2010 elections, being their sixth best performance nationally in 2010.^{[n 3]} Cable was Secretary of State for Business from 2010 to 2015, but unexpectedly lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Tania Mathias in the 2015 general election during the nationwide collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote.

Cable regained the seat in the 2017 snap election by a 14.8% majority and an absolute majority at 52.8% of the vote; this was the highest vote percentage for the Liberal Democrats in any constituency nationally.^[3]

The seat has in the 21st century had notably high turnouts. At the 2015 general election, it had the highest turnout in England and the fourth highest in the UK.^[4] In 2017, turnout was 79.7%, the highest for any seat in the UK, ahead of Oxford West and Abingdon gained by the same party.^[5]^[6] The seat of Twickenham has also been won by the same party as the neighbouring seat of Kingston and Surbiton in all seven elections they have been in (6 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative).

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Heston and Isleworth, and Twickenham.

1945: boundaries substantially changed – losing territory in the north to form Heston and Isleworth, gaining territory from Spelthorne to the south including Hampton, Teddington, Hampton Wick, Hampton Court Park and Bushy Park

1945–1974: The Municipal Borough of Twickenham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Central Twickenham, East Twickenham, Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, South Twickenham, Teddington, West Twickenham, and Whitton.^[7]

1983–1997: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Central Twickenham, Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Nursery, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, South Twickenham, Teddington, West Twickenham, and Whitton.^[8]

1997–2010: Central Twickenham, East Twickenham, Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Nursery, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, South Twickenham, Teddington, West Twickenham, and Whitton.^[9]

2010–present: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Fulwell and Hampton Hill, Hampton, Hampton North, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, St Margaret's and North Twickenham, South Twickenham, Teddington, Twickenham Riverside, West Twickenham, and Whitton.^[10]

The seat covers the south western half of the London Borough of Richmond, that part of the borough on the north bank of the River Thames.^{[n 4]} It chiefly contains the towns or London districts of Twickenham, Hampton, Teddington and Whitton. Smaller sub-localities by order of commercial activity are Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, St Margarets, Fulwell, Strawberry Hill and Hampton Court hamlet proper.^{[n 5]} Features includes Hampton Court Palace, Bushy Park (one of the Royal Parks of London), and the Rugby Football Union's national ground, Twickenham Stadium.

History of boundaries

1918–1945

During this period the Hamptons (Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Court and Hampton Wick) and Teddington were excluded from the seat, which instead contained two urban districts to the north of subsequent boundaries, Isleworth and Hounslow, an area at the time with key economic sectors of construction, brewing, warehousing and goods transportation. As such these areas had some support for the Labour Party, who in their best result in the seat, lost the 1929 by-election in the seat by 503 votes (1.6% of the vote).

1945–date

In 1945, the area saw as an unusual corollary to its shift southwards, the swing nationally, of +11.7% (Con-to-Lab) converted in the more strongly middle-class redefined seat to a major cut in the 24% Conservative majority ^{[n 6]} swinging −15.3% to a Liberal opponent, George Granville Slack. In February 1974 and from 1979 until seizing victory in 1997, the runner-up party became the Liberal Party or their successor, the Liberal Democrats and the ward boundaries became only slightly adjusted to reflect changes made in the borderlines made at the local level of government.

Constituency profile

As described by the boundaries, the area enjoys substantial parkland and Thameside landscapes, coupled with a variety of commuter train services to Central London including semi-fast services from Twickenham itself to London Waterloo.

Twickenham is the only constituency situated entirely within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, as such, is made up completely of middle-class suburbia, similar to the neighbouring constituencies of Kingston & Surbiton, Richmond Park (both in Greater London) and Esher & Walton in Surrey. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower in Twickenham than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[11]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member
1918	William Joynson-Hicks	Unionist
1929 by-election	John Ferguson	Unionist
1932 by-election	Hylton Murray-Philipson	Conservative
1934 by-election	Alfred Critchley	Conservative
1935	Edward Keeling	Conservative
1955 by-election	Gresham Cooke	Conservative
1970	Toby Jessel	Conservative
1997	Vince Cable	Liberal Democrats
2015	Tania Mathias	Conservative
2017	Vince Cable	Liberal Democrats
2019	Munira Wilson	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Twickenham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Munira Wilson	36,166	56.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Isobel Grant	22,045	34.2	―3.8
	Labour	Ranjeev Walia	5,476	8.5	―0.7
	Brexit Party	Stuart Wells	816	1.3	New
Majority			14,121	21.9	+7.1
Turnout			64,503	76.3	―3.2
Registered electors			84,906
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.6

This was the second largest Lib Dem majority by percentage, after Bath and the largest by number. It was also their largest vote share at the 2019 general election.^[13]

General election 2017: Twickenham^[14] ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	34,969	52.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Tania Mathias	25,207	38.0	―3.3
	Labour	Katherine Dunne	6,114	9.2	―2.3
Majority			9,762	14.8	N/A
Turnout			66,290	79.5	+2.2
Registered electors			83,362
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.0

General election 2015: Twickenham^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tania Mathias	25,580	41.3	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	23,563	38.0	―16.4
	Labour	Nick Grant	7,129	11.5	+3.8
	UKIP	Barry Edwards	3,069	4.9	+3.4
	Green	Tanya Williams	2,463	4.0	+2.9
	Christian	Dominic Stockford	174	0.3	New
	Magna Carta	David Wedgwood	26	0.0	New
Majority			2,017	3.3	N/A
Turnout			62,004	77.3	+2.5
Registered electors			80,250
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.8

General election 2010: Twickenham^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	32,483	54.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Deborah Thomas	20,343	34.1	+1.7
	Labour	Brian Tomlinson	4,583	7.7	―3.7
	UKIP	Brian Gilbert	868	1.5	0.0
	Green	Stephen Roest	674	1.1	−1.7
	BNP	Chris Hurst	654	1.1	New
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	Harry Cole	76	0.1	New
	Magna Carta	Paul Armstrong	40	0.0	New
Majority			12,140	20.3	+1.0
Turnout			59,721	74.8	+2.4
Registered electors			80,569
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vince 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 Leveson-Gower	1,445	2.8	0.0
	UKIP	Douglas Orchard	766	1.5	+0.3
	Independent	Brian Gibert	117	0.2	New
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	George Weiss	64	0.1	New
Majority			9,965	19.2	+3.9
Turnout			51,687	71.8	+5.4
Registered electors			71,444
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 2001: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	24,344	48.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Longworth	16,689	33.4	―4.4
	Labour	Dean Rogers	6,903	13.8	―1.8
	Green	Judith Maciejowska	1,423	2.8	New
	UKIP	Ray Hollebone	579	1.2	New
Majority			7,655	15.3	+8.0
Turnout			49,938	66.4	―12.9
Registered electors			72,225
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	26,237	45.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	21,956	37.8	―11.8
	Labour	Eva Tutchell	9,065	15.6	+5.2
	Independent English Conservative and Referendum	Jane Harrison	589	1.0	New
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Terence D. Haggar	155	0.3	New
	Natural Law	Anthony J.W. Hardy	142	0.2	―0.1
Majority			4,281	7.3	N/A
Turnout			58,144	79.3	―4.9
Registered electors			73,569
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	―8.8

General election 1992: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	26,804	50.4	―1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Cable	21,093	39.7	+1.4
	Labour	Michael D. Gold	4,919	9.3	+0.9
	Natural Law	Gary P. Gill	152	0.3	New
	Democratic Liberal and Conservatives	D.W. Griffith	103	0.2	New
	Liberal	A.J. Miners	85	0.2	New
Majority			5,711	10.7	―2.8
Turnout			53,156	84.2	+2.7
Registered electors			63,072
	Conservative hold		Swing	―1.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	27,331	51.9	+1.5
	Liberal	John Waller	20,204	38.3	―2.5
	Labour	Valerie Vaz	4,415	8.4	+0.9
	Green	David Batchelor	746	1.4	+0.5
Majority			7,127	13.6	+4.0
Turnout			52,696	81.5	+3.7
Registered electors			64,661
	Conservative hold		Swing	―0.5

General election 1983: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	25,110	50.4	―1.8
	Liberal	John Waller	20,318	40.8	+10.9
	Labour	P.A. Nicholas	3,732	7.5	―9.2
	Ecology	John J. Clarke	424	0.9	New
	National Front	T.J. Denville-Faulkner	234	0.5	―0.7
	Independent	R.W. Kenyon	40	0.1	New
Majority			4,792	9.6	―12.7
Turnout			49,858	77.8	―2.5
Registered electors			64,116
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	30,017	52.2	+5.7
	Liberal	John Waller	17,169	29.9	+5.7
	Labour	David Wetzel	9,591	16.7	−12.1
	National Front	M. Braithwaite	686	1.2	New
Majority			12,848	22.3	+4.6
Turnout			57,463	80.3	+5.9
Registered electors			71,535
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	24,959	46.5	+0.2
	Labour	Mavis Cunningham	15,452	28.8	+2.1
	Liberal	Stephen Kramer	13,021	24.2	−2.8
	Anti EEC	W. Burgess	287	0.5	New
Majority			9,507	17.7	−1.6
Turnout			53,719	74.4	−8.7
Registered electors			72,210
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	27,595	46.3	−8.1
	Liberal	Stephen Kramer	16,092	27.0	+14.6
	Labour	Ronald M. Taylor	15,909	26.7	−5.6
Majority			11,503	19.3	−2.8
Turnout			59,596	83.1	+12.2
Registered electors			71,682
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	28,571	54.4	+6.7
	Labour	John H.W. Grant	16,950	32.3	−1.7
	Liberal	David Kenneth Rebak	6,516	12.4	−5.9
	Independent	Richard Franklin	462	0.9	New
Majority			11,621	22.1	+8.4
Turnout			52,499	70.9	−7.7
Registered electors			74,038
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gresham Cooke	26,512	47.7	−1.2
	Labour	David Carlton	18,884	34.0	+6.8
	Liberal	Simon Goldblatt	10,160	18.3	−3.7
Majority			7,628	13.7	−8.1
Turnout			55,556	78.6	+0.9
Registered electors			70,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gresham Cooke	27,427	48.9	−8.3
	Labour	W Eric Wolff	15,231	27.2	−1.1
	Liberal	John Woolfe	12,306	22.0	+7.4
	Nuclear Disarmament	Michael H. Craft	1,073	1.9	New
Majority			12,196	21.7	−7.2
Turnout			56,037	77.7	−2.1
Registered electors			72,154
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gresham Cooke	33,677	57.2	−1.2
	Labour	Anne Kerr	16,638	28.3	−1.9
	Liberal	Kenwyn Arthur Powell	8,589	14.6	+3.1
Majority			17,039	28.9	+0.7
Turnout			58,904	79.8	+2.8
Registered electors			73,852
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gresham Cooke	33,726	58.4	−2.7
	Labour	Pat O'Gorman	17,450	30.2	−7.7
	Liberal	Margaret Neilson	6,626	11.5	New
Majority			16,276	28.2	+4.0
Turnout			57,802	77.0	−4.3
Registered electors			75,106
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 Twickenham by-election^[19]
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	28.0	+3.8
Turnout			36,028	47.3	−38.4
Registered electors			76,147
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.9

General election 1951: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Keeling	39,080	62.1	+6.2
	Labour	Ethel Chipchase	23,871	37.9	+2.8
Majority			15,209	24.2	+3.4
Turnout			62,951	81.3	−4.4
Registered electors			77,444
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Keeling	36,757	55.9	+7.9
	Labour	John Stonehouse	23,088	35.1	−6.8
	Liberal	Derek Alan Forwood	5,950	9.0	−1.2
Majority			13,669	20.8	+14.7
Turnout			65,795	85.7	+11.7
Registered electors			76,810
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Keeling	26,045	48.0	−15.3
	Labour	Arthur Irvine	22,736	41.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Granville Slack	5,509	10.2	New
Majority			3,309	6.1	−18.5
Turnout			54,290	74.0	+7.5
Registered electors			73,336
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Keeling	37,635	62.3	−11.7
	Labour Co-op	Percy Holman	22,823	37.7	+11.7
Majority			14,812	24.6	−23.4
Turnout			60,458	66.5	−4.8
Registered electors			90,929
	Conservative hold		Swing

1934 Twickenham by-election
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
Registered electors			81,529
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

1932 Twickenham by-election
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
Registered electors			74,272
	Conservative hold		Swing	-17.8

General election, 1931: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ferguson	39,161	74.0	+26.3
	Labour Co-op	Percy Holman	13,793	26.0	−20.1
Majority			25,398	48.0	+46.4
Turnout			42,954	71.3	+21.8
Registered electors			74,272
	Conservative hold		Swing	+23.2

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Twickenham by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Ferguson	14,705	47.7	−0.8
	Labour	Thomas Jackson Mason	14,202	46.1	+11.3
	Liberal	Frederick Paterson	1,920	6.2	−10.5
Majority			503	1.6	−12.1
Turnout			30,827	49.5	−20.3
Registered electors			62,264
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.6

General election 1929: Twickenham^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Joynson-Hicks	21,087	48.5	−21.9
	Labour	Thomas Jackson Mason	15,121	34.8	+5.2
	Liberal	Frederick Paterson	7,246	16.7	New
Majority			5,966	13.7	−27.1
Turnout			43,454	69.8	−0.2
Registered electors			62,263
	Unionist hold		Swing	-13.6

General election 1924: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Joynson-Hicks	18,889	70.4	+15.0
	Labour	Stanley Simon Sherman	7,945	29.6	+5.9
Majority			10,944	40.8	+9.1
Turnout			26,834	70.0	+8.0
Registered electors			38,353
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.6

General election 1923: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Joynson-Hicks	12,903	55.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Stanley Simon Sherman	5,509	23.7	New
	Liberal	Charles Baker	4,858	20.9	New
Majority			7,394	31.7	N/A
Turnout			23,270	62.0	N/A
Registered electors			37,558
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Twickenham ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unionist	William Joynson-Hicks	Unopposed
Registered electors			37,073
	Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Twickenham^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	William Joynson-Hicks	14,015	83.2
	Labour	Humphrey Chalmers	2,823	16.8
Majority			11,192	66.4
Turnout			16,838	48.2
Registered electors			34,924
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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.
^ By share of the vote, behind five seats: Orkney and Shetland, Westmoreland and Lonsdale, Bath, Yeovil, and Norfolk North
^ However mostly further south as the river is on a north-south axis at this point
^ An ill-defined but major neighbourhood of East Molesey often self-identifies as and ascribes to itself Hampton Court by virtue of its station and long standing sweep of shops of that name, across historic and actual boundaries, across the Thames in Surrey, this is not part of the Hampton Court hamlet mentioned.
^ Also known as one-party swing

References

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Sources

Boundary Commission for England
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)

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[3] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] 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.

[5] By share of the vote, behind five seats: Orkney and Shetland, Westmoreland and Lonsdale, Bath, Yeovil, and Norfolk North

[14] However mostly further south as the river is on a north-south axis at this point

[15] An ill-defined but major neighbourhood of East Molesey often self-identifies as and ascribes to itself Hampton Court by virtue of its station and long standing sweep of shops of that name, across historic and actual boundaries, across the Thames in Surrey, this is not part of the Hampton Court hamlet mentioned.

[16] Also known as one-party swing

[1] "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[2] "Twickenham election results 2019: Munira Wilson wins for Lib Dems". 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[6] "GE2017 – Constituency results". Britain Elects (Google Docs). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[7] "Turnout – General Elections Online". geo.digiminster. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[8] "GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout". House of Commons Library. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[9] "Results of the 2017 general election". BBC News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[10] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham and Esher) Order 1971. SI 1971/2114". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6234–6235.

[11] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1983/417, retrieved 5 March 2023

[12] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1995/1626, retrieved 5 March 2023

[13] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2007/1681, retrieved 5 March 2023

[17] "Unemployment claimants by constituency". The Guardian. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[18] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[19] "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[20] "Vince Cable is to run for parliament in snap election". The Independent. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[21] "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.

[electoralcalculus-22] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[23] "Election results for Twickenham, 7 May 2015". 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-24] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[25] "1955 By Elections – part 1". 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.

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 Cable regained the seat in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 snap election]] by a 14.8% majority and an absolute majority at 52.8% of the vote; this was the highest vote percentage for the Liberal Democrats in any constituency nationally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SGkPQqosDbVL9tSX_uMNaXPGiW2z02z2fchDezlyNss/edit#gid=0|title=GE2017 – Constituency results|work=Britain Elects (Google Docs)|access-date=11 June 2017|language=en|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430230037/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SGkPQqosDbVL9tSX_uMNaXPGiW2z02z2fchDezlyNss/edit#gid=0|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The seat has in the 21st century had notably high turnouts. At the 2015 general election, it had the highest turnout in England and the fourth highest in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Turnout|title=Turnout – General Elections Online|publisher=geo.digiminster|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032244/http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Turnout|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, turnout was 79.7%, the highest for any seat in the UK, ahead of [[Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford West and Abingdon]] gained by the same party.<ref>{{Cite document|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/ge2017-marginal-seats-and-turnout/|title=GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout|first=House of Commons|last=Library|date=23 June 2017|journal=|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427095602/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/ge2017-marginal-seats-and-turnout/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|title=Results of the 2017 general election|website=BBC News|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531172514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|url-status=live}}</ref> The seat of Twickenham has also been won by the same party as the neighbouring seat of [[Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston and Surbiton]] in all seven elections they have been in (6 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative).
+The seat has in the 21st century had notably high turnouts. At the 2015 general election, it had the highest turnout in England and the fourth highest in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Turnout|title=Turnout – General Elections Online|publisher=geo.digiminster|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032244/http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/Statistics/Turnout|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, turnout was 79.7%, the highest for any seat in the UK, ahead of [[Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford West and Abingdon]] gained by the same party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/ge2017-marginal-seats-and-turnout/|title=GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout|publisher=House of Commons Library|date=23 June 2017|journal=|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427095602/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/ge2017-marginal-seats-and-turnout/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|title=Results of the 2017 general election|website=BBC News|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531172514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|url-status=live}}</ref> The seat of Twickenham has also been won by the same party as the neighbouring seat of [[Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston and Surbiton]] in all seven elections they have been in (6 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative).
 ==Boundaries==

v t e Constituencies in London (75)
Labour (57)	Barking Battersea Beckenham and Penge Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent West Brentford and Isleworth Chelsea and Fulham Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Clapham and Brixton Hill Croydon East Croydon West Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Eltham and Chislehurst Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Chiswick Hampstead and Highgate Harrow West Hendon Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Friern Barnet Ilford North Ilford South Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Bayswater Lewisham East Lewisham North Lewisham West and East Dulwich Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Peckham Putney Queen's Park and Maida Vale Southgate and Wood Green Stratford and Bow Streatham and Croydon North Tooting Tottenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Walthamstow West Ham and Beckton
Conservative (9)	Bromley and Biggin Hill Chingford and Woodford Green Croydon South Harrow East Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Liberal Democrats (6)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Wimbledon
Independent (3)	Hayes and Harlington Islington North Poplar and Limehouse

v t e Historic constituencies in London
1955	Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West
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