Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Harrow West 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

Harrow West constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945-50.

A safe Conservative seat until Labour's landslide in 1997, the area is known for the famous Harrow School.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Harrow West constituency to deal with population changes. The upmarket area of Pinner has been moved to a new constituency called Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, making Harrow West a stronger Labour seat at the expense of the Conservatives than in 2005.

The electoral wards used in the modified Harrow West constituency are:

• Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Headstone North, Headstone South, Marlborough, Rayners Lane, Roxbourne, Roxeth and West Harrow

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1945	Norman Bower	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1951	Sir Albert Braithwaite	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1960 by-election	Sir John Page	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1987	Robert Hughes	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Gareth Thomas	Labour, then Labour Co-operative

Election results

General Election 2005: Harrow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	N/A
Majority			2,028	4.2
Turnout			47,759	64.3	+1.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.5

General Election 2001: Harrow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	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	N/A
Majority			6,156	13.2
Turnout			46,648	63.0	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London