Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cities of London and Westminster Borough constituency
Cities of London and Westminster shown within Greater London
Created:	1950
MP:	Mark Field
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London, City of London
EP constituency:	London

Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London. It is represented by a member in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Boundary review 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1950, primarily from the former seat of Westminster Abbey. Owing to boundary changes, it was named 'City of London and Westminster South' between the February 1974 and 1997 general elections.

The seat covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway. In Westminster it covers the areas of Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St. James's, Soho, parts of Covent Garden, parts of Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Paddington and Bayswater.

The constituency covers the commercial, historical and touristic heart of London, including the Square Mile, St. Paul's Cathedral, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park.

There are few people who live in the City of London's financial district and in the West End. Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge rank among Europe's wealthiest residential districts. Around half the electorate are in the more socially mixed areas of Bayswater and Pimlico, or the former council estates of Westminster proper.

Even at the 1997 general election, a Labour landslide, the constituency returned a Conservative MP by a majority of several thousand; it can be considered a Conservative safe seat.

In the London Assembly, the area covered by the seat is split between the constituencies of City and East and West Central.

[edit] Boundary review

The Boundary Commission for England has formed two constituencies without pairing with another London Borough following their review of parliamentary representation in North London. The Bayswater area will be removed from this constituency and paired with those portions of Regent's Park and Kensington North which are within the City of Westminster to reform the Westminster North seat which existed prior to 1997. The remainder of the constituency will be Cities of London and Westminster, which was also the case prior to 1997.

The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified Cities of London and Westminster constituency are:

• The City of London
• The City of Westminster wards of Bryanston and Dorset Square, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Marylebone High Street, St James's, Tachbrook, Vincent Square, Warwick and West End.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This Conservative stronghold has been represented by Mark Field since the 2001 general election.

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Sir Harold Webbe	Conservative
	1959	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster	Conservative/Speaker
	1965 by-election	John Smith	Conservative
	1970	Christopher Tugendhat	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency renamed 'City of London and Westminster South'
	Feb 1974	Christopher Tugendhat	Conservative
	1977 by-election	Peter Brooke	Conservative
1997		constituency renamed 'Cities of London and Westminster'
	1997	Peter Brooke	Conservative
	2001	Mark Field	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Next United Kingdom general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Field
	Labour	Dave Rowntree
	Liberal Democrat	Naomi Smith
	UK Independence	Paul Wiffen
	Green	Tristan Smith

General Election 2005: Cities of London and Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Field	17,260	47.3	+1.0
	Labour	Hywel Lloyd	9,165	25.1	−8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Marie-Louise Rossi	7,306	20.0	+4.6
	Green	Tristan Smith	1,544	4.2	+0.3
	UK Independence	Colin Merton	399	1.1	–0.3
	Independent	Brian Haw	298	0.8	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Jillian McLachlan	246	0.7	N/A
	Veritas	David Harris	218	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Cass Cass-Horne	51	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,095	22.2
Turnout			36,487	50.3	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 2001: Cities of London and Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Field	15,737	46.3	–0.9
	Labour	Mike Katz	11,238	33.1	–2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Horwood	5,218	15.4	+3.1
	Green	Hugo Charlton	1,318	3.9	N/A
	UK Independence	Colin Merton	464	1.4	+0.8
Majority			4,499	13.2
Turnout			33,975	47.2	–7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 1997: Cities of London and Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Brooke	18,981	47.3	N/A
	Labour	Kate Green	14,100	35.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Dumigan	4,933	12.3	N/A
	Referendum Party	Alan Walter	1,161	2.9	N/A
	Independent	P. Wharton	266	0.7	N/A
	UK Independence	Colin Merton	215	0.5	N/A
	Natural Law	R. Johnson	176	0.4	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	N. Walsh	138	0.3	N/A
	Hemp Coalition	G. Webster	112	0.3	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Jerry Sadowitz	73	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,881		N/A
Turnout				58.2	N/A

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Constituency represented by the Speaker 1959 – 1965	Succeeded by Southampton Itchen

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party Labour Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham Conservative Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon Liberal Democrat Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham Respect Bethnal Green and Bow Independent Conservative Old Bexley and Sidcup London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 2 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Green 1 · UKIP 1

[edit] References

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