Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Harrow East | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Harrow East in Greater London. |
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| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 72,537 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1945 |
| Member of Parliament | Bob Blackman (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | London |
Harrow East is a Harrow, London 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Traditionally a better area for the Labour Party than neighbouring Harrow West, the seat has still been mostly Conservative since the Second World War, but Labour did win here in landslide victories in 1945 and 1966. They won here again in 1997, and held on in the two subsequent general elections. In 2010 the seat was regained by the Conservatives on a high turnout.
The constituency now comprises the following nine wards:
Belmont; Canons; Edgware; Harrow Weald; Kenton East; Kenton West; Queensbury; Stanmore Park; Wealdstone.
[edit] Members of Parliament
It is currently represented by Conservative Bob Blackman.
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2010: Harrow East[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bob Blackman | 21,435 | 44.7 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Tony McNulty | 18,032 | 37.6 | -7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nahid Boethe | 6,850 | 14.3 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Abhijit Pandya | 896 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Madeleine Atkins | 793 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 3,403 | 7.1 | |||
| Turnout | 48,006 | 67.1 | +5.8 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.0 | |||
| General Election 2005: Harrow East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony McNulty | 23,445 | 46.1 | −9.2 | |
| Conservative | David Ashton | 18,715 | 36.8 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Pash Nandhra | 7,747 | 15.2 | +2.7 | |
| UKIP | Paul Cronin | 916 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,730 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 50,823 | 60.5 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Harrow East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony McNulty | 26,590 | 55.3 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Peter Wilding | 15,466 | 32.2 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | George Kershaw | 6,021 | 12.5 | +4.3 | |
| Majority | 11,124 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 48,077 | 58.4 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/harroweast
Coordinates: 51°36′22″N 0°18′47″W / 51.606°N 0.313°W
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