Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)

Hayes and Harlington
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hayes and Harlington in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	70,589 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament	John McDonnell (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hayes and Harlington is a borough 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

The constituency contains Heathrow Airport, which provides the seat's main avenue of employment. Mostly working-class, with a wide range of jobs in manufacturing and light industry, it was traditionally considered a safe Labour seat until 1981, when the Labour member defected to the now defunct Social Democratic Party. A three-way split in the vote enabled the Conservative Terry Dicks to gain the seat in 1983 and retain it in the next two General Elections, but not always comfortably. In 1997, the seat swung heavily back to the Labour Party.

The constituency comprises eight wards: Barnhill; Botwell; Charville; Heathrow Villages; Pinkwell; Townfield; West Drayton; Yeading

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Walter Ayles	Labour
	1953 by-election	Arthur Skeffington	Labour
	1971 by-election	Neville Sandelson	Labour
	1981		SDP
	1983	Terry Dicks	Conservative
	1997	John McDonnell	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Hayes & Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McDonnell	23,377	54.8	-3.9
	Conservative	Scott Seaman-Digby	12,553	29.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Satnam Kaur Khalsa	3,726	8.7	-1.1
	BNP	Chris Forster	1,520	3.6	+1.1
	National Front	Andy Cripps	566	1.3	N/A
	English Democrats	Cliff Dixon	464	1.1	N/A
	Green	Jessica Lee	348	0.8	-0.6
	Christian	Aneel Shahzad	83	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,824	25.4
Turnout			42,637	60.7	+5.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hayes & Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McDonnell	19,009	58.7	-7.0
	Conservative	Richard Worrall	8,162	25.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Ball	3,174	9.8	+3.8
	BNP	Tony Hazel	830	2.6	+0.4
	UKIP	Martin Haley	552	1.7	N/A
	Green	Brian Outten	442	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Paul Goddard	220	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,847	33.5
Turnout			32,389	56.3	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

General Election 2001: Hayes & Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McDonnell	21,279	65.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Robert McLean	7,813	24.1	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nahid Boethe	1,958	6.0	-1.4
	BNP	Gary Birch	705	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Walter Kennedy	648	2.0	N/A
Majority			13,466	41.6
Turnout			32,403	56.3	-16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hayes & Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McDonnell	25,458	62.0	+17.2
	Conservative	Andrew Retter	11,167	27.2	-17.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Little	3,049	7.4	-2.9
	Referendum Party	F. Page	778	1.9	N/A
	National Front	John Hutchins	504	1.2	N/A
	All Night Party	D. Farrow	135	0.3	N/A
Majority			14,291
Turnout				72.3	-7.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Hayes & Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Dicks	19,489	44.9
	Labour	John McDonnell	19,436	44.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Little	4,472	10.3
Majority			53	0.0
Turnout				79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London