Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Ruislip-Northwood
Ruislip-Northwood
	Former Borough constituency
	for the House of Commons
	; Boundary of Ruislip-Northwood in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1950–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

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Ruislip-Northwood was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was centred around the districts of Ruislip and Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon, and existed from 1950 until 2010.

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Ruislip-Northwood was a safe Conservative seat in West London.

Interestingly, all three of its Members of Parliament were Old Etonians.

The constituency consisted of the northern part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Ruislip constituency, first fought at the 2010 General Election. This is called Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, and includes some areas from the pre-2010 Harrow West constituency. Meanwhile, parts of Ruislip-Northwood moved in 2010 to a newly created Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

	Member^[1]	Party
1950	Petre Crowder	Conservative
1979	John Wilkinson	Conservative
2005	Nick Hurd	Conservative
2010	Constituency abolished: see Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner and Uxbridge and South Ruislip

General Election 2005: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hurd	18,939	47.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Cox	10,029	25.3	+6.0
	Labour	Ashley Riley	8,323	21.0	−7.5
	Green	Graham Lee	892	2.2	+0.3
	National Front	Ian Edward	841	2.1
	UKIP	Roland Courtenay	646	1.6
Majority			8,910	22.5	+2.2
Turnout			39,670	65.3	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

General Election 2001: Ruislip-Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	18,115	48.8	−1.5
	Labour	Gillian Travers	10,578	28.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Cox	7,177	19.3	+3.1
	Green	Graham Lee	724	1.9
	BNP	Ian Edward	547	1.5
Majority			7,537	20.3
Turnout			37,141	61.1	−13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Ruislip-Northwood^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	22,526	50.2	−12.7
	Labour	P Barker	14,732	32.9	+13.0
	Liberal Democrat	C Edwards	7,279	16.2	−0.5
	Natural Law	C Griffin	296	0.8	+0.3
Majority			7,794	17.4
Turnout			44,833	74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.8

General Election 1992: Ruislip-Northwood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	28,097	63.3	+0.7
	Labour	Miss RM Brooks	8,306	18.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	H Davies	7,739	17.4	−6.4
	Natural Law	MG Sheehan	214	0.5	+0.5
Majority			19,791	44.6	+5.9
Turnout			44,356	82.1	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/042.htm. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011.
^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.141 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
^ The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Ruislip-Northwood
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ruislip-Northwood in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1950 (1950)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Uxbridge and South Ruislip