Romford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Romford


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1885
MP = Andrew Rosindell
Party = Conservative
EP = London

Romford is a parliamentary 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 covers Romford, Gidea Park and Collier Row in the London Borough of Havering, East London. Although the constituency includes the middle class Romford Garden Suburb area, large housing estates also form part of the constituency and the electorate are mostly working class Conservatives.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London the Boundary Commission for England has made modifications and alterations to all existing constituencies. The electoral wards used to create the Romford constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:

*Brooklands, Havering Park, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Romford Town, and Squirrel’s Heath.

History

Although Romford has been highly marginal through much of the 20th century, its boundaries have changed, and it has largely been a Conservative seat in recent years; although taken by Labour in the 1997 landslide, it was one of the few Tory gains in 2001.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rachel Voller
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Rosindell
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Rosindell
votes = 21,560
percentage = 59.1
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Mullane
votes = 9,971
percentage = 27.3
change = −9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoff Seeff
votes = 3,066
percentage = 8.4
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John McCaffrey
votes = 1,088
percentage = 3.0
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Terry Murray
votes = 797
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 11,589
percentage = 31.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 36,482
percentage = 62.3
change = +2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +7.5

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Romford
id=484Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Rosindell
votes = 18,931
percentage = 53.0
change = +11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eileen Gordon
votes = 12,954
percentage = 36.3
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Meyer
votes = 2,869
percentage = 8.0
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Ward
votes = 533
percentage = 1.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Frank McAllister
votes = 414
percentage = 1.2
change =Election box majority
votes = 5,977
percentage = 16.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 35,701
percentage = 59.6
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Boundary changes

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/rcommons2.htm List of MPs since 1885]