Harrow East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 76,299 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Stanmore, Kenton, Queensbury, Belmont, Harrow Weald, Canons Park |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Bob Blackman (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hendon & Harrow (parts of) |
Harrow East is a constituency [n 1] in Greater London created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Bob Blackman, a Conservative. [n 2]
This section needs to be updated.(September 2022) |
The censuses of 2001 and 2011 show the overwhelmingly most common housing type of the area to be semi-detached houses – almost a majority – followed by mid-rise apartments (whether purpose-built or converted from older houses), then terraced houses and then detached houses. They also show a consistently lower-than-average proportion of social housing than for Greater London. [2]
The constituency is served by three separate commuter railway lines running into central London, and has many parks and sports grounds. Few arterial roads bisect Harrow East – further east is the start of the M1 motorway, and in the middle of seats further south in north-west London are the A40 Western Avenue and North Circular Road, omitting the boundaries drawn from the arterial road-building projects of the 1940s-to-1970s period.
The seat was created in 1945 and has been varied due to two sets of major ward reconfigurations and by other national boundary reforms. The predecessor seats were Hendon and to a much lesser extent Harrow.
Since 1945 it has been a stronger area for the Labour Party than neighbouring Harrow West; nevertheless, the seat been mostly held by the Conservative Party. Labour did win here in landslide victories in 1945, 1966 and 1997, and after the latter, held on in the two subsequent general elections. The seat was regained in 2010 by a Conservative on a high turnout, though Labour's incumbent managed to hold on to Harrow West, largely due to boundary changes which favoured Labour there. Residents in the borough include fewer people in the category of no qualifications than the national average, in 2011, at 16.8%; [3] Notably, Harrow East was the most ethnically diverse Conservative-held constituency in the general elections of 2015 and 2017, apparently bucking a trend whereby the party is generally less supported than Labour among ethnic minorities. [4]
Commencing with the 1979 general election, the seat has been a bellwether by reflecting the national result. The 2017 result produced the 29th-most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 317 seats by percentage of majority. [5]
By the 2024 general election, it had bucked its bellwether status by being the sole seat in the United Kingdom in which the Conservative candidate won more than 50% of the vote, despite a landslide national victory for the Labour Party. It also saw the second-largest percentage majority of any Conservative-held seat, behind only Richmond and Northallerton, the seat of Conservative leader and then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
1945–1950: The Urban District of Harrow wards of Kenton, Stanmore North, Stanmore South, Wealdstone North, Wealdstone South, and part of Harrow Weald ward.
1950–1955: As above, but the whole of Harrow Weald, and without Wealdstone North or Wealdstone South.
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont, Harrow Weald, Queensbury, Stanmore North and Stanmore South.
1974–1978: The London Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont, Harrow Weald, Queensbury, Stanmore North and Stanmore South.
1978–1983: The London Borough of Harrow wards of Canons, Centenary, Harrow Weald, Kenton East, Stanmore Park, Stanmore South and Wemborough.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Harrow wards of Canons, Centenary, Greenhill, Harrow Weald, Kenton East, Kenton West, Marlborough, Stanmore Park, Stanmore South, Wealdstone and Wemborough.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont, Canons, Edgware, Harrow Weald, Kenton East, Kenton West, Queensbury, Stanmore Park and Wealdstone.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
The Borough of Brent ward of Queensbury was transferred from the abolished constituency of Brent North, thus uniting the parts of the suburb of Queensbury in Brent with those in Harrow. Other boundary changes included the transfer of Wealdstone to Harrow West.
With 53.3% of the vote, Blackman received the highest vote share for any Conservative candidate that stood in the election, and was the only Conservative elected with an absolute majority. [8] He was one of three Conservative MPs to be re-elected with an increased majorities. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Blackman | 25,466 | 53.3 | –1.3 | |
Labour | Primesh Patel | 13,786 | 28.9 | –8.5 | |
Reform UK | Roger Clark | 2,188 | 4.6 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Sabira Lakha | 2,097 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Green | Seb Newsam | 2,006 | 4.2 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Reetendra Nath Banerji | 1,511 | 3.2 | –4.3 | |
Workers Party | Sarajulhaq Parwani | 723 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,680 | 24.4 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,777 | 62.5 | –6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 76,386 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 |
2019 notional result [11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 28,555 | 54.6 | |
Labour | 19,568 | 37.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,930 | 7.5 | |
Green | 136 | 0.3 | |
Brexit Party | 98 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 52,287 | 68.5 | |
Electorate | 76,299 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Blackman | 26,935 | 54.4 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Pamela Fitzpatrick | 18,765 | 37.9 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Bernard | 3,791 | 7.7 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 8,170 | 16.5 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,491 | 68.6 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 72,120 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Blackman | 25,129 | 49.4 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Navin Shah | 23,372 | 46.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Bernard | 1,573 | 3.1 | +1.0 | |
Green | Emma Wallace | 771 | 1.5 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,757 | 3.4 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,845 | 70.9 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 71,755 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Blackman | 24,668 | 50.3 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Uma Kumaran | 19,911 | 40.6 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | Aidan Powlesland | 2,333 | 4.8 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Barlow | 1,037 | 2.1 | −12.2 | |
Green | Emma Wallace | 846 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
TUSC | Nana Asante | 205 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,757 | 9.7 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,000 | 69.0 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 70,981 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Blackman | 21,435 | 44.7 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 18,032 | 37.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nahid Boethe | 6,850 | 14.3 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Abhijit Pandya | 896 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
Green | Madeleine Atkins | 793 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,403 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,006 | 67.1 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 70,510 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony McNulty | 23,445 | 46.1 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | David Ashton | 18,715 | 36.8 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pash Nandhra | 7,747 | 15.2 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Cronin | 916 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,730 | 9.3 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,823 | 60.5 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 83,904 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony McNulty | 26,590 | 55.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Wilding | 15,466 | 32.2 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Kershaw | 6,021 | 12.5 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 11,124 | 23.1 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,077 | 58.4 | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 82,269 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony McNulty | 29,962 | 52.5 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 20,189 | 35.4 | −17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Baldev Sharma | 4,697 | 8.2 | −2.7 | |
Referendum | Bernard Casey | 1,537 | 2.7 | New | |
UKIP | A.J. Scholefield | 464 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Andrew Planton | 171 | 0.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 9,737 | 17.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,020 | 71.3 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 79,981 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 30,752 | 52.9 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Tony McNulty | 19,654 | 33.8 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | V.M. Chamberlain | 6,360 | 10.9 | −11.3 | |
Liberal | P. Burrows | 1,142 | 2.0 | New | |
Natural Law | S. Hamza | 212 | 0.4 | New | |
Anti-Federalist League | J. Lester | 49 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,098 | 19.1 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,169 | 77.8 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 74,733 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 32,302 | 54.2 | +4.4 | |
Labour | David John Brough | 14,029 | 23.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Zerbanoo Gifford | 13,251 | 22.2 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 18,273 | 30.6 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 59,582 | 73.5 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 81,124 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 28,834 | 49.8 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Hains | 16,166 | 27.9 | +17.5 | |
Labour | David Brough | 12,941 | 22.3 | −11.5 | |
Majority | 12,668 | 21.9 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 57,941 | 72.5 | −5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 79,926 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 20,871 | 54.32 | +8.10 | |
Labour | David Miles [25] | 12,993 | 33.82 | −2.99 | |
Liberal | Martin Savitt [25] | 3,984 | 10.37 | −6.60 | |
National Front | Leslie Le Croissette [25] | 572 | 1.49 | New | |
Majority | 7,878 | 20.50 | +11.09 | ||
Turnout | 36,936 | 77.85 | +2.95 | ||
Registered electors | 49,354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 17,073 | 46.22 | +1.57 | |
Labour | R.W. Lewis | 13,595 | 36.81 | +3.32 | |
Liberal | J. McDonnell | 6,268 | 16.97 | −4.90 | |
Majority | 3,478 | 9.41 | −1.75 | ||
Turnout | 36,936 | 74.90 | −7.48 | ||
Registered electors | 49,315 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 17,978 | 44.65 | −6.35 | |
Labour | K.W. Childerhouse | 13,485 | 33.49 | −7.00 | |
Liberal | J. McDonnell | 8,805 | 21.87 | +13.55 | |
Majority | 4,493 | 11.16 | +0.65 | ||
Turnout | 40,268 | 82.38 | +6.44 | ||
Registered electors | 48,878 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 19,517 | 51.00 | +7.55 | |
Labour | Roy Roebuck | 15,496 | 40.49 | −3.92 | |
Liberal | Michael Colne | 3,185 | 8.32 | −3.82 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Cramp | 72 | 0.19 | New | |
Majority | 4,021 | 10.51 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,270 | 75.94 | −6.82 | ||
Registered electors | 50,395 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Roebuck | 17,374 | 44.41 | −2.65 | |
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 16,996 | 43.45 | −9.49 | |
Liberal | Michael Colne | 4,749 | 12.14 | New | |
Majority | 378 | 0.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,119 | 82.76 | +2.78 | ||
Registered electors | 47,267 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 20,307 | 52.94 | −4.28 | |
Labour | Jo Richardson | 18,048 | 47.06 | +4.28 | |
Majority | 2,259 | 5.88 | −8.56 | ||
Turnout | 38,355 | 79.98 | −4.56 | ||
Registered electors | 47,954 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Courtney | 23,554 | 57.22 | +2.79 | |
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 17,607 | 42.78 | −2.79 | |
Majority | 5,947 | 14.44 | +5.58 | ||
Turnout | 41,161 | 84.54 | +1.92 | ||
Registered electors | 49,273 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony T. Courtney | 17,776 | 52.8 | −1.63 | |
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 15,546 | 46.2 | +0.63 | |
National Union of Small Shopkeepers | Thomas Lynch | 348 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,220 | 6.6 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,795 | 68.96 | −13.64 | ||
Registered electors | 48,820 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 22,243 | 54.43 | +4.58 | |
Labour | Merlyn Rees | 18,621 | 45.57 | +1.59 | |
Majority | 3,622 | 8.86 | +2.99 | ||
Turnout | 40,864 | 82.62 | −5.24 | ||
Registered electors | 49,460 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 26,896 | 49.85 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Robert D Rees | 23,725 | 43.98 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey JE Rhodes | 3,329 | 6.17 | −5.91 | |
Majority | 3,171 | 5.87 | +3.10 | ||
Turnout | 53,950 | 87.86 | +0.63 | ||
Registered electors | 61,408 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Harvey | 23,680 | 44.75 | +9.70 | |
Labour | Frederick Skinnard | 22,216 | 41.98 | −4.46 | |
Liberal | Desmond Banks | 6,393 | 12.08 | −0.55 | |
Communist | Bill Seaman [35] | 633 | 1.20 | −4.67 | |
Majority | 1,464 | 2.77 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,922 | 87.23 | +9.89 | ||
Registered electors | 60,668 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Skinnard | 27,613 | 46.44 | ||
Conservative | Fredman Ashe Lincoln | 20,843 | 35.05 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Gibbs | 7,513 | 12.63 | ||
Communist | G Driver | 3,493 | 5.87 | ||
Majority | 6,770 | 11.39 | |||
Turnout | 59,462 | 77.34 | |||
Registered electors | 76,883 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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