Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)

Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	66,131 (December 2022) [1]
Major settlements	Uxbridge, South Ruislip, Eastcote, Hillingdon, Yiewsley
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Steve Tuckwell (Conservative Party)
Number of members	One
Created from	Uxbridge (most) Ruislip-Northwood (part)

Uxbridge and South Ruislip is a constituency of the UK Parliament in Greater London. It was created in 2010.

Since 2010, the seat has been held by the Conservative Party. John Randall was MP from 2010 to 2015. Boris Johnson was MP from 2015 to 2019.

Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the UK from 24 July 2019^[2] to 6 September 2022.

In 2017 he got 5,034 votes more than his nearest rival. This was the smallest majority of any sitting prime minister since 1924.^[3]

In 2019, his main rival was the Labour Party candidate Ali Milani. In April 2019, think-tank Onward classified the seat as "vulnerable" for the Conservatives.^[4] In November 2019, YouGov classified the seat as "likely Conservative".^[5]

The Brexit leave vote is estimated by the House of Commons Library as 57.2%. In August 2018, The Observer reported that opinion had changed, with 51.4% of voters now supporting Remain.

In 2019, satirical candidates Count Binface and Lord Buckethead stood for election. The candidate William Tobin aimed to receive no votes. He is unable to vote as he is an expat who has lived abroad for 15 years.^[6][7]

History

Most of the constituency came from that of Uxbridge with parts from Ruislip-Northwood and Hayes and Harlington.

The Conservative party won the seat in 2010 and 2015.^[8]

In 2010, the Conservative candidate was John Randall.

In 2015, Boris Johnson was the winning candidate for the conservatives.

Wards

The seat comprises the following electoral wards:

• Brunel, Cavendish, Hillingdon East, Manor, South Ruislip, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, and Yiewsley in the London Borough of Hillingdon

Constituency profile

The seat is in the Outer London commuter belt. It is served by seven tube stations. It has green spaces such as the Colne Valley regional park. Most buildings are near to Uxbridge town centre. Brunel University is in the constituency.

Most of the borough electoral wards have Conservative councillors. Uxbridge South has Labour councillors.

Members of Parliament

	Election	Candidate	Party	Notes
	2010	John Randall	Conservative	Treasurer of the Household (2010–2013)
	2015	Boris Johnson	Conservative	Mayor of London (2008–2016) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2016–2018) Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party (2019–2022)

Elections

General election 2019: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	25,351	52.6	1.8
	Labour	Ali Milani	18,141	37.6	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Humphreys	3,026	6.3	2.3
	Green	Mark Keir	1,090	2.3	0.4
	UKIP	Geoffrey Courtenay	283	0.6	2.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Buckethead	125	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Count Binface	69	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Alfie Utting	44	0.1	N/A
	[10]	Yace "Interplanetary Time Lord" Yogenstein	23	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Norma Burke	22	0.0	N/A
	[10]	Bobby Smith	8	0.0	N/A
	[10]	William Tobin	5	0.0	N/A
Majority			7,210	15.0	4.2
Turnout			48,187	68.5	1.7
Registered electors			70,369
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

General election 2017: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	23,716	50.8	+0.6
	Labour	Vincent Lo	18,682	40.0	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rosina Robson	1,835	3.9	-1.0
	UKIP	Lizzy Kemp	1,577	3.4	-10.8
	Green	Mark Keir	884	1.9	-1.3
Majority			5,034	10.8	-13.1
Turnout			46,694	66.8	+3.4
Registered electors			69,936
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.5

General election 2015: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[13][14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	22,511	50.2	+1.9
	Labour	Chris Summers[16]	11,816	26.4	+3.0
	UKIP	Jack Duffin	6,346	14.2	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cox	2,215	4.9	−15.0
	Green	Graham Lee[17]	1,414	3.2	+2.1
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	Gary Harbord[18]	180	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Jenny Thompson[19]	84	0.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope[20]	72	0.2	N/A
	Communities United Party	Sabrina Moosun[19]	52	0.1	N/A
	The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (UK)	Lord Toby Jug[19]	50	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Michael Doherty[19]	39	0.1	N/A
	The Realists' Party	Jane Lawrence[19]	18	0.0	N/A
	Independent	James Jackson[19]	14	0.0	N/A
Majority			10,695	23.9	−1.0
Turnout			44,811	63.4	+0.1
Registered electors			70,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

General election 2010: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Randall*	21,758	48.3	N/A
	Labour	Sidharath Garg	10,542	23.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	8,995	20.0	N/A
	British National Party	Diane Neal	1,396	3.1	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Wadsworth	1,234	2.7	N/A
	Green	Mike Harling	477	1.1	N/A
	English Democrats	Roger Cooper	403	0.9	N/A
	National Front (UK)	Frank McCallister	271	0.6	N/A
Majority			11,216	24.9	N/A
Turnout			45,076	63.3	N/A
Registered electors			71,160

Source: BBC News^[22]

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

References

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2. Mason, Rowena (24 July 2019). "Boris Johnson becomes PM with promise of Brexit by 31 October". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
3. Townsend, Mark (17 November 2019). "The view from Uxbridge: young voters battle to oust Johnson from his own seat". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 17 November 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
4. Chakelian, Anoosh (24 July 2019). "Meet Ali Milani, the millennial who could unseat Boris Johnson in Uxbridge". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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Other websites

• Politics Resources Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)

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