Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Upminster was a constituency of the House of Commons in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. It was created for the 1974 general election, and abolished for the 2010 general election.
Upminster | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Upminster in Greater London for the 2005 general election | |
County | Greater London |
February 1974–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hornchurch and Upminster |
Created from | Hornchurch |
History
This usually safe Conservative seat was won by Labour in the landslide of 1997. It became one of the few seats that Labour lost in the 2001 general election.
Boundaries
1974–1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Cranham, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Ardleigh Green, Cranham East, Cranham West, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Havering wards of Cranham East, Cranham West, Emerson Park, Gooshays, Harold Wood, Heaton, Hilldene, and Upminster.
Upminster was the easternmost constituency of the London Borough of Havering, and of Greater London. The constituency was oddly shaped and covered both the wealthiest and the poorest parts of the borough while being London's least ethnically diverse constituency.
The constituency included the Upminster suburb of Cranham. The boundary to the north extended beyond the A127 and A12 to include Harold Wood and Harold Hill. In the east the constituency was uniquely the only London constituency to form a protrusion to cross the M25 motorway and include North Ockendon. To the west the boundary also formed a protrusion to include the wealthy suburban area of Emerson Park which otherwise formed part of Hornchurch. The River Ingrebourne formed part of the constituency boundary to the west and the M25 Motorway formed much of the boundary to the east.
The constituency was replaced by the new Hornchurch and Upminster constituency for the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | John Loveridge | Conservative | |
1983 | Sir Nicholas Bonsor | Conservative | |
1997 | Keith Darvill | Labour | |
2001 | Angela Watkinson | Conservative | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Hornchurch and Upminster |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Loveridge | 21,003 | 39.93 | ||
Labour | John Edward Darley Whysall | 19,995 | 38.02 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Richard Merton | 11,596 | 22.05 | ||
Majority | 1,008 | 1.91 | |||
Turnout | 52,594 | 82.54 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Loveridge | 20,966 | 42.72 | +2.78 | |
Labour | John Edward Darley Whysall | 20,272 | 41.30 | +3.28 | |
Liberal | Andrew Richard Merton | 7,844 | 15.98 | -6.07 | |
Majority | 694 | 1.42 | -0.51 | ||
Turnout | 49,082 | 76.20 | -6.34 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Loveridge | 27,960 | 52.7 | +10.0 | |
Labour | John Kent Stephenson | 18,895 | 35.6 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | David Harvey | 5,216 | 9.8 | -6.2 | |
National Front | William John Neary | 965 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 9,065 | 17.1 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,036 | 80.4 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Bonsor | 25,153 | 52.53 | -0.19 | |
SDP | D Osman | 12,339 | 25.77 | +15.94 | |
Labour | A Hughes | 9,829 | 20.53 | -15.10 | |
National Front | G Nobes-Price | 566 | 1.18 | -0.64 | |
Majority | 12,814 | 26.76 | +9.67 | ||
Turnout | 47,887 | 72.07 | -8.33 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Bonsor | 27,946 | 55.78 | +3.25 | |
SDP | John Martin | 11,089 | 22.13 | −3.64 | |
Labour | Denis O'Flynn | 11,069 | 22.09 | +1.56 | |
Majority | 16,857 | 33.65 | +6.89 | ||
Turnout | 50,104 | 75.22 | +3.15 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Bonsor | 28,791 | 55.79 | +0.01 | |
Labour | Terry Ward | 14,970 | 29.01 | +6.92 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry E. Hurlstone | 7,848 | 15.21 | -6.92 | |
Majority | 13,821 | 26.78 | -6.86 | ||
Turnout | 51,609 | 80.47 | +5.25 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Keith Darvill | 19,095 | 46.2 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bonsor | 16,315 | 39.5 | −14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela G. Peskett | 3,919 | 9.5 | −6.2 | |
Referendum | Terry Murray | 2,000 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,770 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,319 | 72.3 | -8.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.4 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Watkinson | 15,410 | 45.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Keith Darvill | 14,169 | 41.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Truesdale | 3,183 | 9.4 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Terry Murray | 1,089 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,241 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,851 | 59.6 | -12.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Watkinson | 16,820 | 48.5 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Keith Darvill | 10,778 | 31.1 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Truesdale | 3,128 | 9.0 | −0.4 | |
Residents | Ron F.C. Ower | 1,455 | 4.2 | New | |
BNP | Chris Roberts | 1,173 | 3.4 | New | |
UKIP | Alan G. Hindle | 701 | 2.0 | −1.2 | |
Green | Melanie J. Collins | 543 | 1.6 | New | |
Third Way | David W. Durant | 78 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,042 | 17.4 | +14.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,676 | 63.0 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Notes and references
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "U"
- "'Upminster', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.167 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.