County Greater London Major settlement Uxbridge Created from Middlesex | Major settlements Uxbridge Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Uxbridge, South Ruislip, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | ||
Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system, from 1885 until it was abolished at the 2010 general election.
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Boundaries
1885–1918: The parliamentary constituency of Uxbridge was created as the westernmost county division of the historic county of Middlesex. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the seat as comprising the parishes of Ashford*, Bedfont, Cowley, Cranford, Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Laleham*, Littleton*, Northolt, Ruislip, Shepperton*, Staines*, Stanwell*, Sunbury*, Teddington, Uxbridge, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.
The parishes marked * were, from 1965, included in the administrative county of Surrey. The other parishes, in the above list, were at the same time incorporated in Greater London. In 1974 the south-west Middlesex communities, which had been transferred to Surrey, were linked to become the Borough of Spelthorne.
1918-1945: Uxbridge was cut down to be the north-western county division of Middlesex. The areas of south-west Middlesex which subsequently became the Borough of Spelthorne, with Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick and Teddington were all combined in a new Spelthorne constituency.
The local government areas in the new Uxbridge seat were defined, by the Representation of the People Act 1918, as the urban districts of Hayes, Ruislip-Northwood, Southall-Norwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley as well as the Uxbridge Rural District.
1945–1950: As part of an interim redistribution of parliamentary seats with more than 100,000 registered electors, changes were made to the Middlesex constituencies. Uxbridge was reduced to the urban districts of Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge.
1950–1974: In the general redistribution which took effect in 1950, Ruislip-Northwood became a new seat. Uxbridge (which became the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge in 1955) was joined by the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District, to form the last incarnation of the Uxbridge county division.
In 1965 the area of the constituency became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
1974–1983: The seat was re-classified as a borough constituency, comprising the Hillingdon wards of Colham-Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley.
1983–1997: The constituency was unchanged from 1974, but following re-warding it comprised the wards of Colham, Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon North, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.
1997–2010: There was a small boundary change, with Harefield ward being transferred to the Ruislip-Northwood constituency. The remaining wards were Colham, Cowley, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon North, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, West Drayton and Yiewsley.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
A number of electoral wards in Hillingdon are moved into the new constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner