Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)

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Upminster Borough constituency

Upminster shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Angela Watkinson
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Upminster is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It is the easternmost constituency of the London Borough of Havering and Greater London. The constituency is oddly shaped and covers both the wealthiest and the poorest parts of the borough while being London's least ethnically diverse constituency.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the Upminster suburb of Cranham. The boundary to the north extends beyond the A127 and A12 to include Harold Wood and Harold Hill. In the east the constituency is uniquely the only London constituency form a protrusion to cross the M25 motorway and include North Ockendon. To the west the boundary also forms a protrusion to include the wealthy suburban area of Emerson Park which otherwise forms part of Hornchurch.

The River Ingrebourne forms part of the constituency boundary to the west and the M25 forms much of the boundary to the east. It is expected the constituency will be reformed into a Hornchurch and Upminster constituency by the time of the 2009/2010 election.

[edit] History

The current MP is the Conservative Angela Watkinson. It was one of the few seats that Labour lost in the 2001 general election. The former Labour MP, Keith Darvill, contested the seat again in the 2005 general election, but failed to regain it.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1974 — 1983: John Loveridge, Conservative
1983 — 1997: Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Conservative
1997 — 2001: Keith Darvill, Labour
2001 — present: Angela Watkinson, Conservative Party

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Upminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Watkinson	16,820	48.5	+3.0
	Labour	Keith Darvill	10,778	31.5	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale	3,128	9.0	−0.4
	Residents' Association	Ron Ower	1,455	4.2	+4.2
	British National	Chris Roberts	1,173	3.4	+3.4
	UK Independence	Alan Hindle	701	2.0	−1.2
	Green	Melanie Collins	543	1.6	+1.6
	Third Way	David Durant	78	0.2	+0.2
Majority				17.4
Turnout				63.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.9

General Election 2001: Upminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	UK Independence	Terry Murray	1,089	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,241	3.6
Turnout			33,851	59.6	-13.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1997: Upminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	19,095	46.2
	Conservative	Sir Nicholas Bonsor	16,315	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Peskett	3,919	9.5
	Referendum Party	Terry Murray	2,000	4.8	N/A
Majority			2,770	6.7
Turnout			41,319	72.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.4

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] External links

Constituency map

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)