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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]
Map of present boundaries
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.
Historyedit
Hendon among the other seats in the abolished administrative county of Middlesex 1918–1945; the northwest and west boundaries of Middlesex became those of London in 1965. This shows occupation of the west part of the former Hendon seat more than the former Harrow seat.From 1945 to 1950Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974.
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]
Boundariesedit
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–present: The London Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont, Canons, Edgware, Harrow Weald, Kenton East, Kenton West, Queensbury, Stanmore Park and Wealdstone.
The London Borough of Harrow wards of: Belmont; Canons; Centenary; Edgware; Harrow Weald; Kenton East; Kenton West; Stanmore.[6]
The Borough of Brent ward of Queensbury will be transferred from Brent North (to be abolished), thus uniting the parts of the suburb of Queensbury in Brent with those in Harrow. Other boundary changes include the transfer of Wealdstone to Harrow West.
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^"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll for Harrow East Constituency". Harrow London Borough Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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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 Harrow EastBorough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Harrow East in Greater LondonCountyGreater LondonElectorate72 537 December 2010 1 Major settlementsStanmore Kenton Queensbury Belmont Harrow Weald Canons ParkCurrent constituencyCreated1945Member of ParliamentBob Blackman Conservative SeatsOneCreated fromHendon amp Harrow parts of Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 History 3 Boundaries 3 1 Proposed 4 Members of Parliament 5 Election results 5 1 Elections in the 2020s 5 2 Elections in the 2010s 5 3 Elections in the 2000s 5 4 Elections in the 1990s 5 5 Elections in the 1980s 5 6 Elections in the 1970s 5 7 Elections in the 1960s 5 8 Elections in the 1950s 5 9 Elections in the 1940s 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksConstituency profile editThis section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information 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 nbsp Map of present boundaries 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 History edit nbsp Hendon among the other seats in the abolished administrative county of Middlesex 1918 1945 the northwest and west boundaries of Middlesex became those of London in 1965 This shows occupation of the west part of the former Hendon seat more than the former Harrow seat nbsp From 1945 to 1950 nbsp Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national Westminster elections for Middlesex 1955 to 1974 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 Boundaries edit1945 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 present The London Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont Canons Edgware Harrow Weald Kenton East Kenton West Queensbury Stanmore Park and Wealdstone Proposed edit nbsp Harrow East in 2023 Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 from the next general election due by January 2025 the constituency will be composed of the following as they existed on 4 May 2022 The London Borough of Brent ward of Queensbury The London Borough of Harrow wards of Belmont Canons Centenary Edgware Harrow Weald Kenton East Kenton West Stanmore 6 The Borough of Brent ward of Queensbury will be transferred from Brent North to be abolished thus uniting the parts of the suburb of Queensbury in Brent with those in Harrow Other boundary changes include the transfer of Wealdstone to Harrow West Members of Parliament editElection Member 7 Party 1945 Frederick Skinnard Labour 1950 Ian Harvey Conservative 1959 by election Anthony Courtney Conservative 1966 Roy Roebuck Labour 1970 Hugh Dykes Conservative 1997 Tony McNulty Labour 2010 Bob Blackman ConservativeElection results editElections in the 2020s edit Next general election Harrow East Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bob Blackman 8 Labour Primesh Patel 9 Liberal Democrats Reetendra Nath Banerji 10 Elections in the 2010s edit General election 2019 Harrow East 11 12 Party Candidate Votes 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 General election 2017 Harrow East 13 14 Party Candidate Votes 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 General election 2015 Harrow East 15 16 Party Candidate Votes 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 See also Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies 2010 15 Harrow East General election 2010 Harrow East 17 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 Elections in the 2000s edit General election 2005 Harrow East 18 Party Candidate Votes 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 General election 2001 Harrow East 19 Party Candidate Votes 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 Elections in the 1990s edit General election 1997 Harrow East 20 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 General election 1992 Harrow East 21 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 Elections in the 1980s edit General election 1987 Harrow East 22 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 General election 1983 Harrow East 23 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 Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1979 Harrow East Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Dykes 20 871 54 32 8 10 Labour David Miles 24 12 993 33 82 2 99 Liberal Martin Savitt 24 3 984 10 37 6 60 National Front Leslie Le Croissette 24 572 1 49 New Majority 7 878 20 50 11 09 Turnout 36 936 77 85 2 95 Registered electors 49 354 Conservative hold Swing General election October 1974 Harrow East 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 General election February 1974 Harrow East 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 General election 1970 Harrow East 25 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 Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1966 Harrow East 26 Party Candidate Votes 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 General election 1964 Harrow East 27 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 Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1959 Harrow East 28 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 1959 Harrow East by election 29 30 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 General election 1955 Harrow East 31 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 General election 1951 Harrow East 32 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 General election 1950 Harrow East 33 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 34 633 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 Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Harrow East 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 See also editList of parliamentary constituencies in LondonNotes edit A borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer As with all constituencies Harrow East elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election at least every five years References edit Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 2011 Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 4 March 2011 Archived from the original on 6 November 2010 Retrieved 13 March 2011 Parish Key Statistics Population Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine 2011 census Retrieved 2016 05 04 2011 census interactive maps Archived from the original on 29 January 2016 by comparison the London Borough of Haringey has 17 8 and Three Rivers District has 17 4 Katwala Sunder Ballinger Steve September 2017 Mind the gap How the ethnic minority vote cost Theresa May her majority PDF British Future Conservative Defence 2022 Election Polling Election Polling Retrieved 2018 02 08 The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 Schedule 1 Part 3 London region Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with H part 1 King s Birthday Honours Harrow East MP Bob Blackman gets CBE Harrow Times 16 June 2023 Retrieved 24 February 2024 It s up to the electorate I ve been re adopted for the next general election Primesh Patel A Fresh Start for Harrow East Primesh Patel Retrieved 17 January 2024 Cite web url https www harrowlibdems org uk Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll for Harrow East Constituency Harrow London Borough Council 14 November 2019 Retrieved 24 November 2019 Commons Briefing Paper 8749 General Election 2019 results and analysis PDF London House of Commons Library 28 January 2020 Archived PDF from the original on 18 November 2021 Retrieved 19 January 2022 Harrow East parliamentary constituency BBC News Commons Briefing Paper 7979 General Election 2017 results and analysis PDF Second ed House of Commons Library 29 January 2019 7 April 2018 Archived PDF from the original on 12 November 2019 Election Data 2015 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