Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (UK Parliament constituency)

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by David Simmonds, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in Greater London for the 2024 general election
County	Greater London
Electorate	72,168 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Ruislip, Northwood, Pinner, Harefield, Eastcote, Hatch End, Ickenham, North Hillingdon
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	David Simmonds (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Ruislip-Northwood, Harrow West

History

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and created this constituency for General Election 2010. In this election it was won by the previous member for Ruislip, Northwood.

Predecessor seat

This seat is at its core the successor to Ruislip-Northwood which had an unbroken history as a Conservative safe seat with non-marginal majorities running from its 1950 creation.^[2] This Conservative success was only bolstered by the addition of generally highly Conservative, highly affluent Pinner in 2010.

Political history

The 2015 result was greater than the previous majority, having seen a major fall in the vote of the Liberal Democrats, of 11.7% less than national swing against the party of 15.7%, and made the seat the 57th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.^[3] Since 2015, the Conservative vote share has been slowly declining, while the Liberal Democrat and Labour vote share has been steadily rising.

Boundaries

2010–2024

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Following their 2007 review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created the new seat of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner to deal with population changes. It included parts of the Harrow West constituency and much of the former Ruislip-Northwood constituency.^[4]

This constituency had electoral wards:

• Eastcote and East Ruislip, Harefield, Ickenham, Northwood, Northwood Hills, West Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon
• Hatch End, Pinner, Pinner South in the London Borough of Harrow

The only other three-place constituency name in England at the time was Normanton, Pontefract, and Castleford in Yorkshire.

Current

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:

• The London Borough of Harrow wards of: Hatch End; Pinner; Pinner South.

• The London Borough of Hillingdon wards of: Eastcote; Harefield Village; Northwood; Northwood Hills; Ruislip.^[5]

The Borough of Hillingdon ward of Ickenham and South Harefield was transferred to Uxbridge and South Ruislip, partly offset by minor expansions into neighbouring seats as a result of ward boundary changes.

Constituency profile

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of two local government districts with similar characteristics: a working population whose income is higher than the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.^[6] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.6% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 3.6%.^[7] This was the third lowest in the capital behind Richmond Park and Kingston & Surbiton. The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat's statistics are given first.

• A low for the capital 22.7/23.5% of the two boroughs' populations were without a car
• 19.1%/16.8 of the population without qualifications and a high 28%/36.8% at the 2011 census had a level 4 qualifications or above.

In terms of tenure 62.9%/65.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the two London Boroughs.^[8]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[9]	Party
	2010	Nick Hurd	Conservative
	2019	David Simmonds	Conservative

Elections

Election results 2010–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Simmonds	21,366	45.4	−9.9
	Labour	Tony Gill	13,785	29.3	+4.2
	Reform UK	Ian Price	4,671	9.9	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Banks	4,343	9.2	−6.0
	Green	Jess Lee	2,926	6.2	+3.6
Majority			7,581	16.1	−14.9
Turnout			47,091	65.7	−6.7
Registered electors			71,683
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,916	55.3
	Labour	13,106	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	7,920	15.2
	Green	1,381	2.6
	Others	884	1.7
	Brexit Party	49	0.1
Turnout		52,256	72.4
Electorate		72,168

General election 2019: Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Simmonds	29,391	55.6	−1.6
	Labour	Peymana Assad	12,997	24.6	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Banks	7,986	15.1	+8.0
	Green	Sarah Green	1,646	3.1	+0.7
	Animal Welfare	Femy Amin	325	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Tracy Blackwell	295	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Julian Wilson	264	0.5	N/A
Majority			16,394	31.0	+4.8
Turnout			52,904	72.1	−0.6
Registered electors			73,389
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

General election 2017: Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hurd	30,555	57.2	−2.4
	Labour	Rebecca Lury	16,575	31.0	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Cunliffe	3,813	7.1	+2.1
	Green	Sarah Green	1,268	2.4	−1.1
	UKIP	Richard Braine	1,171	2.2	−8.7
Majority			13,980	26.2	−13.3
Turnout			53,382	72.7	+2.7
Registered electors			73,427
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.6

General election 2015: Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner^[16][17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hurd	30,521	59.6	+2.1
	Labour	Michael Borio	10,297	20.1	+0.6
	UKIP	Gerard Barry[19]	5,598	10.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Dixon	2,537	5.0	−11.6
	Green	Karen Pillai[20]	1,801	3.5	+2.0
	TUSC	Wally Kennedy	302	0.6	N/A
	National Liberal	Sockalingam Yogalingam[21]	166	0.3	N/A
Majority			20,224	39.5	+1.5
Turnout			51,222	70.0	−0.8
Registered electors			73,216
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 2010: Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner^[22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hurd*	28,866	57.5
	Labour	Anita McDonald	9,806	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Papworth	8,345	16.6
	UKIP	Jason Pontey	1,351	2.7
	National Front	Ian Edward	899	1.8
	Green	Graham Lee	740	1.5
	Christian	Ruby Akhtar	198	0.4
Majority			19,060	38.0
Turnout			50,205	70.8
Registered electors			70,783
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.