Westminster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Westminster North is a UK Parliamentary constituency in Central London

Central London

Central London is the innermost part of London, England. There is no official or commonly accepted definition of its area, but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment, high land values, an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally,...

and west London

London

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, comprising the northern part of the City of Westminster

City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough occupying much of the central area of London, England, including most of the West End. It is located to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary...

. It existed from 1983 to 1997. It was re-created by the Boundary Commission for England and was first contested at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London

North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

, the Boundary Commission for England re-created the Westminster North seat for the 2010 general election from parts of the Cities of London and Westminster

Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)

Cities of London and Westminster is a borough constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London...

and Regent's Park and Kensington North constituencies.

The electoral wards used to form the re-created seat are:

Abbey Road; Bayswater; Church Street; Harrow Road; Lancaster Gate; Little Venice; Maida Vale; Queen's Park; Regent's Park; Westbourne.

The 1983-97 constituency consisted of the electoral wards of:

Bayswater; Church Street; Hamilton Terrace; Harrow Road; Lancaster Gate; Little Venice; Lords; Maida Vale; Queen's Park; Regent's Park; Westbourne.

Constituency Profile

Comprising the Northern part of the City of Westminster, this seat (and its predecessor) has been a Conservative hope since they lost it in the 1997 General Election, but Labour have stubbornly held on, even though the constituency contains some affluent residential areas that have historically voted Conservative in large numbers such as Bayswater and the area around Regent's Park

Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...

.

Lords Cricket Ground and the famous Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

are also within the seat, while the Westbourne Park and Harrow Road areas, further from central London are more socially mixed, and generally elect Labour councillors, though most parts of the seat are Conservative in local elections, making Karen Buck's resilience as MP all the more remarkable.

Results

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	John Wheeler John Wheeler (politician) Sir John Daniel Wheeler, DL, JP, KStJ is a British Conservative politician who served as Security Minister in Northern Ireland.-Early career:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...		constituency abolished
	2010	Karen Buck Karen Buck Karen Patricia Buck is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Regent's Park and Kensington North since 1997, and is a former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

Boundaries

Constituency Profile

Results

Members of Parliament

See also