Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Twickenham
Borough constituency
Twickenham shown within Greater London
Created: 1918
MP: Vincent Cable
Party: Liberal Democrat
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: London

Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace

The constituency covers the western part of the London Borough of Richmond, i.e., that part of the borough on the north bank of the River Thames (although the river is on a north-south axis at this point). It includes the town of Twickenham, as well as the Hampton, Teddington and Whitton areas. It also includes Hampton Court Palace and Bushy Park, and the Rugby Football Union's ground, Twickenham Stadium.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has not recommended any changes to the boundaries of this constituency. The Commission received only eleven representations following the publication of their original proposals, of which ten were in support.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:

Twickenham was a safe seat for the Conservative Party for many years, but the Liberal Democrats gained the seat at the 1997 general election. Its current MP, Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable, has increased his majority in the two general elections since, and the seat is one of very few in Britain that gave the Liberal Democrats a majority of votes in the 2005 election.

Election Member Party
1918 Sir William Joynson-Hicks Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1929 Sir John Ferguson Conservative
1932 Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson Conservative
1934 Alfred Cecil Critchley Conservative
1935 Sir Edward Keeling Conservative
1955 Gresham Cooke Conservative
1970 Toby Jessel Conservative
1997 Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat

Twickenham by-election, 8th August 1929
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir John Ferguson 14,705 47.7 −0.8
Labour T.J. Mason 14,202 46.1 +11.3
Liberal F.G. Paterson 1,920 6.2 −10.5
Majority 503 1.6 −12.1
Turnout 49.5 −20.3
Conservative hold Swing −6.6

General election, 1931: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir John Ferguson 39,161 74.0 +26.3
Labour Co-op Percy Holman 13,793 26.0 −20.1
Majority 25,398 48.0 +46.4
Turnout 42,954 71.3 +21.8
Conservative hold Swing +23.2
Twickenham by-election, 16th September 1932
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hylton Murray-Philipson 21,688 56.2 −17.8
Labour Co-op Percy Holman 16,881 43.8 +17.8
Majority 4,807 12.4 −35.6
Turnout 38,569 51.9 −19.4
Conservative hold Swing −17.8
Twickenham by-election, 22nd June 1934
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Critchley 23,395 56.1 −0.1
Labour Co-op Percy Holman 19,890 43.9 +0.1
Majority 5,505 12.2 −0.2
Turnout 43,285 55.5 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing −0.1

Twickenham by-election, 25th January 1955
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gresham Cooke 23,075 64.0 −1.9
Labour R. P. Pitman 12,953 36.0 −1.9
Majority 10,122 28.1 −3.9
Turnout 36,028
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

General Election 1997: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable 26,237 45.1
Conservative Toby Jessel 21,956 37.8
Labour E Tutchell 9,065 15.6
Independent English Conservative and Referendum J Harrison 589 1.0
Rainbow Dream Ticket T Haggar 155 0.3
Natural Law A Hardy 142 0.2
Majority 4,281 7.3%
Turnout 58,144 79.3%
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

General Election 2001: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable 24,344 48.7 +3.6
Conservative Nick Longworth 16,689 33.4 -4.3
Labour Dean Rogers 6,903 13.8 -1.8
Green Judy Maciejowska 1,423 2.8 N/A
UK Independence Ray Hollebone 579 1.2 N/A
Majority 7,655 15.3
Turnout 49,938 66.4 -12.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
General Election 2005: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable 26,696 51.6 +2.9
Conservative Paul Maynard 16,731 32.4 −1.0
Labour Brian Whitington 5,868 11.4 −2.4
Green Henry Gower 1,445 2.8 0.0
UK Independence Douglas Orchard 766 1.5 +0.3
Independent Brian Gibert 117 0.2 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket George Weiss 64 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,965 19.3
Turnout 51,687 71.8 +5.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +2.0

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