Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)













































Cities of London and Westminster

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Cities of London and Westminster in Greater London.

County Greater London
Population 110,000 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 65,140 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created 1950
Member of parliament
Mark Field (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from
City of London (1298–1950), Westminster Abbey, Westminster St George's
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London

Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. It is a borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. As with all constituencies, the election is decided using the first past the post system of election. Since its creation at the 1950 general election, the constituency has always elected the candidate nominated by the Conservative Party. It has been represented since 2001 by Mark Field.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Boundary change proposals


    • 1.2 Boundary change proposals from 2007-present


    • 1.3 London Assembly constituency




  • 2 Boundaries


  • 3 Constituency profile


  • 4 Members of Parliament


  • 5 Election results


    • 5.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 5.7 Elections in the 1950s




  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes and references


  • 8 External links





History




Cities of London and Westminster in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1974


Before 1950 the City of London formed a two-member constituency on its own. The Boundary Commission for England began reviewing constituencies in January 1946 using rules defined under the Representation of the People Act 1944, which excluded the City of London from the redistribution procedure;[3][4] the Commission recommended that the borough of Chelsea and the City of Westminster form a single Parliamentary Borough of Chelsea and Westminster with two divisions.[5]


In February 1948 the Government brought forward a new Representation of the People Bill which removed the right of owners of business premises to a second vote; this would have had the effect of reducing the electorate of the City of London from 12,500 to 4,600. The Bill proposed also to end the City of London as a separate constituency and to merge it with the adjacent boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch.[6] During debates on the Bill, the Government amended it to substitute a link between the City of London and the City of Westminster.[7] In introducing the amendment the Home Secretary James Chuter Ede noted that the alterations to the constituencies in Westminster, Chelsea and Kensington had been agreed unanimously at a conference between the Members of Parliament and representatives of the boroughs affected.[8]



Boundary change proposals


No alteration was made by the First Periodical Report on constituency boundaries in 1954.[9] In the Second Periodical Report in 1969, the Boundary Commission wrote that their initial feelings were that "except for a minor alteration to follow a new ward boundary" they felt that there was "no reason to disturb" the constituency, and they received no objections to this proposal. Westminster City Council later suggested that the constituency could be more accurately named as 'The City of London and Westminster South'; the Boundary Commission found opinion divided and left the name unchanged when it published revised proposals for two other constituencies within the City. Subsequent representations on the name were received and the Commission decided that, although justified on historical grounds, the name was "not now entirely accurate" and so proposed the renaming as suggested by the City Council.[10]


In initial proposals during the Third Periodical Review (1983), the Boundary Commission proposed to abolish the St Marylebone constituency and add four wards from it (Cavendish, Baker Street, Bryanston and Regents Park) to the previous City of London and Westminster South constituency; they provisionally named the result 'The City of London and Westminster'. After a local inquiry, the Regents Park ward was removed and Hyde Park ward (from the Paddington constituency) was added; unanimous opinion at the inquiry favoured naming the result 'The City of London and Westminster South'.[11]


For the Fourth Periodical Review (1995), the Boundary Commission paired the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for consideration. The Commission's initial proposals, to expand the constituency by two wards (Bayswater and Lancaster Gate) formerly in Westminster North and to return to the name 'Cities of London and Westminster', were upheld after a local inquiry, despite multiple counter-proposals.[12]



Boundary change proposals from 2007-present


At the Fifth Periodical Review (in 2007), the initial proposals of the Boundary Commission paired the City of Westminster with the London Borough of Brent although they involved only minor changes to the Cities of London and Westminster constituency to take account of new ward boundaries. Widespread objections ("almost universal hostility") to the pairing led to a local inquiry, which decided that Westminster and the City of London should be reviewed separately and not paired with any other borough. The Commission proposed a new Cities of London and Westminster constituency in which the revised Bayswater and Lancaster Gate wards were removed.[13]


Early proposals made during the initial stages of the postponed Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposed linking the City of London to the southern wards of Islington in a constituency to be known as "The City of London and Islington South".[14] Most of the Westminster wards were proposed to form part of a Westminster and Kensington constituency.[15] This proposal was the first to suggest a split between the two Cities in Parliamentary elections since they were joined and proved unpopular in consultation; the Boundary Commission revised them to return the link between the City of London and the City of Westminster,[16] although the review was subsequently placed on hiatus.


In 2016 the Boundary Commission produced a second attempt at the Sixth Periodic Review. Its proposed Cities of London and Westminster comprises the City attached to Regent's Park and Abbey Road to the north-west, Knightsbridge/Belgravia to the west, and Holborn/Covent Garden to the north.[17]



London Assembly constituency


Although united for Parliamentary elections, in the London Assembly, the City of London is covered by the City and East constituency, and the area in Westminster by the West Central constituency. The Local Government Commission for England argued that "combining the City of London with areas to its east could assist in focussing regeneration eastwards" and linked it with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the London Borough of Newham, and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.[18]



Boundaries


1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, and the City of London.


1974-1983: The City of Westminster wards of Charing Cross, Churchill, Knightsbridge, Millbank, Regent Street, Victoria Street, and Warwick, and the City of London.


1983-1997: The City of Westminster wards of Baker Street, Belgrave, Bryanston, Cavendish, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Millbank, St George's, St James's, Victoria, and West End, and the City of London.


1997-2010: The City of Westminster wards of Baker Street, Bayswater, Belgrave, Bryanston, Cavendish, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate, Millbank, St George's, St James's, Victoria, and West End, and the City of London.


2010-present: The City of Westminster wards of Bryanston and Dorset Square, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Marylebone High Street, St James’s, Tachbrook, Vincent Square, Warwick, and West End, and the City of London.


The seat covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway. In the latter, more residential, city it covers Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St. James's, Soho, most of Covent Garden, alongside parts of Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Paddington and Bayswater.



Constituency profile


The Cities of London and Westminster seat contains the two historical centres of the capital. The City of London is an international financial centre - while Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, Whitehall and Downing Street, represents Britain's political and cultural heart.


The seat includes iconic landmarks such as Buckingham Palace and St Paul's Cathedral, the West End's Theatreland and Soho. Some of the country's wealthiest residents live in exclusive Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge. Less than half the population was born in the UK - a fifth hail from Europe, while one in twenty is American, according to ONS 2011 Census figures for England and Wales.


Around half of the electorate are in the more socially mixed areas of Paddington and Pimlico which includes some large council estates (Churchill Gardens
and Millbank Estate).


The Westminster City Council wards are heavily represented by the Conservatives; in the most recent elections in 2018 the Labour Party won two seats in the Churchill ward in the constituency, and one in West End ward.


The constituency also incorporates the City of London council. This includes some of the lowest populated wards in the United Kingdom, such as the Coleman Street ward which has a total electorate of 2 and the Aldgate ward which has a total electorate of 27. [19]



Members of Parliament

















































Election Member[20][21][22][23]
Party

1950 Sir Harold Webbe
Conservative

1959 Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
Conservative

1959

Speaker

1965 by-election John Smith
Conservative


1970[note 1]
Christopher Tugendhat
Conservative


1977 by-election[note 2]
Peter Brooke
Conservative

2001 Mark Field
Conservative


Election results


Named Cities of London and Westminster from 1997 to date



Elections in the 2010s







































































































General Election 2017: Cities of London and Westminster
[24][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Mark Field

18,005

46.6

-7.5


Labour

İbrahim Doğuş
14,857
38.4
+11.0


Liberal Democrat
Bridget Fox
4,270
11.1
+4.1


Green
Lawrence McNally
821
2.1
-3.3


UKIP
Anil Bhatti
426
1.1
-4.1


Independent
Tim Lord
173
0.4

N/A


One Love
Ankit Love The Maharaja of Kashmir
59
0.2

N/A


Young People's
Benjamin Weenen
43
0.1

N/A
Majority
3,148
8.1
-18.6

Turnout
38,654
62.8
+3.5

Registered electors
61,533




Conservative hold

Swing
-9.25







































































































General Election 2015: Cities of London and Westminster[26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Mark Field

19,570

54.1

+1.9


Labour
Nik Slingsby
9,899
27.4
+5.2


Liberal Democrat
Belinda Brooks-Gordon
2,521
7.0
-13.5


Green
Hugh Small
1,953
5.4
+3.4


UKIP
Robert Stephenson
1,894
5.2
+3.4


CISTA
Edouard-Henri Desforges
160
0.4

N/A


Christian Peoples
Jill McLachlan
129
0.4

N/A


Class War
Adam Clifford
59
0.2

N/A
Majority
9,671
26.7
-3.3

Turnout
36,185
59.3
+3.8

Registered electors
60,992




Conservative hold

Swing
-1.6















































































































General Election 2010: Cities of London and Westminster[28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Mark Field

19,264

52.2

+3.9


Labour

Dave Rowntree
8,188
22.2
-3.1


Liberal Democrat
Naomi Smith
7,574
20.5
+2.0


Green
Derek Chase
778
2.1
-2.2


UKIP

Paul Weston
664
1.8
+0.7


English Democrat
Frank Roseman
191
0.5

N/A


Independent

Dennis Delderfield
98
0.3

N/A


Pirate
Jack Nunn
90
0.2

N/A


Independent

Mad Cap'n Tom
84
0.2

N/A
Majority
11,076
30.0
+7.8

Turnout
36,931
55.5
+4.4

Registered electors
66,849




Conservative hold

Swing
+3.5



Elections in the 2000s















































































































General Election 2005: Cities of London and Westminster[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Mark Field

17,260

47.3

+1.0


Labour
Hywel Lloyd
9,165
25.1
−8.0


Liberal Democrat
Marie-Louise Rossi
7,306
20.0
+4.6


Green
Tristan Smith
1,544
4.2
+0.3


UKIP
Colin Merton
399
1.1
–0.3


Independent

Brian Haw
298
0.8

N/A


Christian Peoples
Jillian McLachlan
246
0.7

N/A


Veritas
David Harris
218
0.6

N/A


Independent
Cass Cass-Horne
51
0.1

N/A
Majority
8,095
22.2
+9.0

Turnout
36,487
50.3
+3.1

Registered electors
71,935




Conservative hold

Swing
+4.5















































































General Election 2001: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Mark Field

15,737

46.3

–0.9


Labour
Michael Katz
11,238
33.1
–2.0


Liberal Democrat

Martin Horwood
5,218
15.4
+3.1


Green

Hugo Charlton
1,318
3.9

N/A


UKIP
Colin Merton
464
1.4
+0.9
Majority
4,499
13.2
+1.0

Turnout
33,975
47.2
–7.0

Registered electors
71,935




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.5



Elections in the 1990s




















































































































General Election 1997: Cities of London and Westminster[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

18,981

47.3

–12.0


Labour

Kate Green
14,100
35.1
+11.0


Liberal Democrat
Michael Dumigan
4,933
12.3
–1.8


Referendum

Alan Walters
1,161
2.9

N/A


Independent
Patricia Wharton
266
0.7

N/A


UKIP
Colin Merton
215
0.5

N/A


Natural Law
Richard Johnson
176
0.4
+0.1


Monster Raving Loony
Nicholas Walsh
138
0.3
-0.1

Hemp Coalition
Gordon Webster
112
0.3

N/A


Rainbow Dream Ticket

Jerry Sadowitz
73
0.2

N/A
Majority
4,881
12.2
-26.3

Turnout
40,155
54.2
-8.9

Registered electors
74,035




Conservative win (new seat)

Named City of London and Westminster South between 1974 and 1992































































































General Election 1992: City of London and Westminster South[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

20,938

60.3

+2.5


Labour
Charlie Smith
7,569
21.8
+1.4


Liberal Democrat
Jane Smithard
5,392
15.3
–6.5


Green
Guy Herbert
458
1.3

N/A


Monster Raving Loony
Peter Stockton
147
0.4

N/A

Irish Freedom Movement
Alex Farrell
107
0.3

N/A


Natural Law
Richard Johnson
101
0.3

N/A
Majority
13,369
38.5
+2.5

Turnout
34,712
63.1
+4.9

Registered electors
55,021




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1980s































































General Election 1987: City of London and Westminster South[32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

19,333

57.8

−1.3


Liberal
Jane Smithard
7,291
21.8
+0.8


Labour
Ruth Bush
6,821
20.4
+3.3
Majority
12,042
36.0
-2.1

Turnout
33,445
58.2
+6.4

Registered electors
57,428




Conservative hold

Swing
































































































General Election 1983: City of London and Westminster South[33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

20,754

59.1

-1.6


Liberal
Adrian Walker-Smith
7,367
21.0
+8.8


Labour
Stephen Jones
6,013
17.1
-8.4


Ecology
Roger Shorter
419
1.2

N/A


National Front
Anthony Reeve
258
0.7
-1.0


Communist
A. W. Spence
161
0.5

N/A

Independent - Pro Nuclear War Gay Rights
Victor Litvin
147
0.4

N/A
Majority
13,387
38.1
+2.9

Turnout
35,119
51.8
-3.4

Registered electors
67,773




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s







































































General Election 1979: City of London and Westminster South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

16,851

60.7

+9.0


Labour
R. Profitt
7,067
25.5
-5.5


Liberal
H. Ball-Wilson
3,375
12.2
-2.7


National Front
K. Mathews
478
1.7
-0.8
Majority
9,784
35.2
+14.4

Turnout
27,771
55.2
+2.0

Registered electors
50,357




Conservative hold

Swing
























































































































City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Brooke

11,926

55.49

+3.79


Labour
Malcolm Noble
3,997
18.60
-12.40


Liberal
Angus Scrimgeour
1,981
9.22
-5.68


National Front
Paul Kavanagh
1,051
4.89
+2.39

Pro-Homosexual Civil Rights
Peter Mitchel
449
2.09

N/A


National Party
Michael Lobb
364
1.69

N/A


New Britain

Dennis Delderfield
306
1.42

N/A

Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident

Bill Boaks
61
0.28

N/A

Christian Outreach to Britain, Anti-Pornography
William Thompson
43
0.20

N/A

Christ, Crown, Country, Commonwealth, Christian Constitution
Ralph Herbert
37
0.17

N/A
Majority
7,929
39.23
+18.43

Turnout
20,215
39.60
-15.60

Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing








































































General Election October 1974: City of London and Westminster South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Tugendhat

14,350

51.7

-1.5


Labour
Phil Turner
8,589
31.0
+3.7


Liberal
T. G. Underwood
4,122
14.9
-4.0


National Front
D. Baxter
686
2.5

N/A
Majority
5,761
20.8
-5.1

Turnout
27,747
53.2
-8.2

Registered electors
52,170




Conservative hold

Swing








































































General Election February 1974: City of London and Westminster South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Tugendhat

16,945

53.2

-6.2


Labour
Phil Turner
8,698
27.3
-4.0


Liberal
T. G. Underwood
6,015
18.9
+10.5

Independent Conservative
C. D. Wertheim
134
0.4

N/A
Majority
8.247
25.9
-2.2

Turnout
31,792
61.4
+6.9

Registered electors
51,943




Conservative hold

Swing



Named from 1950 to 1970 Cities of London and Westminster















































































General Election 1970: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Tugendhat

19,102

59.4

+4.7


Labour

Alf Dubs
10,062
31.3
-3.8


Liberal
David Nicholson
2,708
8.4
-1.8

Independent - Anti-Labour
Willoughby Clark
157
0.5

N/A

Independent - Young Ideas

Lord Sutch
157
0.4

N/A
Majority
9,040
28.1
+8.5

Turnout
32,186
54.5
-5.5

Registered electors
58,987




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1960s































































General Election 1966: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Smith

19,242

54.7

-3.67


Labour
Alexander Pringle
12,349
35.1
+4.52


Liberal
Thomas Houston
3,576
10.2
-0.85
Majority
6,893
19.6
-8.19

Turnout
35,167
60.0
+0.34

Registered electors
58,630




Conservative hold

Swing








































































Cities of London and Westminster by-election, 1965[35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Smith

15,037

59.33

+1.16


Labour
Alexander Pringle
8,300
32.86
+2.28


Liberal
Stephen Jakobi
1,595
6.31
-4.74

Independent
Desmond Burgess
326
6.71

N/A
Majority
6,737
26.47
-1.32

Turnout
25,258
41.80
-17.86

Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing
-0.6































































General Election 1964: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Speaker

Harry Hylton-Foster

21,588

58.37

-6.73


Labour
Ronald Wallace
11,309
30.58
+6.18


Liberal
John W Derry
4,087
11.05
+0.55
Majority
10,279
27.79
-12.91

Turnout
36,984
59.66
-1.64

Registered electors
61,988




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s































































General Election 1959: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harry Hylton-Foster

27,489

65.1

-5.1


Labour

Will Howie
10,301
24.4
-5.4


Liberal
Derek Monsey
4,409
10.5

N/A
Majority
17,188
40.7
+0.2

Turnout
42,199
61.3
+1.3

Registered electors
68,896




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1955: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harold Webbe

31,314

70.2

+3.4


Labour
Dennis Nisbet
13,270
29.8
-3.4
Majority
18,044
40.5
+6.9

Turnout
44,584
60.1
-7.1

Registered electors
74,162




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1951: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harold Webbe

35,275

66.8

+5.2


Labour
Hugh Sutherland
17,527
33.2
-5.2
Majority
17,738
33.6
+0.0

Turnout
52,802
67.2
-5.2

Registered electors
78,628




Conservative hold

Swing





































































General Election 1950: Cities of London and Westminster
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harold Webbe

32,672

61.6

N/A


Labour
John Lewis Curthoys
14,849
28.0

N/A


Liberal

Jacob Gorsky
4,670
8.8

N/A


Communist
Gabriel Carritt
888
1.7

N/A
Majority
17,823
33.6

N/A

Turnout
53,079
72.4

N/A

Registered electors
73,316




Conservative win (new seat)


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ constituency renamed 'City of London and Westminster South' in 1974


  2. ^ constituency renamed 'Cities of London and Westminster' in 1997



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  3. ^ Whether the City of London returned one or two members was left for the decision of Parliament.


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External links




  • nomis Constituency Profile for Cities of London and Westminster — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.


  • Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)


  • Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)










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