| Uxbridge | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:UxbridgeConstituency.svg) Boundary of Uxbridge in Greater London for the 2005 general election | |
| County | Greater London |
| Major settlements | Uxbridge |
| 1885–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Middlesex |
| Replaced by | Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner |
| During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: | Spelthorne (1918) Southall (1945) Ruislip-Northwood and Hayes and Harlington (1950) |
Uxbridge was a seat returning one Member of Parliament (MP) of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 to 2010. Its MPs elected were: Conservative Party candidates for 107 years and Labour Party candidates for 18 years. The closing 40 years of the seat's history saw Conservative victory — in 1997 on a very marginal majority in relative terms.
The seat began with the market towns Uxbridge and Staines shedding the latter and its southern half in 1918; by 1945 more new seats were needed. Its eastern area merited Southall and the loss of Northolt to Ealing West (all new seats) and in 1950 of Ruislip, Northwood and Harefield to become Ruislip-Northwood and of Hayes and Harlington, taking up eastern territory and some of that lost in 1918. In each possible boundary reform the seat was reduced reflecting population expansion of areas outlying its core area of Uxbridge and interwoven Hillingdon, Cowley and Ickenham.