Uxbridge and South Ruislip

2010–2017

In 2010, for the Uxbridge-born Conservative candidate John Randall, the one-party swing in the seat was 0.1% greater than that seen nationally – enough on the newly drawn constituency boundaries to provide 48.3% of the vote, and a majority of more than 11,000 votes. In the 2010 and 2015 elections, three (of 8 and 13 candidates respectively) attained 5% or more of the vote, thus retaining their deposits.

In 2014, Boris Johnson was selected to run in the seat; he was elected in 2015 with a swing of less than 1% to Labour and 50.2% of the vote. However, the 2017 election saw a 13.6% increase in Labour's vote share, although Johnson also increased his votes, which reduced Johnson's majority to only 5,034, less than half his 2015 margin and by far the lowest for a Conservative candidate in the area since 2001.

2019 general election

Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 24 July 2019, following the resignation of Theresa May.^[4] His 2017 majority in Uxbridge and South Ruislip of 5,034 votes was the smallest of any sitting prime minister since 1924.^[5] The main challenger in the seat was the Labour Party, whose 2019 candidate was Ali Milani. In April 2019, think-tank Onward classified the seat as "vulnerable" for the Conservatives,^[6] while YouGov rated it on 27 November as "likely Conservative".^[7] An article in The Independent on the same date inferred a 22.2% chance of Milani winning the seat from odds by bookmaker Paddy Power.^[8] Johnson retained the seat with an increased vote share of 52.6% and an increased majority of 15%.

In 2019, two satirical candidates, Count Binface and Lord Buckethead, stood for election. The latter was the name of a character in the 1984 movie Gremloids. Several previous UK election candidates have used the name, but Jon Harvey was prevented from standing as such as Gremloids creator Todd Durham asserted his rights. Instead, an Official Monster Raving Loony used the name and Harvey stood as Count Binface.^[9][10] On 6 December, Lord Buckethead asked constituents to vote for Labour candidate Ali Milani.^[11][12] Also standing was William Tobin, who aimed to receive no votes. Still living abroad, as for the last 15 years, he was not able to vote in UK elections, but could stand as a candidate. Tobin stood to raise awareness of disenfranchisement (lack) of the vote for expatriates, as well as 16- and 17-year-olds and foreign nationals who live in the UK.^[13][14]

2023 by-election

On 9 June 2023, Johnson announced his intention to resign, triggering the 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election.^[15] The resignation occurred on 12 June 2023^[16] and the by-election took place on 20 July 2023.^[17] It was won by the Tory candidate Steve Tuckwell, although with vote share reduced from 52.6% in 2019 to 45.2%, with Tuckwell beating Labour candidate Danny Beales by less than 500 votes.

2024 general election

The latest election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024. The seat was won by Labour candidate Danny Beales, who ousted Tory MP Steve Tuckwell after less than 12 months in office. Beales secured 16,599 votes (36.2%) compared to Tuckwell's 16,012 votes (34.9%).^[18] This was a reversal of the 2023 by-election (triggered by Boris Johnson's resignation), in which Tuckwell beat Beales by fewer than 500 votes (see below for full results). Other candidates running included: Reform UK candidate Tim Wheeler, Green Party candidate Sarah Green, and Liberal Democrats candidate Ian Rex-Hawkes.^[19]

2010–2024

Most of the constituency came from that of Uxbridge, which was first established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885; however parts of the seat came from Ruislip-Northwood and Hayes and Harlington, both of which had been carved out of the Uxbridge seat in 1950. The 1950 changes reflected the area's growth in population since 1918, the previous national reorganisation of seats.

The boundaries of the constituency changed prior to the general election in 2010 as Parliament approved the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies. Ickenham and parts of West Ruislip were allocated to the new seat of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. Treating the constituency as the direct successor to the Uxbridge seat, it gained the electoral wards:

• Cavendish, South Ruislip and Manor.^[20]

The seat comprised the following electoral wards:

• Brunel, Cavendish, Hillingdon East, Manor, South Ruislip, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, and Yiewsley in the London Borough of Hillingdon

Current

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Hillingdon:

• Colham & Cowley; Hillingdon East; Hillingdon West; Ickenham & South Harefield; Ruislip Manor; South Ruislip; Uxbridge; Yiewsley.^[21]

As a result of a new ward structure which came into effect in May 2022, the boundary with Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner was realigned, with the constituency gaining the Ickenham & South Harefield ward, but losing parts of the (redrawn) Eastcote and Ruislip wards.

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Uxbridge and South Ruislip^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Beales	16,599	36.2	–0.8
	Conservative	Steve Tuckwell	16,012	34.9	–17.7
	Reform	Tim Wheeler	6,610	14.4	N/A
	Green	Sarah Green	4,354	9.5	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Rex-Hawkes	1,752	3.8	–2.8
	TUSC	Gary Harbord	223	0.5	N/A
	SDP	Stephen Gardner	200	0.4	N/A
	UKIP	Geoff Courtenay	164	0.4	–0.2
Majority			587	1.3	N/A
Turnout			45,914	61.4	–6.3
Registered electors			74,746
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.5

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Vote share changes for the 2024 election are compared to the notional results from the 2019 election, not the 2023 by-election.

Elections in the 2010s

Source: BBC News^[42]

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament