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Harrow West — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Harrow West was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 6,642 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Harrow West from 1945 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1945–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1945 Norman Adolph Henry Bower (Conservative) 28,617 49.9% Joan Thompson (Labour) 9,656 (16.8 pts) 78.4%
1950 Norman Adolph Henry Bower (Conservative) 23,744 58.5% Thomas Leslie Littlewood (Labour) 11,773 (29.0 pts) 86.7%
1951 Albert Newby Braithwaite (Conservative) 26,549 67.5% Thomas Leslie Littlewood (Labour) 13,747 (34.9 pts) 83.8%
1955 Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite (Conservative) 30,321 68.4% Richard Lawrence Leonard (Labour) 17,297 (39.0 pts) 79.4%
1959 Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite (Conservative) 30,512 70.9% Philip James Jenkins (Labour) 18,000 (41.8 pts) 79.2%
1964 Arthur John Page (Conservative) 23,132 53.9% Kenneth W Childerhouse (Labour) 12,407 (28.9 pts) 79.8%
1966 Sir John Page (Conservative) 22,660 53.1% Christopher Beaumont (Labour) 10,347 (24.3 pts) 80.2%
1970 Sir John Page (Conservative) 24,867 59.5% Timothy Peter Charles Daniel (Labour) 13,405 (32.1 pts) 72.8%
Feb 1974 Sir John Page (Conservative) 23,950 51.5% Robert Elliott Bell (Liberal) 11,869 (25.6 pts) 82.7%
Oct 1974 Sir John Page (Conservative) 21,924 52.0% Martin Paul Reynolds (Labour) 11,582 (27.5 pts) 74.5%
1979 Sir John Page (Conservative) 26,007 58.1% Marie Therese Catterson (Labour) 15,213 (34.0 pts) 78.7%
1983 Sir John Page (Conservative) 28,056 53.0% Stuart Philip Bayliss (Social Democratic Party) 11,021 (20.8 pts) 72.3%
1987 Robert Hughes (Conservative) 30,456 55.2% Stuart Philip Bayliss (Social Democratic Party) 15,444 (28.0 pts) 74.5%
1992 Robert Hughes (Conservative) 30,240 55.2% Claude Moraes (Labour) 17,897 (32.7 pts) 78.7%
1997 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 21,811 41.5% Robert Hughes (Conservative) 1,240 (2.4 pts) 72.9%
2001 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 23,142 49.6% Daniel Finkelstein (Conservative) 6,156 (13.2 pts) 63.5%
2005 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 20,298 42.5% Mike Freer (Conservative) 2,028 (4.2 pts) 64.3%
2010 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 20,111 43.6% Rachel Joyce (Conservative) 3,143 (6.8 pts) 67.5%
2015 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 21,885 47.0% Hannah David (Conservative) 2,208 (4.7 pts) 67.1%
2017 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 30,640 60.8% Hannah David (Conservative) 13,314 (26.4 pts) 72.3%
2019 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 25,132 52.4% Anwara Ali (Conservative) 8,692 (18.1 pts) 66.4%
2024 Gareth Thomas (Labour) 19,833 43.8% Abbas Merali (Conservative) 6,642 (14.7 pts) 56.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Adolph Henry Bower Conservative 28,61749.9% Yes
Joan Thompson Labour 18,96133.0% No
Hubert Winthrop Young Liberal 7,36412.8% No
Hugh McDowall Lawson Common Wealth 2,4624.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Adolph Henry Bower Conservative 23,74458.5% Yes
Thomas Leslie Littlewood Labour 11,97129.5% No
Philip Montague Syrett Liberal 4,84611.9% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert Newby Braithwaite Conservative 26,54967.5% Yes
Thomas Leslie Littlewood Labour 12,80232.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite Conservative 30,32168.4% Yes
Richard Lawrence Leonard Labour 13,02429.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite Conservative 30,51270.9% Yes
Philip James Jenkins Labour 12,51229.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur John Page Conservative 23,13253.9% Yes
Kenneth W Childerhouse Labour 10,72525.0% No
Arnold Eric Bender Liberal 9,05521.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 22,66053.1% Yes
Christopher Beaumont Labour 12,31328.9% No
Harry Seigal Liberal 7,67618.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 24,86759.5% Yes
Timothy Peter Charles Daniel Labour 11,46227.4% No
Jeffrey Frank Smith Liberal 5,44013.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 23,95051.5% Yes
Robert Elliott Bell Liberal 12,08126.0% No
Leslie Wagner Labour 10,43022.4% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 21,92452.0% Yes
Martin Paul Reynolds Labour 10,34224.5% No
Robert Elliott Bell Liberal 9,90323.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 26,00758.1% Yes
Marie Therese Catterson Labour 10,79424.1% No
Ronald Fraser Dick Liberal 7,35016.4% No
Timothy Simon Bennett National Front 6461.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Page Conservative 28,05653.0% Yes
Stuart Philip Bayliss Social Democratic Party 17,03532.2% No
Albert Keith Toms Labour 7,81114.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hughes Conservative 30,45655.2% Yes
Stuart Philip Bayliss Social Democratic Party 15,01227.2% No
Colin Bastin Labour 9,66517.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hughes Conservative 30,24055.2% Yes
Claude Moraes Labour 12,34322.5% No
Christopher David Noyce Liberal Democrat 11,05020.2% No
Gabriel Aitman Liberal 8451.5% No
Jacqueline Frances Torrens Argyle Natural Law 3060.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 21,81141.5% Yes
Robert Hughes Conservative 20,57139.2% No
Pash Nandhra Liberal Democrat 8,12715.5% No
Herbert Crossman Referendum Party 1,9973.8% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 23,14249.6% Yes
Daniel Finkelstein Conservative 16,98636.4% No
Chris Noyce Liberal Democrat 5,99512.9% No
Peter Kefford UKIP 5251.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 20,29842.5% Yes
Mike Freer Conservative 18,27038.3% No
Christopher Noyce Liberal Democrat 8,18817.1% No
Janice Cronin UKIP 5761.2% No
Berjis Daver Independent 4270.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 20,11143.6% Yes
Rachel Joyce Conservative 16,96836.8% No
Christopher Noyce Liberal Democrat 7,45816.2% No
Herbert Crossman UKIP 9542.1% No
Rowan Langley Green 6251.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 21,88547.0% Yes
Hannah David Conservative 19,67742.2% No
Mohammad Bhatti UKIP 2,0474.4% No
Christopher Noyce Liberal Democrat 1,5673.4% No
Rowan Langley Green 1,3102.8% No
Kailash Trivedi Independent 1170.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 30,64060.8% Yes
Hannah David Conservative 17,32634.4% No
Christopher Noyce Liberal Democrat 1,2672.5% No
Rowan Langley Green 6521.3% No
Rathy Alagaratnam UKIP 4700.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 25,13252.4% Yes
Anwara Ali Conservative 16,44034.3% No
Lisa-Maria Bornemann Liberal Democrat 4,3109.0% No
Rowan Langley Green 1,1092.3% No
Richard Jones Brexit Party 9311.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gareth Thomas Labour 19,83343.8% Yes
Abbas Merali Conservative 13,19129.2% No
Pamela Fitzpatrick Independent 4,1209.1% No
Michael Beavis Reform UK 2,6395.8% No
Rupert Nepal George Green 2,4385.4% No
Chris Noyce Liberal Democrat 2,4045.3% No
Bharatkumar Ishverbhai Patel Independent 6161.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1945: Conservative margin 16.8 pts 1950: Conservative margin 29.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 34.9 pts 1955: Conservative margin 39.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 41.8 pts 1964: Conservative margin 28.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 24.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 32.1 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 25.6 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 27.5 pts 1979: Conservative margin 34.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 20.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 28.0 pts 1992: Conservative margin 32.7 pts 1997: Labour margin 2.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 13.2 pts 2005: Labour margin 4.2 pts 2010: Labour margin 6.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 4.7 pts 2017: Labour margin 26.4 pts 2019: Labour margin 18.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 14.7 pts 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Harrow West has been contested at 22 general elections on record since 1945. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Harrow West in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Harrow West in 2024 with 19,833 votes (43.8%), a majority of 6,642 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Harrow West since 1945?

Since 1945, Harrow West has been won by: Conservative, Labour.

What was the closest result in Harrow West?

The closest result on record for Harrow West was 1997, when Labour beat Conservative by just 1,240 votes (2.4 percentage points).

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