Uxbridge — UK General Election Results

Uxbridge was won by Conservative at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 6,171 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Uxbridge from 1885 to 2005.

Full Election History, 1885–2005

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) 5,093 66.1% James Pellatt Rickman (Liberal) 2,478 (32.1 pts) 77.8%
1886 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) 5,172 71.8% Leslie Probyn (Liberal) 3,143 (43.6 pts) 61.3%
1895 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland (Conservative) 6,429 50.6% Sidney Job Pocock (Liberal) 145 (1.1 pts) 79.8%
Jan 1910 Charles Thomas Mills (Conservative) 10,116 65.2% Sidney Job Pocock (Liberal) 4,708 (30.3 pts) 88.0%
Dec 1910 Charles Thomas Mills (Conservative) 9,005 67.8% Manmath Chandra Mallik (Liberal) 4,719 (35.5 pts) 75.4%
1918 Sidney Cornwallis Peel (Unionist) 9,814 59.1% Harry Gosling (Labour) 3,563 (21.4 pts) 55.9%
1922 Charles Dennistoun Burney (Unionist) 12,391 52.7% William John Brown (Labour) 5,099 (21.7 pts) 73.0%
1923 Dennistoun Burney (Unionist) 9,254 40.5% Graham Seton Hutchison (Liberal) 1,831 (8.0 pts) 66.6%
1924 Charles Dennistoun Burney (Unionist) 13,525 52.1% Robert Small (Labour) 5,066 (19.5 pts) 71.8%
1929 John Jestyn Llewellin (Unionist) 17,770 41.3% Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman (Labour) 1,348 (3.1 pts) 72.2%
1931 John Jestyn Llewellin (Conservative) 35,836 72.0% Lawrence Worsnop (Labour) 24,227 (48.6 pts) 68.4%
1935 John Jestyn Llewellin (Conservative) 34,727 54.1% Lawrence Worsnop (Labour) 10,727 (16.7 pts) 65.2%
1945 Frank Beswick (Labour) 25,190 43.7% John Jestyn Llewellin (Conservative) 1,084 (1.9 pts) 73.0%
1950 Frank Beswick (Labour) 20,139 48.2% Charles Brassey Thorne (Conservative) 2,398 (5.7 pts) 84.6%
1951 Frank Beswick (Labour) 21,249 49.1% Leslie Charles Curran (Conservative) 1,548 (3.6 pts) 84.7%
1955 Frank Beswick (Labour) 22,244 51.0% Leslie Charles Curran (Conservative) 876 (2.0 pts) 81.7%
1959 Leslie Charles Curran (Conservative) 22,360 46.5% Frank Beswick (Labour) 1,390 (2.9 pts) 84.3%
1964 Leslie Charles Curran (Conservative) 20,519 43.6% Thomas J Parker (Labour) 653 (1.4 pts) 80.8%
1966 John Ryan (Labour) 21,793 45.5% Leslie Curran (Conservative) 890 (1.9 pts) 82.6%
1970 Leslie Curran (Conservative) 23,414 49.3% John Ryan (Labour) 3,646 (7.7 pts) 74.9%
Feb 1974 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 20,542 42.1% Manuela Sykes (Labour) 2,415 (5.0 pts) 82.4%
Oct 1974 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 19,969 44.5% George Ernest Pringle (Labour) 2,153 (4.8 pts) 75.1%
1979 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 24,967 52.5% George Ernest Pringle (Labour) 7,995 (16.8 pts) 78.9%
1983 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 23,876 53.6% Peter Frank Norman Russell (Social Democratic Party) 12,838 (28.8 pts) 72.3%
1987 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 27,292 56.5% David Keys (Labour) 15,970 (33.1 pts) 76.5%
1992 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 27,487 56.4% Robert Evans (Labour) 13,179 (27.1 pts) 78.9%
1997 Michael Shersby (Conservative) 18,095 43.6% David Williams (Labour) 724 (1.7 pts) 72.0%
2001 Alexander Randall (Conservative) 15,751 47.1% David Salisbury-Jones (Labour) 2,098 (6.3 pts) 57.6%
2005 Alexander Randall (Conservative) 16,840 49.0% Roderick Dubrow-Marshall (Labour) 6,171 (17.9 pts) 59.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative 5,09366.1% Yes
James Pellatt Rickman Liberal 2,61533.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative 5,17271.8% Yes
Leslie Probyn Liberal 2,02928.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland Conservative 6,42950.6% Yes
Sidney Job Pocock Liberal 6,28449.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Thomas Mills Conservative 10,11665.2% Yes
Sidney Job Pocock Liberal 5,40834.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Thomas Mills Conservative 9,00567.8% Yes
Manmath Chandra Mallik Liberal 4,28632.2% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sidney Cornwallis Peel Unionist 9,81459.1% Yes
Harry Gosling Labour 6,25137.6% No
Norman Mackenzie Snowball Liberal 5453.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Dennistoun Burney Unionist 12,39152.7% Yes
William John Brown Labour 7,29231.0% No
Frank Sulis Evans National Liberal 3,84416.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dennistoun Burney Unionist 9,25440.5% Yes
Graham Seton Hutchison Liberal 7,42332.5% No
Robert Small Labour 6,14626.9% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Dennistoun Burney Unionist 13,52552.1% Yes
Robert Small Labour 8,45932.6% No
John Stanley Griffith-Jones Liberal 3,97615.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Jestyn Llewellin Unionist 17,77041.3% Yes
Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman Labour 16,42238.2% No
Richard Christian Cecil James Binney Liberal 8,84720.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Jestyn Llewellin Conservative 35,83672.0% Yes
Lawrence Worsnop Labour 11,60923.3% No
Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman Workers 2,3584.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Jestyn Llewellin Conservative 34,72754.1% Yes
Lawrence Worsnop Labour 24,00037.4% No
William Ridgway Liberal 5,5148.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Beswick Labour 25,19043.7% Yes
John Jestyn Llewellin Conservative 24,10641.9% No
John Ernest Aylett Liberal 8,30014.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Beswick Labour 20,13948.2% Yes
Charles Brassey Thorne Conservative 17,74142.4% No
John Ernest Aylett Liberal 3,9339.4% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Beswick Labour 21,24949.1% Yes
Leslie Charles Curran Conservative 19,70145.6% No
Lucien Fior Liberal 2,2895.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Beswick Labour 22,24451.0% Yes
Leslie Charles Curran Conservative 21,36849.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Charles Curran Conservative 22,36046.5% Yes
Frank Beswick Labour 20,97043.6% No
Gordon Robert Goodall Liberal 4,7469.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Charles Curran Conservative 20,51943.6% Yes
Thomas J Parker Labour 19,86642.2% No
Gordon Robert Goodall Liberal 6,64414.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ryan Labour 21,79345.5% Yes
Leslie Curran Conservative 20,90343.6% No
Gordon Goodall Liberal 5,24110.9% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Curran Conservative 23,41449.3% Yes
John Ryan Labour 19,76841.7% No
Gordon Goodall Liberal 4,2659.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 20,54242.1% Yes
Manuela Sykes Labour 18,12737.1% No
John Samuel Pincham Liberal 10,15020.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 19,96944.5% Yes
George Ernest Pringle Labour 17,81639.7% No
John Samuel Pincham Liberal 7,08115.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 24,96752.5% Yes
George Ernest Pringle Labour 16,97235.7% No
Jonathan Hunt Liberal 5,03110.6% No
Penelope Ann Budgen National Front 5951.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 23,87653.6% Yes
Peter Frank Norman Russell Social Democratic Party 11,03824.8% No
Patrick Joseph Magee Labour 9,61121.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 27,29256.5% Yes
David Keys Labour 11,32223.4% No
Anthony Goodman Social Democratic Party 9,16419.0% No
Ian Flindall Green 5491.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 27,48756.4% Yes
Robert Evans Labour 14,30829.4% No
Stephen John Carey Liberal Democrat 5,90012.1% No
Ian Flindall Green 5381.1% No
Michael O'Rourke BNP 3500.7% No
Ashley James Deans Natural Law 1200.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Shersby Conservative 18,09543.6% Yes
David Williams Labour 17,37141.8% No
Andrew Malyan Liberal Democrat 4,52810.9% No
Garrick Aird Referendum Party 1,1532.8% No
Julia Leonard Socialist Alternative 3981.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Randall Conservative 15,75147.1% Yes
David Salisbury-Jones Labour 13,65340.9% No
Catherine Royce Liberal Democrat 3,42610.3% No
Paul Cannons UKIP 5881.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Randall Conservative 16,84049.0% Yes
Roderick Dubrow-Marshall Labour 10,66931.0% No
Tariq Mahmood Liberal Democrat 4,54413.2% No
Cliff le May BNP 7632.2% No
Stephen Young Green 7252.1% No
Robert Kerby UKIP 5531.6% No
Peter Shaw National Front 2840.8% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Conservative margin 32.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 43.6 pts 1906: Conservative margin 1.1 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 30.3 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 35.5 pts 1918: Unionist margin 21.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 21.7 pts 1923: Unionist margin 8.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 19.5 pts 1929: Unionist margin 3.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 48.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 16.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1950: Labour margin 5.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 3.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 2.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1964: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1970: Conservative margin 7.7 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 5.0 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 16.8 pts 1983: Conservative margin 28.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 33.1 pts 1992: Conservative margin 27.1 pts 1997: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 2001: Conservative margin 6.3 pts 2005: Conservative margin 17.9 pts 1885 1892 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005

Trend

Uxbridge has been contested at 32 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Uxbridge in the 2005 general election?

Conservative won Uxbridge in 2005 with 16,840 votes (49.0%), a majority of 6,171 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Uxbridge since 1885?

Since 1885, Uxbridge has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Uxbridge?

The closest result on record for Uxbridge was 1906, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 145 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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