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Romford - History
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| Established | November 24, 1885 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RBH August 27, 2021 07:57pm |
| Description | Romford is geographically within the boundaries of Greater London but spiritually belongs in Essex. The headquarters of the London Borough of Havering, it is an old market town which celebrated its 750th anniversary in 1997. The open-air market still exists but shopping is now of a somewhat more sophisticated nature in large retail centres. Market traders are patriotic: in 2000 when the local council refused to fly the union jack, virtually all the stallholders flew it from their stalls in protest. The constituency was one of the nine Tory gains in 2001 and on the largest swing - 9.1%. In 1997 Labour's Eileen Gordon had wrestled the seat from the incumbent Tory, Michael Neubert by just 649 votes, only to lose it to Andrew Rosindell by almost 6,000 four years later. He took a higher vote share here than the party did in Beaconsfield and Surrey East: the Conservatives only did better in ten seats in the whole country. The substantial Tory victory here was in great part due to the candidate. A local councillor, Andrew Rosindell gained his council seat in 1990 and built up the largest Conservative share in any London ward by 1998. His flamboyant and idiosyncratic style of campaigning got him noticed and rather appealed to the local culture: Margaret Thatcher paid a visit in his support. He canvassed with his Staffordshire bull terrier, Spike, whom he dressed in a union jack waistcoat. The dog died soon afterwards. Romford is very much commuter territory, 95% white and 80% housing is owner-occupied by middle-class white collar workers, though there is a sizeable presence of skilled manual workers. Many residents moved here from east London just after the war. With the exception of Gidea Park, most of the housing is older terraced and semi-detached property. One of Romford's claims to fame is its snooker hall witnessed the rise of former world champion Steve Davis, although the player himself was born in Plumstead, in the Greenwich constituency.
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| Date |
Type |
Results
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| Jul 04, 2024 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
15,339
34.82%
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| Andrew Achilleos
13,876
31.50%
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| Philip Hyde
9,624
21.85%
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| David Hughes
2,220
5.04%
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| Thomas Patrick Clarke
1,895
4.30%
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| Zhafaran Qayum
898
2.04%
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| Colin Birch
195
0.44%
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| Dec 12, 2019 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
30,494
64.56%
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| Angelina Leatherbarrow
12,601
26.68%
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| Ian Sanderson
2,708
5.73%
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| David Hughes
1,428
3.02%
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| Jun 08, 2017 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
29,671
59.41%
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| Angelina Leatherbarrow
15,893
31.82%
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| Andrew Beadle
2,350
4.71%
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| Ian Sanderson
1,215
2.43%
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| David Hughes
815
1.63%
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| May 07, 2015 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
25,067
50.97%
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| Gerard Batten
11,208
22.79%
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| Samuel Gould
10,268
20.88%
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| Ian Sanderson
1,413
2.87%
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| Lorna Tooley
1,222
2.48%
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| May 06, 2010 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
26,031
56.00%
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| Rachel Voller
9,077
19.53%
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| Helen Duffett
5,572
11.99%
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| Robert Bailey
2,438
5.25%
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| Gerard Batten
2,050
4.41%
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| Peter Thorogood
603
1.30%
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| Gary Haines
447
0.96%
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| | | Philip Hyde
151
0.32%
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| David Sturman
112
0.24%
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| May 05, 2005 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell(I)
21,560
59.10%
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| Margaret Mullane
9,971
27.33%
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| Geoff Seeff
3,066
8.40%
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| John McCaffrey
1,088
2.98%
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| Terry Murray
797
2.18%
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| Jun 07, 2001 |
General Election |
| | Andrew Rosindell
18,931
53.03%
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| Eileen Gordon(I)
12,954
36.28%
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| Nigel Meyer
2,869
8.04%
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| Stephen P. Ward
533
1.49%
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| Frank McAllister
414
1.16%
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| May 01, 1997 |
General Election |
| | Eileen Gordon
18,187
43.18%
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| Michael Neubert(I)
17,538
41.64%
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| Nigel Meyer
3,341
7.93%
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| Steven Ward
1,431
3.40%
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| Terry E. Hurlstone
1,100
2.61%
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| Michael Carey
522
1.24%
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| Apr 09, 1992 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert(I)
23,834
56.58%
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| Eileen Gordon
12,414
29.47%
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| Pat A. Atherton
5,329
12.65%
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| Frederick Gibson
546
1.30%
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| Jun 11, 1987 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert(I)
22,745
56.02%
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| Nigel J. M. Smith
9,274
22.84%
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| John Hayward Bates
8,195
20.19%
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| Frederick Gibson
385
0.95%
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| Jun 09, 1983 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert(I)
20,771
53.40%
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| John Hayward Bates
10,197
26.22%
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| Jack Hoepelman
7,494
19.27%
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| Madelaine P. Caine
432
1.11%
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| May 03, 1979 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert(I)
22,714
53.76%
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| Suzanne M. Bartlett
13,902
32.90%
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| John Hayward Bates
4,818
11.40%
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| Madelaine P. Caine
820
1.94%
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| Oct 10, 1974 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert(I)
17,164
43.41%
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| Denis R. O'Flynn
14,513
36.70%
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| Terry E. Hurlstone
7,663
19.38%
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| L. C. H. Sampson
200
0.51%
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| Feb 28, 1974 |
General Election |
| | Michael Neubert
17,134
39.16%
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| Denis R. O'Flynn
14,061
32.13%
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| Terry E. Hurlstone
12,190
27.86%
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| Edgar Bates
374
0.85%
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| Jun 18, 1970 |
General Election |
| | Richard "Dick" Leonard
27,899
52.60%
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| Michael Neubert
25,139
47.40%
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| Mar 31, 1966 |
General Election |
| | Ron Ledger(I)
31,221
57.41%
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| Brian James Higgs
23,160
42.59%
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| Oct 15, 1964 |
General Election |
| | Ron Ledger(I)
27,143
47.51%
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| Antony T. R. Fletcher
21,046
36.84%
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| Douglas Geary
8,133
14.24%
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| Edgar Bates
811
1.42%
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| Oct 08, 1959 |
General Election |
| | Ron Ledger(I)
25,558
43.51%
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| Richard J. S. Harvey
24,951
42.48%
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| Douglas Geary
8,228
14.01%
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| May 26, 1955 |
General Election |
| | Ron Ledger
27,326
52.52%
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| Richard J. S. Harvey
24,701
47.48%
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| Oct 25, 1951 |
General Election |
| | John Lockwood(I)
33,120
51.00%
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| Arthur Creech Jones
31,822
49.00%
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| Feb 23, 1950 |
General Election |
| | John Lockwood
27,656
46.05%
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| Thomas Macpherson(I)
26,387
43.94%
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| Norman Clarke
6,014
10.01%
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| Jul 05, 1945 |
General Election |
| | Thomas Macpherson
16,979
52.83%
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| Montague Lavander Berryman
11,202
34.86%
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| Henry J. G. Hare
3,957
12.31%
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| Nov 14, 1935 |
General Election |
| | John Parker
55,723
54.03%
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| William S. Hutchison(I)
47,416
45.97%
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| Oct 27, 1931 |
General Election |
| | William S. Hutchison
50,097
61.46%
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| H. T. Muggeridge(I)
31,410
38.54%
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| May 30, 1929 |
General Election |
| | H. T. Muggeridge
31,045
44.93%
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| Charles Rhys(I)
22,525
32.60%
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| Arthur F. Wood
15,527
22.47%
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| Oct 29, 1924 |
General Election |
| | Charles Rhys(I)
15,520
44.61%
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| Albert Emil Davies
13,312
38.26%
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| David Marshall Mason
5,957
17.12%
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