Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)

Harrow West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harrow West in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	69,135 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of parliament	Gareth Thomas (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Harrow and Hendon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Harrow West is a constituency created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament and which has returned the Labour Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas in the five General Elections from 1997 having previously returned Conservative MPs.

The Labour Party have held the seat since 1997 with the Conservative Party second-placed in each election. The 2015 result makes the seat the 215th safest of the party's 232 seats (by majority percentage) thus 18th most marginal seat. Thomas's majority has not exceeded 13.2% but has been lower, at 2.3%, in 1997.

UKIP, Liberal Democrat and Green Party candidates won less than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore forfeit their deposits.

The constituency was created for the 1945 General Election when the Harrow constituency was split into new seats of Harrow East and Harrow West. It was reduced in size for the 1950 General Election when a third Harrow seat, Harrow Central, was created. The Boundary Commission review before the 1983 General Election saw the London Borough of Harrow contained in two seats, resulting in Harrow West gaining parts of the abolished Harrow Central.