Romford (UK Parliament constituency)

Romford
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Romford in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,978 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Romford is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Rosindell, a Conservative.

1885-1918: The Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, and part of the Sessional Division of Becontree.

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Barking and Romford, and the Rural District of Romford.

1945-1950: The Municipal Borough of Romford.

1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Romford, and the Urban District of Brentwood.

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Romford.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Bedfords, Central, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, and Oldchurch.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Havering wards of Ardleigh Green, Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

2010–present: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Havering Park, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Romford Town, and Squirrel's Heath.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election: Hylands ward and part of Romford Town ward (following a review of ward boundaries) was transferred into the area from the former constituency of Hornchurch, and that the shared part of Emerson Park was transferred from Romford to help form the new Hornchurch and Upminster constituency.

The constituency covers Romford, Gidea Park and Collier Row in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Although the constituency includes the middle-income Romford Garden Suburb area, large ex-council housing forms a substantial part of the constituency, largely bought under the Right to Buy and the borough has a high level of households with vehicle ownership.