Cities of London and Westminster Borough constituency
Cities of London and Westminster shown within Greater London
Creation	1950
MP	Mark Field
Party	Conservative
Type	House of Commons
County	Greater London, City of London
EP constituency	London

Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Mark Christopher Field (born October 6, 1964) is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, in London. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Central London is a much used but unoffical and vaguely defined term. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

Boundaries

The constituency covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway. In Westminster covers the areas of Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St. James, Soho, parts of Covent Garden, parts of Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Paddington and Bayswater. Marylebone Road, London, looking West from Baker Street Marylebone Road (pronounced Mar(i)-lee-bone Road) is an important thoroughfare in central London. ... For other uses of Westway, see Westway Westway, or The Westway is the main route from central London to the northwestern suburbs and beyond. ... Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ... A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... Emperess Victoria of the United Kingdom etc. ... Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... Click Here for Knightsbridge, Castle Hill Australia Knightsbridge is a place in the City of Westminster, London notable for its expensive shops, including Harrods. ... Saint James can refer to the following: Several men mentioned in the New Testament, whose various epithets and euphemisms cause some uncertainties: James, son of Zebedee, an apostle, brother of John the Apostle; also called Saint James the Great. ... Soho is an area of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... The area of London known as Fitzrovia is bounded on the east by the Tottenham Court Road and on the south by Oxford Street and is thus just north of Soho. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... Edgware Road is a road in London. ... Paddington is an area in the west of London in the City of Westminster. ... Bayswater is a place in the City of Westminster, in London. ...

The constituency covers the commercial, historical and touristic heart of London, including the Square Mile, St. Paul's Cathedral, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park. St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ... This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ... Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Hyde Park is the name of: Hyde Park, a Royal Park in London (the original location) Hyde Park in Sydney - a park some places in the United States of America: Hyde Park, Massachusetts Hyde Park, New York - a town in Dutchess County, New York Hyde Park, Vermont - a town Hyde...

There are people who live in the City of London's financial district and in the West End, and such that do and do vote tend to be quite wealthy. Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge rank among Europe's wealthiest residential districts. As such the constituency has a solid core of Conservative Party support. West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Around half the electorate are in the more socially mixed areas of Bayswater and Pimlico, or the former council estates of Westminster proper. Although more politically mixed, these too have drifted to the Tories since the implementation of former Westminster Council leader Shirley Porter's Building Stable Communities programme of the late 1980s. Even at the 1997 general election, Labour fell short by several thousand votes and the seat must now be considered safely Conservative in all circumstances. Dame Shirley Porter (born November 29, 1930) is a controversial British former local government leader. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... United Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons are elected. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...

Proposed Boundary Changes

The Boundary Commission has proposed that the City of London and the City of Westminster together should form two constituencies without pairing with another London Borough. Therefore, the Bayswater area will be removed from this constituency and paired with those portions of Regent's Park and Kensington North which are within the City of Westminster to reform the Westminster North seat which existed prior to 1997. The remainder of the constituency will be renamed Cities of London and Westminster South, which was also the case prior to 1997. In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... Bayswater is a place in the City of Westminster, in London. ...

The political effect of these changes will be to make this constituency safer for the Conservatives while creating a Westminster North seat which is highly competitive between the Conservative and Labour parties.

Members of Parliament

The seat is currently held by Mark Field for the Conservative Party. Mark Christopher Field (born October 6, 1964) is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, in London. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

• 1950 – 1959: Sir William Harold Webbe
• 1959 – 1965: Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, Conservative/Speaker
• 1965 – 1970: John Smith, Conservative
• 1970 – 1977: Christopher Tugendhat, Conservative
• 1977 – 2001: Peter Brooke, Conservative
• 2001 – present: Mark Field, Conservative

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Election results

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See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London