Editing Northwood, London (section)

== Local government ==
Northwood was part of the ancient parish of [[Ruislip]] and became part of the [[Ruislip-Northwood Urban District]] in 1904.<ref name="Vision of Britain">{{cite vob | population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043&add=N | area=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_ACRES&u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043&add=Y | access-date=10 March 2010 | name=Ruislip parish | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043 | map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10129771}}</ref> The urban district was abolished in 1965 and merged with others to become part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] in [[Greater London]]. Northwood has three elected local Councillors: Cllr Scott Seaman-Digby (first elected 1998), Cllr Richard Lewis (first elected 2002) and Cllr Carol Melvin (first elected 2008).<ref name="Cotton">Carolynne Cotton, 1994</ref>

The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the constituency of [[Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (UK Parliament constituency)|Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner]] is currently [[David Simmonds]], who was elected in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|December 2019 general election]] with 55.6% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000906|title=Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref> The current voting constituency was created from the former [[Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Ruislip-Northwood]] and parts of the [[Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow West constituency]], for the 6 May 2010 [[general election]].