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Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°17′W / 51.51°N 0.28°W / 51.51; -0.28
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Ealing Central and Acton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,399 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentRupa Huq (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromEaling, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, Ealing Southall, Ealing North

Ealing Central and Acton is a constituency created in 2010,[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Rupa Huq,[n 2] who was elected as a Labour MP, suspended from the party in September 2022 following alleged racist comments,[2] and reinstated in March 2023.[3]

Constituency profile

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The seat takes in an eastern third of the London Borough of Ealing – including the commercial centres of Acton and Ealing. There are suburban residential side streets, educational establishments, small industrial estates, sports areas, part of the Grand Union Canal and parks, centred around the Uxbridge Road (A4020). This is one of the more affluent seats in London.[4]

Political history

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The Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies created the seat by selecting wards for the year 2010 to equalise electorates. Here, if votes were cast as in 2005, this seat would have produced a three-way marginal between the Conservative (32.8%), Labour (32.6%), and Liberal Democrats (29.7%) parties.[5] An analysis of intervening local results indicated that the seat would, if no voters were swung nor new voters introduced, present a tiny Labour majority.

2010 campaign

In the 2010 general election, Angie Bray, a Conservative, won the seat with a majority of 3,716, representing a swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 5%.[n 3]

2015

According to the BBC, heavy campaigning in the 2015 general election was expected by leading figures and regional activists of the two largest political parties;[6] at the time it was 56th on the list of Labour target seats.[7] In a mixed election for two-way targets of the two largest parties, Labour's Rupa Huq won the constituency. The 2015 result gave the seat the 2nd most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[8]

2017

In April 2017, the Green Party announced that it would not stand a candidate in this constituency for the 2017 general election and instead lend its support to the sitting MP, Rupa Huq.[9][10]

Boundaries

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2010–2024

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The constituency consisted of the following electoral wards of the London Borough of Ealing:

  • Acton Central, Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, East Acton, Hanger Hill, South Acton, Southfield, and Walpole

The constituency was created with an electorate close to the electoral quota of 69,703 for 2006.[11]

Current

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Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:

  • The London Borough of Ealing wards of: Ealing Broadway; Ealing Common; East Acton; Hanger Hill; North Acton; South Acton; Southfield.
  • The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham wards of: College Park & Old Oak; Wormholt.[12]

The two Hammersmith and Fulham wards were added from Hammersmith (abolished), offset by the transfer of the Ealing Borough ward of Walpole to Ealing Southall.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[13] Party
2010 Angie Bray Conservative
2015 Rupa Huq Labour
2022 Independent
2023 Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Ealing Central and Acton[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rupa Huq 22,340 46.8 –5.5
Conservative James Windsor-Clive 8,345 17.5 –8.1
Liberal Democrats Alastair Mitton 6,056 12.7 –4.6
Green Kate Crossland 5,444 11.4 +8.0
Reform UK Felix Orrell 3,105 6.5 +5.1
Workers Party Nada Jarche 1,766 3.7 N/A
SDP Stephen Balogh 410 0.9 N/A
Independent Julie Carter 303 0.6 N/A
Majority 13,995 29.3 +2.6
Turnout 47,769 60.9 –9.4
Registered electors 78,436
Labour hold Swing Increase1.3

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[15]
Party Vote %
Labour 27,707 52.3
Conservative 13,574 25.6
Liberal Democrats 9,191 17.3
Green 1,793 3.4
Brexit Party 720 1.4
Turnout 52,985 70.3
Electorate 75,399
General election 2019: Ealing Central and Acton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rupa Huq 28,132 51.3 Decrease8.4
Conservative Julian Gallant 14,832 27.1 Decrease7.6
Liberal Democrats Sonul Badiani 9,444 17.2 Increase11.7
Green Kate Crossland 1,735 3.2 N/A
Brexit Party Samir Alsoodani 664 1.2 N/A
Majority 13,300 24.2 Decrease0.8
Turnout 54,807 72.6 Decrease2.0
Registered electors 75,510
Labour hold Swing -0.3
General election 2017: Ealing Central and Acton[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rupa Huq 33,037 59.7 Increase16.5
Conservative Joy Morrissey 19,230 34.7 Decrease8.0
Liberal Democrats Jon Ball 3,075 5.6 Decrease0.5
Majority 13,807 25.0 Increase24.5
Turnout 55,342 74.6 Increase3.2
Registered electors 74,200
Labour hold Swing +12.2
General election 2015: Ealing Central and Acton[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rupa Huq 22,002 43.2 Increase13.1
Conservative Angie Bray 21,728 42.7 Increase4.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Ball 3,106 6.1 Decrease21.5
UKIP Peter Florence 1,926 3.8 Increase2.2
Green Tom Sharman[23] 1,841 3.6 Increase2.1
Independent Jonathan Notley 125 0.2 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Scott Dore 73 0.1 N/A
Above and Beyond Party Tammy Rendle 54 0.1 N/A
Europeans Party Andrzej Rygielski 39 0.1 N/A
Majority 274 0.5 N/A
Turnout 50,894 71.4 Increase3.9
Registered electors 71,422
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.2
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Ealing Central and Acton
General election 2010: Ealing Central and Acton[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angie Bray 17,944 38.0 N/A
Labour Bassam Mahfouz 14,228 30.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jon Ball 13,041 27.6 N/A
UKIP Julie Carter 765 1.6 N/A
Green Sarah Edwards 737 1.6 N/A
Christian Suzanne Fernandes 295 0.6 N/A
Independent Ealing Acton Communities Public Services Sam Akaki 190 0.4 N/A
Majority 3,716 7.9 N/A
Turnout 47,200 67.5 N/A
Registered electors 70,251
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ Based upon the notional outcome of an election fought with electoral wards from the various previous seats fought in the previous election.

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ Allegretti, Aubrey (27 September 2022). "Rupa Huq has Labour whip suspended after Kwasi Kwarteng comments". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Labour MP Rupa Huq regains whip after Kwasi Kwarteng racism row". BBC News. 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Ealing+Central+and+Acton
  5. ^ "UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Ealing Central and Acton". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  6. ^ Hollins, Victoria (7 April 2015). "Ealing Central and Acton is key election battleground". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Labour's 106 battleground target seats for 2015". Labour List. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  9. ^ Bloom, Dan (23 April 2017). "Green Party pulls out of crucial general election seat to help Labour beat the Tories". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  10. ^ Morse, Felicity (23 April 2017). "Local election pact: Ealing Green Party stand aside to help Labour MP Rupa Huq win". i. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  11. ^ Fifth Periodical Report Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Boundary Commission for England, page 7 ISBN 0-10-170322-8. Also contains list of boundary changes in England.
  12. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  13. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  14. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Constituency Ealing Central and Acton" (PDF). Ealing Council. 7 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  16. ^ Council, Ealing. "Ealing Council download – Statements of persons nominated and notice of poll: UK Parliamentary General Election 12 December 2019 | Council and local decisions | Elections". www.ealing.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  17. ^ "General election 2017: latest updates". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  18. ^ Robin de Peyer (9 June 2017), "Ealing Central & Acton 2017 result", Evening Standard, archived from the original on 25 February 2018, retrieved 5 April 2018
  19. ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Ealing Central and Acton – RESULTS – UK Parliamentary election: 7 May 2015 – Ealing Council". 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
  22. ^ "Peter Florence". ukip-ealing-central-acton.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  23. ^ "London Green Party – 2015 general election". greenparty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Ealing Central and Acton 6 May 2010 – Parliamentary election – Ealing Council". 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
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