Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing, Southall
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,085 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsSouthall, Norwood Green, Northfields, Dormers Wells, Hanwell
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentDeirdre Costigan (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSouthall

Ealing, Southall (also Ealing Southall) is a constituency[n 1] created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Deirdre Costigan of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The majority of Ealing Southall's housing is little-embellished low-rise, where private gardens and rooms tend to be smaller than the central part of the London Borough of Ealing

The constituency has relatively good road and rail transport, and numerous small to medium-size green spaces,[2] and has had as many as three tube stations at its eastern extremes of its boundaries. Southall and Norwood Green, forming the western bulk of the seat, feature a high British Asian proportion of the population since the 1960s. British Indian ethnicity is the largest single ethnic group. British Asians account for 51% of the population, as at the 2011 census,[3] the majority of this minority is of Indian ethnicity (29.6%), with significant Hindu and Muslim populations, with the highest number of Sikh residents in any constituency in Britain at over 20%.[4] The Afro-Caribbean community amounts to 8% according to the latest census statistics. The seat has generally modest incomes and the vast majority of housing is modest terraced, semi-detached or mid-rise 20th century blocks of flats. The east of the seat is formed by Hanwell and West Ealing.

Ealing Southall
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Religion (2021)[5]
 • Christian28.7%
 • Sikh21.1%
 • Muslim20.5%
 • No religion12.3%
 • Hindu11.0%
 • Not answered5.0%
 • Other0.7%
 • Buddhist0.6%
 • Jewish0.1%

Political history

The seat has been served by three successive Labour Party MPs since its inception in 1983, with majorities ranging between 13.8% and 49% of the vote; the latter was achieved in 2017, which was not a landslide year for the party. The length of tenure and size of majorities mean that practical analyses consider Ealing Southall a safe seat. The 2015 result made the seat the 25th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[6] The larger predecessor seat, created in 1945, was held by Labour throughout its existence.

Boundaries

The constituency takes in the south western third of the London Borough of Ealing in west London and is traversed by the Great Western Main Line (railway). The other Ealing constituencies are Ealing North, and Ealing Central and Acton.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Glebe, Mount Pleasant, Northcote, Northfield, Walpole, and Waxlow.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Ealing Common, Elthorne, Glebe, Mount Pleasant, Northcote, Northfield, Walpole, and Waxlow.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Lady Margaret, Northfield, Norwood Green, Southall Broadway, and Southall Green.

For the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes. Part of Greenford Broadway ward and tiny parts of Hobbayne ward and Dormers Wells ward were transferred from the constituency of Ealing North to Ealing, Southall. Tiny parts of Hobbayne ward and Dormers Wells ward were also transferred to Ealing North. Walpole ward, and parts of Ealing Broadway ward and Ealing Common ward were transferred from the seat into new Ealing Central and Acton.

2024–present: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Hanwell Broadway, Lady Margaret, Northfield, Norwood Green, Southall Broadway, Southall Green, Southall West and Walpole.[7]

To bring the electorate within the permitted range, Walpole ward was transferred in from Ealing Central and Acton.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[8] Party
1983 Syd Bidwell Labour
1992 Piara Khabra Labour
2007 by-election Virendra Sharma Labour
2024 Deirdre Costigan Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ealing Southall [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deirdre Costigan 23,000 49.1 –10.6
Conservative Georgie Callé 7,207 15.4 –8.5
Green Neil Reynolds 4,356 9.3 +5.5
Workers Party Darshan Azad 4,237 9.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood 2,832 6.0 –3.8
Reform UK Steve Chilcott 2,585 5.5 +3.6
No Description Niko Omilana 740 1.6 N/A
Independent Sangeet Bhail 557 1.2 N/A
Rejoin EU Peter Ward 475 1.0 N/A
Independent Joe Bhangu 319 0.7 N/A
No Description Jaginder Singh 295 0.6 N/A
Independent Pedro Da Conceicao 213 0.5 N/A
Majority 15,793 33.7 −2.1
Turnout 46,816 59.5 −8.4
Registered electors 78,669
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[10]
Party Vote %
Labour 30,469 59.7
Conservative 12,203 23.9
Liberal Democrats 4,995 9.8
Green 1,928 3.8
Brexit Party 946 1.9
Others 457 0.9
Turnout 50,998 67.9
Electorate 75,085
General election 2019: Ealing Southall[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 25,678 60.8 −9.5
Conservative Tom Bennett 9,594 22.7 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood 3,933 9.3 +5.1
Green Darren Moore 1,688 4.0 +1.7
Brexit Party Rosamund Beattie 867 2.1 N/A
CPA Suzanne Fernandes 287 0.7 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Hassan Zulkifal 170 0.4 −0.4
Majority 16,084 38.1 −10.9
Turnout 42,217 65.4 −3.9
Registered electors 64,580
Labour hold Swing -5.4
General election 2017: Ealing Southall[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 31,720 70.3 +5.3
Conservative Fabio Conti 9,630 21.3 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bakhai 1,892 4.2 +0.6
Green Peter Ward 1,037 2.3 −2.3
UKIP John Poynton 504 1.1 −3.0
Workers Revolutionary Arjinder Thiara 362 0.8 N/A
Majority 22,090 49.0 +5.7
Turnout 45,145 69.3 +3.2
Registered electors 65,188
Labour hold Swing +2.8
General election 2015: Ealing Southall[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 28,147 65.0 +13.5
Conservative James Symes 9,387 21.7 −8.1
Green Jas Mahal[16] 2,007 4.6 +3.0
UKIP John Poynton 1,769 4.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kavya Kaushik 1,550 3.6 −11.3
National Liberal Jagdeesh Singh 461 1.1 N/A
Majority 18,760 43.3 +21.6
Turnout 43,321 66.1 −4.7
Registered electors 65,606
Labour hold Swing +10.8
General election 2010: Ealing Southall[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 22,024 51.5 −5.8
Conservative Gurcharan Singh 12,733 29.8 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bakhai 6,383 14.9 −3.3
Green Suneil Basu 705 1.6 −3.1
Christian Mehboob Anil 503 1.2 N/A
Majority 9,291 21.7 −2.6
Turnout 42,756 63.8 +7.6
Registered electors 66,970
Labour hold Swing −8.3

Elections in the 2000s

2007 Ealing Southall by-election[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 15,188 41.5 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bakhai 10,118 27.7 +3.3
Conservative Tony Lit 8,230 22.5 +0.9
Green Sarah Edwards 1,135 3.1 −1.5
Respect Salvinder Dhillon 588 1.6 N/A
UKIP K. T. Rajan 285 0.8 N/A
Christian Vote Yaqub Masih 280 0.8 N/A
Independent Jasdev Rai 275 0.8 N/A
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright 188 0.5 N/A
English Democrat Sati Chaggar 152 0.4 N/A
Independent Gulbash Singh 92 0.3 N/A
Independent Kuldeep Grewal 87 0.2 N/A
Majority 5,070 13.8 −10.5
Turnout 36,618 42.9 −13.3
Registered electors 85,262
Labour hold Swing −5.4
General election 2005: Ealing Southall[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 22,937 48.8 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bakhai 11,497 24.4 +14.4
Conservative Mark D.Y. Nicholson 10,147 21.6 +3.3
Green Sarah J. Edwards 2,175 4.6 +0.1
Workers Revolutionary Malkiat Bilku 289 0.6 N/A
Majority 11,440 24.4 −4.8
Turnout 47,045 56.2 −0.6
Registered electors 83,246
Labour hold Swing −6.6
General election 2001: Ealing Southall[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 22,239 47.5 −12.5
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 8,556 18.3 −2.5
Independent Avtar Lit 5,764 12.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Baldev Sharma 4,680 10.0 −0.4
Green Margaret Cook 2,119 4.5 +2.8
Independent Salvinder Singh Dhillon 1,214 2.6 N/A
Independent Mushtaq Choudhry 1,166 2.5 N/A
Socialist Labour Harpal Brar 921 2.0 −1.9
Independent Mohammed Bhutta 169 0.4 N/A
Majority 13,683 29.2 −10.0
Turnout 46,828 56.8 −10.9
Registered electors 82,373
Labour hold Swing -5.0

At the 2001 Election, the Electoral Commissions book "Election 2001" ISBN 978-1-84275-020-9 records the following three candidates with party names rejected for not being recorded on the register of political parties:

  • Dhillon – Independent Community Candidate Empowering Change
  • Bhutta – Qari
  • Lit – Chairman of Sunrise Radio

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ealing Southall[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 32,791 60.0 +12.6
Conservative John Penrose 11,368 20.8 −12.8
Liberal Democrats Nikki F. Thomson 5,687 10.4 +2.7
Socialist Labour Harpal Brar 2,107 3.9 N/A
Green Nicholas Goodwin 934 1.7 −0.2
Referendum Bruce Cherry 854 1.6 N/A
ProLife Alliance Kinga M. Klepacka 473 0.9 N/A
UKIP Richard G.C. Mead 428 0.8 N/A
Majority 21,423 39.2 +25.4
Turnout 54,642 66.9 −8.6
Registered electors 81,704
Labour hold Swing +12.7
General election 1992: Ealing Southall[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 23,476 47.4 −3.3
Conservative Philip C. Treleaven 16,610 33.6 −1.9
True Labour Syd Bidwell 4,665 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pash Nandhra 3,790 7.7 −5.6
Green Nicholas Goodwin 964 1.9 N/A
Majority 6,866 13.8 −1.4
Turnout 49,505 75.5 +5.8
Registered electors 65,574
Labour hold Swing -0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Ealing Southall[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syd Bidwell 26,480 50.7 −1.6
Conservative Michael Truman 18,503 35.5 +5.0
Liberal Monica Howes 6,947 13.3 −2.5
Workers Revolutionary Richard Lugg 256 0.5 N/A
Majority 7,977 15.2 −6.6
Turnout 52,186 69.7 −1.7
Registered electors 74,843
Labour hold Swing -3.3
General election 1983: Ealing Southall[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syd Bidwell 26,664 52.3 −2.1
Conservative Nigel G.T. Linacre 15,548 30.5 −2.4
Liberal Mahmud Nadeen 8,059 15.8 +8.3
National Front E. Pendrous 555 1.1 N/A
Independent S.S. Paul 150 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,116 21.8 +0.3
Turnout 50,976 71.4
Registered electors 71,441
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  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.

References

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  6. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  7. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  8. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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  18. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 2005–2010 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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