Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing Central and Acton
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	75,399 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Rupa Huq (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Ealing, 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

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

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

2010–2024

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

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

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

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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	1.3

Elections in the 2010s

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	8.4
	Conservative	Julian Gallant	14,832	27.1	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sonul Badiani	9,444	17.2	11.7
	Green	Kate Crossland	1,735	3.2	N/A
	Brexit Party	Samir Alsoodani	664	1.2	N/A
Majority			13,300	24.2	0.8
Turnout			54,807	72.6	2.0
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	16.5
	Conservative	Joy Morrissey	19,230	34.7	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Ball	3,075	5.6	0.5
Majority			13,807	25.0	24.5
Turnout			55,342	74.6	3.2
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	13.1
	Conservative	Angie Bray	21,728	42.7	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Ball	3,106	6.1	21.5
	UKIP	Peter Florence	1,926	3.8	2.2
	Green	Tom Sharman[23]	1,841	3.6	2.1
	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	3.9
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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

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.
3. Based upon the notional outcome of an election fought with electoral wards from the various previous seats fought in the previous election.

References

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.
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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.

External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• Ealing Central and Acton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Ealing Central and Acton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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