Ealing West was a constituency, 1945 to 1950 containing parts of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex, in west north-west London. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament using the first past the post system.
| Ealing West | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Hanwell, Greenford, and Northolt |
| 1945–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Harrow (bulk from) Uxbridge (Northolt from) |
| Replaced by | Ealing North (bulk) Ealing South (part) (newly created seats) Southall as to Hanwell |
History
editThe constituency was created for the 1945 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election. From that date, the Municipal Borough of Ealing was represented by the new Ealing North and Ealing South; and by the Southall constituency which included two wards of the borough of Ealing until that constituency's abolition in February 1974.
Boundaries
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The Municipal Borough of Ealing wards of: Greenford North, Greenford South, Hanwell North, Hanwell South, and Northolt.
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | James Hudson | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Ealing North and Ealing South | ||
Election results
editElections in the 1940s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | James Hudson | 29,115 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Sunley | 12,880 | 26.7 | ||
| Liberal | Herbert Mostyn Lewis | 6,258 | 13.0 | ||
| Majority | 16,235 | 33.6 | |||
| Turnout | 48,253 | 74.4 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.