Ealing Central and Acton is a

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created in 2010 represented in the

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of the

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since 2015 by

Rupa Huq Rupa Asha Huq ( bn, রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক; born 2 April 1972) is a British Independent MP, columnist and academic. Elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2015 genera ...

, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party in September 2022 following alleged racist comments.

Constituency profile

The seat takes in an eastern third of the

London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing () is a London borough in West London. It comprises seven major towns: Acton (W3), Ealing (W5, W13, NW10), Greenford (UB6), Hanwell (W7), Northolt (UB5), Perivale (UB6) and Southall (UB1, UB2). With a population ...

– including the commercial centres of Acton and Ealing. There are suburban residential side streets, educational establishments, small industrial estates, sports areas, part of the

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and parks, centred around the

Uxbridge Road Uxbridge Road is the name of the A4020 road in West London. The route starts at Shepherd's Bush Green and goes west towards Uxbridge. It passes through Acton, Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes, and Hillingdon. Uxbridge Road is a major r ...

(A4020). This is one of the more affluent seats in London. The seat consists of 8 electoral wards: Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, East Acton, Hanger Hill, North Acton, South Acton, Southfield and Walpole.

Political history

The

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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

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between the

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(32.8%), Labour (32.6%), and Liberal Democrats (29.7%)

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. 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 Angela Lavinia Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln (born 13 October 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of the London Assembly for West Central from 2000 to 2008, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton ...

, a Conservative, won the seat with a majority of 3,716, representing a

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from Labour to the Conservatives of 5%. ;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; at the time it was 56th on the list of Labour target seats. In a mixed election for two-way targets of the two largest parties, Labour's

won the constituency. The 2015 result gave the seat the 2nd most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ;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,

Boundaries

The constituency consists of the following electoral wards of the

: *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.Fifth Periodical Report
, Boundary Commission for England, page 7 . Also contains list of boundary changes in England.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

Politics Resources
(Election results from 1922 onwards)

(Election results from 1955 onwards) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ealing Central And Acton (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London

Ealing Central and Acton Ealing Central and Acton is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Rupa Huq, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party in September 2022 following alleged ...

Politics of the London Borough of Ealing Acton, London