Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ealing Southall Borough constituency |
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| Ealing Southall shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Piara Khabra |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Ealing Southall is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located in West London, based around the Southall part of the London Borough of Ealing.
Other Ealing constituencies include Ealing North, and Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Sydney James Bidwell | Labour | |
| 1992 | Piara Khabra | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
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
| General Election 2005: Ealing Southall | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Piara Khabra | 22,937 | 48.8 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bakhai | 11,497 | 24.4 | +14.4 | |
| Conservative | Mark Nicholson | 10,147 | 21.6 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Sarah Edwards | 2,175 | 4.6 | +0.1 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Malkiat Bilku | 289 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,440 | 24.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,045 | 56.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Ealing Southall | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Piara Khabra | 22,239 | 47.5 | −12.5 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Kawczynski | 8,556 | 18.3 | −2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Baldev Sharma | 4,680 | 10.0 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Margaret Cook | 2,119 | 4.5 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Avtar Lit | 5,764 | 12.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Salvinder Dhillon | 1,214 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mushtaq Choudhry | 1,666 | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 46,828 | 56.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
