Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ealing Southall
Borough constituency
Ealing Southall shown within Greater London
Created: 1983
MP: Virendra Sharma
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.

The seat is currently held by Virendra Sharma, after a by-election on 19 July 2007.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in the London Borough of Ealing in West London. In addition to Southall it includes those parts of Hanwell, West Ealing and Ealing south of the Great Western Main Line, as far east as the Underground line through Ealing Common. The constituency boundaries will be changed radically for the next election; large parts of the eastern end of the seat will be added to the new Ealing Central and Acton.

The other Ealing constituencies are Ealing North, and Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush.

[edit] Demographics

The constituency has a high British Asian population - around 39% according to the 2001 census[1], the majority being of Indian origin, 28%. The Afro-Caribbean community amounts to 8%.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1983)
Election Member Party
1983 Sydney James Bidwell Labour
1992 Piara Khabra Labour
2007 Virendra Sharma Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Ealing Southall by-election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Virendra Sharma 15,188 41.3 -7.5
Liberal Democrat 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
UK Independence K. T. Rajan 285 0.8 N/A
Scottish Christian 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 Democrats 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
Labour hold Swing -5.4
General Election 2005: Ealing Southall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 22,937 48.8 +1.3
Liberal Democrat 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
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 Democrat Baldev Sharma 4,680 10.0 −0.4
Green Margaret Cook 2,119 4.5 +2.8
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

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

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ealing Southall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 32,791 60.0 +12.6
Conservative John Penrose 11,368 20.8 -12.8
Liberal Democrat Nikki 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 Party B. Cherry 854 1.6 N/A
ProLife Alliance K. Klepacka 473 0.9 N/A
UK Independence R. Mead 428 0.8 N/A
Majority 21,423
Turnout 66.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Ealing Southall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Piara Khabra 23,476 47.4 -3.3
Conservative P. C. Treleaven 16,610 33.6 -1.9
True Labour Syd Bidwell 4,665 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Pash Nandhra 3,790 7.7 -5.6
Green Nicholas Goodwin 964 1.9 N/A
Majority 6,866 13.8 -1.3
Turnout 75.5 +5.8
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ealing Southall
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 R. F. Lugg 256 0.5 N/A
Majority 7,977 15.2 -6.6
Turnout 69.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Ealing Southall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syd Bidwell 26,664 52.3 N/A
Conservative Nigel Linacre 15,548 30.5 N/A
Liberal Mahmud Nadeen 8,059 15.8 N/A
National Front E. Pendrous 555 1.1 N/A
Independent S. Paul 150 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,116 21.8 N/A
Turnout 71.4
Labour hold Swing

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