Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Feltham and Heston
Borough constituency
Feltham and Heston shown within Greater London
Created: 1974
MP: Alan Keen
Party: Labour Co-operative
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: London

Feltham and Heston is a 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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Feltham & Heston covers the western end of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies to the south and east of Heathrow Airport where a lot of local constituents are employed.

Feltham lies in the towards the western half of the constituency, Heston in the north. At the south of the constituency lies Hanworth, with Bedfont in the west. Across the parliamentary and borough boundary to the south-east lies Twickenham, and there are some similarities between Hanworth and this constituency. Feltham & Heston shares the London Borough of Hounslow with the Brentford and Isleworth parliamentary constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Feltham and Heston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alan Keen 17,741 47.6 -11.6
Conservative Mark Bowen 10,921 29.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrat Satnam Kaur Khalsa 6,177 16.6 +2.8
National Front Graham Kemp 975 +2.6 N/A
Green Elizabeth Anstis 815 2.2 N/A
UK Independence Leon Mullett 612 1.6 N/A
Independent Warwick Prachar 41 0.1 N/A
Majority 6,820 18.3
Turnout 37,282 49.5 +0.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing -8.4
General Election 2001: Feltham and Heston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alan Keen 21,406 59.2 -0.5
Conservative Liz Mammatt 8,749 24.2 -2.8
Liberal Democrat Andy Darley 4,998 13.8 +4.7
Socialist Labour Surinder Cheema 651 1.8 N/A
Independent William Prachar 204 0.6 N/A
Independent Asa Khaira 169 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,657 35.0
Turnout 36,177 49.2 -15.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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