Southall (UK Parliament constituency)
Southall | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1945–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Ealing Southall |
Created from | Spelthorne and Uxbridge |
Southall was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southall district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Southall within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945-50
The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Ealing Southall.
Boundaries
1974-1983: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Glebe, Northcote, Northfields, Walpole, and Waxlow Manor.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1945 | Walter Ayles | Labour | |
1950 | George Pargiter | Labour | |
1966 | Syd Bidwell | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Ealing Southall |
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Walter Henry Ayles | 37,404 | 64.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Gillespie Baker | 13,347 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Wilfred Ashlin Wakefield | 7,598 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,057 | 41.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,349 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Albert Pargiter | 27,107 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Norman John Cole | 18,392 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal | Walter T Andrews | 3,917 | 7.8 | ||
Communist | J. A. Purton | 839 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 8,715 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Albert Pargiter | 29,123 | 57.9 | ||
Conservative | Humphry John Berkeley | 21,169 | 42.1 | ||
Majority | 7,954 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 84.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Albert Pargiter | 25,207 | 57.2 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Tickler | 18,872 | 42.8 | ||
Majority | 6,335 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 76.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Albert Pargiter | 22,285 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael T. B. Underhill | 19,966 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 2,319 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 76.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Albert Pargiter | 18,041 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Maddin | 16,144 | 42.9 | ||
British National | John Edward Bean | 3,410 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 1,897 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 70.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sydney James Bidwell | 19,989 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Maddin | 14,642 | 39.2 | ||
British National | John Edward Bean | 2,768 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 5,347 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 70.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sydney James Bidwell | 19,389 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth G. Reeves | 15,166 | 41.9 | ||
National Front | James Shaw | 1,572 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | 4,223 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 37,399 | 64.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sydney James Bidwell | 25,726 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | W. A. Gilbey | 16,914 | 32.8 | ||
Liberal | C. I. N. Arnold | 8,640 | 16.8 | ||
Anti-Helmet | B. S. Chahal | 310 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 8,812 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 73.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sydney James Bidwell | 24,218 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | R. C. Patten | 14,235 | 31.6 | ||
Liberal | C. I. N. Arnold | 6,557 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 9,983 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 63.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1979: Southall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sydney James Bidwell | 28,498 | 54.4 | ||
Conservative | R. C. Patten | 17,220 | 32.9 | ||
Liberal | Dick Hains | 3,920 | 7.5 | ||
National Front | J. Fairhurst | 1,545 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Independent | S. Gupta | 637 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Socialist Unity | Tariq Ali | 477 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent Businessman | S. Paul | 115 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,278 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 71.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||