Ealing (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1945
Number of members one
Replaced by Ealing East
Created from Middlesex

Ealing was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Ealing district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

Ealing within Middlesex 1918-45

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election. It was then replaced by the new Ealing East and Ealing West constituencies.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Lord George Francis Hamilton Conservative
1906 Sir Herbert Nield Conservative
1931 Sir Frank Sanderson, Bt. Conservative
1945 constituency abolished: see Ealing East and Ealing West

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Ealing[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 13,710 79.2
Labour Alfred Hugh Chilton 3,610 20.8
Majority 10,100 58.4
Turnout 60.4
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Ealing[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Herbert Nield 14,507 67.9
Labour Alfred Hugh Chilton 6,128 28.7
Independent Unionist Lewis Montgomery Murray Hall 719 3.4 n/a
Majority 8,379 39.2
Turnout 65.8
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Ealing [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Herbert Nield 12,349 53.1 -14.8
Liberal A W Bradford 6,410 27.6 n/a
Labour Alfred Hugh Chilton 4,495 19.3 -9.4
Majority 5,939 25.5 -13.7
Turnout 69.0 +3.2
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1924: Ealing[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Rt Hon. Sir Herbert Nield 18,572 73.3
Labour Alfred Hugh Chilton 6,765 26.7
Majority 11,807 46.6
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Ealing[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Rt Hon. Sir Herbert Nield 20,503 54.4 -18.9
Labour James William Maycock 9,093 24.2 -2.5
Liberal Arrean Paul Grundy 8,042 21.4 n/a
Majority 11,410 30.2 -16.4
Turnout 73.4
Unionist hold Swing -8.2

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Ealing[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson 32,792 82.7
Labour James William Maycock 6,857 17.3
Majority 25,935 65.4
Turnout 74.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935: Ealing[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson 28,472 74.1
Labour Mark Auliff 9,972 25.9
Majority 18,500 48.2
Turnout 69.1
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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