Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentford and Isleworth
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brentford and Isleworth in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	128,556 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	83,332 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brentford & Chiswick and Heston & Isleworth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Brentford and Isleworth /ˈbrɛntfərd ənd ˈaɪzəlwərθ/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ruth Cadbury of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Hounslow wards of Clifden, Gunnersbury, Homefields, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, Isleworth North, Isleworth South, Riverside, Spring Grove, and Turnham Green.

1983-1997: The above wards as renamed: Brentford Clifden, Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Gunnersbury, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, Isleworth North, Isleworth South, Spring Grove, and Turnham Green.

1997-2010: As above plus Hounslow West.

2010-present: Wards in the same borough: Brentford, Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow Central, Hounslow Heath, Hounslow South, Isleworth, Osterley and Spring Grove, Syon, and Turnham Green.

Constituency profile

The constituency is in suburban West London and stretches along the north bank of the Thames and then to the west, encompassing the London districts (former villages) of Chiswick, Hounslow, Isleworth (including Osterley) and Brentford.

The constituency is affluent in the east with lower unemployment (6.2% for the year ended October 2014) than London in general (7.1%) or Great Britain as a whole (6.5%).^[3] Hounslow Heath on western side of the constituency and the Brentford ward have a marginally higher ranking in the Index of Multiple Deprivation and are generally strong for the Labour Party. It is in the east of the constituency, the three Chiswick wards in particular, that the Conservatives are strongest. Chiswick (uniquely in the area having a London postcode - W4) has a higher number of professionals and much expensive housing.^[4] The Chiswick area is demographically more similar to the nearby constituency of Richmond Park than it is to the western end of Brentford & Isleworth. The wards of Osterley & Spring Grove and Hounslow South] tend to give marginal majorities. The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest share of the vote in 2010.

Brentford FC's Griffin Park ground is within the seat, as is Fuller's brewery and various headquarters of multinational and market-leading domestic companies including GlaxoSmithKline and BSkyB.

Political history

From 1979 until 2015 the constituency was a national bellwether constituency. The 2015 result gave the seat the 4th most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[5] During the seat's existence the two largest parties nationally have retained first and second positions in share of the vote.

Split of votes in local council elections

In 2010 Council seats split evenly (15—15) between the two main parties reflecting the result of the general election held on the same day, where the seat was narrowly gained by the Conservatives. From 1998-2001 three wards of the centre of the constituency saw the Independent Community Group have councillors, seven at their greatest. These wards were taken by Labour in 2010. Labour added Hounslow South in 2014 and took one of the three Osterley and Spring Grove seats leaving them with 19 seats and the Conservatives with 11.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1974, mostly replacing the former seat of Brentford and Chiswick. It was held by the Conservatives from 1974 to 1997, by Labour from 1997 to 2010, and by the Conservatives from 2010 to 2015. It was won again by Labour in 2015.

Parliament	Years		Party
45th	Feb 1974-Oct 1974	Sir Barney Hayhoe	Conservatives
46th	Oct 1974–1979
47th	1979–1983
48th	1983–1987
49th	1987–1992
50th	1992–1997	Nirj Deva	Conservative
51st	1997–2001	Ann Keen	Labour
52nd	2001–2005
53rd	2005–2010
54th	2010-2015	Mary Macleod	Conservative
55th	2015-2017	Ruth Cadbury	Labour
56th	2017-	Ruth Cadbury	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Results of UK House of Commons seat Brentford and Isleworth, created in 1974, since 2005.

General Election 2017: Brentford and Isleworth^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury	35,364	57.4	+13.6
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	23,182	37.6	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Bourke	3,083	5.0	+1.0
Majority			12,182	19.8	+18.9
Turnout			61,629	72.4	+7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.45

General Election 2015: Brentford and Isleworth^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury^[10]	25,096	43.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Mary Macleod ^[10]	24,631	42.9	+5.7
	UKIP	Richard Hendron ^[11]	3,203	5.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Bourke^[12]	2,305	4.0	-19.6
	Green	Daniel Goldsmith ^[10]	2,120	3.7	+2.2
Majority			465	0.8
Turnout			57,355	67.8	+3.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2

General Election 2010: Brentford and Isleworth^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	20,022	37.2	+6.5
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,064	33.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew S. Dakers	12,718	23.7	+0.7
	UKIP	Jason D. Hargreaves	863	1.6	N/A
	Green	John G. Hunt	787	1.5	−2.1
	BNP	Paul Winnett	704	1.3	N/A
	English Democrat	David B. Cunningham	230	0.4	N/A
	Christian	Aamir J. Bhatti	210	0.4	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Evangeline Pillai	99	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Teresa M. Vanneck-Surplice	68	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,958	3.6
Turnout			53,765	64.4	+11.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brentford and Isleworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,329	39.8	−12.5
	Conservative	Alexander B. Northcote	13,918	30.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew S. Dakers	10,477	22.8	+9.3
	Green	John G. Hunt	1,652	3.6	+0.6
	Community Group	Philip Andrews	1,118	2.4	N/A
	National Front	Michael R. Stoneman	523	1.1	N/A
Majority			4,411	9.6
Turnout			46,017	54.5	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.8

General Election 2001: Brentford and Isleworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ann Keen	23,275	52.3	−5.2
	Conservative	Timothy Mack	12,957	29.1	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Hartwell	5,994	13.5	+5.2
	Green	Nicholas Ferriday	1,324	3.0	+1.8
	UKIP	Gerald Ingram	412	0.9	−0.2
	Socialist Alliance	Daniel Faith	408	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Asa Khaira	144	0.3	N/A
Majority			10,318	23.2
Turnout			44,514	53.7	−15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Brentford and Isleworth^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ann Keen	32,249	57.4	+14.7
	Conservative	Nirj Deva	17,825	31.8	−13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Hartwell	4,613	8.2	−1.9
	Green	John W. Bradley	687	1.2
	UKIP	B. Simmerson	614	1.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Morris Ahmed	147	0.3	N/A
Majority			14,424	25.7
Turnout			56,135	69.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.3

General Election 1992: Brentford and Isleworth^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nirj Deva	24,752	45.8	−1.9
	Labour	Ann Keen	22,666	42.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet C.N. Salmon	5,683	10.5	−7.0
	Green	John W. Bradley	927	1.7	+0.2
Majority			2,086	3.9
Turnout			54,024	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Brentford and Isleworth^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	26,230	47.7	+0.3
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,277	33.6	+3.9
	Social Democratic	David Wilks	9,626	17.5	−4.6
	Green	Timothy Cooper	849	1.5	N/A
Majority			7,953	14.5
Turnout			54,983	76.7	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

General Election 1983: Brentford and Isleworth^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	24,515	47.4	−2.0
	Labour	P.L. Rowlands	15,128	29.3	−11.1
	Social Democratic	David Wilks	11,438	22.1	+14.5
	National Front	P. Andrews	427	0.8	−0.5
	Conservatives Against the Common Market	R.E.G. Simmerson	179	0.8	+0.3
Majority			9,387	18.2
Turnout			51,683	74.7	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1979: Brentford and Isleworth^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	27,527	49.4	+6.2
	Labour	P.J. Walker	22,533	40.4	−2.3
	Liberal	J. Parry	4,208	7.6	−3.9
	National Front	P. Attridge	738	1.3	−1.3
	Ecology	I. Coates	454	0.8	N/A
	Conservatives Against the Common Market	R.E.G. Simmerson	257	0.5	N/A
Majority			4,994	9.0
Turnout			55,714	78.1	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election October 1974: Brentford and Isleworth^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	22,527	43.2	+2.6
	Labour	P.J. Walker	22,295	42.7	+3.4
	Liberal	R. Blundell	6,019	11.5	−5.5
	National Front	T. Benford	1,362	2.6	−0.5
Majority			232	0.4
Turnout			52,203	73.3	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

General Election February 1974: Brentford and Isleworth^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	22,690	40.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Michael Barnes	21,964	39.3	N/A
	Liberal	D.C. Blackburn	9,502	17.0	N/A
	National Front	T. Benford	1,741	3.1	N/A
Majority			726	1.3	N/A
Turnout			55,894	79.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "All people - Economically active - Unemployed: Brentford and Isleworth". Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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↑ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
↑ "Brentford & Isleworth parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-19. 3Aug15
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External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Brentford and Isleworth — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Constituencies in London (73)
Labour (49)	Barking Battersea Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon Central Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North
Conservative (21)	Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon South Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon
Liberal Democrats (3)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Twickenham
London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London
1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West
1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich
1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

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