Ealing East (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19451950
Number of members one
Replaced by Ealing North (part) and Ealing South (bulk)
Created from Ealing

Ealing East was a parliamentary constituency containing approximately half of the electorate of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex, 1945 1950. Its content became after its abolition part of west London, in 1965.

Its voters returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament using the first past the post system.

Its single election was the general election of 1945, a landslide for Clement Attlee leading the Labour Party, at which the seat de facto re-elected Frank Sanderson, a Conservative who had represented its main forebear seat, Ealing.

History

Ealing East constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945-50.

The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. The Municipal Borough of Ealing was then represented by the new Ealing North and Ealing South constituencies.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Ealing wards of Castlebar, Drayton, Grange, Grosvenor, Lammas, Manor, and Mount Park.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1945 Sir Frank Sanderson, Bt. Conservative
1950 constituency abolished: see Ealing North and Ealing South

Election results

General Election 1945: Ealing East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Sanderson 22,916 47.83
Labour DJ Johnston 18,619 38.86
Liberal HW Foster 6,377 13.31
Majority 4,297 8.97
Turnout 73.16
Conservative hold Swing

References

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