Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°27′36″N 0°24′43″W / 51.460°N 0.412°W / 51.460; -0.412

Feltham and Heston
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Feltham and Heston in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	80,437 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Feltham, Heston and Hounslow (part)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Seema Malhotra (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Feltham and Heston & Isleworth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Feltham and Heston is a constituency^{[n 1]} created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2011, its MP has been Seema Malhotra of the Labour Co-operative Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat has been confined throughout to the western electoral half of the London Borough of Hounslow. Its main predecessor seat was Feltham, comprising Feltham, Bedfont, Hanworth, Hounslow Heath and Cranford; the other direct forerunner Heston and Isleworth contributed its former westernmost settlements: Heston and Hounslow West. Before 1945 about half of the present area and half of its then-population were in the Twickenham seat (formed in 1885), the remainder, Feltham, Hanworth and Bedfont were in the Spelthorne seat (formed in 1918 from the southern part of Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)).

The proximity of gravel to the surface of the near-flat land — see Hounslow Heath — restricts productivity and diversity of plant life across the constituency, a factor which led the area to significant industrial use since the mid-19th century and the construction of London Heathrow Airport, the area's largest employer including its many import/export businesses. The area at central Feltham and on the busy and slower Piccadilly line, at Feltham and Heston's two Hounslow tube stations, has connections to central London.

This part of the Borough of Hounslow since 1955 has the great majority of its 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi) of Metropolitan Green Belt forming an immediate buffer zone for all of Greater London. The M4 motorway and dualled parts of the A4, A30 and A316 roads run close to a significant minority of homes.

Political history

The seat has been won by the Labour Party from the 1992 election onwards; its greatest winning majority was 35%, in 2001, and lowest 3.3%, in 1992. The runner-up candidate in each election has been Conservative. The seat is of average safety by size of majority, the 122nd safest Labour majority of 232 seats.^[2]

The current MP Seema Malhotra (Labour Co-operative) was first elected at the 2011 by-election after the death of the incumbent, Alan Keen, who won the seat from a Conservative, Patrick Ground. in 1992.^[3]^[4]

Boundaries

Feltham and Heston covers the western half of the London Borough of Hounslow. Feltham occupies the southern part of the L-shape formed by the borough. Heston occupies the far north bounded by the M4 motorway. In the south of the constituency is Hanworth, with Bedfont in the far west — both are postally parts of Feltham.

The seat has electoral wards:

Bedfont, Cranford, Feltham North, Feltham West, Hanworth, Hanworth Park, Heston Central, Heston East, Heston West and Hounslow West in the London Borough of Hounslow^{[n 3]}

The London Borough of Hounslow's eastern half is the Brentford and Isleworth seat.

Constituency profile

The constituency is lower on the socio-economic scales than those in neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth. There is higher proportion of social housing, though unemployment is low proportionally by London standards.^[5] The seat also includes the western part of the slightly larger urban centre, Hounslow.

To the northwest is London Heathrow Airport where many local constituents are employed, and small storage, distribution businesses are a feature of this half of the borough, as well as light industry and office accommodation.^[6] Next to Cranford on the A4 Bath Road are most of the luxury airport hotels,^{[n 4]} and an imposing 1998 conversion of the office block Astronaut House into a hotel in Feltham's linear town centre.^[7] The constituency includes a Young Offenders Institution and a Motorway Service Station. Across all wards car ownership is much higher than the London average, however for the small proportion of people (who work in the City), Feltham railway station, Hounslow West tube station, Hounslow Central tube station and Hatton Cross tube station provide good links from most areas to the capital.^[5]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[8]	Party
Feb 1974	Russell Kerr	Labour
1983	Patrick Ground	Conservative
1992	Alan Keen	Labour
2011 by-election	Seema Malhotra	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Feltham and Heston^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Seema Malhotra	32,462	61.2	8.9
	Conservative	Samir Jassal	16,859	31.8	2.7
	UKIP	Stuart Agnew	1,510	2.8	9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Hina Malik	1,387	2.6	0.6
	Green	Tony Firkins	809	1.5	1.3
Majority			15,603	29.4	6.2
Turnout			53,027	64.9	7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1%

General Election 2015: Feltham and Heston^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Seema Malhotra	25,845	52.3	+8.7
	Conservative	Simon Nayyar	14,382	29.1	−4.9
	UKIP	Peter Dul	6,209	12.6	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Crouch	1,579	3.2	−10.6
	Green	Tony Firkins	1,390	2.8	+1.7
Majority			11,463	23.2	−3.5
Turnout			49,405	60.0	+0.1^[12]
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

Feltham and Heston by-election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Seema Malhotra	12,639	54.4	+10.8
	Conservative	Mark Bowen	6,436	27.7	-6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Crouch	1,364	5.9	−7.8
	UKIP	Andrew Charalambous	1,276	5.5	+3.5
	BNP	Dave Furness	540	2.3	−1.2
	Green	Daniel Goldsmith	426	1.8	+0.7
	English Democrat	Roger Cooper	322	1.4	N/A
	London People Before Profit	George Hallam	128	0.6	N/A
	Bus-Pass Elvis	David Bishop	93	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,203	26.7	+17.1
Rejected ballots			75
Turnout			23,299	28.8	−31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

General Election 2010: Feltham and Heston^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Alan Keen	21,174	43.6	−4.5
	Conservative	Mark Bowen	16,516	34.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Munira Wilson	6,669	13.7	−2.9
	BNP	John Donnelly	1,714	3.5	N/A
	UKIP	Jerry Shadbolt	992	2.0	+0.5
	Green	Elizabeth Anstis	530	1.1	−1.2
	Independent	Dharmendra Tripathi	505	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Asa Khaira	180	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Roger Williams	168	0.3	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Matthew Linley	78	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,658	9.6
Turnout			48,526	59.9	+12
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 2000s

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
	UKIP	Leon S. Mullett	612	1.6	N/A
	Independent	Warwick Prachar	41	0.1	−0.4
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	Hazel Mammatt	8,749	24.2	−2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew S. Darley	4,998	13.8	+4.7
	Socialist Labour	Surinder Cheema	651	1.8	N/A
	Independent	Warwick Prachar	204	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Asa Singh Khaira	169	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,657	35.0
Turnout			36,177	49.2	−15.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Alan Keen	27,836	59.7	+14.2
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	12,563	26.9	−15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Colin D. Penning	4,264	9.1	−2.4
	Referendum	Rupert A. Stubbs	1,099	2.4	N/A
	BNP	Robert Church	682	1.5	N/A
	Natural Law	David J. Fawcett	177	0.4	N/A
Majority			15,273	32.8
Turnout			46,621	64.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Alan Keen	27,660	46.1	+8.7
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	25,665	42.7	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael F. Hoban	6,700	11.2	−3.9
Majority			1,995	3.3
Turnout			60,025	73.9
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	27,755	46.5	+3.1
	Labour	Charles Hinds	22,325	37.4	−2.0
	Social Democratic	James Daly	9,623	15.1	−0.8
Majority			5,430	9.1
Turnout			59,703	73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election 1983: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	23,724	43.4	+2.0
	Labour	Russell Kerr	21,576	39.4	−8.9
	Liberal	Alex V. Alagappa	8,706	15.9	+7.4
	National Front	Stuart A. Glass	696	1.3	−0.2
Majority			2,148	3.9
Turnout			54,702	69.8	−4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Russell Kerr	28,675	48.3	−1.3
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	24,570	41.4	+8.8
	Liberal	B. Norcott	5,051	8.5	−5.6
	National Front	Josephine Reid	898	1.5	−2.2
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Lugg	168	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,105	6.9
Turnout			59,362	74.3	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1

General Election October 1974: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Russell Kerr	26,611	49.6	+4.2
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	17,464	32.6	+0.5
	Liberal	J.A. Quinn	7,554	14.1	−4.0
	National Front	Josephine Reid	1,984	3.7	−0.7
Majority			9,147	17.1
Turnout			53,613	67.9	−9.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election February 1974: Feltham and Heston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Russell Kerr	27,519	45.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Patrick Ground	19,464	32.1	N/A
	Liberal	J.A. Quinn	10,952	18.1	N/A
	National Front	Josephine Reid	2,653	4.4	N/A
Majority			8,055	13.3	N/A
Turnout			60,588	77.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

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.
↑ All but Heston and Hounslow West are in the Feltham post town
↑ see Heathrow

References

↑ "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.
↑ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
↑ "Labour announces byelection date". Press Association. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
↑ Waugh, Paul. "Winter by-election". Politics Home. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
1 2 2001 Census
↑ Open Street Map
↑ The Heathrow St Giles Hotel
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
↑ "Feltham & Heston parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/general_election_2015_pp_feltham_and_heston_declaration_final.pdf 3Aug15
↑ compare to 2010 General Election
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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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)

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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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