Ealing Southall is a constituency created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Deirdre Costigan of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
thumb|The majority of Ealing Southall's housing is little-embellished low-rise, where private gardens and rooms tend to be smaller than the central part of the London Borough of Ealing
The constituency has relatively good road and rail transport, and numerous small to medium-size green spaces, and has had as many as three tube stations at its eastern extremes of its boundaries.
Southall and Norwood Green, forming the western bulk of the seat, feature a high British Asian proportion of the population since the 1960s. In 1966, 10.6% of the constituency were born in the New Commonwealth. In 1971, 25.4% were non-White. In 1981, 43.7% of the constituency were non-White. The constituency had the highest concentration of those born in India (16.3% of the population) in 1981.
British Indian ethnicity is the largest single ethnic group. British Asians account for 51% of the population, as at the 2011 census, the majority of this minority is of Indian ethnicity (29.6%), with significant Hindu and Muslim populations, with the highest number of Sikh residents in any constituency in Britain at over 20%. The Afro-Caribbean community amounts to 8% according to the latest census statistics. The seat has generally modest incomes and the vast majority of housing is modest terraced, semi-detached or mid-rise 20th century blocks of flats. The east of the seat is formed by Hanwell and West Ealing.
Political history
The seat has been served by three successive Labour Party MPs since its inception in 1983, with majorities ranging between 13.8% and 49% of the vote; the latter was achieved in 2017, which was not a landslide year for the party. The length of tenure and size of majorities mean that practical analyses consider Ealing Southall a safe seat. The 2015 result made the seat the 25th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. The larger predecessor seat, created in 1945, was held by Labour throughout its existence.
Boundaries
Historic
1983–1997: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Glebe, Mount Pleasant, Northcote, Northfield, Walpole, and Waxlow.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Ealing Common, Elthorne, Glebe, Mount Pleasant, Northcote, Northfield, Walpole, and Waxlow.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Lady Margaret, Northfield, Norwood Green, Southall Broadway, and Southall Green.
For the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes. Part of Greenford Broadway ward and tiny parts of Hobbayne ward and Dormers Wells ward were transferred from the constituency of Ealing North to Ealing Southall. Tiny parts of Hobbayne ward and Dormers Wells ward were also transferred to Ealing North. Walpole ward, and parts of Ealing Broadway ward and Ealing Common ward were transferred from the seat into new Ealing Central and Acton.
Current
Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
- The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Hanwell Broadway, Lady Margaret, Northfield, Norwood Green, Southall Broadway, Southall Green, Southall West and Walpole.
The new boundaries reflect the local authority boundary review which came into effect in May 2022. To bring the electorate within the permitted range, Walpole ward was transferred in from Ealing Central and Acton.
The constituency takes in the south western third of the London Borough of Ealing in west London and is traversed by the Great Western Main Line (railway). The other Ealing constituencies are Ealing North, and Ealing Central and Acton.
Members of Parliament
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| 1983
| Syd Bidwell
| Labour
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| 1992
| Piara Khabra
| Labour
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| 2007 by-election
| Virendra Sharma
| Labour
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| 2024
| Deirdre Costigan
| Labour
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Elections
thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1983-2024
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
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! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
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| Labour ||align=right| 30,469 ||align=right| 59.7
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| Conservative ||align=right| 12,203 ||align=right| 23.9
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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 4,995 ||align=right| 9.8
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| Green ||align=right| 1,928 ||align=right| 3.8
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| Brexit Party ||align=right| 946 ||align=right| 1.9
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| Others ||align=right| 457 ||align=right| 0.9
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|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|50,998
|align=right|67.9
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|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|75,085
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Elections in the 2000s
At the 2001 Election, the Electoral Commissions book "Election 2001" records the following three candidates with party names rejected for not being recorded on the register of political parties:
- Dhillon – Independent Community Candidate Empowering Change
- Bhutta – Qari
- Lit – Chairman of Sunrise Radio
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in London
- 2007 Ealing Southall by-election
Notes
References
External links
- Labour Party's Ealing Southall website
- Ealing Liberal Democrats
- Ealing Conservatives
- Ealing loony candidate
- By-elections blog
- UK Polling Report Blog
- Statement by Ealing Southall 2010 major party candidates on key issues
- Ealing Gazette Election Website
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Ealing, Southall UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Ealing, Southall UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Ealing Southall UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK