Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ealing Southall Borough constituency
Ealing Southall shown within Greater London
Created:	1983
MP:	Virendra Sharma
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Ealing Southall is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The seat is currently held by Virendra Sharma, after a by-election on 19 July 2007.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Demographics 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in the London Borough of Ealing in West London. In addition to Southall it includes those parts of Hanwell, West Ealing and Ealing south of the Great Western Main Line, as far east as the Underground line through Ealing Common. The constituency boundaries will be changed radically for the next election; large parts of the eastern end of the seat will be added to the new Ealing Central and Acton.

The other Ealing constituencies are Ealing North, and Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush.

[edit] Demographics

The constituency has a high British Asian population - around 39% according to the 2001 census[1], the majority being of Indian origin, 28%. The Afro-Caribbean community amounts to 8%.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Sydney James Bidwell	Labour
	1992	Piara Khabra	Labour
	2007	Virendra Sharma	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Ealing Southall by-election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Virendra Sharma	15,188	41.3	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Bakhai	10,118	27.7	+3.3
	Conservative	Tony Lit	8,230	22.5	+0.9
	Green	Sarah Edwards	1,135	3.1	-1.5
	Respect	Salvinder Dhillon	588	1.6	N/A
	UK Independence	K. T. Rajan	285	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Christian	Yaqub Masih	280	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Jasdev Rai	275	0.8	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	188	0.5	N/A
	English Democrats	Sati Chaggar	152	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Gulbash Singh	92	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Kuldeep Grewal	87	0.2	N/A
Majority			5,070	13.8	-10.5
Turnout			36,618	42.9	-13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.4

General Election 2005: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Piara Khabra	22,937	48.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Bakhai	11,497	24.4	+14.4
	Conservative	Mark Nicholson	10,147	21.6	+3.3
	Green	Sarah Edwards	2,175	4.6	+0.1
	Workers' Revolutionary	Malkiat Bilku	289	0.6	N/A
Majority			11,440	24.3
Turnout			47,045	56.2	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.6

General Election 2001: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Piara Khabra	22,239	47.5	−12.5
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	8,556	18.3	−2.5
	Independent	Avtar Lit	5,764	12.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Baldev Sharma	4,680	10.0	−0.4
	Green	Margaret Cook	2,119	4.5	+2.8
	Independent	Salvinder Dhillon	1,214	2.6	N/A
	Independent	Mushtaq Choudhry	1,666	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Harpal Brar	921	2.0	−1.9
	Independent	Mohammed Bhutta	169	0.4	N/A
Majority			13,683	29.2
Turnout			46,828	56.8
	Labour hold		Swing

At the 2001 Election, the Electoral Commissions book "Election 2001" {ISBN 978-1-84275-020-9} 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

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Piara Khabra	32,791	60.0	+12.6
	Conservative	John Penrose	11,368	20.8	-12.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nikki Thomson	5,687	10.4	+2.7
	Socialist Labour	Harpal Brar	2,107	3.9	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Goodwin	934	1.7	-0.2
	Referendum Party	B. Cherry	854	1.6	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	K. Klepacka	473	0.9	N/A
	UK Independence	R. Mead	428	0.8	N/A
Majority			21,423
Turnout				66.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Piara Khabra	23,476	47.4	-3.3
	Conservative	P. C. Treleaven	16,610	33.6	-1.9
	True Labour	Syd Bidwell	4,665	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Pash Nandhra	3,790	7.7	-5.6
	Green	Nicholas Goodwin	964	1.9	N/A
Majority			6,866	13.8	-1.3
Turnout				75.5	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	26,480	50.7	-1.6
	Conservative	Michael Truman	18,503	35.5	+5.0
	Liberal	Monica Howes	6,947	13.3	-2.5
	Workers' Revolutionary	R. F. Lugg	256	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,977	15.2	-6.6
Turnout				69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Ealing Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	26,664	52.3	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Linacre	15,548	30.5	N/A
	Liberal	Mahmud Nadeen	8,059	15.8	N/A
	National Front	E. Pendrous	555	1.1	N/A
	Independent	S. Paul	150	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,116	21.8	N/A
Turnout				71.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
• Ealing Southall by-election, 2007

[edit] External links

• Labour Party's Ealing Southall website
• Ealing Liberal Democrats
• Ealing Conservatives
• Ealing loony candidate
• By-elections blog
• UK Polling Report Blog

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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