Ealing South (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing South was a constituency covering the same part of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was won by two Conservatives consecutively with majorities ranging from 13.6% to 30.5%, was first contested in the general election in 1950 and was replaced before that of February 1974.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. In a repeat of the outcome of its direct forerunner Ealing East and its larger precursor in turn, Ealing created in 1885, it was won by the Conservative standing. The runner-up at each election was the Labour candidate, as with its predecessors since 1924 inclusive.

Boundaries

This area was equivalent to mid-easterly London Borough Ealing wards (Ealing Broadway and those touching plus Northfield, less Elthorne which was largely a renamed Hanwell South)

This was a seat covering the same parts of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East.

Throughout (1950-1965): the Ealing M.B. six wards: Castlebar, Drayton, Grange Grosvenor, Lammas, Manor, and Mount Park.^[2][3] As to local government body from 1965 its components became part of the London Borough of Ealing in west London consisting of the four wards of Central, Cleveland, Northfields and Walpole. (ex Secretary Ealing South Conservative Association - A political history of the London Borough of Ealing)

Members of Parliament

Elections

For 1945 see Ealing East

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)