Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentford and Chiswick
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–February 1974 (February 1974)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brentford and Isleworth

Brentford and Chiswick
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	one
Created from	Brentford

Brentford and Chiswick was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Brentford and Chiswick districts of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Brentford and Chiswick constituency within the Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-45.

Brentford and Chiswick constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945-50.

This former constituency is located in the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is now west London. It was established as a division of the county, named after the towns of Brentford and Chiswick. In the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats it had been the southern part of the Brentford division.

In 1918 the constituency comprised the Brentford and the Chiswick Urban Districts. In 1927 the two districts were combined to form a single Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, which in 1932 became the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick. In 1950 the boundaries of the seat were left unchanged, but it was reclassified as a borough constituency.

In 1965 Brentford and Chiswick became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect at the February 1974 general election, this seat was abolished and replaced by Brentford and Isleworth.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Walter Morden	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1931	Harold Mitchell	Conservative
	1945	Francis Noel-Baker	Labour
	1950	Percy Lucas	Conservative
	1959	Dudley Smith	Conservative
	1966	Michael Barnes	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished: see Brentford & Isleworth

Election results

1955 General Election :

PB Lucas Conservative 18,489 53.02%

AW Filson Labour 16,384 46.98%

Electorate: 42,528; Turnout: 82.00%; Majority: 2,105 (6.04%)

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)