Ealing (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing
Ealing
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Ealing 1885–1918
	Ealing 1918–1945
1885–1945
Seats	one
Created from	Middlesex
Replaced by	Ealing East
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	Brentford and Chiswick;; Acton

Ealing was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Ealing district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1885–1945. In common with metropolitan areas the seat saw major population increase. Until 1918 it included Chiswick, Acton within the County of London, and part of Hanwell in the rump of dwindling Middlesex.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The civil parishes of Ealing, Acton, Greenford, Chiswick and Perivale and part of that of Hanwell.

1918–1945: The Municipal Borough of Ealing (as it stood in 1918, being Ealing, ignoring 1926 succession to the former urban districts of Greenford (including the parishes of Perivale and West Twyford) and Hanwell).

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election. It was then replaced by the new Ealing East and Ealing West constituencies.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Lord George Hamilton	Conservative
	1906	Sir Herbert Nield	Conservative
	1931	Sir Frank Sanderson	Conservative
1945		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Ealing ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	4,353	61.8
	Liberal	William Bruce Gordon Hogg	2,691	38.2
Majority			1,662	23.6
Turnout			7,044	75.9
Registered electors			9,283
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Ealing ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Hamilton was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 August 1886: Ealing ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Ealing ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	5,547	72.4	*N/A*
	Liberal	Stephen Holman	2,112	27.6	New
Majority			3,435	44.8	N/A
Turnout			7,659	63.4	N/A
Registered electors			12,081
	Conservative hold

Hamilton is appointed Secretary of State for India, requiring a by-election.

Ealing by-election, 1895^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1895: Ealing ^[1]^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Ealing ^[1]^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hamilton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Ealing ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Nield	8,261	54.2	*N/A*
	Liberal	Arthur Hill Hutton	6,982	45.8	New
Majority			1,279	8.4	N/A
Turnout			15,243	74.6	N/A
Registered electors			20,436
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Ealing ^[1]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Nield	12,916	61.1	+6.9
	Liberal	Maurice Charles Hulbert	8,210	38.9	−6.9
Majority			4,706	22.2	+13.8
Turnout			21,126	84.3	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.9

General election December 1910: Ealing ^[1]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Nield	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Herbert Nield
Liberal:

By-election, 1917: Ealing ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Nield	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1918: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Herbert Nield	13,710	79.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Alfred Chilton	3,610	20.8	New
Majority			10,100	58.4	N/A
Turnout			17,320	60.4	N/A
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Nield	14,507	67.9	−11.3
	Labour	Alfred Chilton	6,128	28.7	+7.9
	Ind. Unionist	Lewis Hall	719	3.4	New
Majority			8,379	39.2	−19.2
Turnout			21,354	65.8	+5.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.6

General election 1923: Ealing ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Nield	12,349	53.1	−14.8
	Liberal	Alfred William Bradford	6,410	27.6	New
	Labour	Alfred Chilton	4,495	19.3	−9.4
Majority			5,939	25.5	−13.7
Turnout			23,254	69.0	+3.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1924: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Nield	18,572	73.3	+20.2
	Labour	Alfred Chilton	6,765	26.7	+7.4
Majority			11,807	46.6	+21.1
Turnout			25,337	73.2	+4.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	+6.4

General election 1929: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Nield	20,503	54.4	−18.9
	Labour	James William Maycock	9,093	24.2	−2.5
	Liberal	Arrean Paul Grundy	8,042	21.4	New
Majority			11,410	30.2	−16.4
Turnout			37,638	73.4	+1.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-8.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Sanderson	32,792	82.7	+28.3
	Labour	James William Maycock	6,857	17.3	−6.9
Majority			25,935	65.4	+35.2
Turnout			39,649	74.6	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+17.6

General election 1935: Ealing^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Sanderson	28,472	74.1	−8.6
	Labour	Mark Auliff	9,972	25.9	+8.6
Majority			18,500	48.2	−17.2
Turnout			38,444	69.1	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.6

General election 1939–40

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Frank Sanderson
Labour: D. J. Johnston^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, F. W. S. Craig
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

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

[ReferenceA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, F. W. S. Craig

[ReferenceB-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[3] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

[ReferenceD-4] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[ReferenceE-5] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

[ReferenceC-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[7] Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

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