Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing Central and Acton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ealing Central and Acton in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	69,828 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Angie Bray (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, Ealing Southall, Ealing North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Ealing Central and Acton 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.

Constituency profile

The seat takes in the innermost third of the London Borough of Ealing – including the Acton area and the centre of Ealing itself.

Acton and Ealing have both become bases for young families, thanks to the good transport connections and low crime levels – though the very edge of the seat goes along the perimeter fencing of the prison at Wormwood Scrubs.

Notionally, the seat would have been a very close three-way marginal in 2005 between the Conservative Party (32.8%), Labour Party (32.6%) and the Liberal Democrats (29.7%). Alternative estimates suggest that the seat would have had a tiny Labour majority in 2005.

In the 2010 general election, Angie Bray won the seat with a majority of 3,716, representing a notional swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 5%.

Boundaries

The constituency occupies the eastern portion of the London Borough of Ealing. It is made up of eight electoral wards from the borough:

• Acton Central, Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, East Acton, Hanger Hill, South Acton, Chiswick Southfield, Walpole

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created the new seat of Ealing Central and Acton, a successor seat for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, which was held by the Labour Party. Ealing Central and Acton also includes areas taken from adjoining constituencies.

The Commission recommended that East Acton ward, South Acton ward, Acton Central ward, Southfield ward, and parts of Ealing Broadway ward, Ealing Common ward and Hanger Hill ward be transferred from the former constituency of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush. Walpole ward, and parts of Ealing Common ward and Ealing Broadway ward were transferred from Ealing Southall. Parts of Ealing Broadway ward and Hanger Hill ward were transferred from Ealing North.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Angie Bray	Conservative

Election results

General Election 2010: Ealing Central and Acton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angie Bray	17,944	38.0	+6.8
	Labour	Bassam Mahfouz	14,228	30.1	−3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Ball	13,041	27.6	−3.0
	UKIP	Julie Carter	765	1.6	N/A
	Green	Sarah Edwards	737	1.6	−3.3
	Christian	Suzanne Fernandes	295	0.6	N/A
	Independent Ealing Acton Communities Public Services	Sam Akaki	190	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,716	7.9
Turnout			47,200	74.3	+18.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London