Ealing Central and Acton is a constituency created in 2010, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Rupa Huq, who was elected as a Labour MP, suspended from the party in September 2022 following alleged racist comments, and reinstated in March 2023.
Constituency profile Ealing Central and Acton is a suburban constituency located in the Borough of Ealing in London. It covers the central and eastern parts of Ealing and the town of Acton. Like much of suburban London, the area was rural until the arrival of rail transport in the 19th century. The constituency has average levels of deprivation and is highly ethnically diverse. At the 2021 census, 32% of the population were White British with 56% in total identifying as White; the constituency has significant Irish and Polish communities. Asians were 16%, Black people were 11% and other ethnic groups were 11%. House prices are above the London average and more than double the national average.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Ealing+Central+and+Acton
In general, residents of the constituency are young, well-educated and have high incomes. They are less likely to be homeowners and more likely to work in professional occupations compared to the rest of the country. At the local council level, Acton and the east of the constituency are mostly represented by Labour councillors, whilst Ealing and the west elected Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Voters in the constituency overwhelmingly supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 69% voted in favour of remaining, one of the top 50 highest rates out of 650 constituencies nationwide.
Political history The Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies created the seat by selecting wards for the year 2010 to equalise electorates. Here, if votes were cast as in 2005, this seat would have produced a three-way marginal between the Conservative (32.8%), Labour (32.6%), and Liberal Democrats (29.7%) parties. An analysis of intervening local results indicated that the seat would, if no voters were swung nor new voters introduced, present a tiny Labour majority. 2010 campaign In the 2010 general election, Angie Bray, a Conservative, won the seat with a majority of 3,716, representing a swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 5%. 2015 According to the BBC, heavy campaigning in the 2015 general election was expected by leading figures and regional activists of the two largest political parties; at the time it was 56th on the list of Labour target seats. In a mixed election for two-way targets of the two largest parties, Labour's Rupa Huq won the constituency. The 2015 result gave the seat the 2nd most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. 2017 In April 2017, the Green Party announced that it would not stand a candidate in this constituency for the 2017 general election and instead lend its support to the sitting MP, Rupa Huq.
Boundaries
2010–2024 The constituency consisted of the following electoral wards of the London Borough of Ealing: Acton Central, Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, East Acton, Hanger Hill, South Acton, Southfield, and Walpole
The constituency was created with an electorate close to the electoral quota of 69,703 for 2006.Fifth Periodical Report , Boundary Commission for England, page 7 . Also contains list of boundary changes in England.
Current Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
The London Borough of Ealing wards of: Ealing Broadway; Ealing Common; East Acton; Hanger Hill; North Acton; South Acton; Southfield.
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham wards of: College Park & Old Oak; Wormholt.
The new boundaries reflect the local authority boundary review in Ealing which came into effect in May 2022. The two Hammersmith and Fulham wards were added from Hammersmith (abolished), offset by the transfer of the Ealing Borough ward of Walpole to Ealing Southall.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 2010 Angie Bray Conservative 2015 Rupa Huq Labour 2022 Independent 2023 Labour
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result Party Vote % Labour 27,707 52.3 Conservative 13,574 25.6 Liberal Democrats 9,191 17.3 Green 1,793 3.4 Brexit Party 720 1.4Turnout52,98570.3Electorate75,399
2005 notional result Party Vote % Labour 12,916 32.8 Conservative 12,381 31.5 Liberal Democrats 11,342 28.8 Others 2,706 6.9Turnout39,34553.3Electorate69,548
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in London
Notes
References
External links Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards) Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards) Ealing Central and Acton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK Ealing Central and Acton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK