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Ealing West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ealing West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlementsHanwell, Greenford, and Northolt
19451950
Seatsone
Created fromHarrow (bulk from)
Uxbridge (Northolt from)
Replaced byEaling North (bulk)
Ealing South (part) (newly created seats)
Southall as to Hanwell

Ealing West was a constituency, 1945 to 1950 containing parts of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex, in west north-west London. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament using the first past the post system.

History

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The constituency was created for the 1945 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election. From that date, the Municipal Borough of Ealing was represented by the new Ealing North and Ealing South; and by the Southall constituency which included two wards of the borough of Ealing until that constituency's abolition in February 1974.

Boundaries

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Ealing West in Middlesex 1945–50

The Municipal Borough of Ealing wards of: Greenford North, Greenford South, Hanwell North, Hanwell South, and Northolt.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1945 James Hudson Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Ealing North and Ealing South

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Ealing West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op James Hudson 29,115 60.3
Conservative Bernard Sunley 12,880 26.7
Liberal Herbert Mostyn Lewis 6,258 13.0
Majority 16,235 33.6
Turnout 48,253 74.4
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.