Acton (UK Parliament constituency)
Acton | |
---|---|
Former County constituency | |
Created from | Ealing |
Acton was a
first-past-the-post system of election
.
Boundaries
The seat was created by the
Municipal Borough
in 1921.
A redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the 1950 United Kingdom general election made no change to the boundaries; its legislation, affecting election expenses and returning officer re-classified, the seat as a borough constituency.
In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Ealing and Greater London.
In the redistribution which took effect at the
underweight in electorate. The seat in statute and statutory instrument became variously Ealing: Acton and/or simply Acton where under a heading of London Borough of Ealing. From the review effective from the election of 1983 it became Ealing Acton
.
- Components
- 1918–74: the Metropolitan Borough ceased to exist in 1965, its functions being replaced by the larger London Borough of Ealing.
- 1974–83: Six wards (the old area plus the centre of the new larger borough, further west), namely:
- The London Borough of Ealing wards: Central, East, Hanger Hill, Heathfield, Southfield and Springfield.[3]
The change was extension, along all of the former western edge.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Harry Brittain |
Unionist | |
1929 | James Shillaker | Labour | |
1931 | Hubert Duggan | Conservative | |
1943 | Henry Longhurst | Conservative | |
1945 | Joseph Sparks | Labour | |
1959 | Philip Holland | Conservative | |
1964 | Bernard Floud | Labour | |
1968 | Kenneth Baker | Conservative | |
1970 | Nigel Spearing | Labour | |
1974 | Sir George Young |
Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Ealing Acton |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist
|
Harry Brittain | 11,671 | 73.3 | |
Labour | Robert Dunsmore | 4,241 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 7,430 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 15,912 | 53.9 | |||
Registered electors | 29,539 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat)
| |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Harry Brittain | 10,208 | 49.9 | −23.4 | |
Labour | Mary Richardson | 5,342 | 26.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Neville Dixey | 4,877 | 23.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,866 | 23.7 | −22.9 | ||
Turnout | 20,427 | 67.1 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 30,425 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | −11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Harry Brittain | 8,943 | 44.9 | −5,0 | |
Labour | Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin | 6,069 | 30.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Bertram Arthur Levinson | 4,909 | 24.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 2,874 | 14.4 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,921 | 63.5 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 31,394 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Harry Brittain | 12,799 | 55.2 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin | 5,583 | 24.0 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Bertram Arthur Levinson | 3,074 | 13.2 | −11.4 | |
Democratic Labour | Mary Richardson | 1,775 | 7.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,216 | 31.2 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,231 | 72.6 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 31,999 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Shillaker | 13,208 | 41.4 | +17.4 | |
Unionist
|
Harry Brittain | 12,739 | 39.9 | −14.3 | |
Liberal | Frank Medlicott | 5,981 | 18.7 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 469 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,926 | 75.5 | +2.9 | ||
Unionist
|
Swing | +15.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hubert Duggan | 24,196 | 66.99 | ||
Labour | James Shillaker | 11,924 | 33.01 | ||
Majority | 12,272 | 33.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,120 | 75.5 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hubert Duggan | 19,137 | 58.5 | -8.5 | |
Labour | William McLaine | 13,559 | 41.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 5,578 | 17.0 | -17.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,696 | 67.8 | -7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Longhurst | 5,014 | 60.3 | +1.8 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Walter Padley | 2,336 | 28.1 | New | |
Independent
|
Dorothy Crisp | 707 | 8.5 | New | |
Independent
|
Edward Godfrey | 258 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,678 | 32.2 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,315 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 19,590 | 56.1 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Longhurst | 12,134 | 34.8 | -23.7 | |
Liberal | Francis Joseph Halpin | 3,172 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,456 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,256 | 77.8 | +10.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 21,751 | 49.1 | -7.0 | |
Conservative | George F Willment | 19,116 | 43.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Pauline Furniss | 2,781 | 6.3 | -2.8 | |
Communist | Albert F Papworth | 663 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,635 | 6.0 | -15.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,311 | 87.8 | +10.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 23,287 | 52.2 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Leslie Frank Ramseyer | 21,296 | 47.8 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1,991 | 4.4 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,583 | 86.9 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 20,645 | 50.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | John Leslie Bott | 20,120 | 49.4 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 525 | 1.2 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,765 | 82.6 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Holland | 19,358 | 51.2 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 18,438 | 48.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 920 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,796 | 80.7 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Floud | 17,022 | 49.3 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Philip Holland | 14,423 | 41.8 | -9.4 | |
Liberal | Barwys Niel Martin-Kaye | 3,049 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,599 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,494 | 77.4 | -3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Floud | 18,541 | 57.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 13,600 | 42.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 4,941 | 15.4 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,141 | 74.0 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 12,242 | 48.67 | +6.36 | |
Labour | Walter Johnson | 8,522 | 33.88 | −23.81 | |
Liberal | Frank Davis | 2,868 | 11.40 | New | |
National Front | Andrew Fountaine | 1,400 | 5.57 | New | |
Independent | Harold Fox | 75 | 0.30 | New | |
Independent | William Gold | 44 | 0.17 | New | |
Majority | 3,720 | 14.79 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,151 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 13,960 | 48.0 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 13,300 | 45.7 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Dion Scherer | 1,583 | 5.4 | New | |
Communist | Maurice Costin | 258 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 660 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,101 | 66.1 | -7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young
|
18,492 | 43.3 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Nigel Spearing | 17,041 | 39.9 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Mario Uziell-Hamilton | 7,160 | 16.8 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 1,451 | 3.4 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,693 | 75.7 | +9.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young
|
17,669 | 45.1 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Glen Barnham | 16,861 | 43.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Mario Uziell-Hamilton | 4,569 | 11.7 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 808 | 2.1 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,199 | 69.0 | -16.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young
|
21,056 | 51.9 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Glen Barnham | 15,258 | 37.5 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Simon Rowley | 3,549 | 8.7 | -3.0 | |
National Front | Clive Wakley | 501 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent
|
James O'Leary[10] | 243 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,798 | 14.2 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,607 | 71.4 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, Sch. 1, at Middlesex (B) Borough Constituencies (page 107) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/pdfs/ukpga_19480065_en.pdf
- ^ Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 number 1674), Sch 1 (list of contents of existing seats) at page 5454 (or 11 of 76)
- ^ Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 number 1674), Sch 2 (list of contents of new seats) at page 5491 (or 48 of 76)
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ Walker, Michael (22 February 2009). "Labour Candidates 1922 and 1923 – West London". Hayes People History. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "The General Election. First Returns, Polling in the Boroughs". The Times. 31 May 1929. p. 7.
- ^ "1974 - October 1974 General Election - Acton". UK general election results 1832 - 2019. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "1979 - 1979 General Election - Acton". UK general election results 1832 - 2019. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ O'Leary stood under the label 'Irish National Party'