Acton (UK Parliament constituency)
Acton | |
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Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
County | 1918–1965:Middlesex 1965–1983:Greater London |
Borough | Acton London Borough of Ealing |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Ealing Acton |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | 1 |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Ealing |
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Actonwas aconstituencyof theHouse of Commonsof theParliament of the United Kingdom,created for the1918 general election.It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP)by thefirst-past-the-postsystem ofelection.
Boundaries
[edit]The seat was created by theRepresentation of the People Act 1918which increased the number of seats where population had expanded such as inMiddlesexdue to the conurbation growing around theCounty of London.It was based on the town ofActon.The seat consisted of theActon Urban Districtwhich became aMunicipal Boroughin 1921.
A redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the1950 United Kingdom general electionmade 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 theLondon Borough of EalingandGreater London.
In the redistribution which took effect at theFebruary 1974 general election,the seat to the west, Ealing South, was abolished and this seat absorbed most of its area to reach the electoral quota, it having been heavilyunderweightin 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 becameEaling Acton.
- Components
- 1918–74:Acton M.B.[1][2]Note per theLondon Government Act 1963the 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
[edit]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 | SirGeorge Young | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: seeEaling Acton |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]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 | ||||
Unionistwin(new seat) | |||||
Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]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 | ||||
Unionisthold | 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 | ||||
Unionisthold | 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 | ||||
Unionisthold | 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 | ||
LabourgainfromUnionist | Swing | +15.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]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 | ||
ConservativegainfromLabour | 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 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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 | ||||
Conservativehold | 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 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]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 | ||
Labourhold | 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 | ||
Labourhold | 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 | ||
Labourhold | 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 | ||
ConservativegainfromLabour | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]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 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | 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 | ||
Labourhold | 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 | ||||
ConservativegainfromLabour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]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 | ||
Labourhold | 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 | ||
ConservativegainfromLabour | 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 | ||
Conservativehold | 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 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^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
- ^abcdCraig, F.W.S., ed. (1969).British parliamentary election results 1918-1949.Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.421.ISBN0-900178-01-9.
- ^Walker, Michael (22 February 2009)."Labour Candidates 1922 and 1923 – West London".Hayes People History.Retrieved29 July2017.
- ^"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.Retrieved1 November2023.
- ^"1979 - 1979 General Election - Acton".UK general election results 1832 - 2019.Parliament of the United Kingdom.Retrieved1 November2023.
- ^O'Leary stood under the label 'Irish National Party'