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Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ealing Acton and Hammersmith |
Replaced by | Ealing Central and Acton and Hammersmith |
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was abolished at the 2010 general election when it was divided between the new seats of Ealing Central and Acton and Hammersmith, with then incumbent Andy Slaughter becoming MP for the latter seat.
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The constituency incorporated the easternmost section of the London Borough of Ealing (covering Ealing and Acton) as well as the northern part of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (covering Shepherd's Bush and White City).
The constituency was made up of the following electoral wards:
Boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 general election erased the constituency. The section which fell within the London Borough of Ealing was combined with parts of central Ealing to create a new Ealing Central and Acton constituency, whilst the area falling within the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (namely Shepherd's Bush) was combined with the northern part of the old Hammersmith and Fulham constituency to create a new Hammersmith seat.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1997 | Clive Soley | Labour | |
2005 | Andy Slaughter | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Hammersmith & Ealing Central and Acton |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Slaughter | 16,579 | 41.8 | −12.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Gough | 11,059 | 27.9 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Malcolm | 9,986 | 25.2 | +8.6 | |
Green | Geoffrey Burgess | 1,999 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 5,520 | 13.9 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,623 | 56.2 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Soley | 20,144 | 54.1 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Justine Greening | 9,355 | 25.1 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Tod | 6,171 | 16.6 | +5.9 | |
Socialist Alliance | Nick Grant | 529 | 1.4 | New | |
UKIP | George Lawrie | 476 | 1.3 | +0.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Carlos Rule | 301 | 0.8 | −0.5 | |
ProLife Alliance | Rebecca Ng | 225 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 10,789 | 29.0 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,201 | 52.6 | −14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Soley | 28,052 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Yerolemou | 12,405 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mitchell | 5,163 | 10.7 | ||
Referendum | Christopher Winn | 637 | 1.3 | ||
Socialist Labour | Jack Gilbert | 635 | 1.3 | ||
UKIP | Joseph Gomm | 385 | 0.8 | ||
ProLife Alliance | Paul Danon | 265 | 0.6 | ||
Glow Bowling Party | Christopher Beasley | 209 | 0.4 | ||
Christian Party | William Edwards | 163 | 0.3 | ||
Natural Law | Kevin Turner | 150 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 15,647 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 48,064 | 66.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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