Ealing South was a constituency covering the same part of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was won by two Conservatives consecutively with majorities ranging from 13.6% to 30.5%, was first contested in the general election in 1950 and was replaced before that of February 1974.
History The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. In a repeat of the outcome of its direct forerunner Ealing East and its larger precursor in turn, Ealing created in 1885, it was won by the Conservative standing. The runner-up at each election was the Labour candidate, as with its predecessors since 1924 inclusive.
Boundaries This was a seat covering the same parts of the Municipal Borough of Ealing in Middlesex as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East.
Throughout: the zone was fixed as the Ealing M.B., Middlesex six wards: Castlebar, Drayton, Grange Grosvenor, Lammas, Manor, and Mount Park.Representation of the People Act 1948, Sch. 1, at Middlesex (B) Borough Constituencies (page 108) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/pdfs/ukpga_19480065_en.pdfParliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 number 1674), Sch I (list of contents of pre-existing) at page 5456 (or 13 of 76) As to local government body from 1965 its components closely approximated to the south-central wards of the combination council, a replacement of three boroughs, the London Borough of Ealing. These were named Central, Cleveland, Northfields and Walpole.A political history of the London Borough of Ealing, Ealing Library, Secretary of Ealing South Conservative Association
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1950 Angus Maude Conservative Resigned April 1958 1958 by-election Brian Batsford Conservative Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Acton, Ealing North and Southall
Elections For 1945 see Ealing East
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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