Ealing South (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one

Ealing South was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough of Ealing in west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Ealing wards of Castlebar, Drayton, Grange, Grosvenor, Lammas, Manor, and Mount Park.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Angus Maude	Conservative
	1958 by-election	Brian Batsford	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Edmund Upton Maude	28,299	56.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Neary	17,097	34.2	N/A
	Liberal	Miss Betty Corn	4,555	9.1	N/A
Majority			11,202	22.4	N/A
Turnout				84.7	N/A
	Conservative win

General Election 1951:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Edmund Upton Maude
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Edmund Upton Maude	25,992	59.57
	Labour	David G. Allen	13,462	30.85
	Liberal	David Evans	4,182	9.58
Majority			12,530	28.71
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ealing South by-election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Caldwell Cook Batsford	17,417	50.29	-9.28
	Labour	H Garside	11,258	32.51	+1.66
	Liberal	Philip Skelsey	5,956	17.20	+7.62
Majority			6,159
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970:Ealing South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)

• British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
• British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
• British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
• British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
• British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig