Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Acton
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1983
members = oneUK former constituency infobox
Name = Acton
Type = County
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1950
members = one

Acton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, and replaced by the new Ealing Acton constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency came into existence in 1918, as a division of the county of Middlesex, to the west of the County of London. It was based on the town of Acton, which like most of Middlesex in the twentieth century became part of the London conurbation. The seat consisted of the Acton Urban District, which became a Municipal Borough in 1921.

In the redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 1950, there was no change to the boundaries. However the constituency was re-classified 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 February 1974 general election, the constituency became a division of Ealing (although it is not customary to use the London Borough prefix for the 1974-1983 period). The constituency consisted of six wards of the London Borough of Ealing - Central, East, Hanger Hill, Heathfield, Southfield and Springfield.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Votes

Election box begin
title=Acton by-election, 1943Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Longhurst
votes = 5,014
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Walter Padley
votes = 2,336
percentage =
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)|Independent
candidate = Dorothy Crisp
votes = 707
percentage =
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)|Independent
candidate = Edward Godfrey
votes = 258
percentage =
change = N/A

Election box majority
votes = 2,678
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 8,315
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Baker
votes = 12,242 | percentage = 48.67 | change = +6.36Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Johnson
votes = 8,522 | percentage = 33.88 | change = -23.81Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Davis
votes = 2,868 | percentage = 11.40 | change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Andrew Fountaine
votes = 1,400 | percentage = 5.57 | change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Harold Fox
votes = 75 | percentage = 0.30 | change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = William Gold
votes = 44 | percentage = 0.17 | change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 25,151
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

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