Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Acton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1918–1965: Middlesex
1965–1983: Greater London
Borough Acton
London Borough of Ealing
1950–1983
Seats1
Replaced by Ealing Acton
1918–1950
Seats1
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Ealing
Acton in Middlesex, 1918-45 Acton1918.png
Acton in Middlesex, 1918–45
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Acton in Middlesex, 1945–50
Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974. Final Middlesex constituencies (1955-74).svg
Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974.
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UK General Election, October 1974.svg
Third (final) version of the seat (at centre). Result in Oct. 1974.

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.

Contents

Boundaries

The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 which increased the number of seats where population had expanded such as in Middlesex due to the conurbation growing around the County of London. It was based on the town of Acton. The seat consisted of the Acton Urban District which became a Municipal Borough in 1921.

A redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the 1950 United Kingdom general election made 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 the London Borough of Ealing and Greater London.

In the redistribution which took effect at the February 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 heavily underweight in 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 became Ealing Acton.

Components

The change was extension, along all of the former western edge.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
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
constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: Acton [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Harry Brittain 11,67173.3
Labour Robert Dunsmore4,24126.7
Majority7,43046.6
Turnout 15,91253.9
Registered electors 29,539
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Acton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harry Brittain 10,208 49.9 −23.4
Labour Mary Richardson 5,34226.2−0.5
Liberal Neville Dixey 4,87723.9New
Majority4,86623.7−22.9
Turnout 20,42767.1+13.2
Registered electors 30,425
Unionist hold Swing −11.5
1923 general election: Acton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harry Brittain 8,943 44.9 −5,0
Labour Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin6,06930.5+4.3
Liberal Bertram Arthur Levinson4,90924.6+0.7
Majority2,87414.4−9.3
Turnout 19,92163.5−3.6
Registered electors 31,394
Unionist hold Swing −4.7
1924 general election: Acton [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harry Brittain 12,799 55.2 +10.3
Labour Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin5,58324.0−6.5
Liberal Bertram Arthur Levinson3,07413.2−11.4
Democratic Labour Mary Richardson 1,7757.6New
Majority7,21631.2+16.8
Turnout 23,23172.6+9.1
Registered electors 31,999
Unionist hold Swing +8.4
1929 general election: Acton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Shillaker 13,208 41.4 +17.4
Unionist Harry Brittain 12,73939.9−14.3
Liberal Frank Medlicott 5,98118.7+5.5
Majority4691.5N/A
Turnout 31,92675.5+2.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +15.8

Elections in the 1930s

1931 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hubert Duggan 24,19666.99
Labour James Shillaker 11,92433.01
Majority12,27233.98N/A
Turnout 36,12075.50.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
1935 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hubert Duggan 19,137 58.5 -8.5
Labour William McLaine13,55941.5+8.5
Majority5,57817.0-17.0
Turnout 32,69667.8-7.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Acton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Longhurst 5,014 60.3 +1.8
Ind. Labour Party Walter Padley 2,33628.1New
Independent Dorothy Crisp 7078.5New
Independent Edward Godfrey2583.1New
Majority2,67832.2+15.2
Turnout 8,315
Conservative hold Swing
1945 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sparks 19,590 56.1 +14.6
Conservative Henry Longhurst 12,13434.8-23.7
Liberal Francis Joseph Halpin3,1729.1New
Majority7,45621.3N/A
Turnout 35,25677.8+10.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1950 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sparks 21,751 49.1 -7.0
Conservative George F Willment19,11643.1+8.3
Liberal Pauline Furniss2,7816.3-2.8
Communist Albert F Papworth6631.5New
Majority2,6356.0-15.3
Turnout 44,31187.8+10.0
Labour hold Swing
1951 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sparks 23,287 52.2 +3.1
Conservative Leslie Frank Ramseyer21,29647.8+4.7
Majority1,9914.4−1.6
Turnout 44,58386.9-0.9
Labour hold Swing −0.7
1955 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sparks 20,645 50.6 +1.5
Conservative John Leslie Bott20,12049.4+6.3
Majority5251.2-4.8
Turnout 40,76582.6-5.3
Labour hold Swing −1.6
1959 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 19,358 51.2 +1.8
Labour Joseph Sparks 18,43848.8−1.8
Majority9202.4N/A
Turnout 37,79680.7-1.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1960s

1964 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Floud 17,022 49.3 +0.5
Conservative Philip Holland 14,42341.8-9.4
Liberal Barwys Niel Martin-Kaye3,0498.8New
Majority2,5997.5N/A
Turnout 34,49477.4-3.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1966 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Floud 18,541 57.7 +8.4
Conservative Kenneth Baker 13,60042.3+0.5
Majority4,94115.4+7.9
Turnout 32,14174.0-3.4
Labour hold Swing
1968 Acton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Baker 12,24248.67+6.36
Labour Walter Johnson 8,52233.88−23.81
Liberal Frank Davis2,86811.40New
National Front Andrew Fountaine 1,4005.57New
Independent Harold Fox750.30New
IndependentWilliam Gold440.17New
Majority3,72014.79N/A
Turnout 25,151
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1970 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Spearing 13,960 48.0 −9.7
Conservative Kenneth Baker 13,30045.7+3.4
Liberal Dion Scherer1,5835.4New
Communist Maurice Costin2580.9New
Majority6602.3N/A
Turnout 29,10166.1-7.9
Labour hold Swing
February 1974 general election: Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 18,492 43.3 −2.4
Labour Nigel Spearing 17,04139.9−8.1
Liberal Mario Uziell-Hamilton7,16016.8+11.4
Majority1,4513.4+1.1
Turnout 42,69375.7+9.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
October 1974 general election: Acton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 17,669 45.1 +1.8
Labour Glen Barnham16,86143.0+3.1
Liberal Mario Uziell-Hamilton4,56911.7-5.1
Majority8082.1-1.3
Turnout 39,19969.0-16.7
Conservative hold Swing
1979 general election: Acton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 21,056 51.9 +6.8
Labour Glen Barnham15,25837.5-5.5
Liberal Simon Rowley3,5498.7-3.0
National Front Clive Wakley5011.2New
Independent James O'Leary [10] 2430.6New
Majority5,79814.2+12.1
Turnout 40,60771.4+2.4
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
  5. 1 2 3 4 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  421. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
  6. ↑ Walker, Michael (22 February 2009). "Labour Candidates 1922 and 1923 – West London". Hayes People History. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "The General Election. First Returns, Polling in the Boroughs". The Times . 31 May 1929. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "1974 - October 1974 General Election - Acton". UK general election results 1832 - 2019. Parliament of the United Kingdom . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "1979 - 1979 General Election - Acton". UK general election results 1832 - 2019. Parliament of the United Kingdom . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ↑ O'Leary stood under the label 'Irish National Party'
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