Who will be my MP in… Feltham and Heston?

Millions of voters in London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect a new government. The Standard looks at the key battleground and other places in the capital and has published an interactive map. Here we turn on the spotlight:

FELTHAM AND HESTON

Estimated time of statement 4.15

Candidates for the main parties (in alphabetical order):

Reva Anil Gudi – Conservatives

Katharine Kandelaki – Green Party

Seema Malhotra – Work

Dhruv Sengupta – Liberal Democrats

Prabhdeep Singh – Reform Britain

summary:

This west London constituency, with significant social housing but low unemployment, with many locals working at Heathrow Airport, was created in 1974.

It was held by Labour, apart from when the Conservatives won it in 1983 and 1987.

Seema Malhotra, now shadow minister for skills, won the seat in 2011 in a by-election.

In the December 2019 Brexit election, her majority was 7,859, half of what it had two years earlier in Theresa May’s June snap election.

The constituency, close to the M4, has above-average car ownership than most other London boroughs, but also London Underground links.

Area: Wards in the constituency include Bedfont, Cranford, Feltham North, Feltham West, Hanworth Park, Hanworth Village, Heston Central, Heston West and Hounslow West

Not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Impact of boundary changes (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have not changed the political structure of this constituency.

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Retention of work

Standard evening view: While Labour’s majority in this seat halved from 2017 to 2019, this trend is unlikely to continue, so it still looks like a Labor hold.

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