Who will be my MP in… Ealing Central and Acton?

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:

EALING CENTRAL AND ACT ON

Candidates for the main parties (in alphabetical order):

Kate Crossland – Green Party

Rupa Huq – Labor Party

Alastair Mitton – Liberal Democrats

Felix Orrell – Reform UK

James Windsor-Clive – Conservatives

summary:

This suburban constituency was created in 2010 when Conservative Angie Bray won.

Five years later, Labour’s Rupa Huq won it in a top contest, winning by just 274 votes.

Since then she has amassed majorities of over 13,000 in both Theresa May’s June 2017 snap election, when the Greens decided not to field a candidate against her, and the December 2019 Brexit poll that was so disastrous for Labour. under Jeremy Corbyn.

Ms Huq, unlike many other MPs, has spoken for the suburb in the past.

Area: The constituency includes seven Ealing wards, including Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, East Acton, Hanger Hill, North Acton, South Acton and Southfield, and two in Hammersmith and Fulham; College Park and Old Oak and Wormholt.

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

Impact of boundary changes (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): As this constituency moved east, it became more working-class. The party won it in 2019 with 51.3% of the vote, the Conservatives with 27.1% and the Lib Dems with 17.2%. Under the new boundaries it would have been 52.3% Labour, 25.6% Conservative and 17.4% Lib Dem.

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labor wins.

Standard Evening View: It always looked likely to be a Labor win, all the more certain given the boundary changes.

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