Ealing North
2010 Results:
Conservative: 14722 (30.88%)
Labour: 24023 (50.39%)
Liberal Democrat: 6283 (13.18%)
BNP: 1045 (2.19%)
UKIP: 685 (1.44%)
Green: 505 (1.06%)
Christian: 415 (0.87%)
Majority: 9301 (19.51%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 19823 (46.7%)
Conservative: 12130 (28.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 8001 (18.9%)
Other: 2460 (5.8%)
Majority: 7693 (18.1%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 13897 (29.9%)
Labour: 20956 (45.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 9148 (19.7%)
Green: 1319 (2.8%)
UKIP: 692 (1.5%)
Other: 495 (1.1%)
Majority: 7059 (15.2%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 13185 (29.3%)
Labour: 25022 (55.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 5043 (11.2%)
UKIP: 668 (1.5%)
Green: 1039 (2.3%)
Majority: 11837 (26.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 20744 (37.2%)
Labour: 29904 (53.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 3887 (7%)
Other: 1191 (2.1%)
Majority: 7170 (12.9%)
Boundary changes: loses large parts of Hanger Hill and Ealing Broadway to the new Ealing Central and Acton seat, while gaining part of Greenford from Ealing Southall
Profile: A north-west London seat, bi-sected by the A40. The seat covers Northolt, Greenford and Perivale and is mostly relatively homogenous semi-detached suburbia built in the 1920s and 1930s as a dormitory for Ealing, along with some slightly later built council housing. There is a substantial ethnic minority community, but not the degree of neighbours Ealing Southall or Brent North. There is also a substantial Polish community.
Ealing North is a classic marginal that has largely matched the ebbs and flows of the national political picture (though not one of the best bellwether seats as it remained Labour in 1970), historically it has seen some extreme swings, sometimes thanks to local issues. The new boundaries make it slightly safer for Labour and the Conservatives would require an impressive swing to come close to taking the seat, but then, this is a politically volatile area.
Current MP: Stephen Pound(Labour) born 1948, Hammersmith. Educated at Hertford Grammar and (as a mature student after working as a seaman and bus conducter) the LSE. Formerly area housing manager of Paddington churches housing association. Ealing councillor from 1982-1998. First elected as MP for Ealing North in 1997. PPS to Hazel Blears between 2005 and 2007, when he resigned over the decision to replace Trident. Normally a Labour loyalist and a self-depreciating Parliamentary wit, Pound famously volunteered in 2003 to pilot through a private members bill on a subject voted for by listeners to Radio 4`s Today programme and quoted Dick Tuck in response to listeners` eventual decision to vote for a “Tony Martin Bill” allowing householders to use force against burgulars: “The people have spoken, the bastards” (more information at They work for you)
Ian Gibb (Conservative) Educated at Bradford University. Concrete engineer. Ealing councillor since 1992. Contested Warwickshire North in 2005.Stephen Pound(Labour) born 1948, Hammersmith. Educated at Hertford Grammar and (as a mature student after working as a seaman and bus conducter) the LSE. Formerly area housing manager of Paddington churches housing association. Ealing councillor from 1982-1998. First elected as MP for Ealing North in 1997. PPS to Hazel Blears between 2005 and 2007, when he resigned over the decision to replace Trident. Normally a Labour loyalist and a self-depreciating Parliamentary wit, Pound famously volunteered in 2003 to pilot through a private members bill on a subject voted for by listeners to Radio 4`s Today programme and quoted Dick Tuck in response to listeners` eventual decision to vote for a “Tony Martin Bill” allowing householders to use force against burgulars: “The people have spoken, the bastards” (more information at They work for you)
Chris Lucas (Liberal Democrat)Christopher Warleigh-Lack (Green)Ian de Wulverton (UKIP) 
Dave Furness (BNP) Petar Ljubisic (Christian Party) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 105848
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 24.2%
Over 60: 16.9%
Born outside UK: 32.1%
White: 62.7%
Black: 10%
Asian: 19.3%
Mixed: 4.2%
Other: 3.8%
Christian: 58.3%
Hindu: 8.6%
Muslim: 9.7%
Sikh: 3%
Full time students: 5.3%
Graduates 16-74: 26.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 25.6%
Owner-Occupied: 67.1%
Social Housing: 20.4% (Council: 15.5%, Housing Ass.: 4.9%)
Privately Rented: 10.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 8.8%
I think so,
there’s a family I used to work with in the 1990s (who left to set up their own firm)
and they really hated the Tories, and would regularly have a go at me,
but I was taken back a few years ago when two of them individually and separately said Tory councils are really good.
But there’s many examples.
It would be interesting to analyse why the Tories regularly underperform in Birmingham, and now it seems Tynemouth aswell, although the places are different.
Did this seat have a relatively low ethnic minority population until only about 15 years ago?
Swing to Labour from 1992:
Ealing N 15.7%
Hayes 12.7%
Southall 4.0%
Acton 3.9%
Feltham 3.3%
Uxbridge 1.0%
Brentford 0.1%
Not taking into account boundary changes.
The strong Conservative performance in Uxbridge is interesting compared with the Harrows and Hendons.
Brentford is part of the west-central block where the Conservatives have done well except during the Blair aberation.
Pete – you might be interested to know that the Boundary Commissioner who recommended the seemingly favourable boundary change here in the early 80s was my father, Bernard Marder. I attended the enquiry. Ironically, putting the Labour case was none other than Neville Sandelson, soon to leave the Party and eventually to become a Conservative.
Interesting I din’t know he had also become a Conservative. An awful lot of the original Labour defectors followed this eventual route. It’s ironic that the favourable (for Labour) boundary change, removing Pitshangar lasted for three elections from 1983-92 when they lost quite badly and the more favourable change for the Tories coincided with three when they lost 1997-2005
Was it Neville Sanderson who admitted to having voted for Michael Foot in 1980 in order to harm Labour’s chances at the following election?
Another strong performance from Labour
This seat has changed demographically from the surburban backwater it was back in Harry Greenway’s days – but it still surprises me that Labour increased theur vote by more than the Tories did theirs
I’ve still seen no explanation as to why the Tories did so bad in the capital – especially compared to how well they did in the rest of the south of England
Could Borris have been a factor or is it all down to demographic change and too many dislikeable Tory candidates?
I think it might have been yes,
Denis Healey wrote that I think.
Although perhaps it was more specifically to justify their departure.
Stephen Pound will be here as long as he wants it.
It must be interesting to be a Boundary Commissioner. I think you have to be a judge or former judge, but I don’t know all the details.
My father is a retired judge, but at the time he hadn’t become a full judge; he was a Recorder, or sort of part-time judge. He was a barrister extremely experienced in planning law, and later became President of the Lands Tribunal.