Ealing South was a

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covering the same part of the

Municipal Borough of Ealing Ealing was a local government district from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Ealing which formed part of the built up area of London until 1965, where it became part of Greater London. History A local board of health was formed for the southern pa ...

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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. It was won by two Conservatives consecutively with majorities ranging from 13.6% to 30.5%, was first contested in the general election in 1950 and was replaced before that of February 1974.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. In a repeat of the outcome of its direct forerunner Ealing East and its larger precursor in turn,

Ealing Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was histor ...

created in 1885, it was won by the

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standing. The runner-up at each election was the

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candidate, as with its predecessors since 1924 inclusive.

Boundaries

This was a seat covering the same parts of the

as its short-lived forerunner Ealing East. Final Middlesex constituencies (1955-74)

Throughout: the zone was fixed as the Ealing M.B.,

six wards: Castlebar, Drayton, Grange Grosvenor, Lammas, Manor, and Mount Park. As to local government body from 1965 its components closely approximated to the south-central wards of the combination council, a replacement of three boroughs, the

London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing () is a London borough in West London. It comprises seven major towns: Acton (W3), Ealing (W5, W13, NW10), Greenford (UB6), Hanwell (W7), Northolt (UB5), Perivale (UB6) and Southall (UB1, UB2). With a population ...

. These were named ''Central'', ''Cleveland'', ''Northfields'' and ''Walpole''.''A political history of the London Borough of Ealing'', Ealing Library, Secretary of Ealing South Conservative Association

Members of Parliament

Elections

''For 1945 see Ealing East''

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ealing South (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974 Politics of the London Borough of Ealing