Southall (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southall Borough constituency
Created:	1945
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Southall was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southall district of West London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Ealing Southall.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 References

^{This short section requires expansion.}

Year		Member	Party
	1945	Walter Henry Ayles	Labour
	1950	George Albert Pargiter	Labour
	1966	Sydney James Bidwell	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Ealing Southall

General Election 1979: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	28,498	54.4
	Conservative	R. C. Patten	17,220	32.9
	Liberal	R. Hains	3,920	7.5
	National Front	J. Fairhurst	1,545	3.0	N/A
	Independent	S. Gupta	637	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Unity	Tariq Ali	477	0.9	N/A
	Independent Businessman	S. Paul	115	0.2	N/A
Majority			11,278	21.5
Turnout				71.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	24,218	53.8
	Conservative	R. C. Patten	14,235	31.6
	Liberal	C. I. N. Arnold	6,557	14.6
Majority			9,983	22.2
Turnout				63.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	25,726	49.9
	Conservative	W. A. Gilbey	16,914	32.8
	Liberal	C. I. N. Arnold	8,640	16.8
	Anti-Helmet	B. S. Chahal	310	0.6
Majority			8,812	17.1
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	19,389	53.7
	Conservative	K. G. Reeves	15,166	32.8
	Liberal	C. I. N. Arnold	8,640	16.8	N/A
	National Front	J. Shaw	1,572	4.4
Majority			4,223	11.7
Turnout				64.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Bidwell	19,989	53.5
	Conservative	B. Maddin	14,642	39.2
	British National	John Bean	2,768	7.4
Majority			5,347	14.3
Turnout				70.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pargiter	18,041	48.0
	Conservative	B. Maddin	16,144	42.9
	British National	John Bean	3,410	9.1
Majority			1,897	5.1
Turnout				70.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pargiter	22,285	52.7
	Conservative	M. T. B. Underhill	19,966	47.3
Majority			2,319	5.5
Turnout				76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pargiter	25,207	57.2
	Conservative	A. Tickler	18,872	42.8
Majority			6,335	14.4
Turnout				76.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pargiter	29,123	57.9
	Conservative	H. J. Berkeley	21,169	42.1
Majority			7,954	15.8
Turnout				84.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pargiter	27,107	53.9
	Conservative	N. J. Cole	18,392	36.6
	Liberal	W. T. Andrews	3,917	7.8
	Communist	J. A. Purton	839	1.7
Majority			8,715	17.4
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Henry Ayles	37,404	64.1	N/A
	Conservative	G. C. Baker	13,347	22.9	N/A
	Liberal	W. A. Wakefield	7,598	13.0	N/A
Majority			8,715	17.4	N/A
Turnout			58,349	74.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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