General Election 2024 London seats: Who will be my MP in...Brentford and Isleworth?
Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looks at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map. Here we turn the spotlight on:
Estimated declaration time 4.30am
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
Laura Blumenthal - Conservatives
Ruth Cadbury - Labour Party
David Kerr - Reform UK
Kuldev Singh Sehra - Liberal Democrats
Freya Summersgill - Green Party
Summary:
Created in 1974, this seat was held by the Tories for more than two decades, before Labour won it in 1997 in the New Labour landslide.
The constituency, which is a mixture of afluent areas near the River Thames, suburban streets and some more deprived districts in Brentford and Isleworth, returned to the Conservatives in 2010.
But Labour’s Ruth Cadbury won it in 2015 by just 465 votes.
She swiftly built up her majority, which stood at 10,514 in 2019.
Area: This constituency includes ten Hounslow wards of Brentford East, Brentford West, Heston East, Hounslow Central, Hounslow East, Hounslow Heath, Hounslow South, Isleworth, Osterley & Spring Grove, Syon & Brentford Lock, as well as Whitton in Richmond borough.
I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check
Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have cut the Tory vote in this constituency. Labour won it in 2019 with 50.2 per cent of the vote, with the Conservatives on 32.2 per cent, and Lib Dems 12.5 per cent. Under the new boundaries the Labour vote would not have changed but the Tories would have been down to 28.3 per cent, with the Lib Dems rising to 16.3 per cent.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold
Evening Standard view: Safer now for Labour as the Tory candidate faces a bigger hill to climb after the boundary changes.
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