Southall (UK Parliament constituency)

Southall
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1945–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Ealing Southall
Created from	Spelthorne and Uxbridge

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.

Southall within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, boundaries used 1945-50

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.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Glebe, Northcote, Northfields, Walpole, and Waxlow Manor.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1945	Walter Ayles	Labour
	1950	George Pargiter	Labour
	1966	Syd Bidwell	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Ealing Southall

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Henry Ayles	37,404	64.1	N/A
	Conservative	George Gillespie Baker	13,347	22.9	N/A
	Liberal	Wilfred Ashlin Wakefield	7,598	13.0	N/A
Majority			24,057	41.2	N/A
Turnout			58,349	74.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Albert Pargiter	27,107	53.9
	Conservative	Norman John Cole	18,392	36.6
	Liberal	Walter 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 1951: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Albert Pargiter	29,123	57.9
	Conservative	Humphry John Berkeley	21,169	42.1
Majority			7,954	15.8
Turnout				84.0
	Labour hold		Swing

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

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

Elections in the 1960s

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

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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney James Bidwell	19,389	53.7
	Conservative	Kenneth G. Reeves	15,166	41.9
	National Front	James Shaw	1,572	4.4
Majority			4,223	11.7
Turnout			37,399	64.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney James 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 October 1974: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney James 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 1979: Southall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney James Bidwell	28,498	54.4
	Conservative	R. C. Patten	17,220	32.9
	Liberal	Dick 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

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)