Millions of voters across London are going to the polls 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:
EALING SOUTHALL
Estimated declaration time 3.30am
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
Georgie Callé - Conservatives
Steve Chilcott - Reform UK
Deirdre Costigan - Labour Party
Tariq Mahmood - Liberal Democrats
Neil Reynolds - Green Party
Summary:
This constituency in west London, where incomes are on average modest and with many streets of terraced and semi-detached homes, has had a Labour MP since it was created in 1983.
Virendra Sharma became the MP in a by-election in 2007.
Over the years, he built up his majority, winning by 16,084 in 2019 at the end of the Jeremy Corbyn era.
This majority was down from Mr Sharma’s 22,090 at Theresa May’s snap June 2017 poll.
Mr Sharma, 77, is among a number of senior Labour MPs who have stood down at this election.
Area: Wards in the constituency include Dormers Wells, Hanwell Broadway, Lady Margaret, Northfield, Norwood Green, Southall Broadway, Southall Green,Southall West, and Walpole.
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Ealing Southall constituency map. Purple shaded area: Current constituency boundary. Green outlines new constituency boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors | © CARTOBoundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have not significantly changed the political make-up of this constituency.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold
Evening Standard view: A safe Labour seat and no signs of that changing despite long-serving MP Virendra Sharma standing down.
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