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Brentford and Isleworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Boundaries
The constituency sits in suburban West London on the north of the Thames, encompassing the neighbourhoods of Chiswick, Isleworth, Brentford, Osterley and most of Hounslow. Chiswick [pronounced CHIZ-ick] is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow. ...
Isleworth is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow alongside the River Thames in west London. ...
Brentford is a place in in the London Borough of Hounslow on the River Thames in west London. ...
Hounslow is part of the London Borough of Hounslow in Greater London. ...
The constituency covers the eastern half of the London Borough of Hounslow, containing ten wards thereof: Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Turnham Green, Brentford, Isleworth, Syon, Osterley & Spring Grove, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, and Hounslow Heath. The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west outer London. ...
The Hounslow side of the constituency is strong for Labour, and is a striking contrast to neighbouring wards which fall in the Twickenham or Richmond Park constituencies and are strongly Liberal Democrat. It is the wards over to the territory east of the constituency, the three Chiswick wards in particular, where the Conservatives enjoy more success. Chiswick has a higher number of professionals and much desirable housing. The wards of Osterley & Spring Grove and Hounslow South are more marginal.
Overall unemployment here is low - 1.7% in December 2000 - and inward investment is fairly good. The constituency is home to many multinational companies. GlaxoSmithKline recently moved its headquarters to Brentford and nearby Heathrow Airport provides much employment for people who live here. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc is a pharmaceutical, biologicals and healthcare company. ...
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Members of Parliament NB Brentford & Isleworth constituency was created in 1983; prior to that there was a broadly similar, but somewhat smaller constituency named Brentford & Chiswick, which Sir Barney Hayhoe represented from 1970-1983. Ann Lloyd Keen (born 26 November 1948) is a Labour member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. ...
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Election results | General Election 2005: Brentford and Isleworth | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | Labour | Ann Keen | 18,329 | 39.8 | -12.5 | | Conservative | Alexander Northcote | 13,918 | 30.2 | +1.1 | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dakers | 10,477 | 22.8 | +9.3 | | Green | John Hunt | 1,652 | 3.6 | +0.6 | | The Community (London Borough of Hounslow) | Philip Andrews | 1,118 | 2.4 | N/A | | National Front | Michael Stoneman | 523 | 1.1 | N/A | | Majority | 4,411 | 9.6 | | | Turnout | 46,017 | 54.5 | +0.8 | | Labour hold | Swing | -12.5 | | Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...
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