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|
Feltham and Heston
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|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Alan Keen
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
12,563 (26.9%)
|
|
27,836 (59.7%)
|
|
4,264 ( 9.1%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,958 ( 4.2%)
|
|
|
|
71,093
|
|
46,621 (65.6%)
|
|
Alan Keen
|
|
Feltham and Heston
|
|
1,400 ( 2.6%)
|
|
22,894 (42.9%)
|
|
24,294 (45.5%)
|
|
6,189 (11.6%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
73,296
|
|
53,377 (72.8%)
|
|
|
-15.9%
|
|
+14.2%
|
|
-2.4%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+4.2%
|
|
-3.0%
|
|
-7.2%
|
|
|
|
|
Both of the parliamentary seats in the west London borough of Hounslow are marginals; and both become more marginal at the forthcoming election. In 1992 the western of the two seats, Feltham and Heston, fell to Labour's Alan Keen, while his wife Ann narrowly failed to oust the Conservative MP Nirj Deva in Brentford and Isleworth. Now one ward is switched between the two, Hounslow West, but as it is a Labour ward, this serves to reduce the notional majorities of both the sitting members in Hounslow.
Assuming that Labour will do better nationally in 1997 than in 1992, Alan Keen seems in fairly good shape to hold Feltham and Heston. Situated near Heathrow Airport, it houses one of London's larger Asian communities, and there are also some traditionally Labour-supporting council estates. The Liberal Democrats can make some inroads at local election level in wards such as Hanworth and Feltham South, but they are hopelessly squeezed out at general elections.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
9.03
|
0
|
|
|
112
|
0.28
|
11.17
|
3
|
|
|
7,129
|
17.95
|
11.25
|
160
|
|
|
5,314
|
13.38
|
14.70
|
91
|
|
|
13,595
|
34.22
|
10.45
|
328
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
2,202
|
5.54
|
8.01
|
69
|
|
|
3,287
|
8.27
|
15.25
|
54
|
|
|
2,864
|
7.21
|
7.13
|
101
|
|
|
5,083
|
12.80
|
10.17
|
126
|
|
|
