'Brisk' Voting Reported In Chiswick On Election Day

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Queues reported this morning at some polling stations

There was a good turnout of voters at Chiswick polling stations reported today (May 7th), as fine weather encouraged people to vote early.

Queues formed at some polling stations including the Town Hall and in Chiswick Lane from 7 a.m. as locals voted before heading to work. An evening 'spike' in voting is also expected with polling stations open until 10 pm.

For the Brentford & Isleworth constituency in which the outgoing MP is Mary Macleod (Cons) the counting of votes will start as soon as the ballot boxes are opened at the Civic Centre in Hounslow.

A result for the Brentford & Isleworth seat is expected in the early hours of the morning possibly around 4-5 a.m. As the seat is a marginal, a re-count is also possible. Mary Macleod won the seat in 2010 from Ann Keen, with a 1,958 majority.

Tea and coffee for voters at St Alban's

Part of Chiswick is in the Ealing Central and Acton constituency, where the outgoing MP is Angie Bray (Cons).

This seat was newly created in 2010 replacing Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush. Previously held by Labour, it became a tight three-way marginal and in 2010 was won by Angie Bray from the Conservatives with a 3,716 majority

Here is a reminder of the state of play in both constituencies after the last election -

Brentford and Isleworth Constituency - 2010
Candidate	Party	2005 Result	2010 Result	%	Change
Mary Macleod	Cons	13,918	20,022	37.2	+6.5
Ann Keen	Labour	18,329	18,064	33.6	-5.4
Andrew Dakers	Liberal Democrats	10,477	12,718	23.7	+0.7
Jason Hargreaves	UKIP	-	863	1.6	+1.6
John Hunt	Green Party	1,652	787	1.5	-2.1
Paul Winnett	British National Party	-	704	1.3	+1.3
David Cunningham	English Democrats	-	230	0.4	+0.4
Aamir Javed Bhatti	The Christian Party	-	210	0.4	+0.4
Evangeline Pillai	Christian Peoples Alliance	-	99	0.2	+0.2
Teresa Vanneck-Surplice	Independent	-	68	0.1	+0.1
Majority			1,958	3.6

Candidates in the 2015 election for Brentford & Isleworth are:

Joseph Bourke (Liberal Democrat), Ruth Cadbury (Labour), Daniel Goldsmith (Green Party ), Richard Hendron (UKIP), Mary Macleod (Conservative)

 

Ealing Central and Acton Constituency - 2010
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Change*
Bray, Angie	Conservative	17,944	38.0	+6.8
Mahfouz, Bassam	Labour Party	14,228	30.1	-3.2
Ball, Jon	Liberal Democrat	13,041	27.6	-3.0
Carter, Julie	UK Independence Party	765	1.6	+1.6
Edwards, Sarah	Green Party	737	1.6	-3.3
Fernandes, Suzanne	Christian Party	295	0.6	+0.6
Akaki, Sam	Independent	190	0.4	+0.4
	Majority	3716	7.9

Ealing Central and Acton Candidates

• Angie Bray - Conservative
• Rupa Huq - Labour
• Jon Ball - Liberal Democrats
• Peter Florence - UKIP
• Tom Sharman - Green
• Andrzej Rygielski - Europeans
• Scott Dore - Workers Revolutionary
• Tammy Rendle - Above and Beyond
• Jonathan Notley - Independent

 

May 7, 2015