Heston_and_Isleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Heston and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Heston and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1974


Heston and Isleworth (/ˈzəlwərθ/ EYE-zəl-wərth) was a constituency between 1945 and 1974 for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It contained Heston, Hounslow, Isleworth and Osterley in Middlesex which became parts of outer west London in 1965.

Heston and Isleworth depicted in Middlesex which was abolished during the seat's lifetime, in 1965, as a local government entity. The boundaries of nearby seats shown are those between 1945 and 1950.

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Its candidates returned were Conservative except for siding with the Labour Party's landslide victory which returned the Attlee Ministry (in 1945). Conservative Richard Reader Harris saw a slim 2.25% majority at the 1966 election which saw the start of the Second Wilson Ministry.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The Borough of Heston and Isleworth.[1]

1955–1974: The Borough of Heston and Isleworth wards of Heston, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, Hounslow West, Isleworth North, Isleworth South, and Spring Grove.[2]

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The core of the two towns Hounslow and Isleworth became urban before the 19th century along with the intended senior Army officer's retirement estate of Spring Grove which adjoins Isleworth and the village centre of Heston in the north-west. Two major green tracts, part-farmland and part-ornamental skirted the seat, Osterley Park (its House being the former home of the Earl of Jersey) and Syon Park (its House being the metropolitan home of the Duke of Northumberland). They were adjoined by small rows of grand urban homes and high-attainment schools.

The area has a brief Thames riverside by largely Georgian Old Isleworth facing the international botanical centre of excellence Kew Gardens and one medieval Middlesex village hubs at Heston. The bulk of the centre and west of the seat developed into housing in the 20th century, with small parks and allotments and ending in barren, stony Hounslow Heath to the west, with many transport depots and light industrial uses. Late additions include groups of tower blocks in the northern extreme of Heston, centre of Hounslow and east of Mogden Sewage Treatment Works all erected during the short life of the seat. By contrast the inter-war houses and green low-rise-biased flats at Osterley, Heston, Woodlands, New Brentford and Hounslow are connected to within 40 minutes of Central London variously by the Hounslow Loop Line or the Piccadilly Line and were built for a London commuter belt middle class market in a range of styles.[3] The age of the automobile and aeroplane began while Heston and Isleworth was a seat. The Great West Road was a by-pass to Brentford that became a western artery and was the catalyst for mass ribbon-development of wider-fronted housing as well as of large manufacturing buildings. The popular private offer for the "commuter" generation was pairs of semi-detached houses in ’Tudorbethan’ or vernacular style, with wider windows and usually simple hipped roofs. Council housing with layouts based on Garden City ideals, and linear but edge-defining developments of flats continued until the mid-1970s.[3]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

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Elections in the 1940s

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References

  1. "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Spelthorne, Feltham and Heston and Isleworth) Order 1955. SI 1955/166". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2168–2169.
  3. London Borough of Hounslow Urban context and character study London Borough of Hounslow, 2014, pp23, 32-37. Accessed 2017-05-21
  4. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results July 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. Craig, FWS (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49 (1st ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-349-81467-1.
  6. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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