Greater London Authority - Ealing and Hillingdon
Dr. Onkar Sahota holds constituency for Labour
Candidates for the Ealing and Hillingdon seat. Onkar Sahota (centre). Clockwise from top left: Marijn Van De Geer, Anthony Goodwin, Gregory Stafford, Hussain Khan
The elections for the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly are being held on Thursday 6 May.
There are 20 candidates standing hoping to unseat the incumbent Sadiq Khan but he enjoys a substanital lead in the polls.
The Mayor of London is elected using the Supplementary Vote system. You make a first and second choice when you vote.
If no candidate gets more than 50% of the first choice votes, all except the top 2 candidates are eliminated. If your first choice candidate is eliminated, and your second choice is for one of the top 2, your second choice is counted.
London Assembly members are elected using the Additional Member system. You vote once for your constituency member and once for a London-wide representative.
There are 14 constituency members and 11 London-wide members.
| Political party | Assembly members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | |
| Labour | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Conservative | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Green | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| UKIP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The Ealing and Hillingdon constituency includes Ealing, Acton and the part of Chiswick that is in Ealing Borough.
In 2012 Dr. Onkar Sahota was elected as the Labour candidate for this seat replacing Richard Barnes and he has held it ever since, the previous incumbent, who was a Conservative representative.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Anthony Goodwin | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hussain Khan | |||
| Labour | Onkar Sahota | |||
| Conservative | Gregory Stafford | |||
| Green | Marijn Van De Geer |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Onkar Sahota | 86,088 |
42.8 |
+2.8 |
| Conservative | Dominic Gilham | 70,155 |
34.9 |
-3.2 |
| UKIP | Alex Nieora | 15,832 |
7.9 |
+3.8 |
| Green | Meena Hans | 15,758 |
7.8 |
+1.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Francesco Fruzza | 13,154 |
6.5 |
-0.7 |
Majority |
15,933 |
7.9 |
+6 |
|
Total valid votes |
200,987 |
98.74 |
+0.37 |
|
Rejected ballots |
2,573 |
1.26 |
-0.37 |
|
| Labour hold | Swing |
+3.0 |
||
| London Assembly election, 2012: Ealing and Hillingdon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Onkar Sahota | 65,584 |
40.0 |
+13.4 |
| Conservative | Richard Barnes | 62,474 |
38.1 |
-5.0 |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Cox | 11,805 |
7.2 |
-3.2 |
| Green | Mike Harling | 10,877 |
6.6 |
-0.6 |
| UKIP | Helen Knight | 6,750 |
4.1 |
+1.5 |
| BNP | David Furness | 4,284 |
2.6 |
+2.6 |
| National Front | Ian Edward | 2,035 |
1.2 |
-3.3 |
| Majority | 3,110 |
- |
||
Total formal votes |
163,809 |
98.4 | ||
Informal votes |
2,703 | 1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 166,512 | 37.9 | -6.2 |
|
| Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
London Assembly Election, 2008
| Ealing and Hillingdon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Barnes | 74,710 |
42.2 |
+9.8 |
| Labour | Ranjit Dheer | 46,072 |
26.0 |
+1.5 |
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Bakhai | 18,004 |
10.2 |
–6.6 |
| Green | Sarah Edwards | 12,606 |
7.1 |
+0.5 |
| National Front | Ian Edward | 7,939 |
4.5 |
N/A |
| Christian (Christian Peoples) | Mary Boyle | 5,100 |
2.9 |
+0.7 |
| UKIP | Lynnda Robson | 4,465 |
2.5 |
–8.0 |
| Left List | Salvinder Dhillon | 2,390 |
1.4 |
N/A |
| English Democrats | Sati Chaggar | 1,853 |
1.1 |
N/A |
| Majority | 28,638 |
16.2 |
+8.3 |
|
| Turnout | 176,924 |
44.1 |
+6.8 |
|
| Conservative hold | Swing |
+4.2 |
||
Boris Johnson was the clear winner in the local constituency getting 45% of the votes.
The main surprise was the strong showing of the BNP which managed to get 4th place ahead of the Greens.
In the vote for the London Assembly seat Richard Barnes won again for the Conservatives with an increased majority. Labour came second increasing their share of the vote whilst the Liberal Democrats slipped back.
Mayor results for Ealing and Hillingdon
Candidate name |
Party |
1st choice votes |
1st choice % |
2nd choice votes |
| Boris Johnson | Conservative Party | 80,368 |
45.41% |
19,484 |
| Ken Livingstone | The Labour Party | 59,920 |
33.85% |
23,048 |
| Brian Paddick | Liberal Democrats | 15,754 |
8.90% |
42,833 |
| Richard Barnbrook | British National Party | 5,794 |
3.27% |
11,103 |
| Siân Berry | Green Party | 4,829 |
2.73% |
21,731 |
| Alan Craig | Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party | 2,679 |
1.51% |
6,327 |
| Gerard Batten | UK Independence Party | 1,745 |
0.99% |
8,666 |
| Lindsey German | Left List | 1,046 |
0.59% |
2,265 |
| Matt O'Connor | English Democrats | 911 |
0.51% |
5,591 |
| Winston McKenzie | Independent | 420 |
0.24% |
2,697 |
London Assembly results for Ealing and Hillingdon
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Votes % |
Majority |
| Richard Barnes | Conservative Party | 74,710 | 42.23% | 28,638 |
| Ranjit Dheer | The Labour Party | 46,072 | 26.04% | - |
| Nigel Bakhai | Liberal Democrats | 18,004 | 10.18% | - |
| Sarah Edwards | Green Party | 12,606 | 7.13% | - |
| Ian Edward | National Front | 7,939 | 4.49% | - |
| Mary Boyle | Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party | 5,100 | 2.88% | - |
| Lynnda Robson | UK Independence Party | 4,465 | 2.52% | - |
| Salvinder Dhillon | Left List | 2,390 | 1.35% | - |
| Sati Chaggar | English Democrats | 1,853 | 1.05% |
Ealing & Hillingdon results from the June 2004 election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Votes % | Majority |
| Barnes, Richard Michael | Conservative Party | 45,230 | 30.51% | 11016 |
| Singh, Gurcharan | Labour Party | 34,214 | 23.08% | |
| Cox, Michael Francis | Liberal Democrats | 23,440 | 15.81% | |
| Malindine, David | UK Independence Party | 14,698 | 9.92% | |
| Edwards, Sarah Janet | Green Party | 9,395 | 6.34% | |
| Chaudhry, Dalawar Majid | Independent | 5,285 | 3.57% | |
| Dhillon, Salvinder Singh | Respect | 4,229 | 2.85% | |
| Hibbs, Genevieve Mary | Christian Peoples Alliance | 3,024 | 2.04% |
London Assembly Result for May 2000
| Name | Party | Votes | % |
| Richard Barnes | Conservative | 44,850 | 37.4 |
| Gurcharan Singh | Labour | 38,038 | 31.7 |
| Mike Cox | Liberal Democrat | 22,177 | 18.5 |
| Graham Lee | Green | 11,788 | 9.8 |
| Nick Grant | London Socialist Alliance | 2,977 | 2.5 |
| Total Turnout | 119,830 | 30.7 | |
| Majority | 6,812 | 5.7 |
Mayoral Voting in the Constituency - May 2000
| Candidate | 1st PREF 2nd PREF* |
% |
| Livingstone LAB |
52578
19546 |
36.7 16.3 |
| Norris CON | 42728 17659 |
29.8 14.7 |
| Hughes LD | 20009
33340 |
14.0 27.8 |
| Maloney UKIP |
9685
15461 |
6.8 12.9 |
| Leppert BNP |
5543
6377 |
3.9 5.3 |
| German RESP |
4170
4222 |
2.9 3.5 |
| Johnson GRN |
4032
14129 |
2.8 11.8 |
| Gidoomal CPA |
3064
4403 |
2.1 3.7 |
| Nagalingam IND | 807 1756 |
0.6 1.5 |
| Reid IWCA |
788
3143 |
0.6 2.6 |
May 2000 - Voting in the constituency for Mayor
| Name | Party | 1st Pref | % | 2nd Pref * | % |
| Ken Livingstone | Ind | 48,192 | 37.6 | 13,243 | 12.8 |
| Steve Norris | Con | 34,948 | 27.2 | 13,879 | 13.4 |
| Frank Dobson | Lab | 19,566 | 15.2 | 17,357 | 16.8 |
| Susan Kramer | LD | 14.011 | 10.9 | 29,281 | 28.3 |
| Ram Gidoomal | CPA | 3,127 | 2.4 | 4,156 | 4.0 |
| Michael Newland | BNP | 2,679 | 2.1 | 3,700 | 3.6 |
| Darren Johnson | Grn | 2,612 | 2.0 | 12,344 | 11.9 |
| Damian Hockney | UKIP | 1,266 | 1.0 | 3,335 | 3.2 |
| Geoffrey Ben-Nathan | PMSS | 841 | 0.7 | 1,784 | 1.7 |
| Ashwin Kumar Tanna | Ind | 666 | 0.5 | 3,052 | 3.0 |
| Geoffrey Clements | NL | 386 | 0.3 | 1,332 | 1.3 |
| Total votes | % | ||||
| Turnout | 128,294 | 30.7 | |||
| * 2nd preference votes are counted if no candidate receives more than 50% of 1st preference votes | |||||
Top-up seats (London-wide)
| Name | Votes | % |
| Labour | 40,551 | 32.7 |
| Conservative | 38,191 | 30.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 16,575 | 13.4 |
| Greens | 11,863 | 9.6 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 3.846 | 3.1 |
| British National Party | 3,823 | 3.1 |
| UK Independence Party | 2,387 | 1.9 |
| Campaign Against Tube Privatisation | 1,474 | 1.2 |
| London Socialist Alliance | 1,261 | 1.0 |
| Peter Tatchell | 1,067 | 0.9 |
| Pro-Motorist Small Shop | 973 | 0.8 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 950 | 0.8 |
| Natural Law Party | 531 | 0.4 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 529 | 0.4 |
| - | Total votes | % |
| Turnout | 124,021 | 30.7 |
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