A Cheat's Guide to Elections in Chiswick

A quick survey of what's at stake locally

Brentford and Isleworth - General Election

If you live in W4 and pay your Council Tax to Hounslow you will be voting in the Brentford and Isleworth constituency.

The bookies currently have Tory candidate Mary Macleod as an odds-on favourite with Liberal Democrat Andrew Dakers and sitting MP Ann Keen neck and neck for second place.

Ealing Central and Acton - General Election

The part of Chiswick that is in Ealing Borough is now part of this new constituency. Formerly Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush and held by Labour, it is now a target seat for the three main parties. Ladbrokes make Angie Bray 4/9 to win. Jon Ball of the Liberal Democrats has seen his odds shorten in the run up to the election to 7/4 pulling ahead of the Labour candidate Bassam Mahfouz.

Hounslow Borough - Local Election

The Conservatives currently control the Council in a coalition with the Isleworth Community Group. Nine of their seats are from the Chiswick wards and they are expected to retain them so the future make up of the Council is likely to be determined elsewhere in the borough. The Conservatives need to win another 7 seats to gain overall control whilst Labour needs to gain 8 to win back the Council.

Ealing Borough - Local Election

The Conservatives hold the borough by a large margin. Labour will be hoping that special factors such as the West London tram explained their surprisingly large defeat last time out and that they will stage a rebound. The Liberal Democrats will be looking to win more seats including the one they don't currently hold in the local Southfield ward.

Local Wards

See map above

Chiswick Homefields Ward

Three seats - currently all Conservative

Chiswick Riverside Ward

Three seats - currently all Conservative

Turnham Green Ward

Three seats - currently all Conservative

Southfield Ward (Ealing Borough)

Three seats - currently two Liberal Democrat and one Conservative

May 5, 2010