Whilst Ken Livingstone narrowly lost to Boris Johnson in the
Mayoral race on May 3rd, Labour won the vote across London in the two Assembly
ballots. In the south-west London
contest Lisa Homan increased the Labour vote by nearly 20,000 pushing the
Liberal Dems into third place for the first time since the London Assembly was
formed. This is remarkable as Hounslow
is joined with Tory/Lib Dem-dominated Kingston and Richmond boroughs.
Breaking the
figures down to the borough level. Labour beat the Tories by 14 point in
Hounslow borough, with almost 47% of the vote [see chart above]. The Lib Dems (7%) were beaten by the Greens
on 8%, whilst UKIP polled 5.5%. Based on
this result, Labour would be set to win Hounslow easily in the 2014 Council
elections. In a general election on the
new Parliamentary boundaries, Labour would also win Brentford and Isleworth,
by about 400 votes.
This analysis is
taken from the party (list) ballot, as it takes out any element of personal
vote, and excludes the very minor parties and independent candidates. The ward data only includes those voting at
polling stations - over a quarter of voters (16,400) voted by post and these
were counted borough-wide.
Across the whole borough, Labour performed strongly in all
the wards where we hold seats as well as Hounslow South and Feltham North where
all 6 Councillors are Tories [see table below for full figures]. In Hanworth Park there were 2 votes in it, and
in Osterley and Spring Grove Labour were just over 100 votes behind. Labour also won the postal vote by about 500.
These results provide the party with an excellent platform
from which to campaign to retain control of Hounslow in 2014, and to win
Brentford andIsleworth back in 2015.
However they are a simplification of what will be the real picture on the
day particularly in the wards in the Council elections. Lessons from across the UK on May 3rd
showed that good campaigns by local candidates win wards, and that no party,
even in “safe” seats can take their victory for granted.
Ward
(B&I shaded)
|
Labour
|
Conservative
|
L/D
|
Green
|
UKIP
|
TOTAL
|
Postal
votes
|
7344
|
5768
|
1240
|
1180
|
946
|
16478
|
Bedfont
|
752
|
583
|
127
|
101
|
172
|
1735
|
Brentford
|
1302
|
753
|
235
|
283
|
158
|
2731
|
Chiswick
Homefields
|
714
|
1403
|
242
|
338
|
95
|
2792
|
Chiswick
Riverside
|
741
|
1460
|
263
|
378
|
83
|
2925
|
Cranford
|
1288
|
320
|
70
|
72
|
42
|
1792
|
Feltham
North
|
697
|
521
|
91
|
89
|
135
|
1533
|
Feltham
West
|
893
|
589
|
130
|
113
|
200
|
1925
|
Hanworth
|
705
|
480
|
133
|
104
|
156
|
1578
|
Hanworth
Park
|
745
|
747
|
156
|
97
|
199
|
1944
|
Heston
Central
|
1113
|
421
|
101
|
105
|
76
|
1816
|
Heston
East
|
1227
|
442
|
90
|
109
|
72
|
1940
|
Heston
West
|
1518
|
369
|
83
|
100
|
90
|
2160
|
Hounslow
Central
|
1458
|
612
|
128
|
175
|
96
|
2469
|
Hounslow
Heath
|
1500
|
477
|
158
|
152
|
73
|
2360
|
Hounslow
South
|
1333
|
939
|
155
|
233
|
128
|
2788
|
Hounslow
West
|
1414
|
399
|
105
|
111
|
56
|
2085
|
Isleworth
|
1094
|
653
|
201
|
252
|
162
|
2362
|
Osterley
&Spring Gr
|
1021
|
1134
|
187
|
211
|
102
|
2655
|
Syon
|
1088
|
777
|
176
|
339
|
158
|
2538
|
Turnham
Green
|
713
|
1262
|
252
|
380
|
101
|
2708
|
TOTALS
|
28660
|
20109
|
4323
|
4922
|
3300
|
61314
|
Percentage
|
46.7
|
32.8
|
7
|
8
|
5.4
|
|
