2011 Feltham and Heston by-election

2011 UK Parliamentary by-election April 2022 2011 Feltham and Heston by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Feltham and Heston constituency no 2010 United Kingdom general election 2010 2015 United Kingdom general election 2015 2011 12 15 y 28.8% Ms Seema Malhotra MP (cropped).jpg Seema Malhotra Labour Party (UK) 12,639 54.4% 10.8 pp Conservative Party (UK) Mark Bowen Conservative Party (UK) 6,436 27.7% 6.3 pp Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Crouch Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,364 5.9% 7.8 pp File:Andrew Charalambous by Paul Edwards July 2015.jpg Andrew Charalambous UK Independence Party 1,276 5.5% 3.5 pp MP Subsequent MP Alan Keen Labour Party (UK) Seema Malhotra Labour Party (UK) A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston was held on 15 December 2011, caused by the death of incumbent Labour Party MP Alan Keen. It was won by Seema Malhotra, the Labour candidate, who held the seat with an increased vote share. Boundaries Feltham and Heston covers the western end of the London Borough of Hounslow. Feltham lies in the western half of the constituency, Heston in the north. At the south of the constituency lies Hanworth, with Bedfont in the west. Across the parliamentary and borough boundary to the south-east lies Twickenham. Feltham & Heston shares the London Borough of Hounslow with the Brentford and Isleworth parliamentary constituency. The constituency comprises ten electoral wards of the Borough of Hounslow: Bedfont, Cranford, Feltham North, Feltham West, Hanworth, Hanworth Park, Heston Central, Heston East, Heston West, and Hounslow West. Constituency profile Most parts of the Feltham and Heston constituency are lower on the socio-economic scale than those in neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth. There is a higher proportion of social housing, though unemployment is low by London standards. The seat also includes parts of Hounslow itself. To the North and West, just over the border in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is London Heathrow Airport where many local constituents are employed, while there is considerable small industry in the Heston area.November 2011 The constituency includes a Young Offenders Institution and a motorway service station. Background and candidates Alan Keen, the sitting Labour MP, died on 10 November 2011.2011-11-14 Labour MP Alan Keen dies after cancer battle https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15717329 2026-02-28 BBC News en-GB The writ to trigger a by-election to fill the seat was moved on 24 November.Writ moved for the Feltham and Heston by election https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/news-by-year/2011/november/writ-moved-for-the-feltham-and-heston-by-election/ 2026-02-28 www.parliament.uk en The candidature deadline was 30 November.Feltham and Heston by-election https://web.archive.org/web/20120501191555/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/by_elections.htm 2012-05-01 London Borough of HounslowApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes On 24 November 2011, the UK Independence Party chose Andrew Charalambous,UKIP chooses by-election candidate http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/2551-ukip-chooses-byelection-candidate UK Independence Party 24 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111126205647/http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/2551-ukip-chooses-byelection-candidate 26 November 2011 a former nightclub owner and Conservative Party electoral candidate.April 2020 The Conservative candidate was named as Hounslow Councillor Mark Bowen on the same day.Bowen's Blog Mark Bowen personal blog ToryHQ Twitter feed Labour chose Seema Malhotra LabourList as their candidate on 27 November 2011 after a quickfire selection LabourList from four other candidates. Malhotra is the Director of Fabian's Women Network and was a Chair of the Fabian Society.Seema Malhotra Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20111204040622/http://www.fabians.org.uk/executive-committee-mainmenu-64/executive-committee/seema-malhotra 2011-12-04 Fabian Society LabourList Dave Furness was selected by the British National Party on 29 November 2011,Vote Dave Furness for Feltham and Heston https://web.archive.org/web/20111130230643/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/national/vote-dave-furness-feltham-and-heston 2011-11-30 British National Party the same day as Roger Crouch was confirmed as the Liberal Democrats nominee.Roger Crouch to be LibDem candidate Liberal England blog Crouch is a supporter of the Liberal Democrats' Chinese branch.Chinese Liberal Democrats https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010823/http://act.libdems.org.uk/group/cld?xg_source=activity 2012-04-26 Profile Page Roger Cooper is the English Democrat Party chairman for their London region.Party Structure VoteEnglish - English Democrats David Bishop stood in the 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election in addition to being one of the 26 candidates at the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election. His website explains that his party was created in protest at the capitalist system which turned Elvis Presley "into a fat media joke." George Hallam stood on a socialist platform against austerity cuts and in favour of high rates of income tax for the highest earners. He was a candidate at the 2010 general election in the Lewisham East seat under the ballot paper description "Community Need Before Private Greed".Home https://web.archive.org/web/20110821234655/http://www.georgehallam.org.uk/home 2011-08-21 George Hallam The Green Party candidate, Daniel Goldsmith, is an IT consultant from Chiswick.Daniel Goldsmith to stand for the Green Party in Feltham and Heston By-Election https://web.archive.org/web/20120429054822/http://hounslow.greenparty.org.uk/localsites/hounslow/news/daniel-goldsmith-to-stand-in-feltham-and-heston.html 2012-04-29 Green Party Result The result was marked by a particularly low turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since Tottenham, April 2000 (25.4%) and West Bromwich West, November 2000 (27.3%). Whilst a low turnout is generally expected at by-elections, such a low turnout surprised many experts who attributed it to a couple of main factors: the relatively short space of time between the death of the sitting MP (Alan Keen) and the by-election, only 35 days in this case when the average since 1979 is 73;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16214243 BBC News What lessons from Feltham and Heston by-election? 16 December 2011 and the time of year, as it was held close to Christmas and during the long and cold winter nights. The electorate was 80,813. Brentworth and Isleworth Chronicle 2011 Feltham and Heston by-election Labour Party (UK) Seema Malhotra 12,639 54.4 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Bowen 6,436 27.7 –6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Crouch 1,364 5.9 −7.8 UK Independence Party Andrew Charalambous 1,276 5.5 +3.5 British National Party Dave Furness 540 2.3 −1.2 Green Party of England and Wales Daniel Goldsmith 426 1.8 +0.7 English Democrats Party Roger Cooper 322 1.4 N/A London People Before Profit George Hallam 128 0.6 N/A Bus-Pass Elvis Party David Bishop 93 0.4 N/A 6,203 26.7 +17.1 75 23,299 28.8 −31.1 80,813 Labour Party (UK) +8.6 Previous result General election 2010: Feltham and HestonElection Data 2010 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt Electoral Calculus 17 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt 26 July 2013 Labour Co-operative Alan Keen 21,174 43.6 −4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Bowen 16,516 34.0 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Munira Wilson 6,669 13.7 −2.9 British National Party John Donnelly 1,714 3.5 N/A UK Independence Party Jerry Shadbolt 992 2.0 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Anstis 530 1.1 −1.2 Independent politician Dharmendra Tripathi 505 1.0 N/A Independent politician Asa Khaira 180 0.4 N/A Independent politician Roger Williams 168 0.3 N/A Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK) Matthew Linley 78 0.2 N/A 4,658 9.6 –8.7 48,526 59.9 +12.0 81,058 Labour Co-operative −4.8 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election References External links London Borough of Hounslow: Feltham and Heston constituency by-election 2011: Results London Borough of Hounslow: Feltham and Heston constituency by-election 2011: Declaration of Result of Poll BBC News Report: Results Category:2011 elections in the United Kingdom Category:2011 in London Category:December 2011 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Elections in the London Borough of Hounslow