Number of members One Number of members One Created from Ealing | Replaced by Ealing Acton Type of constituency County constituency | |
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County 1918–1965: Middlesex
1965–1983: Greater London | ||
Acton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
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The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, and replaced by the new Ealing Acton constituency.
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The constituency came into existence in 1918, as a division of the county of Middlesex, to the west of the County of London. It was based on the town of Acton, which like most of Middlesex in the twentieth century became part of the London conurbation. The seat consisted of the Acton Urban District, which became a Municipal Borough in 1921.
In the redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the United Kingdom general election, 1950, there was no change to the boundaries. However the constituency was re-classified as a borough constituency.
In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Ealing and Greater London.
In the redistribution which took effect at the February 1974 general election, the constituency became a division of Ealing (although it is not customary to use the London Borough prefix for the 1974-1983 period). The constituency consisted of six wards of the London Borough of Ealing - Central, East, Hanger Hill, Heathfield, Southfield and Springfield.