# Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentford and Chiswick was a constituency 1918 – 1974 centred on the Brentford and Chiswick districts of Middlesex which became parts of west London in 1965. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Its electoral outcomes were Conservative except for siding with the Labour Party's victories which returned the Attlee Ministry (in 1945) and Second Wilson Ministry (in 1966).

## Boundaries

This former constituency is toward the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is since 1965 west London. It was established as a division of the county of Middlesex, named after the towns of Brentford and Chiswick. In the 1885–1918 distribution of parliamentary seats it had been the eastern part of the Brentford division.
In 1918 the constituency comprised the Brentford and the Chiswick Urban Districts. In 1927 the two districts were combined to form a single Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, which in 1932 became the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick. In 1950 the boundaries of the seat were left unchanged, but it was reclassified as a borough constituency.
In 1965 Brentford and Chiswick became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.
The seat rapidly became under-sized in electorate, see malapportionment – the area forming the seat was unusually declining in population, with in the 1918 to 1930 period the major loss of servants and lodgers among many of the larger houses particularly in Chiswick, and areas of reduction of overly dense housing in Brentford. Little space remained in the seat for new building compared with other seats to the west and north. The rest of the county saw major population growth. One key area of growth in this seat was instead in the number of commercial plants, yards and offices adjoining the 'Golden Mile', Brentford.
In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect at the February 1974 general election, this seat was replaced by Brentford and Isleworth which took in the eastern half of abolished Heston and Isleworth.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Walter Morden | Coalition Conservative |
| | 1922 | Walter Morden | Conservative |
| | 1931 | Harold Mitchell | Conservative |
| | 1945 | Francis Noel-Baker | Labour |
| | 1950 | Percy Lucas | Conservative |
| | 1959 | Dudley Smith | Conservative |
| | 1966 | Michael Barnes | Labour |
| Feb 1974 | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Brentford & Isleworth | constituency abolished: see Brentford & Isleworth |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Brentford & Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Walter Grant Morden | 9,077 | 70.04 | |
| | Labour | William Haywood | 2,620 | 20.22 | |
| | Independent | Ray Strachey | 1,263 | 9.75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,457 | 49.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,960 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Brentford & Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Walter Grant Morden | 10,150 | 56.5 | −13.5 |
| | Independent | Ray Strachey | 7,804 | 43.5 | +33.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,346 | 13.0 | −36.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,954 | 64.2 | +14.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,960 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −23.7 | |
General election 1923: Brentford & Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Walter Grant Morden | 9,648 | 54.5 | −2.0 |
| | Independent | Ray Strachey | 4,828 | 27.3 | −16.2 |
| | Labour | William Haywood | 3,216 | 18.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,820 | 27.2 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,692 | 62.6 | −1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 28,245 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +7.1 | |
General election 1924: Brentford & Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Walter Grant Morden | 12,098 | 58.3 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | William Haywood | 6,114 | 29.5 | +11.3 |
| | Liberal | J. C. Squire | 2,540 | 12.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,984 | 28.8 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,752 | 72.5 | +9.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 28,606 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −3.8 | |
General election 1929: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Walter Grant Morden | 14,025 | 48.4 | −9.9 |
| | Labour | Stella Churchill | 10,978 | 37.9 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal | John Stevenson | 3,957 | 13.7 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,047 | 10.5 | −18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,960 | 72.2 | −0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,088 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −9.2 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Mitchell | 22,667 | 74.96 | +26.43 |
| | Labour | George Catlin | 7,572 | 25.04 | −12.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,095 | 49.92 | +39.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,239 | 71.82 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +19.59 | |
General election 1935: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Mitchell | 17,568 | 65.40 | −9.56 |
| | Labour | Frederick Wilson Temple | 9,296 | 34.60 | +9.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,272 | 30.80 | −19.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,864 | 64.19 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 17,693 | 57.63 | +23.03 |
| | Conservative | Harold Mitchell | 13,006 | 42.37 | −23.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,687 | 15.26 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,699 | 75.87 | +11.68 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.03 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laddie Lucas | 18,408 | 47.88 | +5.51 |
| | Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 17,551 | 45.65 | −11.98 |
| | Liberal | Denis Faulkner Horne | 2,086 | 5.43 | +5.43 |
| | Communist | J Parker | 401 | 1.04 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 2.23 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,446 | 87.67 | +11.80 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.75 | |
General election 1951: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laddie Lucas | 19,612 | 52.00 | +4.12 |
| | Labour | Leonard Lewis | 18,102 | 48.00 | +2.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,510 | 4.00 | +1.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,714 | 86.19 | −1.48 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.89 | |
General election 1955: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laddie Lucas | 18,489 | 53.02 | +1.02 |
| | Labour | Alexander Warnock Filson | 16,384 | 46.98 | −1.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,105 | 6.04 | +2.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,873 | 82.00 | −4.19 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.02 | |
General election 1959: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dudley Smith | 17,869 | 54.45 | +1.43 |
| | Labour | Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew | 14,950 | 45.55 | −1.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,919 | 8.90 | +2.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,819 | 82.29 | +0.29 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.43 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dudley Smith | 14,019 | 46.05 | −8.40 |
| | Labour | David W. Chalkley | 13,475 | 44.26 | −1.29 |
| | Liberal | Meurig D Jones | 2,951 | 9.69 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 544 | 1.79 | −7.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,445 | 79.15 | −3.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.56 | |
General election 1966: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Barnes | 14,638 | 47.63 | +3.37 |
| | Conservative | Dudley Smith | 14,031 | 45.66 | −0.39 |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Roy King | 2,063 | 6.71 | −2.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 1.97 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,732 | 82.05 | +2.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.88 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Brentford and Chiswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Barnes | 14,051 | 50.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Oliver C Wright | 13,538 | 49.1 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 1.8 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,589 | 73.2 | −8.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 | |