Jo Morrissey to Stand for Tories in Ealing Central and Acton

Hanger Hill ward councillor defeats Greg Smith for the nomination

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The local Conservative Association has chosen Joy Morrisey to be their candidate in Ealing Central and Acton at the General Election on 8 June. She is currently a Conservative Councillor for Hanger Hill ward in Ealing Borough. She works with the think tank the Centre for Social Justice.


Joy Morrissey

She defeated Greg Smith who is leader of the Conservative oppostion on Hammersmith and Fulham Council.

Originally from America, she has lived in Ealing for eight years, and lives in the borough with husband and young daughter. She has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and speaks Chinese and Albanian. She has worked on the South Acton Estate and was the first Conservative elected by the residents to the Acton Vale Estate Management committee.

She is also shadow portfolio holder for health and adult social services on Ealing Council, as well as being a Parliamentary staffer for MP Will Quince.

She will be hoping that the national polls that currently show a large majority for the Conservative party will be reflected locally where Rupa Huq, the sitting Labour MP has a wafer thin majority. Labour's only hope of holding onto the constituency is if the strong level of support for Remain seen in the area during the EU Referendum is reflected in support for an MP who defied a party whip to vote against the triggering of Article 50. The Green Party have decided not to contest the seat reportedly to give a 'progressive' candidate more chance of winning the seat.

 

Jon Ball has announced that he will be standing for the Ealing Central and Acton constituency on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.

Labour won the Ealing Central and Acton seat in 2015 with a small majority. Rupa Huq beat the incumbent Conservative, Angie Bray with a majority of just 274 votes.

It is understood that planned boundary changes will not be put into effect in time for the election and that it will be contested using the previous boundaries. This means that plans to incorporate the part of Chiswick which lies in the constituency into a new Brentford and Chiswick seat will not be implemented before the vote.

 

Ealing Central and Acton - May 2015

Candidate

Party

Votes % Change

Huq, Rupa

Labour Party

22,000
43.2
+13.1

Bray, Angie

Conservative

21,728
42.7
+4.7

Ball, Jon

Liberal Democrat

3,106
6.1
-21.5

Florence, Peter

UK Independence Party

1,926
3.8
+2.2

Sharman, Tom

Green Party

1,841
3.6
+2.1

Notley, Jonathan

Independent

126
0.2
+0.2
Dore, Scott Workers' Revolutionary Party
73
0.1
+0.1
Rygielski, Andrzej Europeans Party
64
0.1
+0.1

Rendle, Tammy

Above and Beyond

39
0.1
+0.1
Majority
274
0.0
 
Turnout
71.4
0.5
 

In 2010, Angie Bray won the newly created seat with a majority of 3,716, representing a swing from Labour to the Conservatives of 5%.

Result From May 2010

Candidate

Party

Votes % Change*

Bray, Angie

Conservative

17,944
38.0
+6.8

Mahfouz, Bassam

Labour Party

14,228
30.1
-3.2

Ball, Jon

Liberal Democrat

13,041
27.6
-3.0

Carter, Julie

UK Independence Party

765
1.6
+1.6

Edwards, Sarah

Green Party

737
1.6
-3.3

Fernandes, Suzanne

Christian Party

295
0.6
+0.6

Akaki, Sam

Independent

190
0.4
+0.4
Majority
3716
7.9
 
Turnout
47,200
74.3
 

* Change is based on notional constituency assuming boundary changes applied in 2005

 

April 19 2017 (updated)

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