Political Representation
West Ealing is made up of three electoral wards for local council elections: Cleveland, Elthorne and Walpole; it is also served by a small part of Northfields ward. These wards each elect three councillors to Ealing Council. Recent elections have seen seats changing hands, and as of the 2010 election the area has mainly Conservative representation, with one Labour and one Liberal Democrat councillor in Elthorne ward.
West Ealing was in the parliamentary constituency of Ealing Southall (represented since 2007 by Labour Member of Parliament Virendra Sharma) until boundary changes for the 2010 general election moved Walpole into the newly-formed Ealing Central and Acton constituency (represented since 2010 by Conservative MP Angie Bray).
West Ealing is in the London Assembly constituency of Ealing and Hillingdon which has one assembly member: Onkar Sahota (Labour), who was elected in May 2012, overturning a majority of more than 20,000 to unseat Richard Barnes.
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