Brentford and Isleworth.
Labour Party MP Ruth Cadbury holds the seat on 44.2% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
1 Jun 2026
Chairing the Transport Select Committee is Ruth Cadbury's most visible recent role, and she has used it to push hard on two fronts. In March she led a Commons debate on transport accessibility for disabled people, directly challenging the government over enforcement gaps the committee had identified -- coverage in parliamentary and local outlets rated her performance strongly. She also delivered the keynote at a road safety summit, putting parliamentary scrutiny of the government's Road Safety Strategy on record. These are not passive committee duties; she is setting the agenda.
Her voting record across this parliament marks her as a 100% party-line voter -- not a single rebel vote -- with a participation rate of 78%, roughly in line with the Commons average. Her strongest stances cluster around progressive taxation (97% aligned) and workers' rights (86%), while she scores notably below the Labour average on pension protection (-26 percentage points) and football regulation (-21 points). On immigration she sits 24 points above her party's average, reflected in her recent votes to tighten asylum support rules. Her speeches concentrate on economy and jobs, transport, and local government -- consistent with her committee brief and London constituency.
Context that sharpens this picture: Cadbury represents Brentford and Isleworth, a constituency with significant transport pressures given its position in west London, which helps explain why transport dominates both her speech record and news coverage. She also sits on the Liaison Committee, which scrutinises select committee work across the Commons. Local news over the past 90 days is dominated by transport and local government stories, with crime and housing also featuring. Speech and voting data cover the current parliament; older news items extend back to 2022.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford East(2 seats) | Benedetti · Mosley | 1,552 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Brentford West(2 seats) | Owen · Lambert | 1,914 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Heston East(3 seats) | Ahmed · Athwal · Deol | 3,019 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Hounslow Central(3 seats) | Grewal · Rodrigues · Grewal | 3,389 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Hounslow East(2 seats) | Saeed · Baker | 1,601 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Hounslow Heath(3 seats) | Nagi · Hussain · Chaudhary | 4,634 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Hounslow South(3 seats) | Smith · Hill · Bruce | 4,386 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Isleworth(3 seats) | Crouch · Shaheen · Sampson | 4,566 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Osterley Spring Grove(3 seats) | Gill · Louki · Chaudri | 4,621 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Syon Brentford Lock(3 seats) | Bowring · Dunne · Dennison | 3,658 | Hounslow Lab | May 2026 |
| Whitton(3 seats) | Humphreys · Sehra · MacDonald | 5,431 | Richmond upon Thames LD | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Hounslow (118,179), with Richmond upon Thames (9,762) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 127,941.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Hounslow | 118,179 | city |
| Richmond upon Thames | 9,762 | city |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 61.9% | 57.1% | +8% |
| Owner-occupied | 48.8% | 63.1% | -23% |
| Private rented | 32.4% | 20.0% | +62% |
| Social rented | 18.7% | 16.8% | +11% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £487m |
| Taxpayers | 66,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,480 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £7,320 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth CadburyWON | Lab | 20,007 | 44.2 |
| Laura Blumenthal | Con | 10,183 | 22.5 |
| Freya Summersgill | Grn | 4,029 | 8.9 |
| David Kerr | Ref | 3,940 | 8.7 |
| Kuldev Sehra | LD | 3,863 | 8.5 |
| Nisar Malik | Ind | 2,746 | 6.1 |
| Zebunisa Rao | Ind | 486 | 1.1 |
Turnout 45,254
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ruth Cadbury | Lab | 50.2 |
| 2017 | Ruth Cadbury | Lab | 57.4 |
| 2015 | Ruth Cadbury | Lab | 43.8 |
| 2010 | MacLeod, Mary | Con | 37.2 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo