EALING North remains a Labour seat after Stephen Pound secured a comfortable victory in the General Election.

Mr Pound raced had a majority of 12,326 votes over Conservative rival Thomas O’Malley, with UKIP’s Afzal Akram third.

EALING NORTH

Lab Hold

Stephen Pound (Lab) 26,745

Thomas O’Malley (Con) 14,419

Afzal Akram (UKIP) 3,922

Meena Hans (Green) 1,635

Kevin McNamara (Lib-Dem) 1,575

David Hofman (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 214

Lab majority: 12,326

Turn-out: 65.98%

Mr Pound has held the seat for 18 years after replacing Harry Greenway (Conservative) in 1997. He was predicted to maintain a comfortable majority after winning more than 50% of the votes in 2010.

He has promised to fight the proposed closure of services at Ealing Hospital, an issue which may have swung votes for Labour.