Stephen Pound and Virendra Sharma make it clean sweep for party in Ealing

She told supporters: “These streets made me who I am, and its diverse communities are a model in 20th Century London.”

“I have knocked on thousands of doors in this campaign seen many new faces but I’ve seen things I’ve never seen before in Ealing – the food bank, Ealing soup kitchen, Ealing Churches night shelter, Ealing Samaritans – all reporting an unprecedented uptake of their services.

“In Ealing, Queen of the Suburbs in 2015 this can’t be right and I‘m deeply proud and humbled that today I represent you as your MP.

Dr Hug, a lecturer at Kingston University, won the seat by just 274 votes after a titanic tussle with sitting MP Angie Bray.

Her victory was one of few highlights for her party on a night of national woe in the polls.

It was decidedly more straightforward for Labour colleague Stephen Pound, who held Ealing North with a majority of 12,326 over Conservative rival Thomas O’Malley with UKIP third.

Mr Pound, who has held the seat for 18 years, fought – along with neighbouring MPs – on the issue of proposed closure of services at Ealing Hospital.

He said: “We will not pause, will not rest, will not draw breath until we have saved Ealing Hospital and the maternity services there that we all need so desperately.“

Virendra Sharma retained the safe Labour seat of Ealing Southall with an even bigger 18,760 majority.

He said: “Today, we have received the support from all the communities in my constituency - from Punjabis, Polish people, Somalians, people from Afghanistan, people from India in this election, people of every trait.

“Southall has spoken in one voice. We are one community. We have our differences, we have our own opinions, and we have our own cultures, but we are one Southall.

“It is a modern community. We can be better, we need to be better and we will be better.”

James Symes took second place for the Conservatives, but there were dismal showings for the Lib-Dems and UKIP.