Southfield Ward

Councillors

	Harvey Rose - Liberal Democrats Leader of the Local Liberal Democrat Focus group and sitting Councillor for the ward. The group has campaigned hard on local issues such as street lighting and road safety	24 Antrobus Road, W4 5HY Tel: 020 8995 9455 Email: harvey.rose@ealing.gov.uk
	Gary Malcolm - Liberal Democrats Gary Malcolm is a youthful, energetic road safety campaigner specialising in transport and environmental issues. "I have managed to remove dozens of abandoned vehicles from Chiswick. I will make sure that the Acton Area committee has more money to spend on local issues."	14a Twyford Crescent, W3 9PP Tel: 07813 205218 Email: gary.malcolm@ealing.gov.uk
-	Elizabeth Reilly - Conservative	Tel: (020) 8825 7887 Email: elizabeth.reilly@ealing.gov.uk

Surgery details: The Liberal Democrat councillors hold surgeries on the first Saturday of each month (unless it falls on a bank holiday) at 10am - noon at the St. Albans Church Hall, South Parade, W4. Third Friday of each month (apart from August and December) at Acton Town Hall, Winchester Street entrace, from 6.30-7.30pm. They say: "There is no need to book a time - just come along, bringing any paperwork that may be relevant."

The Conservative councillor holds surgeries on the 1st Saturday of the month, 11am-12pm, Acton Green Church, Cunnington St W4 5ER. Please note: No surgeries during August - use telephone number given.

Links:

Southfield Liberal Democrats Web-Site

Acton Conservatives

Ward Election Results - May 2006

Turnout: 37.5%

Ward Election Results - May 2002

Population:
The resident population of Southfield in mid 1998 was 11200 people, 4 per cent of the population of Ealing local authority. 18 percent of Southfield’s population in mid 1998 were aged under 16, 66 per cent were aged between 16 and 59 and 16 per cent were aged 60 and over. This compares with 21, 64 and 15 per cent respectively for Ealing as a whole.

Vital Statistics:
A total of 211 live births to mothers usually resident in Southfield and 88 deaths of residents of this ward were registered in 1998. These represented crude rates of 19 births and 8 deaths per thousand residents compared with 15 and 8 respectively across the whole of Ealing local authority.

Employee Jobs:
There were 1800 employee jobs in Southfield at September 1998, 2 per cent of the Ealing total.

Income Support:
In August 1998 there were 535 Income Support claimants in Southfield. This represents 6 per cent of the resident population aged 16 or over. For Ealing the proportion was 10 per cent compared with an average of 8 per cent for Great Britain overall.

Indices of Deprivation:
The Indices of Deprivation 2000 (with rank 1 being the most deprived ward in England) gave Southfield the rank of 4526 out of a total of 8414 English wards.

Source: (National Statistics) Crown Copyright

Nominated candidates for this ward for May 4th 2006