A Look @: Hounslow

Constituency	Incumbent	Notional Majority	Swing Needed	Favourite	Prediction
Brentford & Isleworth	Ann Keen	3,633	4.2%	2/9	CON Gain
Feltham & Heston	Alan Keen	7,598	9.7%	2/3	CON Gain

Hounslow has two parliamentary constituencies occupied by a married couple, the Keens, aka 'Mr & Mrs Expenses'. 'Mrs Expenses' sits for Brentford & Isleworth and 'Mr Expenses' for Feltham & Heston. The boundary commission has attempted to balance out their seats by redistributing some of 'Mrs Expense's' eighty-three thousand electorate over to 'Mr Expense's' seventy-four thousand. Unfortunately, parts of Labour dominated wards, Heston Central, Heston East and Hounslow West, were awarded to her husband by the boundary commission, meaning she'll have her work cut out. But both seats are targets for the Conservatives. The Guardian's Dave Hill rightly points out that both will be nervous about their chances of being returned in May. Tory PPC Mary MacLeod is deservedly favorite for Brentford & Isleworth and although the bookies rate 'Mr Expenses' above Tory PPC Mark Bowen for Feltham & Heston, the Tories will take both in May. 2 x Con Gain.

 

Michael Turner