London Borough of Hounslow
Categories: London Government | Districts of London | Hounslow
| Image:LondonHounslow.png Shown within Greater London | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total | Ranked 292th 55.98 km² |
| ONS code | 00AT |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total (2003 est.) — Density | Ranked 59th 212,911 3,803 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 64.9% White 24.7% South Asian 4.4% Afro-Caribbean |
| Politics | |
| Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Mayor | — |
| Executive | Labour |
| MPs | Alan Keen Ann Keen |
| London Assembly — Member | South West London Tony Arbour |
| Official website | http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west outer London.
The Council has been controlled by Labour since the 1970s and, as of the 2002 local elections, Labour holds 36 of the 60 seats on the Council. The Conservatives have fifteen seats, the Liberal Democrats five, the Isleworth Community Group three and there is one independent (ABeeC) councillor.
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Districts in Hounslow
It includes the areas:
- Brentford
- Chiswick
- Cranford
- East Bedfont
- Feltham
- Grove Park
- Gunnersbury
- Hanworth
- Hatton
- Heston
- Hounslow
- Hounslow West
- Isleworth
- Lampton
- Lower Feltham
- North Hyde
- Osterley
- Spring Grove
- Woodlands
- see also Hounslow parks and open spaces
As of 2004, the various electoral wards of Hounslow are divided up into 5 Areas:
- Chiswick
- Chiswick Homefields
- Chiswick Riverside
- Turnham Green
- Central Hounslow
- Hounslow Central
- Hounslow Heath
- Hounslow South
- Hounslow West
- Isleworth and Brentford
- Brentford
- Isleworth
- Osterley and Spring Grove
- Syon
- Heston and Cranford
- Cranford
- Heston East
- Heston Central
- Heston West
- West
- Bedfont
- Feltham North
- Feltham West
- Hanworth Park
- Hanworth
History
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, Feltham Urban District and Heston and Isleworth Urban District from Middlesex.
Notable people
- Phil Collins, former drummer and singer with Genesis.
- Jimmy Page, guitarist for legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, was born and raised in Heston
- Asif Mohammed Hanif, believed to have been the first suicide bomber in Israel from the UK, came from Hounslow.
- Helen Mirren, an actress.
- Gurinder Chada, director and writer of such films as Bend it Like Beckham and Bhaji On The Beach
- William Hogarth: the 18th century artist owned a country retreat in Chiswick, which is now a museum. See Hogarth's House.
- Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel and lived in East Bedfont from 1880 until his death in 1883 whilst trying to swim the rapids below the Niagra Falls
Notable companies
The borough is home to the headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline, and British Sky Broadcasting's studio complex, both based in Brentford's 'Golden Mile'.
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