London Borough of Hounslow

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Template:Infobox London Borough The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in West 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.

Contents 1 Districts in Hounslow 2 History 3 Notable people 4 Notable companies 5 External links

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

Image:Hounslow arms.png The borough was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the area of the former Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, Feltham Urban District and the Heston and Isleworth Urban District of Middlesex.

Notable people

• Ant and Dec, television presenters, resident in Chiswick
• Gurinder Chadha, director and writer of such films as Bend It Like Beckham and Bhaji on the Beach
• Phil Collins, former drummer and singer with Genesis, was born in Chiswick.
• Asif Mohammed Hanif, believed to have been the first suicide bomber in Israel from the UK, came from Hounslow.
• William Hogarth: the 18th century artist owned a country retreat in Chiswick, which is now a museum. See Hogarth's House.
• Patsy Kensit: (actress) grew up in Hounslow
• Rula Lenska, actress resident in Chiswick
• Dame Helen Mirren, actress born in Chiswick, star of the Prime Suspect detective series.
• Jimmy Page, guitarist for legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, was born and raised in Heston
• 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 Niagara 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'.

External links

• The London Borough of Houslow

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See also: Greater London Authority, London Assembly & Mayor of London

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