Editing Hanwell (section)

==Political representation==
Hanwell is divided between two [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]]ary [[constituency|constituencies]]: [[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]] (which covers Hanwell north of the railway line to Paddington), represented since 2019 by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[James Murray (London politician)]]. In addition, to the [[Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Southall]] (south of the railway line), represented since 2024 by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] [[Deirdre Costigan]].

Hanwell consists of two [[electoral ward]]s for [[Local government in the United Kingdom|local council]] elections: North Hanwell and Hanwell Broadway, which both elect councillors to [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing Council]].

Hanwell is in the [[London Assembly]] constituency of [[Ealing and Hillingdon]], which has one assembly member: [[Richard Barnes (British politician)|Richard Barnes]] (Conservative), was re-elected in May 2008 but lost his seat to Dr [[Onkar Sahota]] (Labour) in May 2012. It was also part of the London region for the [[European Parliament]] elections. The London region elected eight MPs to the European Parliament.