This is one of two seats in the London borough of Hounslow, and it spans the western half, stretching west towards Heathrow airport. The airport, actually in the neighbouring Hayes and Harlington constituency, provides a great number of jobs for residents here.
This seat has been Labour since 1992, and the current occupant is Alan Keen, whose wife Ann Keen represents the neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth seat.
Several wards here have a 50% non-white population: Cranford, Hounslow Heath and the three Heston wards. Unemployment here is relatively low for London, but youth unemployment is a bigger local problem, and has risen in recent years.
Feltham is also home to a large Young Offenders Institute, which often makes the headlines. In September 2000, the Deputy Governor of Feltham YOI, Ian Thomas resigned his post at Feltham in protest at conditions in the jail.
In Heston, Fairey Engineering, one of the premier high-tech companies, has now closed and left a highly skilled work force searching for jobs. Over 50% of workers here are in non-manual professions, and a quarter in professional or managerial roles.