Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)
Ilford South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 86,401 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Ilford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Sam Tarry (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Ilford |
Ilford South is a constituency[n 1] created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Sam Tarry of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Constituency profile[]
- Political history
This constituency was created in 1945. The previous MP since 1992, Mike Gapes, who before defecting to Change UK, was the fourth Labour Party MP, each of whose tenures was interspersed or preceded by one of a Conservative MP serving the area. Despite its record of MPs elected, under Gapes's tenure Ilford South became a very safe seat for the Labour Party; in every election since 1997 it has been won by a majority of over 20% by Labour, and in 2017 they secured over 75% of the vote in the constituency.
The 2015 result made the seat the 38th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[2] The narrowest result since 1997 (inclusive) was in 2005 at a majority of 21.6%; the 2017 majority is the greatest ever achieved in the seat, at 54.9%.
Boundaries[]
1945–1950: The Municipal Borough of Ilford wards of Clementswood, Cranbrook, Goodmayes, Loxford, and Park.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Ilford wards of Clementswood, Cranbrook, Goodmayes, Loxford, Mayfield, and Park.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Clementswood, Cranbrook, Goodmayes, Ilford, Mayfield, and Park.
1983–1997: As above substituting Ilford and Park with reshaped wards Loxford, Newbury, and Valentines.
1997–present: As above plus Chadwell and Seven Kings wards.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Jim Ranger | Labour | |
1950 | Albert Cooper | Conservative | |
1966 | Arnold Shaw | Labour | |
1970 | Albert Cooper | Conservative | |
February 1974 | Arnold Shaw | Labour | |
1979 | Neil Thorne | Conservative | |
1992 | Mike Gapes | Labour | |
February 2019 | The Independent Group for Change | ||
2019 | Sam Tarry | Labour |
Election results[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Tarry | 35,085 | 65.6 | 10.2 | |
Conservative | Ali Azeem | 10,984 | 20.5 | 0.4 | |
The Independent Group for Change | Mike Gapes | 3,891 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ashburn Holder | 1,795 | 3.4 | 2.1 | |
Brexit Party | Munish Sharma | 1,008 | 1.9 | New | |
Green | Rosemary Warrington | 714 | 1.3 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 24,101 | 45.1 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,477 | 62.9 | 7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 43,724 | 75.8 | 11.8 | |
Conservative | Christopher Chapman | 12,077 | 20.9 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Farid Ahmed | 772 | 1.3 | 0.7 | |
Green | Rosemary Warrington | 542 | 0.9 | 2.0 | |
UKIP | Tariq Saeed | 477 | 0.8 | 4.4 | |
Friends Party | Kane Khan | 65 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 31,647 | 54.9 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,657 | 69.9 | 13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 82,487 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes[9] | 33,232 | 64.0 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Christopher Chapman | 13,455 | 25.9 | −1.5 | |
UKIP | Amjad Khan[10] | 2,705 | 5.2 | +3.0 | |
Green | Rosemary Warrington[11] | 1,506 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ashburn Holder | 1,014 | 2.0 | −15.0 | |
Majority | 19,777 | 38.1 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,912 | 56.4 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 91,987 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 25,311 | 49.4 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Toby Boutle | 14,014 | 27.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anood Al-Samerai | 8,679 | 17.0 | −3.5 | |
Green | Wilson Chowdhry | 1,319 | 2.6 | New | |
UKIP | Terry Murray | 1,132 | 2.2 | +0.6 | |
Save King George Hospital | John Jestico | 746 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,297 | 22.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,201 | 58.0 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 86,220 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 20,856 | 48.9 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 11,628 | 27.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew E. Lake | 8,761 | 20.5 | +9.2 | |
British Public Party | Kashif Rana | 763 | 1.8 | New | |
UKIP | Colin H. Taylor | 685 | 1.6 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 9,228 | 21.7 | -12.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,693 | 53.6 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 79,646 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 24,619 | 59.6 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Suresh Kumar | 10,622 | 25.7 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Scott | 4,647 | 11.3 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Harun Khan | 1,407 | 3.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,997 | 33.9 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,295 | 54.3 | −15.9 | ||
Registered electors | 76,025 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 29,273 | 58.5 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 15,073 | 30.1 | −14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aina Khan | 3,152 | 6.3 | −3.3 | |
Referendum | David Hodges | 1,073 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Bruce G. Ramsey | 868 | 1.7 | New | |
BNP | Aron Owens | 580 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 14,200 | 28.4 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,019 | 70.2 | -6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 71,202 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +16.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Gapes | 19,418 | 45.4 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 19,016 | 44.4 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | George G. Hogarth | 4,126 | 9.6 | −4.5 | |
Natural Law | Nandkishore Bramachari | 269 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 402 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,829 | 76.7 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 55,741 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 20,351 | 48.4 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Kenneth Jones | 15,779 | 37.5 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Ralph Scott | 5,928 | 14.1 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 4,572 | 10.9 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,058 | 71.8 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 58,572 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 18,672 | 45.5 | -1.3 | |
Labour | J.H. Hogben | 14,106 | 34.4 | -8.3 | |
Liberal | Ralph Scott | 7,999 | 19.5 | +10.6 | |
BNP | R.A. Martin | 235 | 0.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 4,566 | 11.1 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,012 | 70.6 | -5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,208 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 19,290 | 46.8 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 17,602 | 42.7 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | Ralph Scott | 3,664 | 8.9 | -5.72 | |
National Front | T.C. Fitzgerald | 636 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,688 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,230 | 75.9 | +6.17 | ||
Registered electors | 54,295 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 17,538 | 44.71 | +4.64 | |
Conservative | Neil Thorne | 15,789 | 40.25 | +2.84 | |
Liberal | E. Yates | 5,734 | 14.62 | -7.90 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 169 | 0.43 | New | |
Majority | 1,749 | 4.46 | +1.80 | ||
Turnout | 39,230 | 69.73 | -7.20 | ||
Registered electors | 56,257 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 17,201 | 40.07 | -2.96 | |
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 16,058 | 37.41 | -8.84 | |
Liberal | Gareth Wilson | 9,666 | 22.52 | +14.11 | |
Majority | 1,143 | 2.66 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,925 | 76.93 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 55,799 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 18,369 | 46.25 | +4.48 | |
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 17,087 | 43.03 | -4.56 | |
Liberal | Gerald Leslie Wilson | 3,341 | 8.41 | -2.22 | |
National Front | Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs | 727 | 1.83 | New | |
Independent | Michael Joseph Marks | 190 | 0.48 | New | |
Majority | 1,282 | 3.22 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,714 | 68.13 | -8.80 | ||
Registered electors | 58,292 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 20,613 | 47.59 | +9.52 | |
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 18,093 | 41.77 | -0.36 | |
Liberal | Irene Watson | 4,606 | 10.63 | -8.99 | |
Majority | 2,520 | 5.82 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,312 | 76.93 | +1.92 | ||
Registered electors | 56,302 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 18,352 | 42.13 | -8.37 | |
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 16,659 | 38.25 | +3.20 | |
Liberal | Peter McGregor | 8,547 | 19.62 | +5.17 | |
Majority | 1,693 | 3.88 | -11.57 | ||
Turnout | 43,558 | 75.01 | -2.90 | ||
Registered electors | 58,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 23,876 | 50.50 | -6.23 | |
Labour | Gordon Borrie | 16,569 | 35.05 | -8.22 | |
Liberal | Raymond V Netherclift | 6,832 | 14.45 | New | |
Majority | 7,307 | 15.45 | +1.99 | ||
Turnout | 47,277 | 77.91 | +2.59 | ||
Registered electors | 60,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 27,292 | 56.73 | +1.98 | |
Labour | James Ranger | 20,814 | 43.27 | -1.98 | |
Majority | 6,478 | 13.46 | +3.96 | ||
Turnout | 48,106 | 75.32 | -7.34 | ||
Registered electors | 63,866 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 30,177 | 54.75 | +5.24 | |
Labour | James Ranger | 24,938 | 45.25 | +3.72 | |
Majority | 5,239 | 9.50 | +1.52 | ||
Turnout | 54,115 | 82.66 | -2.71 | ||
Registered electors | 66,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Cooper | 28,087 | 49.51 | +13.21 | |
Labour | James Ranger | 23,558 | 41.53 | -6.47 | |
Liberal | Ronald Acott Hall | 4,170 | 7.35 | -8.35 | |
Communist | Dave Kelly[14] | 913 | 1.61 | New | |
Majority | 4,529 | 7.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,728 | 85.37 | +14.27 | ||
Registered electors | 66,720 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Ranger | 19,339 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | Edward Boulton | 14,633 | 36.3 | ||
Liberal | Eric Arthur Holloway | 6,322 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 4,706 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,294 | 71.1 | |||
Registered electors | 56,669 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also[]
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
- ^ "Ilford South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll London Borough of Redbridge
- ^ "Ilford South parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK ELECTION RESULTS: ILFORD SOUTH 2015".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Prospective General Election Candidates | Green Party". Green Party Members' Website.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "General Election Results from the Electoral Commission".
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Dave Kelly". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links[]
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
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- Politics of the London Borough of Redbridge
- Parliamentary constituencies in London
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945
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