Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Ilford South is a constituency<ref group="n">A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)</ref> created in 1945, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jas Athwal of the Labour Party.<ref group="n">As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.</ref>
Constituency profile
The seat covers Ilford town centre and the surrounding suburbs, and the housing is predominantly semi-detached with little high-rise development. There is significant commuting to central London via the four stations on the Elizabeth line. The seat is ethnically diverse including white, black and Asian communities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>
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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. Regarded as a key marginal seat for decades, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 Borough of Ilford wards of Clementswood, Cranbrook, Goodmayes, Loxford, and Park.
1950–1974: The 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.
1997–2024: As above plus Chadwell and Seven Kings wards.
2024–present: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham ward of Chadwell Heath, and the London Borough of Redbridge wards of Chadwell, Clementswood, Goodmayes, Ilford Town, Loxford, Mayfield, Newbury, and Seven Kings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- The Cranbrook and Valentines wards were transferred to Ilford North, with the small part of Wanstead Park ward going to Leyton and Wanstead. To partly compensate, the Chadwell Heath ward was transferred from Dagenham and Rainham.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member<ref name="rayment">Template:Rayment-hc</ref> | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | Jim Ranger | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1950 | Albert Cooper | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1966 | Arnold Shaw | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1970 | Albert Cooper | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | February 1974 | Arnold Shaw | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1979 | Neil Thorne | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1992 | Mike Gapes | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | February 2019 | The Independent Group for Change | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2019 | Sam Tarry | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2024 | Jas Athwal | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
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Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Party | Vote | % | ||
| Template:Party color cell | Labour | 30,246 | 65.2 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Conservative | 9,837 | 21.2 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Others | 3,082 | 6.6 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Liberal Democrats | 1,546 | 3.3 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Brexit Party | 1,034 | 2.2 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Green | 623 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | 46,368 | 62.6 | ||
| Electorate | 74,065 | |||
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Elections in the 2000s
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Elections in the 1990s
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Elections in the 1980s
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Elections in the 1970s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1950s
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Elections in the 1940s
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See also
Notes
References
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Ilford South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Ilford South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Ilford South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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