Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ilford South Borough constituency
Ilford South shown within Greater London
Created:	1945
MP:	Mike Gapes
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Ilford South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Ilford South comprises the southern part of the town of Ilford, including Cranbrook, Seven Kings and Goodmayes, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is bordered to the south by Barking and to the north by Ilford North.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1945	Jim Ranger	Labour
	1950	Albert Cooper	Conservative
	1966	Arnold Shaw	Labour
	1970	Albert Cooper	Conservative
	1974	Arnold Shaw	Labour
	1979	Neil Thorne	Conservative
	1992	Mike Gapes	Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	20,856	48.9	-10.7
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	11,628	27.2	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Lake	8,761	20.5	+9.2
	British Public Party	Kashif Rana	763	1.8	+1.8
	UK Independence	Colin Taylor	685	1.6	-1.8
Majority			9,228	21.6
Turnout			42,693	53.6	-0.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	6.1

General Election 2001: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	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
	UK Independence	Harun Khan	1,407	3.4	N/A
Majority			13,997	33.9
Turnout			41,295	54.3	-15.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	29,973	58.5
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	15,073	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Aina Khan	3,152	6.3
	Referendum Party	David Hodges	1,073	2.1
	Socialist Labour	Bruce Ramsey	868	1.7
	British National	Aron Owens	580	1.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	19,418	45.4
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	19,016	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	G.G. Hogarth	4,126	9.6
	Natural Law	B. Nandkishore	269	0.6
Majority
Turnout				76.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1987: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	20,351	48.4
	Labour	K.H. Jones	15,779	37.5
	Liberal	R.J. Scott	5,928	14.1
Majority
Turnout				71.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	18,672	45.5
	Labour	J.H. Hogben	14,106	34.4
	Liberal	R.J. Scott	7,999	19.5
	British National	R.A. Martin	235	0.6
Majority
Turnout				70.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] References

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking | Battersea | Brent North | Brent South | Brentford and Isleworth | Camberwell and Peckham | Croydon North | Dagenham | Dulwich and West Norwood | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Ealing North | Ealing Southall | East Ham | Edmonton | Eltham | Enfield North | Erith and Thamesmead | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Greenwich and Woolwich | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Hampstead and Highgate | Harrow East | Harrow West | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Holborn and St. Pancras | Ilford South | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury | Lewisham Deptford | Lewisham East | Lewisham West | Leyton and Wanstead | Mitcham and Morden | Poplar and Canning Town | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Streatham | Tooting | Tottenham | Vauxhall | Walthamstow | West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bromley and Chislehurst | Chingford and Woodford Green | Chipping Barnet | Cities of London and Westminster | Croydon Central | Croydon South | Enfield Southgate | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hornchurch | Ilford North | Kensington and Chelsea | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Orpington | Putney | Romford | Ruislip-Northwood | Upminster | Uxbridge | Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East | Carshalton and Wallington | Hornsey and Wood Green | Kingston and Surbiton | Richmond Park | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Sutton and Cheam | Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)