Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ilford North Borough constituency
Ilford North shown within Greater London
Created:	1945
MP:	Lee Scott
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Ilford North is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the north part of the town of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 2000s Elections 3.2 1990s Elections 3.3 1980s Elections 3.4 1970s elections 3.5 1960s Elections 3.6 1950s Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The current constituency boundaries were established in 1995 by the Boundary Commission. Ilford North is composed of the local government wards of Aldborough, Barkingside, Bridge, Clayhall, Fairlop, Fullwell, Hainault, and Roding. Also included is a polling district from the Wanstead ward and one from the Snaresbrook ward.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1945	Mabel Ridealgh	Labour Co-operative
	1950	Geoffrey Hutchinson	Conservative
	1954	Thomas Iremonger	Conservative
	1974	Millie Miller	Labour
	1978	Vivian Bendall	Conservative
	1997	Linda Perham	Labour
	2005	Lee Scott	Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2000s Elections

General Election 2005: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Scott	18,797	43.7	+3.2
	Labour	Linda Perham	17,128	39.8	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gayler	5,896	13.7	+2.0
	UK Independence	Andrew Cross	902	2.1	+0.2
	Independent (politician)	Martin Levin	293	0.7	+0.7
Majority			1,653	3.8
Turnout			43,000	60.8	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.6

General Election 2001: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Perham	18,428	45.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	16,313	40.5	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Stollar	4,717	11.7	+1.4
	UK Independence	Martin Levin	776	1.9	N/A
Majority			2,115	5.3	-1.3
Turnout			40,234	58.4	-14.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] 1990s Elections

General Election 1997: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Perham	23,135	47.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	19,911	40.8	-13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dean	5,049	10.3	-1.6
	British National Party	Paul Wilson	755	1.5	N/A
Majority			3224	6.6
Turnout			48850	72.75	-5.15
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.25

General Election 1992: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	24,678	54.0	-0.9
	Labour	Mrs. L.R. Hilton	15,627	34.1	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	R.J. Scott	5,430	11.9	N/A
Majority			9,051	19.9	-7.6
Turnout			45,735	77.9	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] 1980s Elections

General Election 1987: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	24,110	54.9	+3.6
	Labour	P.F. Jeater	12,020	27.4	+2.1
	Social Democrat	G. Tobbell	7,757	17.7	-5.7
Majority			12,090	27.5	+1.5
Turnout			43,887	72.6	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	22,042	51.3
	Labour	M.J. Gapes	10,841	25.3
	Social Democrat	I.W. Roxburgh	10,052	23.4
Majority			11,201	26.0
Turnout			42,935	71.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] 1970s elections

General Election 1979: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	26,381	51.33
	Labour	T. Jowell	19,186	37.33
	Liberal	J. Freeman	4,568	8.89
	National Front	J.R. Hughes	804	1.56
	Independent (Conservative)	T.L. Iremonger	452	0.88
Turnout				79.0
Majority			7,195	14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ilford North by-election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	22,548	50.31	+9.43
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	17,051	38.04	-4.44
	Liberal	John Freeman	2,248	5.02	-11.62
	National Front	John Hughes	2,126	4.74	N/A
	Conservative Independent Democrat	Thomas Iremonger	671	1.50	N/A
	East London People's Front	Carole Rowe	89	0.20	N/A
	New Britain	Alfred Burr	48	0.11	N/A
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	38	0.08	N/A
Turnout			44,819
Majority			5497	12.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1974, October: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Miller	20,621	42.48
	Conservative	T.L. Iremonger	19,843	40.88
	Liberal	G.L.P. Wilson	8,080	16.64
Majority			778	1.6
Turnout				74.46
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1974, February: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L. Iremonger	19,843	38.56
	Labour	M. Miller	19,558	38.00
	Liberal	G. Wilson	12,063	23.44
Majority			285	0.55
Turnout				79.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L. Iremonger	25,142	52.47
	Labour	C.W. Sewell	17,352	36.21
	Liberal	G.L.P. Wilson	5,425	11.32
Majority			7,790	16.26
Turnout				68.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] 1960s Elections

General Election 1966: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L.I.S.V. Iremonger	23,736	46.47
	Labour	J.A. Punshon	20,392	39.92
	Liberal	J.A. Harris	6,953	13.61
Majority			3,344	6.55
Turnout				76.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L.I.S.V. Iremonger	23,736	46.47
	Labour	J.A. Punshon	16,563	32.25
	Liberal	D.K. Mills	10,692	20.82
Majority			7,533	14.67
Turnout				76.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] 1950s Elections

General Election 1959: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L.I.S.V. Iremonger	29,609	55.36
	Labour	C.F.H. Green	15,962	29.84
	Liberal	D.K. Mills	7,915	14.80
Majority			13,647	25.52
Turnout				79.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T.L. Iremonger	28,749	55.61
	Labour	R. Groves	18,248	35.30
	Liberal	P. Rose	4,702	9.09
Majority			10,501	20.31
Turnout				76.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Hutchinson	31,905	55.51
	Labour	M Ridealgh	21,865	38.04
	Liberal	HE Pollard	3,709	6.45
Majority			10,040	17.47
Turnout				84.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Hutchinson	29,950	52.23
	Labour	M Ridealgh	21,385	37.29
	Liberal	SW Alexander	6,009	10.48
Majority			8,565	14.94
Turnout				85.95
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] See also

• Ilford South
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

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