Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilford North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ilford North in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	72,702 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Ilford
Current constituency
Created	1945 (1945)
Member of Parliament	Lee Scott (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Ilford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Ilford North is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprises the north part of the town of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge, and elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of elections.

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 5 References

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, Woodford Bridge, Clayhall, Fairlop, Fullwell, Hainault, and Roding. Also included is a polling district from the Wanstead ward and one from the Snaresbrook ward.

In boundary changes in place for the United Kingdom general election, 2010, other than removing those districts in Wanstead and Snaresbrook no other changes are made.

The proposed new boundary, recommended by the Boundary Commission review published in September 2011 retains the bulk of the seat, but with significant variations. The new seat would consist of Aldborough; Barkingside; Chadwell; Fairlop; Fulwell; Hainault; Newbury; Seven Kings.

Woodford Bridge, Roding and Clayhall would move to the proposed revived seat of Wanstead and Woodford. Seven Kings and Newbury would move from the abolished seat of Ilford South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1945	Mabel Ridealgh	Labour Co-operative
	1950	Geoffrey Hutchinson	Conservative
	1954 by-election	Tom Iremonger	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Millie Miller	Labour
	1978 by-election	Vivian Bendall	Conservative
	1997	Linda Perham	Labour
	2005	Lee Scott	Conservative

Election results

General Election 2010: Ilford North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Scott	21,506	45.8	+2.0
	Labour	Sonia Klein	16,102	34.3	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Berhanu	5,924	12.6	-1.2
	BNP	Danny Warville	1,545	3.3	N/A
	UKIP	Henri van der Stighelen	871	1.9	-0.3
	Green	Caroline Allen	572	1.2	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Robert Hampson	456	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,404	11.5
Turnout			46,976	65.2	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

2000s Elections

General Election 2005: Ilford North[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Scott	18,781	43.7	+3.2
	Labour	Linda Perham	17,128	39.8	–6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gayler	5,896	13.7	+2.0
	UKIP	Andrew Cross	902	2.1	+0.2
	Independent	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[5]
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
	UKIP	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

1990s Elections

General Election 1997: Ilford North[5]
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
	BNP	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[6]
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

1980s Elections

General Election 1987: Ilford North[6]
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[6]
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

1970s elections

General Election 1979: Ilford North[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	26,381	51.33
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	19,186	37.33
	Liberal	J. Freeman	4,568	8.89
	National Front	J.R. Hughes	804	1.56
	Independent Conservative	Thomas 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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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

1960s Elections

General Election 1966: Ilford North[11]
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[12]
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

1950s Elections

General Election 1959: Ilford North[13]
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[14]
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[15]
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[16]
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

See also

• Ilford South
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

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