Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilford South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ilford South in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	86,401 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Ilford
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of parliament	Mike Gapes (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Ilford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Ilford South is a constituency^{[n 1]} created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Mike Gapes of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The area comprising the seat since 1997 is denser than Ilford North and has similar population density to neighbouring seats to the south and west closer to central London. The most common housing kind by a large margin is terraced housing in the boundaries as drawn. The town of Ilford and most outlying areas are well connected by either London Underground stations or tube stations to central London and an arterial road route cuts through the area, partially segregated from adjoining buildings. Before 1900 Ilford was a market town with few commuters a situation which has changed significantly during the following century — much housing was built to rehouse people from the formerly smaller East End of London which covers a wide area to the immediate west; this urbanisation of the area was completed as part of a 20-year housing expansion in the area following the damage caused in the London Blitz.

Political history

This constituency was created in 1945. The current MP since 1992, Mike Gapes, is 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' tenure Ilford South has become 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

Ilford South in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1945 to 1950.

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 King

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1945	Jim Ranger	Labour
1950	Albert Cooper	Conservative
1966	Arnold Shaw	Labour
1970	Albert Cooper	Conservative
Feb 1974	Arnold Shaw	Labour
1979	Neil Thorne	Conservative
1992	Mike Gapes	Labour

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2017: Ilford South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	43,724	75.8	+11.8
	Conservative	Christopher Chapman	12,077	20.9	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Farid Ahmed	772	1.3	-0.6
	Green	Rosemary Warrington	542	0.9	-2.0
	UKIP	Tariq Saeed	477	0.8	-4.4
	Friends Party	Kane Khan	65	0.1	+0.1
Majority			31,647	54.9	+16.8
Turnout			57,657	67.5	+11.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+8.4

General Election 2015: Ilford South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes^[6]	33,232	64.0	+14.6
	Conservative	Christopher Chapman	13,455	25.9	−1.5
	UKIP	Amjad Khan^[7]	2,705	5.2	+3.0
	Green	Rosemary Warrington^[8]	1,506	2.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ashburn Holder	1,014	2.0	−15.0
Majority			19,777	38.1	+16.0
Turnout			51,912	56.4	−1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+8.1

^[9]

General Election 2010: Ilford South^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	25,311	49.4	+0.6
	Conservative	Toby Boutle	14,014	27.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anood Al-Samerai	8,679	17.0	−3.6
	Green	Wilson Chowdhry	1,319	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Terry Murray	1,132	2.2	+0.6
	Save King George Hospital	John Jestico	746	1.5	N/A
Majority			11,297	22.1	−0.5
Turnout			51,201	58.0	+4.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in 2000s

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 Democrat	Matthew E. Lake	8,761	20.5	+9.2
	British Public Party	Kashif Rana	763	1.8	+1.8
	UKIP	Colin H. 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 Democrat	Ralph Scott	4,647	11.3	+5.0
	UKIP	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

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	29,273	58.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	15,073	30.1	−14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Aina Khan	3,152	6.3	−3.3
	Referendum	David Hodges	1,073	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Bruce G. Ramsey	868	1.7	N/A
	BNP	Aron Owens	580	1.2	N/A
Majority			14,200	28.4
Turnout			50,019	70.2
	Labour Co-op win

General Election 1992: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mike Gapes	19,418	45.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	19,016	44.4	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	George G. Hogarth	4,126	9.6	−4.5
	Natural Law	Nandkishore Bramachari	269	0.6	N/A
Majority			402	1.0
Turnout			42,829	76.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.0

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Ilford South
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
Turnout			42,058	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	Ralph Scott	7,999	19.5
	BNP	R.A. Martin	235	0.6
Majority			4,566	11.1
Turnout			41,012	70.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1979: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	19,290	46.8
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	17,602	42.7
	Liberal	Ralph Scott	3,664	8.9
	National Front	T.C. Fitzgerald	636	1.5
Majority			1,688	4.1
Turnout				75.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	17,538	44.71
	Conservative	Neil Thorne	15,789	40.25
	Liberal	E. Yates	5,734	14.62
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	169	0.43
Majority			1,749	4.46
Turnout				69.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	17,201	40.07
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	16,058	37.41
	Liberal	Gareth Wilson	9,666	22.52
Majority			1,143	2.66
Turnout				76.93
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	18,369	46.25
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	17,087	43.03
	Liberal	Gerald Leslie Wilson	3,341	8.41
	National Front	Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs	727	1.83
	Independent	Michael Joseph Marks	190	0.48
Majority			1,282	3.23
Turnout				68.13
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1966: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	20,613	47.59
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	18,093	41.77
	Liberal	Irene Watson	4,606	10.63
Majority			2,520	5.82
Turnout				76.93
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	18,352	42.13
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	16,659	38.25
	Liberal	Peter McGregor	8,547	19.62
Majority			1,693	3.89
Turnout				75.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	23,876	50.50
	Labour	Gordon Borrie	16,569	35.05
	Liberal	Raymond V Netherclift	6,832	14.45
Majority			7,307	15.46
Turnout				77.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	27,292	56.73
	Labour	James Ranger	20,814	43.27
Majority			6,478	13.47
Turnout				75.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	30,177	54.75
	Labour	James Ranger	24,938	45.25
Majority			5,239	9.51
Turnout				82.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Cooper	28,087	49.51
	Labour	James Ranger	23,558	41.53
	Liberal	Ronald Acott Hall	4,170	7.35
	Communist	Dave Kelly^[11]	913	1.61
Majority			4,529	7.98
Turnout				85.37
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in 1940s

General Election 1945: Ilford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Ranger	19,339	48.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Edward Boulton	14,633	36.3	N/A
	Liberal	Eric Arthur Holloway	6,322	15.7	N/A
Majority			4,706	11.7	N/A
Turnout				71.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

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.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ilford-south-2015.html
↑ http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/home/election-2015
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/106014
↑ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
↑ http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/council_people_and_elections/elections/idoc.ashx?docid=bf22ed34-8ff1-4a9c-aba6-5d28172678b1&version=-1
↑ Stevenson, Graham. "Dave Kelly". Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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Conservative (21)	Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon South Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon
Liberal Democrats (3)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Twickenham
London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London
1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West
1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich
1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

London Borough of Redbridge
Districts	Aldborough Hatch Aldersbrook Barkingside Chadwell Heath Clayhall Cranbrook Fairlop Fullwell Cross Gants Hill Goodmayes Hainault Ilford Little Heath Loxford Newbury Park Redbridge Seven Kings Snaresbrook South Woodford Wanstead Woodford Woodford Bridge Woodford Green Woodford Wells
Attractions	Kenneth More Theatre Redbridge Museum Valentines Mansion
Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Ilford North Ilford South Leyton and Wanstead (part)
Parks and open spaces	Clayhall Park Hainault Forest Country Park Fairlop Waters Goodmayes Park Roding Valley Park Seven Kings Park South Park, Ilford Valentines Park Wanstead Flats Wanstead Park
Tube and rail stations	Barkingside Chadwell Heath Fairlop Gants Hill Goodmayes Grange Hill Hainault Ilford Newbury Park Redbridge Roding Valley Seven Kings Snaresbrook South Woodford Wanstead Woodford
History	Wanstead Manor Wanstead Hall Wanstead House
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 0°05′10″E / 51.564°N 0.086°E / 51.564; 0.086

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