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Ilford South

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

Ilford South
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

FieldValue
nameIlford South
parliamentuk
image
captionInteractive map of boundaries from 2024
image2[[File:Ilford South 2023 Constituency.svg233px]]
caption2Location within Greater London
map_size200px
map_entityGreater London
year1945
typeBorough
previousIlford
elects_howmanyOne
electorate74,065 (2023){{cite weburl= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/2023-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-london/#lg_ilford-south-bc-74065title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London
publisherBoundary Commission for Englandaccess-date=21 June 2024df=dmy }}
mpJas Athwal
partyLabour Party (UK)
regionEngland
countyGreater London
europeanLondon
townsIlford

the UK parliamentary constituency

Ilford South is a constituency created in 1945, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jas Athwal of the Labour Party.

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.

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. 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 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. :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

Electionidate=March 2012}}Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"1945Jim Ranger
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1950Albert Cooper
Labour Party (UK)}}"1966Arnold Shaw
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1970Albert Cooper
Labour Party (UK)}}"February 1974Arnold Shaw
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1979Neil Thorne
Labour Co-operative}}"1992Mike Gapes
Change UK}}"February 2019The Independent Group for Change
Labour Party (UK)}}"2019Sam Tarry
Labour Party (UK)}}"2024Jas Athwal

Election results

Election results 1945-2024

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional resultPartyVote%
Labour30,24665.2
Conservative9,83721.2
Others3,0826.6
Liberal Democrats1,5463.3
Brexit Party1,0342.2
Green6231.3
Turnout46,36862.6
Electorate74,065

|reg. electors = 82,487

|reg. electors = 91,987

South}} |reg. electors = 86,220

Elections in the 2000s

|reg. electors = 79,646 |reg. electors = 76,025

Elections in the 1990s

|reg. electors = 71,202 |reg. electors = 55,741

Elections in the 1980s

|reg. electors = 58,572 |reg. electors = 58,208

Elections in the 1970s

|reg. electors = 54,295 |reg. electors = 56,257 |reg. electors = 55,799 |reg. electors = 58,292

Elections in the 1960s

|reg. electors = 56,302 |reg. electors = 58,066

Elections in the 1950s

|reg. electors = 60,678 |reg. electors = 63,866 |reg. electors = 66,678 |reg. electors = 66,720

Elections in the 1940s

|reg. electors = 56,669

Notes

References

References

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