Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Ilford South Borough constituency |
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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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Ilford South comprises of 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 | |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |