Ilford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ilford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1945
Seatsone
Created from Romford
Replaced by Ilford North and Ilford South

Ilford was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Redbridge in eastern Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election, when it was replaced by the new Ilford North and Ilford South constituencies.

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Boundaries

Ilford in Essex 1918-45 Ilford1918.png
Ilford in Essex 1918-45

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Peter Griggs Unionist
1920 Fredric Wise Unionist
1928 George Hamilton Unionist
1937 Geoffrey Hutchinson Conservative
1945 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Ilford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Peter Griggs 15,87066.8
Labour Herbert Dunnico 4,62119.5
Liberal Thomas Hamilton Garside3,26113.7
Majority11,24947.3
Turnout 23,75258.3
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1920 Ilford by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Unionist Fredric Wise 15,612 54.4 -12.4
Labour Joseph King 6,57722.9+3.4
Liberal John Thompson 6,51522.7+9.0
Majority9,03531.5-15.8
Turnout 28,70466.2+7.9
Coalition Unionist hold Swing +4.0
General election 1922: Ilford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Fredric Wise 14,071 44.4 -22.4
Liberal John Thompson 7,62524.0+10.3
Labour Augustus West5,41417.1-2.4
Ind. Unionist Frederick C. Bramston4,61014.5New
Majority6,44620.4-26.9
Turnout 31,72070.5+12.2
Unionist hold Swing -5.6
General election 1923: Ilford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Fredric Wise 14,136 44.4 0.0
Liberal John Morris 11,96537.5+13.5
Labour Dan Chater 5,77518.1+1.0
Majority2,1716.9-13.5
Turnout 31,87664.8-5.7
Unionist hold Swing -6.8
General election 1924: Ilford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Fredric Wise 22,825 58.4 +14.0
Labour Dan Chater 8,46021.7+3.6
Liberal John Morris 7,78019.9-17.6
Majority14,36536.7+29.8
Turnout 39,06574.8+10.0
Unionist hold Swing +5.2
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Comyns Carr
1928 Ilford by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Hamilton 18,269 44.8 -13.6
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 13,62133.4+13.5
Labour Charles Robin de Gruchy8,92221.9+0.2
Majority4,64811.4-25.3
Turnout 40,81267.5-7.3
Unionist hold Swing -13.6
General election 1929: Ilford [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Hamilton 24,414 42.4 -16.0
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 21,26736.9+17.0
Labour Charles Robin de Gruchy11,95220.7+0.8
Majority3,1475.5-31.2
Turnout 57,63373.6-1.2
Unionist hold Swing -3.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Ilford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Hamilton 43,737 67.2 +34.8
Labour Percy Astins 12,17318.7-2.0
Liberal Russell Thomas 9,17914.1-22.8
Majority31,56448.5+43.0
Turnout 65,08971.9-1.7
Conservative hold Swing +18.4
General election 1935: Ilford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Hamilton 43,208 63.1 -4.1
Labour Percy Astins 25,24136.9+18.2
Majority17,96726.2-22.3
Turnout 68,44964.0-7.9
Conservative hold Swing -11.1
1937 Ilford by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Hutchinson 25,533 61.2 -1.9
Labour James Ranger 16,21438.8+1.9
Majority9,31922.4-3.8
Turnout 41,74737.3-26.7
Conservative hold Swing -1.9

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

In Series 3, Episode 6 of the popular BBC mockumentary programme The Thick Of It, Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Nicola Murray, Glenn Cullen, tells his co-worker Oliver Reader that he is awaiting the verdict on whether he makes the longlist for potential Labour Party candidates for the fictional Ilford East parliamentary constituency.

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References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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