Romford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Romford
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Romford2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Romford in Greater Londonfor the 2010 general election
County Greater London
Population107,064 (2020 mid-year estimate)
Electorate 73,730 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of Parliament Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from South Essex
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:

Romford is a constituency [n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Rosindell, a Conservative. [n 2]

Contents

It was created in 1885 and was subject to significant changes in boundaries in 1918 and 1945. It initially covered a huge swathe of what is now East London, with parts of the constituency progressively removed as they experienced significant increases in population as London expanded. The constituency has more or less coincided with the town of Romford since 1955.

Boundaries

Historic

Romford (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1885–1918: The Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, and part of the Sessional Division of Becontree.

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Barking and Romford, and the Rural District of Romford.

1945–1950: The Borough of Romford.

1950–1955: The Borough of Romford, and the Urban District of Brentwood.

1955–1974: The Borough of Romford.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Bedfords, Central, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, and Oldchurch.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Havering wards of Ardleigh Green, Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Havering Park, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Romford Town, and Squirrel's Heath.

NB: Contents, but not the boundaries of the constituency, were changed as a result of a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022. [2] [3]

Current

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Romford from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be expanded slightly to include parts of the Emerson Park ward (as it existed on 1 December 2020), primarily that part of polling district EM2 to the west of the River Ravensbourne. [4]

Following this minor change, as well as reflecting the 2022 local government review, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Havering from the 2024 general election:

History

This seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It included the civil parishes of Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch and Romford which together formed the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, combined with Barking (including Great Ilford), Dagenham, East Ham, Little Ilford and Wanstead. The 1918 revision removed the populous county borough of East Ham (including Little Ilford) and the municipal borough of Ilford. Wanstead became part of the Epping constituency. The parishes of Cranham, Great Warley and Upminster were gained from Chelmsford and Rainham and Wennington were gained from South East Essex. The Romford constituency then comprised the parishes of Barking, Cranham, Dagenham, Great Warley, Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch, Noak Hill, Rainham, Romford, Upminster and Wennington.

At the 1935 general election there were 167,939 people registered to vote, making Romford the largest constituency in the country. By 1939 this had risen to 207,101, although Hendon had become larger. [6] The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 caused the constituency to be divided. The revised boundary coincided with the municipal borough of Romford, which had been enlarged in the 1930s to include Havering-atte-Bower and Noak Hill. The Brentwood Urban District, which had been expanded in the 1930s to include Hutton, Ingrave and South Weald, was included in the constituency from 1950 to 1955. Harold Hill was removed from the constituency in 1974. The constituency shared boundaries with the Romford electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981. Subsequent boundary revisions have been relatively minor, with Ardleigh Green gained from Upminster in 1997 and Hylands gained from Hornchurch in 2010.

Constituency profile

The constituency created in 1885 covered a large swathe of what became East London. The population of East Ham, which included Thameside docks and industry, increased from 9,713 in 1881 to 133,487 in 1911. Ilford, a prosperous railway suburb further from London, went from a population of 7,645 in 1881 to 78,188 in 1911. The 1918 revision removed these urbanised places, replacing them with the rural parishes of Cranham (population 489 in 1911), Wennington (364) and the semi-rural Great Warley (2,051), Rainham (1,972) and Upminster (2,468). It was now a much more sparsely populated constituency, aside from the ancient market towns of Barking (31,294) and Romford (16,970) and the pre-First World War housing estates at Emerson Park, Romford Garden Suburb and Upminster Garden Suburb.

During the interwar period the large London County Council estate at Becontree was constructed with around 23,000 homes in the parishes of Barking and Dagenham. The Thameside part of the constituency was industrial and included the Ford Dagenham plant. There was suburban housing growth in most parishes, including some large estates such as Elm Park Garden City. Barking, Dagenham and Romford were incorporated as boroughs and rural parishes had been eliminated by 1934.

The 1945 revision left the constituency with the town of Romford, the Collier Row and Gidea Park suburbs and the more rural Havering-atte-Bower and Noak Hill. The inclusion of Brentwood Urban District in the constituency between 1950 and 1955 added the town of Brentwood and its rural hinterland. Romford Borough Council built post-Second World War estates at Collier Row, Chase Cross and Rise Park. Another large London County Council estate of 25,000 homes was constructed at Harold Hill and completed in 1958. The constituency became part of the London Borough of Havering in Greater London in 1965. The 1974 revision removed the Harold Hill estate from the constituency. The addition of Ardleigh Green in 1997 and Hylands in 2010 further expanded the interwar suburban part of the constituency.

The 2020 mid-year population estimate for the constituency was 107,064. [7]

Members of Parliament

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Sir John Bethell

Although Romford has been highly marginal in terms of majorities obtained through much of the 20th century, its boundaries have changed significantly. It has been Conservative since the February 1974 general election, except for the 1997 landslide. It was one of the few Conservative gains in 2001 with increasingly safe majorities since. The 2015 result made the seat the 157th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. [8]

ElectionMemberParty
1885 John Westlake Liberal
1886 James Theobald Conservative
1894 by-election Alfred Wigram Conservative
1897 by-election Louis Sinclair Conservative
1906 John Bethell Liberal
1918 Albert Edward Martin National Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Charles Rhys Conservative
1929 H. T. Muggeridge Labour
1931 W. G. Hutchison Conservative
1935 John Parker Labour
1945 Thomas Macpherson Labour
1950 John Lockwood Conservative
1955 Ron Ledger Labour Co-op
1970 Dick Leonard Labour
Feb 1974 Michael Neubert Conservative
1997 Eileen Gordon Labour
2001 Andrew Rosindell Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Romford [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 15,339 34.8 −30.0
Labour Andrew Achilleos13,87631.5+5.1
Reform UK Philip Hyde9,62421.8N/A
Green David Hughes2,2205.0+2.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Clarke1,8954.3−1.5
Workers Party Zhafaran Qayum8982.0N/A
English Constitution Colin Birch1950.4N/A
Majority1,4633.3–35.0
Turnout 44,04760.4–5.2
Registered electors 72,978
Conservative hold Swing −17.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote %
Conservative 31,32264.8
Labour 12,78626.4
Liberal Democrats 2,7895.8
Green 1,4623.0
Turnout48,35965.6
Electorate73,730
General election 2019: Romford [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 30,494 64.6 +5.2
Labour Angelina Leatherbarrow12,60126.7−5.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson2,7085.7+3.3
Green David Hughes1,4283.0+1.4
Majority17,89337.9+10.3
Turnout 47,23165.3−2.7
Registered electors 72,350
Conservative hold Swing +5.1
General election 2017: Romford [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 29,671 59.4 +8.4
Labour Angelina Leatherbarrow15,89331.8+10.9
UKIP Andrew Beadle2,3504.7−18.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson1,2152.4−0.5
Green David Hughes8151.6−0.9
Majority13,77827.6−0.6
Turnout 49,94468.0+0.3
Registered electors 73,493
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
General election 2015: Romford [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 25,067 51.0 −5.0
UKIP Gerard Batten 11,20822.8+18.4
Labour Sam Gould10,26820.9+1.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson [17] 1,4132.9−9.1
Green Lorna Tooley [18] 1,2222.5+1.5
Majority13,85928.2−8.3
Turnout 49,17867.7+2.4
Registered electors 72,594
Conservative hold Swing −11.7
General election 2010: Romford [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 26,031 56.0 −1.7
Labour Rachel Voller9,07719.5−9.5
Liberal Democrats Helen Duffett5,57212.0+3.6
BNP Robert Bailey2,4385.2+2.2
UKIP Gerard Batten 2,0504.4+2.2
English Democrat Peter Thorogood6031.3N/A
Green Gerry Haines4471.0N/A
Independent Philip Hyde1510.3N/A
Independent David Sturman1120.2N/A
Majority16,95436.5+4.7
Turnout 46,48165.3+3.3
Registered electors 71,306
Conservative hold Swing +3.94

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Romford [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 21,560 59.1 +6.1
Labour Margaret Mullane9,97127.3−9.0
Liberal Democrats Geoff M. Seeff3,0668.4+0.4
BNP John McCaffrey1,0883.0+1.8
UKIP Terry P. Murray7972.2+0.7
Majority11,58931.8+15.1
Turnout 36,48262.3+2.7
Registered electors 58,540
Conservative hold Swing +7.5
General election 2001: Romford [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Rosindell 18,931 53.0 +11.4
Labour Eileen Gordon 12,95436.3−6.9
Liberal Democrats Nigel Meyer2,8698.0+0.1
UKIP Steven Ward5331.5N/A
BNP Frank McAllister4141.20.0
Majority5,97716.7N/A
Turnout 35,70159.6−11.5
Registered electors 59,893
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Romford [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Gordon 18,187 43.2 +13.7
Conservative Michael Neubert 17,53841.6−15.0
Liberal Democrats Nigel Meyer3,3417.9−4.8
Referendum Steven Ward1,4313.4N/A
Liberal Terry E. Hurlstone1,1002.6N/A
BNP Michael J. Carey5221.2N/A
Majority6491.6N/A
Turnout 42,11971.1−6.9
Registered electors 59,276
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +15.6
General election 1992: Romford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 23,834 56.6 +0.6
Labour Eileen Gordon 12,41429.5+6.7
Liberal Democrats Pat A. Atherton5,32912.7−7.5
Green Frederick Gibson5461.3+0.3
Majority11,42027.1−6.1
Turnout 42,12378.0+5.1
Registered electors 54,001
Conservative hold Swing -3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Romford [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 22,745 56.0 +2.6
Labour Nigel Smith9,27422.8+3.5
Liberal John Bates8,19520.2−6.0
Green Frederick Gibson3851.0N/A
Majority13,47133.2+6.0
Turnout 40,59972.9+3.1
Registered electors 55,668
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
General election 1983: Romford [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 20,771 53.4 −0.4
Liberal John Bates10,19726.2+14.8
Labour Jack Hoepelman7,49419.3−13.6
National Front Madelaine P. Caine4321.1−0.8
Majority10,57427.2+6.3
Turnout 38,89469.8−6.81
Registered electors 55,758
Conservative hold Swing -7.6

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 22,714 53.76 +10.35
Labour Suzanne Bartlett [27] 13,90232.90−3.80
Liberal John Hayward Bates4,81811.40−7.98
National Front Madelaine P. Caine8201.94N/A
Majority8,81220.86+14.15
Turnout 42,25476.61+5.16
Registered electors 55,154
Conservative hold Swing +7.1
General election October 1974: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 17,164 43.41 +4.25
Labour D.R. O'Flynn14,51336.70+4.57
Liberal Terry E. Hurlstone7,66319.38−8.48
PEOPLE L. C. H. Sampson2000.51N/A
Majority2,6516.71−0.32
Turnout 39,54071.45−8.42
Registered electors 55,337
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
General election February 1974: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Neubert 17,134 39.16 −8.24
Labour D.R. O'Flynn14,06132.13−20.47
Liberal Terry E. Hurlstone12,19027.86N/A
IndependentE. Bates3740.85N/A
Majority3,0737.03N/A
Turnout 43,75979.87+13.11
Registered electors 54,790
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.1
General election 1970: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Leonard 27,899 52.60 −4.81
Conservative Michael Neubert 25,13947.40+4.81
Majority2,7605.20−9.62
Turnout 53,03866.76−8.68
Registered electors 79,448
Labour hold Swing +4.8

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ron Ledger 31,221 57.41 +9.90
Conservative Brian James Higgs23,16042.59+5.75
Majority8,06114.82+4.15
Turnout 54,38175.44−2.32
Registered electors 72,089
Labour Co-op hold Swing +2.1
General election 1964: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ron Ledger 27,143 47.51 +4.00
Conservative Antony T.R. Fletcher21,04636.84−5.64
Liberal Douglas Geary8,13314.24+0.23
RatepayerEdgar Bates8111.42N/A
Majority6,09710.67+9.64
Turnout 56,32277.76−2.61
Registered electors 73,473
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.8

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ron Ledger 25,558 43.51 −9.01
Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey24,95142.48−5.00
Liberal Douglas Geary8,22814.01N/A
Majority6071.03−4.02
Turnout 58,73780.37+5.91
Registered electors 73,082
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1955: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ron Ledger 27,326 52.52 +3.52
Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey24,70147.48−3.52
Majority2,6255.04N/A
Turnout 52,02775.46−8.35
Registered electors 68,942
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1951: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lockwood 33,120 51.00 +4.90
Labour Arthur Creech Jones 31,82249.00+5.10
Majority1,2982.00−0.20
Turnout 64,94283.81−1.89
Registered electors 77,483
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Romford [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lockwood 27,656 46.1 +11.26
Labour Thomas Macpherson 26,38743.9−8.93
Liberal Norman Clarke 6,01410.0−2.31
Majority1,2692.2N/A
Turnout 60,05785.7+11.08
Registered electors 70,204
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Macpherson 16,979 52.83 −1.20
Conservative Montague Lavander Berryman11,20234.86−11.11
Liberal Henry John G Hare3,95712.31N/A
Majority5,77717.97+9.91
Turnout 32,13874.62+13.21
Registered electors 43,070
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker 55,723 54.03 +15.49
Conservative William Hutchison 47,41645.97−15.49
Majority8,3078.06N/A
Turnout 103,13961.41−3.90
Registered electors 167,939
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Hutchison 50,097 61.46 +16.56
Labour H. T. Muggeridge 31,41038.54−6.36
Majority18,68722.92N/A
Turnout 81,50765.31−4.79
Registered electors 124,795
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Romford [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. T. Muggeridge 31,045 44.9 +6.6
Unionist Charles Rhys 22,52532.6−12.0
Liberal Arthur F Wood15,52722.5+5.4
Majority8,52012.3N/A
Turnout 69,09770.1−4.4
Registered electors 98,577
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.3
General election 1924: Romford [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles Rhys 15,520 44.6 +8.8
Labour Albert Emil Davies 13,31238.3+4.4
Liberal David Marshall Mason 5,95717.1−13.2
Majority2,2086.3+4.4
Turnout 34,78974.5+13.1
Registered electors 46,708
Unionist hold Swing +2.2
General election 1923: Romford [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles Rhys 9,585 35.8 N/A
Labour Albert Emil Davies 9,10933.9−7.6
Liberal David Marshall Mason 8,14430.3−28.2
Majority4761.9N/A
Turnout 26,83861.4+2.2
Registered electors 43,715
Unionist gain from National Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1922: Romford [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Albert Edward Martin 14,070 58.5 +1.0
Labour Albert Emil Davies 9,96741.5+13.4
Majority4,10317.0−12.4
Turnout 24,03759.2+10.8
Registered electors 40,597
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Romford [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Albert Edward Martin 10,30057.5+3.5
Labour Walter H. Letts5,04428.1N/A
National Socialist Party Arthur Whiting 2,58014.4N/A
Majority5,25629.4+21.4
Turnout 17,92448.4−28.9
Registered electors 37,055
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Bethell 22,119 54.0 +1.8
Conservative Peter Griggs 18,85046.0−1.8
Majority3,2698.0+3.6
Turnout 40,96977.3−6.5
Registered electors 53,002
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
General election January 1910: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Bethell 23,181 52.2 −10.7
Conservative G.H. Williamson21,22447.8+10.7
Majority1,9574.4−21.4
Turnout 44,40583.8+8.7
Registered electors 53,002
Liberal hold Swing -10.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Bethell 21,534 62.9 +21.5
Conservative Louis Sinclair 12,67937.1−21.5
Majority8,85525.8N/A
Turnout 34,21375.1+14.3
Registered electors 45,579
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.5
General election 1900: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Sinclair 10,450 58.6 +2.4
Liberal L. R. Holland7,38841.40.0
Majority3,06217.2+4.8
Turnout 17,83860.8−9.9
Registered electors 29,316
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Romford by-election: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Sinclair 8,156 50.4 −5.8
Liberal Herbert Raphael 8,03149.6+5.8
Majority1250.8−11.6
Turnout 16,18769.0−1.7
Registered electors 23,475
Conservative hold Swing -5.8
General election 1895: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Wigram 8,257 56.2 +1.4
Liberal John Bethell 6,43041.4−3.8
Majority1,82712.4+2.8
Turnout 14,68770.7−2.5
Registered electors 20,779
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
1894 Romford by-election: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Wigram 7,573 52.4 −2.4
Liberal John Bethell 6,89047.6+2.4
Majority6834.8−4.8
Turnout 14,46376.0+2.8
Registered electors 19,040
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
General election 1892: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Theobald 6,724 54.8 −2.0
Liberal Herbert Raphael 5,54245.2+21.6
Majority1,1829.6−23.6
Turnout 12,26673.2+14.1
Registered electors 16,750
Conservative hold Swing -11.8

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Theobald 4,233 56.8 +7.2
Liberal James Hume Webster [32] 1,75523.6−26.8
Liberal Unionist John Westlake 1,45719.6N/A
Majority2,47833.2N/A
Turnout 7,44559.1−9.8
Registered electors 12,591
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +17.0
General election 1885: Romford [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Westlake 4,370 50.4
Conservative James Theobald4,30649.6
Majority640.8
Turnout 8,67668.9
Registered electors 12,591
Liberal win (new seat)

Boundary changes

Previous constituencyYearAreaYearSubsequent constituency
South Essex 1885East Ham1918 East Ham North, East Ham South
South Essex 1885Ilford1918 Ilford
South Essex 1885Little Ilford1918 East Ham North
South Essex 1885Wanstead1918 Epping
South Essex 1885Barking1945 Barking
South Essex 1885Dagenham1945 Dagenham
South Essex 1885Hornchurch1945 Hornchurch
South Essex 1885Noak Hill/Harold Hill1974 Upminster
South Essex 1885Romford, Havering-atte-Bower1974Current Romford constituency
South East Essex 1918Rainham, Wennington1945 Hornchurch
Chelmsford 1918Cranham, Great Warley, Upminster1945 Hornchurch
Chelmsford 1950Brentwood1955 Billericay

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ 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.

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Gidea Park is a neighbourhood in the east of Romford in the London Borough of Havering, south-east England. Predominantly an affluent and residential area, it was historically located in the county of Essex. It saw significant expansion in the early 20th century, with exhibitions of housing and town planning and the construction of a railway station on the main line out from London Liverpool Street station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Liberty of Havering</span> Royal manor and liberty in England

Havering, also known as Havering-atte-Bower, was a royal manor and ancient liberty whose area now forms part of, and gives its name to, the London Borough of Havering in Greater London. The manor was in the possession of the Crown from the 11th to the 19th centuries and was the location of Havering Palace from the 13th to the late 17th century. It occupied the same area as the ancient parish of Hornchurch which was divided into the three chapelries of Havering, Hornchurch and Romford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–2010

Hornchurch was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. At the 2010 general election parts formed the new seats of Hornchurch and Upminster; and Dagenham and Rainham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2010

Upminster was a constituency of the House of Commons in east London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. It was created for the 1974 general election, and abolished for the 2010 general election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–2010

Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parliamentary constituencies in London</span>

The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hornchurch Urban District</span>

Hornchurch was a local government district in southwest Essex from 1926 to 1965, formed as an urban district for the civil parish of Hornchurch. It was greatly expanded in 1934 with the addition of Cranham, Great Warley, Rainham, Upminster and Wennington; and in 1936 by gaining North Ockendon. Hornchurch Urban District Council was based at Langtons House in Hornchurch from 1929. The district formed a suburb of London and with a population peaking at 131,014 in 1961, it was one of the largest districts of its type in England. It now forms the greater part of the London Borough of Havering in Greater London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

Hornchurch and Upminster is a constituency in Greater London most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Julia Lopez, a member of the Conservative Party, currently Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who succeeded Angela Watkinson in 2017. Watkinson had been elected in 2010 as the constituency's first MP.

Romford Rural District was a local government district in southwest Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district. During the life of the district the area changed in use from rural farm land to sprawling London suburb and in 1926 much of it was removed to form new urban districts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

Dagenham and Rainham is a parliamentary constituency in Greater London that was created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Margaret Mullane and was previously represented from 2010 by Jon Cruddas, both members of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Becontree Hundred</span>

Becontree was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Essex, England. Its area has been entirely absorbed by the growth of London; with its name reused in 1921 for the large Becontree estate of the London County Council. Its former area now corresponds to the London Borough of Newham, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and parts of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Redbridge. Its early extent also included parts of what is now the London Borough of Havering.

Public transport in the London Borough of Havering, in east London, England, is a mix of National Rail, London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line and London Buses services. Rail services are primarily radial to central London with bus services providing most of the orbital connections. The public transport authority is Transport for London and the local authority is Havering London Borough Council.

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