| Ilford | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1945 | |
| Seats | one |
| 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
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Peter Griggs | 15,870 | 66.8 | |
| Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 4,621 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Hamilton Garside | 3,261 | 13.7 | ||
| Majority | 11,249 | 47.3 | |||
| Turnout | 23,752 | 58.3 | |||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition Unionist | Fredric Wise | 15,612 | 54.4 | -12.4 | |
| Labour | Joseph King | 6,577 | 22.9 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal | John Thompson | 6,515 | 22.7 | +9.0 | |
| Majority | 9,035 | 31.5 | -15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 28,704 | 66.2 | +7.9 | ||
| Coalition Unionist hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Fredric Wise | 14,071 | 44.4 | -22.4 | |
| Liberal | John Thompson | 7,625 | 24.0 | +10.3 | |
| Labour | Augustus West | 5,414 | 17.1 | -2.4 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Frederick C. Bramston | 4,610 | 14.5 | New | |
| Majority | 6,446 | 20.4 | -26.9 | ||
| Turnout | 31,720 | 70.5 | +12.2 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Fredric Wise | 14,136 | 44.4 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal | John Morris | 11,965 | 37.5 | +13.5 | |
| Labour | Dan Chater | 5,775 | 18.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 2,171 | 6.9 | -13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 31,876 | 64.8 | -5.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Fredric Wise | 22,825 | 58.4 | +14.0 | |
| Labour | Dan Chater | 8,460 | 21.7 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal | John Morris | 7,780 | 19.9 | -17.6 | |
| Majority | 14,365 | 36.7 | +29.8 | ||
| Turnout | 39,065 | 74.8 | +10.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Hamilton | 18,269 | 44.8 | -13.6 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 13,621 | 33.4 | +13.5 | |
| Labour | Charles Robin de Gruchy | 8,922 | 21.9 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 4,648 | 11.4 | -25.3 | ||
| Turnout | 40,812 | 67.5 | -7.3 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -13.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | George Hamilton | 24,414 | 42.4 | -16.0 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 21,267 | 36.9 | +17.0 | |
| Labour | Charles Robin de Gruchy | 11,952 | 20.7 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 3,147 | 5.5 | -31.2 | ||
| Turnout | 57,633 | 73.6 | -1.2 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Hamilton | 43,737 | 67.2 | +34.8 | |
| Labour | Percy Astins | 12,173 | 18.7 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal | Russell Thomas | 9,179 | 14.1 | -22.8 | |
| Majority | 31,564 | 48.5 | +43.0 | ||
| Turnout | 65,089 | 71.9 | -1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +18.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Hamilton | 43,208 | 63.1 | -4.1 | |
| Labour | Percy Astins | 25,241 | 36.9 | +18.2 | |
| Majority | 17,967 | 26.2 | -22.3 | ||
| Turnout | 68,449 | 64.0 | -7.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -11.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey Hutchinson | 25,533 | 61.2 | -1.9 | |
| Labour | James Ranger | 16,214 | 38.8 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 9,319 | 22.4 | -3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 41,747 | 37.3 | -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;
- Conservative: Geoffrey Hutchinson
- Labour: James Ranger[10]
- British Union: Louise Ann King
In popular culture
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.
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
This page was last edited on 29 July 2023, at 16:51