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1954 Ilford North By-election
The Ilford North by-election of 3 February 1954 was held after the resignation of Conservative MP Geoffrey Hutchinson, who gave up his seat to become chairman of the National Assistance Board. He subsequently became Baron Ilford. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by Tom Iremonger, who held the seat at the General Election the following year, and who remained the constituency's MP until defeated at the October 1974 election. Results See also *1978 Ilford North by-election *1920 Ilford by-election The Ilford (UK Parliament constituency), Ilford by-election of 25 September 1920 was held after the death of the Coalition Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament Sir William Peter Griggs. The Coalition retained the se ... External linksFull results References {{By-elections to the 40th UK Parliament Ilford North by-election Ilford North,1954 Ilford North,1954 Ilford North by-election Ilford North,1954 1950s in Ess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilford North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ilford North is a constituency created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Wes Streeting of the Labour Party. History The seat was created for the 1945 general election, from the northern part of the former Ilford seat. Constituency profile All districts are suburban but interspersed with many parks and a few small nature reserves and are connected to Central London by the Central line (London Underground) which forms an end loop around Hainault tube station. The vast majority of Ilford North's housing is houses of terraced or semi-detached type having typically small and narrow gardens. As at the 2011 census, mid-rise apartments in modest landscaped grounds form the bulk of the type of flats in the seat as opposed to tower blocks. Political history The seat has fluctuated since 1945 between Labour and Conservative representation in the House of Commons. The 2015 result made the seat the 8th narrowest win of Labour's 232 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Ridealgh
Mabel Ridealgh (11 August 1898 – 20 June 1989) was an English Labour and Co-operative politician. She was Member of Parliament for the Ilford North constituency between 1945 and 1950, before becoming General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild. Career Mabel Jewitt was born on 11 August 1898 to Mark Jewitt and Lucy in Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland. She began her career working in the civil service. She joined the Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) in 1920 and the Labour Party the following year. During World War II she worked for the Board of Trade. Ridealgh was elected as a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for the newly created seat of Ilford North constituency in the 1945 general election. She campaigned on issues such as National Insurance, housing and nursery schools. She lost the seat in 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By-elections To The Parliament Of The United Kingdom In Essex Constituencies
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumbent dying or resigning, or when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office (because of a recall election, recall, dual mandate, election or appointment to a prohibited dual mandate, Disqualification of convicted representatives in India, criminal conviction, or failure to maintain a Call of the house, minimum attendance), or when an election is invalidated by voting irregularities. In some cases a vacancy may be filled without a by-election or the office may be left vacant. Origins The procedure for filling a vacant seat in the House of Commons of England was developed during the English Reformati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 In London
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
