The Ilford North

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of 3 February 1954 was held after the resignation of

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MP Geoffrey Hutchinson, who gave up his seat to become chairman of the

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. He subsequently became Baron Ilford. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by

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, 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.

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