Ilford was a
borough constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...
in what is now the
London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough established in 1965.
The borough shares boundaries with the Epping Forest District and the ceremonial county of Essex to the north, with the London Borough of Waltham Forest to the west, the ...
in eastern Greater London. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It was created for the
1918 general election, and abolished for the
1945 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1945.
Africa
* 1945 South-West African legislative election
Asia
* 1945 Indian general election
Australia
* 1945 Fremantle by-election
Europe
* 1945 Albanian parliamentary election
* 1945 Bulgaria ...
, when it was replaced by the new
Ilford North and
Ilford South constituencies.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
*endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1930s
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
James Ranger (1889 – 26 April 1975) was a British politician. He was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South
Ilford South is a constituency created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 ...
[Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939]
*British Union: Louise Ann King
In popular culture
In Series 3, Episode 6 of the popular
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mockumentary programme
The Thick Of It
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, 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
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1945
Politics of the London Borough of Redbridge
Ilford