Redbridge was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...
. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
History
It was planned to use the same boundaries as the Westminster Parliament constituencies for election of councillors to the Greater London Council (GLC), as had been the practice for elections to the predecessor
London County Council, but those that existed in 1965 crossed the Greater London boundary. Until new constituencies could be settled, the 32 London boroughs were used as electoral areas which therefore created a constituency called Redbridge.
The electoral division was replaced from 1973 by the single-member electoral divisions of
Ilford North
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 ...
,
Ilford South
Ilford South is a constituency created in 1945 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Sam Tarry of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
The seat covers Ilford town centre and the surrounding suburbs, and the ...
and
Wanstead and Woodford.
Elections
The Redbridge constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
,
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
and
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
. Three councillors were elected at each election using
first-past-the-post voting.
1964 election
The first election was held on 9 April 1964, a year before the council came into its powers. The electorate was 174,419 and three Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 83,548 people voting, the turnout was 47.9%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
1967 election
The second election was held on 13 April 1967. The electorate was 173,086 and three Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 72,880 people voting, the turnout was 42.1%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
1970 election
The third election was held on 9 April 1970. The electorate was 183,054 and three Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 62,026 people voting, the turnout was 33.9%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
References
{{Greater London Council
Politics of the London Borough of Redbridge
Greater London Council electoral divisions
1973 disestablishments in England
1965 establishments in England