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Encyclopedia > Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilford South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Ilford South comprises of the southern part of the town of Ilford, including Cranbrook, Seven Kings and Goodmayes, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is bordered to the south by Barking and to the north by Ilford North. Ilford is a town in North-East London, UK in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... There are at least two places named Cranbrook. ... Seven Kings is a place in north east London, England in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... Goodmayes is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in East London. ... Barking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Ilford North is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the north part of the town of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. ...


Member of Parliament

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Michael John Gapes (born 4 September 1952) is a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Ilford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Gapes 20,856 48.9 -10.7
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 11,628 27.2 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Matthew Lake 8,761 20.5 +9.2
British Public Party Kashif Rana 763 1.8 +1.8
UKIP Colin Taylor 685 1.6 -1.8
Majority 9,228 21.6
Turnout 42,693 53.6 -0.7
Labour hold Swing 6.1
General Election 2001: Ilford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Gapes 24,619 59.6 +1.1
Conservative Suresh Kumar 10,622 25.7 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Ralph Scott 4,647 11.3 +5.0
UKIP Harun Khan 1,407 3.4 N/A
Majority 13,997 33.9
Turnout 41,295 54.3 -15.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Ilford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Gapes 29,973 58.5
Conservative Neil Thorne 15,073 30.1
Liberal Democrats Aina Khan 3,152 6.3
Referendum Party David Hodges 1,073 2.1
Socialist Labour Party Bruce Ramsey 868 1.7
BNP Aron Owens 580 1.2
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Michael John Gapes (born 4 September 1952) is a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

 

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