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Ilford was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Redbridge in eastern Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election, 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
| 1920 Ilford by-election |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Coalition Unionist |
Fredric Wise |
15,612 |
54.4 |
-12.4 |
|
Labour |
Joseph King |
6,577 |
22.9 |
+3.4 |
|
Liberal |
John Thompson |
6,515 |
22.7 |
+9.0 |
| Majority |
9,035 |
31.5 |
-15.8 |
| Turnout |
28,704 |
66.2 |
+7.9 |
|
Coalition Unionist hold |
Swing |
+4.0 |
|
- endorsed by Coalition Government
| General election 1922: Ilford |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Fredric Wise |
14,071 |
44.4 |
-22.4 |
|
Liberal |
John Thompson |
7,625 |
24.0 |
+10.3 |
|
Labour |
Augustus West |
5,414 |
17.1 |
-2.4 |
|
Ind U |
Frederick C. Bramston |
4,610 |
14.5 |
New |
| Majority |
6,446 |
20.4 |
-26.9 |
| Turnout |
31,720 |
70.5 |
+12.2 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
-5.6 |
|
| 1928 Ilford by-election |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Hamilton |
18,269 |
44.8 |
-13.6 |
|
Liberal |
Arthur Comyns Carr |
13,621 |
33.4 |
+13.5 |
|
Labour |
Charles Robin de Gruchy |
8,922 |
21.9 |
+0.2 |
| Majority |
4,648 |
11.4 |
-25.3 |
| Turnout |
40,812 |
67.5 |
-7.3 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
-13.6 |
|
| General election 1929: Ilford |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Hamilton |
24,414 |
42.4 |
-16.0 |
|
Liberal |
Arthur Comyns Carr |
21,267 |
36.9 |
+17.0 |
|
Labour |
Charles Robin de Gruchy |
11,952 |
20.7 |
+0.8 |
| Majority |
3,147 |
5.5 |
-31.2 |
| Turnout |
57,633 |
73.6 |
-1.2 |
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
-3.1 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
| General election 1931: Ilford |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
George Hamilton |
43,737 |
67.2 |
+34.8 |
|
Labour |
Percy Astins |
12,173 |
18.7 |
-2.0 |
|
Liberal |
Russell Thomas |
9,179 |
14.1 |
-22.8 |
| Majority |
31,564 |
48.5 |
+43.0 |
| Turnout |
65,089 |
71.9 |
-1.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+18.4 |
|
| 1937 Ilford by-election |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Hutchinson |
25,533 |
61.2 |
-1.9 |
|
Labour |
James Ranger |
16,214 |
38.8 |
+1.9 |
| Majority |
9,319 |
22.4 |
-3.8 |
| Turnout |
41,747 |
37.3 |
-26.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
-1.9 |
|
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
- British Union: Louise Ann King
