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Ilford North — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Ilford North was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 528 votes over Independent. This page covers every general election in Ilford North from 1945 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1945–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1945 Mabel Ridealgh (Labour) 18,833 42.8% Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson (Conservative) 2,820 (6.4 pts) 71.4%
1950 Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson (Conservative) 29,950 52.2% Mabel Ridealgh (Labour) 8,565 (14.9 pts) 85.9%
1951 Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson (Conservative) 31,905 55.5% Mabel Ridealgh (Labour) 10,040 (17.5 pts) 84.8%
1955 Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger (Conservative) 28,749 55.6% Reginald Groves (Labour) 10,501 (20.3 pts) 76.6%
1959 Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger (Conservative) 29,609 55.4% Cecil Frederick Herbert Green (Labour) 13,647 (25.5 pts) 79.6%
1964 Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger (Conservative) 24,096 46.9% John Arthur Punshon (Labour) 7,533 (14.7 pts) 76.9%
1966 Thomas Iremonger (Conservative) 23,736 46.5% John Punshon (Labour) 3,344 (6.6 pts) 76.7%
1970 Thomas Iremonger (Conservative) 25,142 52.5% Christopher William Sewell (Labour) 7,790 (16.3 pts) 68.7%
Feb 1974 Thomas Iremonger (Conservative) 19,843 38.6% Millie Miller (Labour) 285 (0.5 pts) 79.6%
Oct 1974 Millie Miller (Labour) 20,621 42.5% Thomas Iremonger (Conservative) 778 (1.6 pts) 74.5%
1979 Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 26,381 51.3% Tessa Jowell (Labour) 7,195 (14.0 pts) 79.0%
1983 Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 22,042 51.3% Mike Gapes (Labour) 11,201 (26.1 pts) 71.3%
1987 Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 24,110 54.9% Paul Jeater (Labour) 12,090 (27.6 pts) 72.6%
1992 Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 24,678 54.0% Lesley Hilton (Labour) 9,051 (19.8 pts) 78.0%
1997 Linda Perham (Labour) 23,135 47.4% Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 3,224 (6.6 pts) 71.6%
2001 Linda Perham (Labour) 18,428 45.8% Vivian Bendall (Conservative) 2,115 (5.3 pts) 58.4%
2005 Lee Scott (Conservative) 18,781 43.7% Linda Perham (Labour) 1,653 (3.8 pts) 60.8%
2010 Lee Scott (Conservative) 21,506 45.7% Sonia Klein (Labour) 5,404 (11.5 pts) 65.2%
2015 Wes Streeting (Labour) 21,463 43.9% Lee Scott (Conservative) 589 (1.2 pts) 65.1%
2017 Wes Streeting (Labour) 30,589 57.8% Lee Scott (Conservative) 9,639 (18.2 pts) 72.7%
2019 Wes Streeting (Labour) 25,323 50.5% Howard Berlin (Conservative) 5,218 (10.4 pts) 68.8%
2024 Wes Streeting (Labour) 15,647 33.4% Leanne Mohamad (Independent) 528 (1.1 pts) 59.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mabel Ridealgh Labour 18,83342.8% Yes
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson Conservative 16,01336.4% No
Juliet Rhys-Williams Liberal 9,12820.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson Conservative 29,95052.2% Yes
Mabel Ridealgh Labour 21,38537.3% No
Stanley Walter Alexander Liberal 6,00910.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson Conservative 31,90555.5% Yes
Mabel Ridealgh Labour 21,86538.0% No
Henry Pollard Liberal 3,7096.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger Conservative 28,74955.6% Yes
Reginald Groves Labour 18,24835.3% No
Paul Rose Liberal 4,7029.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger Conservative 29,60955.4% Yes
Cecil Frederick Herbert Green Labour 15,96229.8% No
David K Mills Liberal 7,91514.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger Conservative 24,09646.9% Yes
John Arthur Punshon Labour 16,56332.3% No
David Kincaid Mills Liberal 10,69220.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Iremonger Conservative 23,73646.5% Yes
John Punshon Labour 20,39239.9% No
Jack Harris Liberal 6,95313.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Iremonger Conservative 25,14252.5% Yes
Christopher William Sewell Labour 17,35236.2% No
Gareth Wilson Liberal 5,42511.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Iremonger Conservative 19,84338.6% Yes
Millie Miller Labour 19,55838.0% No
Gareth Wilson Liberal 12,06323.4% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Millie Miller Labour 20,62142.5% Yes
Thomas Iremonger Conservative 19,84340.9% No
Gareth Wilson Liberal 8,08016.6% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vivian Bendall Conservative 26,38151.3% Yes
Tessa Jowell Labour 19,18637.3% No
John Freeman Liberal 4,5688.9% No
John Hughes National Front 8041.6% No
Thomas Iremonger Independent Conservative 4520.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vivian Bendall Conservative 22,04251.3% Yes
Mike Gapes Labour 10,84125.2% No
Ian Walter Roxburgh Social Democratic Party 10,05223.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vivian Bendall Conservative 24,11054.9% Yes
Paul Jeater Labour 12,02027.4% No
Graham Tobbell Social Democratic Party 7,75717.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vivian Bendall Conservative 24,67854.0% Yes
Lesley Hilton Labour 15,62734.2% No
Ralph Scott Liberal Democrat 5,43011.9% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Perham Labour 23,13547.4% Yes
Vivian Bendall Conservative 19,91140.8% No
Alan Dean Liberal Democrat 5,04910.3% No
Paul Wilson BNP 7551.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Perham Labour 18,42845.8% Yes
Vivian Bendall Conservative 16,31340.5% No
Gavin Stollar Liberal Democrat 4,71711.7% No
Martin Levin UKIP 7761.9% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lee Scott Conservative 18,78143.7% Yes
Linda Perham Labour 17,12839.8% No
Mark Gayler Liberal Democrat 5,89613.7% No
Andrew Cross UKIP 9022.1% No
Martin Levin Independent 2930.7% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lee Scott Conservative 21,50645.7% Yes
Sonia Klein Labour 16,10234.2% No
Alex Berhanu Liberal Democrat 5,96612.7% No
Danny Warville BNP 1,5453.3% No
Henri van der Stighelen UKIP 8711.9% No
Caroline Allen Green 5721.2% No
Robert Hampson Christian Peoples Alliance 4561.0% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wes Streeting Labour 21,46343.9% Yes
Lee Scott Conservative 20,87442.7% No
Philip Hyde UKIP 4,3558.9% No
Richard Clare Liberal Democrat 1,1302.3% No
David Reynolds Green 1,0232.1% No
Doris Osen Independent 870.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wes Streeting Labour 30,58957.8% Yes
Lee Scott Conservative 20,95039.6% No
Richard Clare Liberal Democrat 1,0342.0% No
Doris Osen Independent 3680.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wes Streeting Labour 25,32350.5% Yes
Howard Berlin Conservative 20,10540.1% No
Mark Johnson Liberal Democrat 2,6805.3% No
Neil Anderson Brexit Party 9601.9% No
David Reynolds Green 8451.7% No
Donald Akhigbe Christian Peoples Alliance 2010.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wes Streeting Labour 15,64733.4% Yes
Leanne Mohamad Independent 15,11932.2% No
Kaz Rizvi Conservative 9,61920.5% No
Alex Wilson Reform UK 3,6217.7% No
Rachel Collinson Green 1,7943.8% No
Fraser Coppin Liberal Democrat 1,0882.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1945: Labour margin 6.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 14.9 pts 1951: Conservative margin 17.5 pts 1955: Conservative margin 20.3 pts 1959: Conservative margin 25.5 pts 1964: Conservative margin 14.7 pts 1966: Conservative margin 6.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 16.3 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 0.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 1.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 14.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 26.1 pts 1987: Conservative margin 27.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 19.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 6.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 5.3 pts 2005: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 2010: Conservative margin 11.5 pts 2015: Labour margin 1.2 pts 2017: Labour margin 18.2 pts 2019: Labour margin 10.4 pts 2024: Labour margin 1.1 pts 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Ilford North has been contested at 22 general elections on record since 1945. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ilford North in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Ilford North in 2024 with 15,647 votes (33.4%), a majority of 528 votes over Independent in second place.

Which parties have won Ilford North since 1945?

Since 1945, Ilford North has been won by: Conservative, Labour.

What was the closest result in Ilford North?

The closest result on record for Ilford North was Feb 1974, when Conservative beat Labour by just 285 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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