General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Ilford South?

Nicholas Cecil

8 July 2024 at 4:38 am·1-min read

Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:

ILFORD SOUTH

WINNER: JAS ATHWAL

Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):

Jas Athwal - Labour Party (16,537)

Noor Begum - Independent (9,643)

Raj Forhad - Reform UK (2,329)

Syed Siddiqi - Green Party (3,437)

Sayeed Syduzzaman - Conservatives (6,142)

Area: Wards in the constituency include Chadwell Heath, Chadwell, Clementswood, Goodmayes, Ilford Town, Loxford, Mayfield, Newbury and Seven Kings.

Ilford South constituency map. Purple shaded area: Current constituency boundary. Green outlines new constituency boundaries (© OpenStreetMap contributors | © CARTO)

I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have not significantly changed the political make-up of this constituency.

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