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Ilford South

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Jas Athwal
Party
Labour
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
80,993
Turnout
50.8%
Majority
6,894

Where is Ilford South?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

Ilford South Ilford North Barking East Ham West Ham and Beckton Romford Erith and Thamesmead Leyton and Wanstead Dagenham and Rainham Chingford and Woodford Green Epping Forest Greenwich and Woolwich Stratford and Bow Walthamstow Poplar and Limehouse Hornchurch and Upminster Bethnal Green and Stepney Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Tottenham Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Bermondsey and Old Southwark Brentwood and Ongar Enfield North Thurrock Islington South and Finsbury Islington North Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Cities of London and Westminster Southgate and Wood Green Hertsmere England
Ilford South

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Ilford South is a constituency in London, England. The seat has been held by Jas Athwal (Labour) since July 2024.

Current MP

Jas Athwal MP

Labour

Represents Ilford South in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Labour
Majority
6,894
Turnout
50.8%
Full candidate result (8 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Jas AthwalElectedLabour16,53740.2%-25.1%
Noor BegumIndependent9,64323.4%
Sayeed SyduzzamanConservative6,14214.9%-6.3%
Syed SiddiqiGreen Party3,4378.3%7.0%
Raj ForhadReform UK2,3295.7%3.4%
Golam TipuWorkers Party of Britain1,3663.3%
Richard ClareLiberal Democrat1,3403.3%-0.1%
Andy WalkerTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3760.9%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for Ilford South, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population138,320
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationLondon

Age profile

0 to 1726.6% · 36,852 people
18 to 2410.5% · 14,562 people
25 to 3417.3% · 23,890 people
35 to 4921.8% · 30,202 people
50 to 6414.1% · 19,516 people
65 and over9.6% · 13,298 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

39,950 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners47.8% · 19,102 households
Private renters36.9% · 14,752 households
Social renters13.9% · 5,545 households
Other tenure1.4% · 551 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

39,951 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households20.8% · 8,310 households
Families with dependent children47.1% · 18,804 households
Other single-family households24.2% · 9,663 households
Other household types7.9% · 3,174 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

130,669 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.5% · 7,155 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little6.2% · 8,112 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act88.3% · 115,402 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question15 June 2026

Free School Meals

Raised by Jas Athwal MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of free-school meals on children in Ilford South constituency; and whether she has considered trialling Free School Meals to children in secondary

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency188
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency89
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

View 71 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency69
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency65
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency34
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency29
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency28
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency9
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded43
Total awarded£4,318,368

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026

We are One

The community inclusive dementia mental health & wellbeing support

£19,999

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

The community inclusive dementia mental health & wellbeing support - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 21 May 2026

R&D towards a dance show for babies and caregivers

Grant to individual

£6,850

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

R&D towards a dance show for babies and caregivers - Not discipline specific - National Lottery Project Grants

National Lottery grantAwarded 30 April 2026

Redbridge Pride 2026

Redbridge Rainbow Community

£8,222

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Redbridge Rainbow Community - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 20 April 2026

Governance Support – Muslimah Sports Association (MSA)

Muslimah Sports Association

£19,800

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will acquire the support of consultants to analyse and improve the governance of the organisation in line with a code for governance, while looking to future proof the organisation.

National Lottery grantAwarded 5 February 2026

Colours of Redbridge

Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure

£1,048,883

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

Colours of Redbridge - Not discipline specific - Creative People and Places National Portfolio Programme

38 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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