Ilford South

New parliamentary constituency

This constituency is new at the July general election, and replaces the previous two constituencies:

Ilford South

Covered approximately 80% of this new constituency’s population, and 75% of this new constituency’s area.

Dagenham and Rainham

Covered approximately 10% of this new constituency’s population, and 8% of this new constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 53.8% 37.2%
Neither 13.2% 12.5%
Undermined 33.0% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 46.0% 34.1%
Neither 10.6% 11.5%
Reduced 43.4% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 48.0% 44.3%
Neither 6.2% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 45.8% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 56.8% 52.5%
Neither 8.2% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 35.0% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 19.7% 21.1%
Oppose 9.9% 17.8%
Support 70.4% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Independents

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 69.8% 72.6%
Net disagree 7.3% 8.7%
Strongly agree 30.8% 33.8%
Partly agree 38.9% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 23% 18.7%
Partly disagree 5.1% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2.2% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 59.6% 58.9%
Net disagree 14.4% 17.6%
Strongly agree 23.9% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 34.8% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 26% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 8.3% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 6.2% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 56.7% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 43.3% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

26%

26.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

31.8%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

84.1%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

53.4%

52.0% national average

Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 24.7% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 12.4% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 15.6% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 23.1% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 14.6% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 9.5% 19.1%

Constituency Population

131,000

102,977.2 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.2% 1.1%
Construction 4.7% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 9.0% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 8.1% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.2% 3.5%
Does not apply 58.0% 53.4%
Other 1.3% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 11.7% 14.3%
Transport and communication 5.8% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.2% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 4.4% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 3.3% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 5.5% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 4.4% 6.0%
Does not apply 58.0% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 3.6% 3.2%
Professional occupations 8.5% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 3.9% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 4.1% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

11.7%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 57.6% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 3.5% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 5.8% 1.8%
Other White 9.8% 6.3%
White British 12.2% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.2% 5.3%
Fair health 10.9% 12.8%
Very good or good health 84.9% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

43.1%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

32.4%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

27.2%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

33.0%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.9% 0.3%
Asian languages 20.1% 3.0%
English or Welsh 64.9% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 8.2% 3.8%
Does not apply 4.6% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.8% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.5% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.1% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 0.4% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 3.7% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 12.6% 21.3%
On foot 2.4% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 11.6% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 5.3% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.2% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 58.0% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.6% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.0% 1.8%
Taxi 0.2% 0.3%
Train 3.9% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

37.6%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

47.8%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups

0

8.4 national average