Chingford (UK Parliament constituency) Chingford (UK Parliament constituency) Chingford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system. The constituency existed from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party throughout this period. Both of its former Members of Parliament are well known, being Norman Tebbit and Iain Duncan Smith. 1974-1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End,
Chingford is represented by three councillors; at present all of the councillors represent the Conservative Party except for two Labour ones in Valley and Hale End and Highams Park. The London Borough of Waltham Forest is presently controlled by the Labour party. Chingford falls within the North East constituency of the London Assembly, which is currently represented by Jennette Arnold of the Labour party. When Chingford was a municipal borough, before 1965, its politics were dominated by the" Chingford Ratepayers' Association", which was nominally independent, but against whom the Conservative Party did not field candidates. As of the 2011 census, 86%