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,
Irish issue in British politics Irish issue in British politics The status of Ireland was a major issue in British politics often on for centuries. The Irish issue was the single major source of political upheaval, – and political violence, in British politics throughout the 19th century into the early 1920s. Religion was a key factor: Catholics comprise a large majority, but were impoverished and penalized and politically inert before the 1820s. In Ulster, a strong middle-class Presbyterian element had built an industrial base. Political control of Ireland was in the hands of several thousand rich English families, who owned practically all the good farmland.