Chingford hall building subsequently put up for sale itself. Chingford is within the Chingford and Woodford Green UK Parliament constituency, which consists of the six Chingford wards in the Borough of Waltham Forest and two wards in the Borough of Redbridge. Iain Duncan Smith has been the sitting MP since 1992. Former MPs include Norman Tebbit, Leah Manning, Stan Newens, and Winston Churchill (when Chingford was in the Epping constituency). Chingford is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, which also includes the east London districts of Walthamstow, Leyton, and Leytonstone. Chingford consists of six council wards, namely: Each ward
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.