Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6485
mike.gapes.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office publicised
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Ilford North 1983 general election. Member for Ilford South since 9 April 1992 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
Paul Murphy as Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office 1997-99,
Lord Rooker as Minister of State, Home Office 2001-02
Party groups
Member, Labour National Policy Forum and Joint Policy Committee 1996-2005;
Chair, Co-operative Party, Parliamentary Group 2000-01;
Trade union liaison officer, London Group of Labour MPs 2001-05
Select committees
Foreign Affairs:
Member 1992-97, 2010-,
Chair 2005-10;
Member: Defence 1999-2001, 2003-05,
Liaison 2005-10,
Quadripartite (Committees on Strategic Export Controls)/Arms Export Controls 2006-,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010
International bodies
Vice-President, Council of European National Youth Committees 1977-79;
Member:
NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2002-05, 2010-,
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2005-10;
Treasurer, Inter-Parliamentary Union, British Group 2010-
Political interests
Defence, international affairs, European Union, economic policy, education, mental health
General Election 2010 - Ilford South
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Gapes, Mike |
Lab/Co-op |
25301 |
49.08% |
| Boutle, Toby |
Con |
14014 |
27.18% |
| Al-Samerai, Anood |
Lib Dem |
8679 |
16.83% |
| Chowdhry, Wilson |
Green |
1319 |
2.56% |
| Murray, Terry |
UKIP |
1132 |
2.2% |
| Jestico, John |
SKGH |
746 |
1.45% |
| Result |
Lab/Co-op Hold (0.18% from Con to Lab/Co-op) |