Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chingford and Woodford Green
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Boundary within Greater London
County Greater London
Population88,149 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 75,677 (2023) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Chingford and Wanstead & Woodford

Chingford and Woodford Green is a constituency in North East London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Sir Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party since its creation in 1997. [lower-alpha 1]

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Constituency profile

The seat covers the outer London commuter suburbs of Chingford, Highams Park and Woodford with high levels of owner-occupier housing, [3] along with part of Epping Forest. Once safely Conservative, the seat is now marginal with Labour due to young families and ethnic minority voters moving into the constituency. [4]

Boundaries

Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1997–2024: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hale End and Highams Park, Hatch Lane, Larkswood, Valley, and the London Borough of Redbridge wards of Church End and Monkhams.

2024–present: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Churchfields, and Monkhams, and the London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hatch End and Highams Park South (part), Hatch Lane and Highams Park North, Larswood (part), Valley, and Upper Walthamstow (part). [5]

Expanded to the south-east to include the Bridge ward and the remainder of the Churchfields ward, transferred from Ilford North. The part of the South Woodford ward was transferred to Leyton and Wanstead.

History

Pre creation

Before 1945, both Chingford and Woodford were part of the Epping parliamentary constituency, for which wartime Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill was MP. The Chingford and Woodford Green constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Chingford and Wanstead and Woodford. Both seats previously had well-known MPs, Norman Tebbit and Winston Churchill respectively. Iain Duncan Smith had been MP for Chingford since 1992, then was elected MP for this constituency five years later in 1997.

Post creation

At the seat's inauguration at the 1997 general election, there was a Conservative majority of over 5000 or 13%; the Conservatives retained the seat in 2001 with a majority little changed on a low turnout. In 2005, the Conservative incumbent did better, getting twice as many votes as Labour with a swing to the party of 6.4% (over double that nationally) from Labour.

The 2015 result gave the seat the 119th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. [6]

At the 2017 snap election, Duncan Smith was re-elected with a greatly reduced majority on a 7% swing to Labour, slightly more than a sixth of his 2010 margin.

The 2019 general election saw the Conservatives retaining the seat, although with a smaller majority than 2017 due to a swing to Labour, contrary to the national trend, making it the 15th most marginal Conservative seat by percentage of majority.

Faiza Shaheen, who had been Labour's candidate in 2019, was again selected as candidate by the local party in 2022, but was deselected after the July 2024 election was announced due to the nature of social media posts she had liked. She then resigned from the Labour Party and stood as an independent candidate for the constituency. [7] Prior to that, it was described as the 10th most likely seat to switch in a ranking of Labour's targets. [8]

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember [9] [10] PartyNotes
1997 Iain Duncan Smith Conservative MP for Chingford (1992–1997)

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Chingford and Woodford Green [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 17,281 35.6 −12.6
Labour Shama Tatler12,52425.8−19.5
Independent Faiza Shaheen 12,44525.7N/A
Reform UK Paul Luggeri3,6537.5+7.2
Green Chris Brody [lower-alpha 2] 1,3342.7+2.3
Liberal Democrats Josh Hadley1,2752.6−3.2
Majority4,7589.8+7.2
Turnout 48,51264.5−7.7
Registered electors 75,178
Conservative hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [13]
PartyVote %
Conservative 26,32248.2
Labour 24,71845.3
Liberal Democrats 3,1935.8
Green 2130.4
Brexit Party 1600.3
Turnout54,60672.2
Electorate75,677
General election 2019: Chingford and Woodford Green [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 23,481 48.5 –0.6
Labour Faiza Shaheen 22,21945.9+2.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff2,7445.6+1.2
Majority1,2622.6–2.6
Turnout 48,44474.1+2.9
Registered electors 65,393
Conservative hold Swing –1.3
General election 2017: Chingford and Woodford Green [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 23,076 49.1 +1.2
Labour Bilal Mahmood20,63843.9+15.1
Liberal Democrats Deborah Unger2,0434.4–1.1
Green Sinead King1,2042.6–1.6
Majority2,4385.2–13.9
Turnout 46,96171.2+5.5
Registered electors 65,958
Conservative hold Swing –7.0
General election 2015: Chingford and Woodford Green [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,999 47.9 –4.9
Labour Bilal Mahmood12,61328.8+6.1
UKIP Freddy Vachha 5,64412.9+10.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Crook2,4005.5–11.3
Green Rebecca Tully1,8544.2+2.7
TUSC Len Hockey [19] 2410.6New
Class War Lisa Mckenzie 530.1New
Majority8,38619.1–11.0
Turnout 43,80465.7–0.8
Registered electors 66,680
Conservative hold Swing –5.5
General election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 22,743 52.8 –0.4
Labour Cath Arakelian9,78022.7–3.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff7,24216.8–0.9
BNP Julian Leppert1,2883.0New
UKIP Nick Jones1,1332.6–0.2
Green Lucy Craig6501.5New
Independent None Of The Above [lower-alpha 3] 2020.5New
Independent Barry White680.2New
Majority12,96330.1+2.6
Turnout 43,10666.5+3.5
Registered electors 64,831
Conservative hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,555 53.2 +5.0
Labour Simon Wright9,91425.7–7.7
Liberal Democrats John Beanse6,83217.7+2.2
UKIP Michael McGough1,0782.8New
Independent Barry White2690.7New
Majority10,64127.5+12.7
Turnout 38,64863.0+1.5
Registered electors 61,386
Conservative hold Swing +6.4
General election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 17,834 48.2 +0.7
Labour Jessica Webb12,34733.4–1.2
Liberal Democrats John Beanse5,73915.50.0
BNP Jean Griffin 1,0622.9+0.5
Majority5,48714.8+1.9
Turnout 36,98258.5–12.2
Registered electors 63,252
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 21,109 47.5
Labour Tommy Hutchinson15,39534.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff6,88515.5
BNP Alan Gould1,0592.4
Majority5,71412.9
Turnout 44,44870.7
Registered electors 62,904
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  2. ↑ After nominations for the 2024 general election closed, the Green Party suspended Chris Brody and withdrew all support for his campaign on 21 June 2024. [12]
  3. ↑ Original name Adam Osen

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