Walthamstow West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1918–1965: Essex 1965–1974: Greater London |
1918–1974 | |
Created from | Walthamstow |
Replaced by | Walthamstow |
Walthamstow West was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but was until 1965 the Walthamstow Urban District of Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was combined with part of the former Walthamstow East to form the new Walthamstow constituency.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
1950–1974: The Borough of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1918 | Charles Jesson | NDP | ||
1922 | Valentine McEntee | Labour | ||
1924 | Horace Crawfurd | Liberal | ||
1929 | Valentine McEntee | Labour | ||
1950 | Clement Attlee | Labour | Previously MP for Limehouse from 1922; Leader of the Labour Party 1935–55; Prime Minister 1945–51; resigned 26 December 1955 | |
1956 by-election | Edward Redhead | Labour | Died 15 April 1967 | |
1967 by-election | Fred Silvester | Conservative | ||
1970 | Eric Deakins | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Walthamstow from February 1974 | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Democratic | Charles Jesson | 7,330 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 4,167 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal | Emslie Horniman | 2,707 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | 3,163 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,204 | 47.0 | |||
National Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Valentine McEntee | 8,758 | 43.3 | +14.0 | |
National Liberal | Charles Jesson | 6,253 | 30.9 | New | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 5,228 | 25.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 2,505 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,239 | 63.8 | +16.8 | ||
Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 10,026 | 47.6 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 8,234 | 39.0 | +13.2 | |
Unionist | Jabeez Lyne | 2,832 | 13.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,792 | 8.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,092 | 65.5 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 12,991 | 50.9 | +21.9 | |
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 12,521 | 49.1 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 470 | 1.8 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,512 | 75.5 | +10.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 16,050 | 54.0 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 9,470 | 31.9 | −18.0 | |
Unionist | Frederick C Bramston | 4,184 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,580 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,704 | 73.3 | −2.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 14,144 | 45.14 | ||
Conservative | Claude Herbert Grundy | 13,137 | 41.93 | ||
Liberal | Sydney Robinson | 4,053 | 12.93 | ||
Majority | 1,007 | 3.21 | |||
Turnout | 31,334 | 72.82 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 17,613 | 61.83 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Claude Catty | 10,874 | 38.17 | ||
Majority | 6,739 | 23.66 | |||
Turnout | 28,487 | 64.97 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 17,460 | 65.22 | +3.39 | |
Liberal | Lancelot Spicer | 4,760 | 17.78 | New | |
Conservative | Leslie Charles Curran | 4,550 | 17.00 | −21.17 | |
Majority | 12,700 | 47.44 | |||
Turnout | 26,770 | 70.14 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clement Attlee | 21,095 | 60.46 | −4.76 | |
Conservative | John Arthur Paul | 8,988 | 25.76 | +8.76 | |
Liberal | Alan Whitfield Pim | 4,102 | 11.76 | −6.02 | |
Labour Independent Group | Lester Hutchinson | 704 | 2.02 | New | |
Majority | 12,107 | 34.70 | |||
Turnout | 34,889 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.76 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clement Attlee | 23,021 | 66.79 | ||
Conservative | Edward du Cann | 11,447 | 33.21 | ||
Majority | 11,574 | 33.58 | |||
Turnout | 34,468 | 81.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clement Attlee | 19,327 | 65.73 | ||
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 10,077 | 34.27 | ||
Majority | 9,250 | 31.46 | |||
Turnout | 29,404 | 72.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Redhead | 13,388 | 64.68 | −1.05 | |
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 4,184 | 20.21 | −14.06 | |
Liberal | Oliver Smedley | 3,037 | 14.67 | New | |
Independent | Bill Boaks | 89 | 0.43 | New | |
Majority | 9,204 | 44.47 | +13.01 | ||
Turnout | 20,698 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Redhead | 15,980 | 54.95 | ||
Conservative | Harry Midgley | 7,872 | 27.07 | ||
Liberal | Oliver Smedley | 5,229 | 17.98 | ||
Majority | 8,108 | 27.88 | |||
Turnout | 29,081 | 76.08 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Redhead | 14,405 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | Edward Michael Ogden | 6,780 | 26.5 | ―1.7 | |
Liberal | Colin Hart-Leverton | 4,437 | 17.3 | ||
Majority | 7,625 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 25,622 | 72.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Redhead | 14,665 | 61.2 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Frederick Silvester | 5,940 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | Donald W. Bramley | 3,370 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 8,725 | 36.4 | |||
Turnout | 23,975 | 71.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Silvester | 6,652 | 37.1 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 6,590 | 36.7 | ―24.5 | |
Liberal | Margaret Wingfield | 4,105 | 22.9 | +8.8 | |
Anti-Common Market | Oliver Smedley | 542 | 3.0 | New | |
Independent | Robin Allen | 63 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 62 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,952 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Deakins | 12,472 | 54.5 | ―6.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Silvester | 7,870 | 34.6 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Ian W. Roxburgh | 2,564 | 11.2 | ―2.9 | |
Majority | 4,602 | 20.2 | ―16.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,906 | 65.14 | ―5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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