Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)

Wanstead and Woodford
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1964–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Woodford
Replaced by	Chingford & Woodford Green, Ilford North and Leyton & Wanstead

Wanstead and Woodford was a constituency in North East London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It existed between 1964 and 1997.

History of results

Not shown among seats (constituencies) this is the original extent of the 1964 to 1974, in local government terms as it matched the shaded council area

Approximate second form of this seat. Click for surrounding seats. (Colouring: Feb 1974 results)

Approximate final form of this seat. Click for surrounding seats. (Colouring: 1987 results)

Between 51.7% and 63.6% of voters voted Conservative at the relevant elections (General Elections; there were no by-elections).

The runner-up's party varied, between Liberal and Labour candidates, and the winning majority ranged from 26.7% to 43% over the runner-up.

Boundaries

1964–1974: The Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford (in Essex); (thus, 1965 to 1974, the same zone, in the London Borough of Redbridge as to local government unit (council) instead).

1974–1983: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Clayhall, Snaresbrook, Wanstead, and Woodford.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Church End, Clayhall, Monkhams, Roding, Snaresbrook, and Wanstead.

Creation and successors

This seat was set out contingently by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Ilford and Woodford) Order 1960 from the calling of the next general election, which proved to be 1964. ^[1] The Order adjusted the boundaries of Ilford North, Ilford South and Woodford (renamed Wanstead and Woodford), reflecting those of the boroughs in 1956.

This was the only boundary change (of any constituencies) between the general elections of 1955 and February 1974.^{[ citation needed ]}

The seat until 1974 was almost identical to its forerunner Woodford (that is, had very minor boundary changes).^{[ citation needed ]}

The seat was ended in 1997 so as to variously:

• contribute to (new seats)
  • Chingford and Woodford Green (Church End and Monkhams wards); and
  • Leyton and Wanstead (Snaresbrook and Wanstead wards), and
• enlarge Ilford North (Bridge, Clayhall and Roding wards). ^[2]

Proposals to resurrect the seat existed in the Boundary Commission review published on 13 September 2011. ^[3] If agreed, this would consist of wards Monkhams, Bridge, Church End, Roding, Snaresbrook and Wanstead with the return of Clayhall and the addition of Cranbrook and Valentines in Redbridge to the east of the A406 trunk road.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [4]	Party
	1964	Patrick Jenkin	Conservative
	1987	James Arbuthnot	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Chingford and Woodford Green, Ilford North & Leyton and Wanstead

Elections

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Wanstead and Woodford ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	19,580	55.31	-15.93
	Liberal	John Ernest Lockwood	8,901	25.15	N/A
	Labour	James George Morrell	6,917	19.54	-9.22
Majority			10,679	30.17	-12.31
Turnout			35,398	79.35	+2.06
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1966: Wanstead and Woodford ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	19,063	56.07	+0.76
	Labour	David Edward de Saxe	8,785	25.84	+6.30
	Liberal	John Charles Griffiths	6,150	18.09	-7.06
Majority			10,278	30.23	+0.06
Turnout			33,998	76.82	-2.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Wanstead and Woodford ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	20,065	61.15	+5.08
	Labour	Anthony Philip Barker	8,522	25.97	+0.13
	Liberal	Richard Hugh Hoskins	4,224	12.87	-5.22
Majority			11,543	35.18	+4.95
Turnout			32,811	67.77	-9.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	23,056	51.72
	Liberal	DJ Gilby	11,155	25.02
	Labour	R Darlington	10,365	23.25
Majority			11,901	26.70
Turnout			44,576
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	21,209	53.20
	Labour	R Darlington	10,369	26.02
	Liberal	DJ Gilby	8,272	20.76
Majority			10,840	27.18
Turnout			39,850
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	26,214	63.61
	Labour	Michael Mcnulty [8]	8,464	20.54
	Liberal	Alan Cornish [8]	6,535	15.86
	National Front	Charles Bond [8]	957	2.32	New
Majority			17,750	43.07
Turnout			42,170
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Wanstead and Woodford ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Jenkin	23,765	60.25
	Liberal	Keith Crawford	9,411	23.86
	Labour	Lesley Hilton	5,334	13.52
	Ecology	Cynthia Warth	476	1.21	New
	National Front	Harold Marshall	456	1.16
Majority			14,354	36.39
Turnout			39,442	68.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: Wanstead and Woodford ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	25,701	61.3	+0.9
	Liberal	John Bastick	9,289	22.1	−1.8
	Labour	Lesley Hilton	6,958	16.6	+3.1
Majority			16,412	39.2	+2.8
Turnout			41,948	72.4	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Wanstead and Woodford ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	26,204	60.0	−1.3
	Labour	Lyn Brown	9,319	21.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gary P. Staight	7,362	16.8	−5.3
	Green	Francis M. Roads	637	1.5	New
	Natural Law	Anthony J. Brickell	178	0.4	New
Majority			16,885	38.7	−0.5
Turnout			43,700	78.3	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes and references

1. The Parliamentary Constituencies (Ilford and Woodford) Order, 1960 (S.I. 1960 No. 454)
2. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 1626)
3. "Wanstead and Woodford BC" (PDF). Initial Proposals. Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 13 September 2011.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
6. British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
8. Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 19. ISBN   0102374805.
9. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
10. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
11. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
12. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2010.