Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Woolwich East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater London
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Woolwich
Replaced by Woolwich

Woolwich East was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. Its seat was Woolwich, now in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London.

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The constituency was formed for the 1918 general election, when the constituency of Woolwich was divided into Woolwich East and Woolwich West, and abolished in 1983 when it was largely replaced by a new Woolwich constituency. Between 1950 and 1974 it included North Woolwich on the north bank of the River Thames; this was then transferred to Newham South.

Throughout its 65-year existence, the constituency elected Labour MPs with the sole exception of a Conservative elected in a 1921 by-election.

Woolwich East in the County of London 1918-50 WoolwichEast1918.png
Woolwich East in the County of London 1918-50
Woolwich East in the County of London 1950-74 WoolwichEast1950.png
Woolwich East in the County of London 1950-74

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Burrage, Central, Glyndon, St Margaret's, and St Nicholas.

1950–1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Abbey Wood, Burrage, Central, Dockyard, Glyndon, River, St Margaret's, St Mary's, and St Nicholas.

1955–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Abbey Wood, Burrage, Central, Glyndon, River, St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Nicholas, Slade, and Winn's Common.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood, Eynsham, St Margaret's, St Mary's, St Nicholas, Slade, and Woolwich.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Will Crooks Labour
1921 by-election Robert Gee Conservative
1922 Harry Snell Labour
1931 by-election George Hicks Labour
1950 Ernest Bevin Labour
1951 by-election Christopher Mayhew Labour
1974 Liberal
Oct 1974 John Cartwright Labour
1981 SDP

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Woolwich, East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Will Crooks Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Woolwich East by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Gee 13,72451.3New
Labour Ramsay MacDonald 13,08148.7N/A
Majority6832.6N/A
Turnout 34,09978.5N/A
Unionist gain from Labour Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Woolwich, East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Snell 15,620 57.1 N/A
Unionist Robert Gee 11,71442.9N/A
Majority3,90614.2N/A
Turnout 33,99380.4+1.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Woolwich East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Snell 15,766 61.6 +4.5
Unionist Ernest Taylor 9,38938.4−4.5
Majority5,92723.2+9.0
Turnout 34,42974.4−6.0
Labour hold Swing +4.5
General election 1924: Woolwich East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Snell 16,660 58.4 −3.2
Unionist D.A. Gooch11,86241.6+3.2
Majority4,79816.8−6.4
Turnout 34,93581.6+7.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1929: Woolwich East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Snell 20,447 63.2 +4.8
Unionist Edward Shrapnell-Smith11,90636.8−4.8
Majority8,54126.4+9.6
Turnout 42,80875.6−6.0
Labour hold Swing +4.8

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Woolwich East by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hicks 16,200 56.7 −6.5
Conservative Edward Shrapnell-Smith12,35743.3+6.5
Majority3,84313.4−13.0
Turnout 42,88666.6−9.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Woolwich, East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hicks 16,658 50.9 −12.3
Conservative John Francis Finn16,05049.1+12.3
Majority6081.8−24.6
Turnout 42,85776.3+0.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Woolwich, East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hicks 17,563 58.0 +7.1
Conservative John Francis Finn12,72142.0−7.1
Majority4,84216.0+14.2
Turnout 42,45071.3−5.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Woolwich, East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hicks 18,983 70.4 +12.4
Conservative Reginald Bennett 7,23727.0−15.0
Independent Hugh Harold Wright5712.1New
Majority11,74643.4+27.4
Turnout 36,85172.7+1.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Woolwich East [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Bevin 26,604 61.59 −8.8
Conservative J.D. Campbell14,23432.95+5.9
Liberal Arthur Maxwell Sage1,5043.48New
Communist R. Palme Dutt 6011.39New
Independent F. Hancock2520.58New
Majority12,37028.64−15.3
Turnout 43,19583.31+5.6
Registered electors 51,849
Labour hold Swing -7.4
1951 Woolwich East by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 20,801 60.73 −0.86
Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey13,44939.27+6.32
Majority7,35221.46−7.18
Turnout 34,250
Labour hold Swing -3.59
General election 1951: Woolwich East [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 26,982 63.63 +2.04
Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey15,42036.37+3.42
Majority11,56227.26−1.38
Turnout 42,40282.05−1.26
Registered electors 51,679
Labour hold Swing -0.69
General election 1955: Woolwich East [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 23,275 64.29 +0.66
Conservative Henry C Crawford12,92935.71−0.66
Majority10,34628.58+1.31
Turnout 36,20473.94−8.11
Registered electors 48,964
Labour hold Swing +0.66
General election 1959: Woolwich East [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 22,353 63.88 −0.41
Conservative Edgar J Porter12,63836.12+0.41
Majority9,71527.76−0.82
Turnout 34,99175.49+1.55
Registered electors 46,349
Labour hold Swing -0.41

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Woolwich East [1] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 22,158 68.26 +4.38
Conservative David W Clarke10,30331.74−4.38
Majority11,85536.52+8.76
Turnout 32,46168.98−6.51
Registered electors 47,061
Labour hold Swing +4.38
General election 1966: Woolwich East [1] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 22,241 71.66 +3.40
Conservative Antony W Andrews8,79828.34−3.40
Majority13,44343.32+6.80
Turnout 31,03967.02−1.96
Registered electors 46,310
Labour hold Swing +3.40

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Woolwich, East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 19,423 65.44
Conservative John Cope 10,25935.56
Majority9,16430.88
Turnout 29,68260.66
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Woolwich, East [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Mayhew 20,967 55.89 −9.55
Conservative Barry Horn Watson8,99023.96−11.60
Liberal David John Woodhead6,30116.80New
National Front Philip Sydney Hanman1,0662.84New
Industrial Productivity for British Exports CampaignJohn Richard Michael Murphy1910.51New
Majority11,97731.93+1.05
Turnout 37,51574.22+13.56
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Woolwich, East [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cartwright 19,812 60.33 +4.44
Conservative Barry Horn Watson7,38722.50−1.47
Liberal David John Woodhead4,63814.12−2.67
National Front Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs1,0003.05+0.20
Majority12,42537.83+5.90
Turnout 32,83764.41−9.81
Labour hold Swing +2.96
General election 1979: Woolwich, East [11] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cartwright 21,700 58.93 −1.40
Conservative Patrick Rock 11,24030.53+8.03
Liberal David John Woodhead2,9988.14−5.98
National Front Ian David Steven8842.40−0.65
Majority10,46028.40−9.43
Turnout 36,82270.11+5.70
Labour hold Swing -4.72

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  3. ↑ "1951 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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  6. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  9. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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  13. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

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