Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Greenwich and Woolwich Borough constituency |
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Greenwich and Woolwich shown within Greater London | |
Created: | 1997 |
MP: | Nick Raynsford |
Party: | Labour |
Type: | House of Commons |
County: | Greater London |
EP constituency: | London |
Greenwich and Woolwich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing Greenwich and Woolwich constituency. The modified seat consists of seven electoral wards from the London Borough of Greenwich:
- Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Greenwich West, Peninsula, Woolwich Riverside, and Woolwich Common.
[edit] History
The seat was created in the 1997 boundary changes, and consists of the whole of the old Greenwich seat (once represented by Gladstone), and the western half of the old Woolwich seat.
The Greenwich seat was a safe Labour seat for much of the twentieth century, though it had been a safe Liberal seat throughout most of the nineteenth century. In 1987 it was unexpectedly won by the Social Democratic Party in a byelection, though was narrowly regained by Labour in 1992.
The Woolwich seat (and its 'Woolwich East' predecessor) was a similar safe-Liberal-seat-turned-safe-Labour-seat. Its Labour MP Christopher Mayhew defected to the Liberals in 1974 before being defeated, and his successor Labour MP, John Cartwright, defected to the SDP in 1981. He held the seat at the 1983 and 1987 general elections, but narrowly lost it to Labour in 1992, like the neighbouring Greenwich seat.
The Conservatives have never held Woolwich or Woolwich East at any point.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Greenwich and Woolwich
- Nick Raynsford, Labour 1997-present
- Nick Raynsford, Labour 1992-1997
- Rosie Barnes, SDP 1987-1992
- Guy Barnett, Labour 1971-1987
- Richard Marsh, Labour 1959-1971
- Joseph Reeves, Labour 1945-1959
- John Cartwright, Labour 1974-1981, SDP 1981-1983
- Christopher Mayhew, Labour 1951-1974, Liberal July-October 1974
- Ernest Bevin, Labour 1950-1951
- George Hicks, Labour 1931-1950
- Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell 1922-1931
- Robert Gee 1921-1922
- Will Crooks 1918-1921
- Peter Bottomley, Conservative 1975-1983
- William Hamling, Labour 1964-1975
- CWC Turner, Conservative 1959-1964
- William Steward, Conservative 1950-1959
- H Berry, Labour 1945-1950
[edit] Election results
General Election 2005: Greenwich and Woolwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 17,527 | 49.2 | −11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chirstopher Le Breton | 7,381 | 20.7 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Alistair Craig | 7,142 | 20.1 | +0.9 | |
Green | David Sharman | 1,579 | 4.4 | N/A | |
English Democrats | Garry Bushell | 1,216 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UK Independence | Stan Gain | 709 | 2.0 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Purvarani Nagalingam | 61 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,146 | 28.5 | |||
Turnout | 35,615 | 55.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.2 |
General Election 2001: Greenwich and Woolwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 19,691 | 60.5 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Forsdyke | 6,258 | 19.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Pyne | 5,082 | 15.6 | +3.1 | |
UK Independence | Stan Gain | 672 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Kirstie Paton | 481 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Margaret Sharkey | 352 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,433 | 41.3 | |||
Turnout | 32,536 | 54.1 | -11.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: Greenwich and Woolwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 25,630 | 63.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Mitchell | 7,502 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Cherry Luxton | 5,049 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Referendum Party | D. Ellison | 1,670 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Fellowship Party | Ronald Mallone | 428 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Constitutionalist | D. Martin-Eagle | 124 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,128 | N/A | |||
Turnout | 65.9 | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |