Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chingford and Woodford Green
Borough constituency
Chingford and Woodford Green shown within Greater London
Created: 1997
MP: Iain Duncan Smith
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: London

Chingford and Woodford Green 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] History

This seat was formed from parts of Chingford and Wanstead and Woodford before the 1997 general election. Both seats previously had well-known MPs, namely Norman Tebbit and Winston Churchill respectively. Iain Duncan Smith had been MP for Chingford since 1992 and continued as MP for this constituency. Churchill had served from 1945 to 1964 as MP for the Woodford part of the new constituency; from 1924 to 1945, both Woodford and Chingford were in the Epping county constituency, for which Churchill was also MP.

[edit] Political geography

Chingford and Woodford Green and its predecessors have been solid Conservative since the beginning of the Thatcher period. The Conservative victory over the Labour in the constituency was less than might have been expected from the notional 1992 result relative to results nationally in the 1997 General Election. The Conservatives retained the seat in 2001 with a majority little changed on a low turnout despite Duncan-Smith being the Shadow Secretary for Defence at the election, with a below average swing to the Conservatives. But in 2005 the Tories did better, getting twice as many votes as Labour with a swing to the Conservatives of 6.4% (over double that of the national swing) in the constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] Result of 2005

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,555 53.2 +5.0
Labour Simon Wright 9,914 25.7 −7.7
Liberal Democrat John Beanse 6,832 17.7 +2.2
UK Independence Michael McGough 1,078 2.8 N/A
Independent Barry White 269 0.7 N/A
Majority 10,641 27.5
Turnout 38,648 63.0 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing +6.4

[edit] Result of 2001

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 17,834 48.2 +0.7
Labour Jessica Webb 12,347 33.4 -1.2
Liberal Democrat John Beanse 5,739 15.5 0.0
British National Party Jean Griffin 1,062 2.9 +0.5
Majority 5,487 14.8
Turnout 36,982 58.5 -12.2
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Result of 1997

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 21,109 47.5
Labour Tommy Hutchinson 15,395 34.6
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Seeff 6,885 15.5
British National Party Alan Gould 1,059 2.4
Majority 5,714 12.9
Turnout 44,448 70.7

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