Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenwich Borough constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Greenwich was a parliamentary constituency in South-East London, which returned Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1997.

From 1832 until 1885 it was a two-member constituency, but its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. For the 1997 general election, it was merged with part of the former the former Woolwich constituency to form the Greenwich and Woolwich seat.

Its history is dominated by the area's strong maritime tradition. Its most prominent claim to fame was as the seat of William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1880, and it also achieved prominence in the 1987 Greenwich by-election, when the SDP won a surprise victory.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 1832-1885 1.2 1885-present 2 Election results

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1832-1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	constituency created with two members
1832		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Liberal		Edward George Barnard	Liberal
1835		John Angerstein	Liberal
1837		Matthias Wolverley Attwood	Conservative
1841		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Liberal
1851					David Salomons	Liberal
1852		Peter Rolt	Conservative		Montague Chambers	Liberal
1857		Sir William John Codrington	Liberal
1857					John Townsend	Liberal
1859					David Salomons	Liberal
1859		William Angerstein	Liberal
1865		Sir Charles Tilston Bright	Liberal
1868		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
1873					Sir Thomas William Boord	Conservative
1880		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

[edit] 1885-present

Year		Member	Party
1885		reduced to one member
	1885	Sir Thomas William Boord	Conservative
	1895	Lord Hugh Cecil	Conservative
	1906	Richard Stephens Jackson	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Ion Hamilton Benn	Conservative
	1922	George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
	1923	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
	1924	Sir George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
	1929	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
	1931	Sir George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
	1945	Joseph Reeves	Labour
	1959	Richard Marsh	Labour
	1971	Guy Barnett	Labour
	1987	Rosie Barnes	Social Democratic
	1992	Nick Raynsford	Labour
1997		constituency abolished: see Greenwich & Woolwich

[edit] Election results

General Election 1992: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	14,630	41.0
	Social Democrat	Rosie Barnes	13,273	37.2
	Conservative	A. McNair	6,960	19.5
	Green	R. McCracken	483	1.4
	Fellowship Party	Ronald Mallone	147	0.4
	Independent	Malcolm Hardee	103	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	J. Small	70	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,357	3.8
Turnout				74.6
	Labour gain from Social Democrat		Swing

General Election 1987: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrat	Rosie Barnes	15,149	40.6
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	13,008	34.9
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	8,695	23.3
	Green	J. Thomas	346	0.9	N/A
	Fellowship Party	Ronald Mallone	59	0.2	-0.5
	Communist	P. Clinton	58	0.2	-0.2
Majority			2,141	5.7
Turnout				73.4
	Social Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Greenwich by-election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrat	Rosie Barnes	18,287	53.0	+27.9
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	11,676	33.8	-4.4
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	3,852	11.2	-23.6
	Green	Graham Bell	264	0.8	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Malcolm Hardee	124	0.3	N/A
	British National Party	Ian Dell	116	0.3	-0.4
	National Front	Joe Pearce	103	0.3	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	Kate Marshall	91	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,611	19.2	+15.7
Turnout				68.2
	Social Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+9.6

General Election 1983: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	13,361	38.2	-13.9
	Conservative	Arthur Rolfe	12,150	34.8	+1.5
	Social Democrat	T. Ford	8,783	25.1	N/A
	British National Party	Ian Dell	259	0.7	N/A
	Fellowship Party	Ronald Mallone	242	0.7	-0.6
	Communist	F. Hooks	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,211	3.5	-15.3
Turnout				67.7	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Buckinghamshire	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1868 – 1874	Succeeded by Buckinghamshire