Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenwich and Woolwich Borough constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[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

Greenwich

• 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

Woolwich

• John Austin-Walker, Labour 1992–1997
• John Cartwright, SDP 1983–1992

Woolwich East

• 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

Woolwich West

• 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	17,527	49.2	−11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	19,691	60.5	-2.9
	Conservative	Richard Forsdyke	6,258	19.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	25,630	63.4	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Mitchell	7,502	18.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

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