Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)

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Walthamstow Borough constituency
Walthamstow shown within Greater London
Created:	1885, 1974
MP:	Neil Gerrard
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Walthamstow is a borough 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 Member of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1885-1918 2.2 MPs 1974-present 3 Election results 4 Politics and history of the constituency 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The seat has existed since 1974 when the seats of Walthamstow West and Walthamstow East were merged. It had previously existed as a single seat until the early years of the 20th century.

[edit] Member of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Year		Member	Party
1885		Constituency created
	1885	Edward North Buxton	Liberal
	1886	William Thomas Makins
	1892	Edmund Widdrington Byrne
	1897	Samuel Woods
	1900	David John Morgan
	1906	John Simon	Liberal
1918		Constituency abolished: see Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West

[edit] MPs 1974-present

Year		Member	Party
1974		Constituency re-created
	1974	Eric Deakins	Labour
	1987	Hugo Summerson	Conservative
	1992	Neil Gerrard	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	17,323	50.3	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Farid Ahmed	9,330	27.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Jane Wright	6,254	18.2	+0.1
	UK Independence	Robert Brock	810	2.4	+1.5
	Socialist Alternative	Nancy Taaffe	727	2.1	-0.2
Majority			7,993	23.2
Turnout			34,444	54.6	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

General Election 2001: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	21,402	62.2	-1.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Boys Smith	6,221	18.1	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Dunphy	5,024	14.6	+0.9
	Socialist Alternative	Simon Donovan	806	2.3	N/A
	British National Party	William Phillips	389	1.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Gerda Mayer	298	0.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Barbara Duffy	289	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,181	44.1
Turnout			34,429	53.5	-9.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	25,287	63.1	N/A
	Conservative	J Andrew	8,138	20.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	J Jackson	5,491	13.7	N/A
	Referendum Party	Rev G Hargreaves	1,139	2.8	N/A
Majority			17,149	N/A	N/A
Turnout			40,055	62.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	16,251	45.7	N/A
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,229	37.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Leighton	5,142	14.5	N/A
	Liberal	V Wilkinson	241	0.7	N/A
Majority			3,022	N/A	N/A
Turnout			34,863	72.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1987: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,748	39.02	N/A
	Labour	Eric Deakins	12,236	34.73	N/A
	Social Democrat	P L Leighton	8,852	25.12	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Dr. Z I Malik	396	1.12	N/A
Majority			1,512	4.29	N/A
Turnout			35,232	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

Preceded by Walthamstow East	UK Parliament constituency 1974–	Succeeded by Present incumbent
Preceded by Walthamstow West	UK Parliament constituency 1974–

Preceded by Essex South	UK Parliament constituency 1885–1918	Succeeded by Walthamstow East
	UK Parliament constituency 1885–1918	Succeeded by Walthamstow West

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

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