Chigwell (UK Parliament constituency)
| Chigwell | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1955–February 1974 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Brentwood and Ongar and Epping Forest |
| Created from | Chelmsford and Woodford |
Chigwell was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The seat was merged into the new Epping Forest constituency with the majority of the old Epping seat.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the Urban District of Chigwell and the Rural District of Ongar.
Members of Parliament
- 1955 – 1974: John Biggs-Davison, Conservative
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
| General Election 1970: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 26,404 | 59.5 | +12.3 | |
| Labour | W J Sheaff | 17,972 | 40.5 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 8,432 | 19.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,376 | 72.7 | −8.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| General Election 1966: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Alec Biggs-Davison | 20,906 | 47.2 | −0.1 | |
| Labour | Eric Petro Deakins | 18,338 | 41.4 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal | Miss Gudrun C Z Collis | 5,007 | 11.3 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 2,568 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 44,251 | 81.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
| General Election 1964: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Alec Biggs-Davison | 20,699 | 47.3 | −9.4 | |
| Labour | Eric Moonman | 16,978 | 38.8 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | Miss Gudrun C Z Collis | 6,058 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
| Majority | 3,721 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,735 | 81.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| General Election 1959: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 23,422 | 56.7 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | A S Harman | 17,860 | 43.3 | −4.2 | |
| Majority | 5,562 | 13.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,282 | 82.2 | +2.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| General Election 1955: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 19,503 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | D Clark | 17,628 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,875 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 37,131 | 79.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Boundary changes
| Preceded by Woodford |
UK Parliament constituency Loughton, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill 1955 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Epping Forest |
| Preceded by Chelmsford |
UK Parliament constituency Ongar 1955 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar |