Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)

Erith and Crayford
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1955–1997
Replaced by	Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford
Created from	Dartford

Erith and Crayford was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford.

Boundaries

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Erith; and the Urban District of Crayford.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford North, Crayford Town, Crayford West, Erith Town, and Northumberland Heath.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford, Erith, North End, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1955	Norman Dodds	Labour
1965 by-election	James Wellbeloved	Labour
1981	James Wellbeloved	Social Democrat
1983	David Evennett	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Erith and Thamesmead & Bexleyheath and Crayford

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Erith and Crayford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evennett	21,926	46.5	+1.3
	Labour	Nigel Beard	19,587	41.5	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs FM Jamieson	5,657	12.0	-13.3
Majority			2,339	5.0	-10.7
Turnout			47,170	79.7	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 1960s

By-election 1965: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	21,835	55.4	+2.3
	Conservative	David Madel	14,763	37.5	+5.2
	Liberal	Stanley W Vince	2,823	7.2	-7.2
Majority			14,947
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	22,806	53.1
	Conservative	B Black	13,951	32.3
	Liberal	Stanley W Vince	6,189	14.4
Majority			8,855	20.6	–

References

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

Coordinates: 51°28′N 0°11′E / 51.46°N 0.18°E / 51.46; 0.18