Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)

Wanstead and Woodford
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1964–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Chingford & Woodford Green, Ilford North, and Leyton & Wanstead
Created from	Woodford

Wanstead and Woodford was a constituency in north-east London, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It existed between 1964 and 1997.

History

Wanstead and Woodford was a safe Conservative seat for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Clayhall, Snaresbrook, Wanstead, and Woodford.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Church End, Clayhall, Monkhams, Roding, Snaresbrook, and Wanstead.

The constituency was created by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Ilford and Woodford) Order 1960 to come into existence on the calling of the next general election, which occurred in 1964.^[1] The Order adjusted the boundaries of the existing constituencies of Ilford North, Ilford South and Woodford (renamed Wanstead and Woodford), reflecting local government boundary changes made in 1956. The constituency was initially identical in area to the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford, and almost identical to the previous seat of Woodford, with only very minor boundary changes.

In 1965 the constituency became part of the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until the February 1974 general election.

The constituency was abolished in 1997, with its area being distributed between the new seats of Chingford and Woodford Green (Church End and Monkhams) and Leyton and Wanstead (Snaresbrook and Wanstead), or added to enlarge the existing seat of Ilford North (Bridge, Clayhall and Roding).^[2]

Proposals to resurrect the constituency were revealed in the Boundary Commission review published on 13 September 2011.^[3] The proposed new seat would broadly mirror the original Wanstead and Woodford seat, including the wards of Monkhams, Bridge, Church End, Roding, Snaresbrook and Wanstead with the return of Clayhall and the addition of the new wards of Cranbrook and Valentines in Redbridge to the east of the A406.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
1964	Patrick Jenkin	Conservative
1987	James Arbuthnot	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Chingford & Woodford Green, Ilford North, and Leyton & Wanstead

Elections

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: ^[5] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour				n/a
	Conservative				n/a
	Liberal				n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win

General Election 1966: ^[6] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: ^[7] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Wanstead and Woodford^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	26,204	60.0	−1.3
	Labour	Lyn Brown	9,319	21.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	GP Staight	7,362	16.8	−5.3
	Green	FM Roads	637	1.5	+1.5
	Natural Law	AJ Brickell	178	0.4	+0.4
Majority			16,885	38.6	−0.5
Turnout			43,700	78.2	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0

Notes and references

↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Ilford and Woodford) Order, 1960 (S.I. 1960 No. 454)
↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 1626)
↑ "Wanstead and Woodford BC". Initial Proposals. Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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