Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Wood Green | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County |
1918–1965: Middlesex 1965–1983: Greater London |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hornsey & Wood Green and Tottenham |
Created from | Tottenham |
Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The Wood Green constituency was created for the 1918 general election, the area having previously formed part of the Tottenham constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
It returned Conservative MPs until 1950, and then Labour or Labour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.
Boundaries
1974-1983: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra-Bowes, Coleraine, Noel Park, Park, and Town Hall.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | Conservative | |
1935 | Beverley Baxter | Conservative | |
1950 | William Irving | Labour Co-operative | |
1955 | Joyce Butler | Labour Co-operative | |
1979 | Reg Race | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Wood Green[2]
Electorate 45,945 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 19,217 | 71.9 | n/a | ||
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 4,539 | 17.0 | n/a | |
Liberal | Henry Bond Holding | 2,957 | 11.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,678 | 54.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 58.1 | n/a | |||
Unionist win | |||||
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Wood Green[3]
Electorate 47,153 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson | 21,937 | 70.0 | ||
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 9,411 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 12,526 | 40.0 | |||
Turnout | 66.5 | +8.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1923: Wood Green[4]
Electorate 47,723 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson | 15,344 | 46.5 | -23.5 | |
Liberal | John Traill Stevenson | 11,975 | 36.3 | n/a | |
Labour | James Bacon | 5,665 | 17.2 | -12.8 | |
Majority | 3,369 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 69.1 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1924: Wood Green[5]
Electorate 49,196 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson | 21,725 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 8,648 | 23.0 | ||
Liberal | John Traill Stevenson | 7,158 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | 13,077 | 34.9 | +24.7 | ||
Turnout | 76.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: Wood Green[6]
Electorate 71,445 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Rt Hon. Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson | 24,821 | 47.6 | ||
Liberal | Hew Thomson Fraser | 14,995 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | E P Bell | 12,360 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 9,826 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Wood Green[7]
Electorate 77,930 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Rt Hon. Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson | 44,364 | 78.7 | ||
Labour | E P Bell | 11,980 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | 32,384 | 57.5 | |||
Turnout | 56,344 | 72.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1935: Wood Green[8]
Electorate 84,841 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Arthur Beverley Baxter | 36,384 | 62.0 | ||
Labour | Miss Dorothy Woodman | 14,561 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | Hew Thomson Fraser | 7,711 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 21,823 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 58,656 | 69.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Arthur Beverley Baxter
- Liberal: Mrs Hew Thomson Fraser[9]
- Labour: Miss Dorothy Woodman[10]
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Wood Green[11]
Electorate 90,481 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Arthur Beverley Baxter | 29,429 | 43.4 | ||
Labour | WA Vant | 23,544 | 34.7 | ||
Liberal | Capt. Edwin Thomas Malindine | 14,836 | 21.9 | ||
Majority | 5,885 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 74.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Wood Green[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joyce Butler | 18,666 | 57.1 | ||
Conservative | P Malynn | 14,022 | 42.9 | ||
Majority | 4,644 | 14.21 | |||
Turnout | 32,689 | 60.92 | |||
General Election February 1974: Wood Green[13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joyce Butler | 18,594 | 50.61 | ||
Conservative | P Malynn | 10,950 | 29.81 | ||
Liberal | MJ Walton | 7,194 | 19.58 | ||
Majority | 7,644 | 20.81 | |||
Turnout | 36,735 | 71.1 | |||
General Election October 1974: Wood Green[14] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joyce Butler | 16,605 | 51.28 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Benyon | 8,394 | 25.92 | ||
Liberal | MJ Walton | 4,782 | 14.77 | ||
National Front | Ken Squires | 2,603 | 8.04 | ||
Majority | 8,211 | 25.36 | |||
Turnout | 32,381 | 62.25 | |||
General Election 1979: Wood Green[15] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Reg Race | 16,465 | 46.94 | ||
Conservative | J Riley | 13,950 | 39.77 | ||
Liberal | G Davies | 3,665 | 10.45 | ||
National Front | R Frost | 998 | 2.85 | ||
Majority | 2,515 | 7.17 | |||
Turnout | 35,079 | 67.41 | |||
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i20.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i20.htm
- ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i21.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i21.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i21.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i21.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i21.htm