Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Woolwich
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Woolwich East and Woolwich West
Created from	Greenwich
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Erith & Thamesmead, and Greenwich & Woolwich
Created from	Woolwich East

Woolwich was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918 and from 1983 to 1997. It centred on Woolwich, now in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London.

Will Crooks, Member of Parliament for Woolwich 1903–10 and 1910–18, was one of the first Labour MPs in the United Kingdom.

History

In 1918, the seat was split into Woolwich East and Woolwich West. In 1983, most of Woolwich West became Eltham while the recreated Woolwich constituency was largely based on Woolwich East. In 1997, the seat was split up along different lines, with part of it going into neighbouring Erith and Thamesmead, and part of it merging with the Greenwich seat to form the new Greenwich and Woolwich seat.

Boundaries

Woolwich in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

1885-1918: The civil parishes of Eltham, Plumstead, and Woolwich.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood, Arsenal, Burrage, Eynsham, Glyndon, Lakedale, Plumstead Common, St Mary's, St Nicholas, Shrewsbury, Slade, Thamesmead Moorings, and Woolwich Common.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member	Party
1885	Edwin Hughes	Conservative
1902 by-election	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative
1903 by-election	Will Crooks	Labour
1910 (January)	William Augustus Adam	Conservative
1910 (December)	Will Crooks	Labour
1918	Constituency divided. See Woolwich East and Woolwich West

MPs 1983–1997

	Member	Party	Notes
1983	John Cartwright	SDP	Formerly Labour MP for Woolwich East.
1992	John Austin-Walker	Labour
1997	Constituency abolished. See Erith & Thamesmead, and Greenwich & Woolwich

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Woolwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Eric Austin-Walker	17,551	44.2	+7.2
	Independent Social Democrat	John Cameron Cartwright	15,326	38.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Kevin J.T. Walmsley	6,598	16.6	-4.6
	Natural Law	Mrs Sarah J.E. Hayward	220	0.6	+0.6
Majority			2,225	5.6	+0.9
Turnout			39,695	70.9	+0.2
	Labour gain from Social Democratic		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Woolwich^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	John Cameron Cartwright	17,137	41.74	+1.25
	Labour	John Eric Austin-Walker	15,200	37.02	+3.65
	Conservative	Anthony Richard Salter	8,723	21.24	-3.89
Majority			1,937	4.72	-2.4
Turnout				70.71	+2.75
	Social Democratic hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Woolwich^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	John Cameron Cartwright	15,492	40.49	N/A
	Labour	Audrey Wise	12,767	33.37	N/A
	Conservative	P. Brown	9,616	25.13	N/A
	BNP	TC Fitz-Gerald	384	1.00	N/A
Majority			2,725	7.12	N/A
Turnout				67.96	N/A
	Social Democratic win (new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

General Election December 1910: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Crooks	8,252	50.7
	Conservative	William Augustus Adam	8,016	49.3
Majority			236	1.4
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.6

General Election January 1910: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Augustus Adam	8,715	50.9
	Labour	Will Crooks	8,420	49.1
Majority			295	1.8
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.5

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Crooks	9,026	56.6
	Conservative	William Augustus Adam	6,914	43.4
Majority			2,112	13.2
Turnout			17,870	89.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.8

Woolwich by-election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Crooks	8,687	61.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Drage	5,458	38.6
Majority			3,229	22.8
Turnout			16,136	87.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Woolwich by-election, 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford	unopposed
Turnout			15,376	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	unopposed
Turnout			14,592	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	6,662	63.3
	Lib-Lab	Ben Jones	3,857	36.7
Majority			2,805	26.6
Turnout			13,458	78.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

General Election 1892: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	5,992	59.4
	Lib-Lab	Ben Jones	4,100	40.6
Majority			1,892	18.8
Turnout			12,347	81.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	4,647	62.3
	Liberal	Surg-Gen. George Joseph Hamilton Evatt	2,811	37.7
Majority			1,836	24.6
Turnout			9.769	76.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1885: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	4,758	57.1
	Liberal	Col. Henry Montagu Hozier	3,569	42.9
Majority			1,189	14.2
Turnout			9.769	85.2

References

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

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