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

1964–1974: The Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford.

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. 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).

Proposals to resurrect the constituency were revealed in the Boundary Commission review published on 13 September 2011. 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

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

Elections

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	19,580	55.3	N/A
	Liberal	John E. Lockwood	8,901	25.2	N/A
	Labour	James George Morrell	6,917	19.5	N/A
Majority			10,679	30.2	N/A
Turnout			35,398		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1966: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	19,063	56.07
	Labour	David E de Saxe	8,785	25.84
	Liberal	John C. Griffiths	6,150	18.09
Majority			10,278	30.23
Turnout			33,998
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	20,065	61.15
	Labour	Anthony P Barker	8,522	25.97
	Liberal	Richard H Hoskins	4,224	12.87
Majority			11,543	35.18
Turnout			32,811
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	23,056	51.72
	Liberal	DJ Gilby	11,155	25.02
	Labour	R Darlington	10,365	23.25
Majority			11,901	26.7
Turnout			44,576
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	21,209	53.2
	Labour	R Darlington	10,369	26.02
	Liberal	DJ Gilby	8,272	20.76
Majority			10,840	27.18
Turnout			39,850
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	26,214	63.61
	Labour	MG Mcnulty	8,464	20.54
	Liberal	A Cornish	6,535	15.86
	National Front	C Bond	957	2.32
Majority			17,750	43.07
Turnout			42,170
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin	23,765	60.25
	Liberal	K. Crawford	9,411	23.86
	Labour	Mrs. Lesley Rosamund Hilton	5,334	13.52
	Ecology	Cynthia Warth	476	1.21	N/A
	National Front	Harold Marshall	456	1.16
Majority			14,354	36.39
Turnout			39,442	68.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	25,701	61.3	+1.0
	Liberal	John Richard Bastick	9,289	22.1	−1.8
	Labour	Mrs. Lesley Rosamund Hilton	6,958	16.6	+3.1
Majority			16,412	39.1
Turnout			41,948	72.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Wanstead and Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Norwich Arbuthnot	26,204	60.0	−1.3
	Labour	Lyn Carol Brown	9,319	21.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gary P. Staight	7,362	16.8	−5.3
	Green	Francis M. Roads	637	1.5	N/A
	Natural Law	Anthony J. Brickell	178	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,885	38.64	−0.5
Turnout			43,700	78.3	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London