Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)
Woodford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 until it was renamed for the 1964 general election.
Woodford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1945–1964 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Wanstead & Woodford |
Created from | Epping |
The constituency's only Member of Parliament for its entire existence was Sir Winston Churchill of the Conservative Party; from 1924 he had represented the Epping constituency from which Woodford was created. He represented the Woodford seat during his second tenure as Prime Minister, and continued to hold it until he retired aged 89 at the 1964 general election; it was the last seat he represented in a parliamentary career that spanned over 60 years. He was the Father of the House for the last five years of his tenure in the seat. A statue of him was unveiled on Woodford Green in the constituency in 1959.
Boundaries
1945–1955: The Borough of Wanstead and Woodford, and the Urban District of Chigwell.
1955–1964: The Borough of Wanstead and Woodford.
The constituency's boundaries were subject to a radical change in 1955, when the new Chigwell constituency was created, removing the less urbanised parts of the seat. The new Wanstead and Woodford constituency was subject to minor boundary changes reflecting alterations to the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford since the last general redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1955. The pre and post 1964 seats comprised the whole municipal borough, within its 1955 and 1964 boundaries respectively.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1945 | Rt Hon Sir Winston Churchill | Conservative | |
1964 | constituency abolished: see Wanstead and Woodford |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 27,688 | 72.53 | N/A | |
Independent | Alexander Hancock | 10,488 | 27.47 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,200 | 45.06 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,176 | 65.53 | N/A | ||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 37,239 | 59.61 | -12.92 | |
Labour | S. Hills | 18,740 | 30.00 | New | |
Liberal | Howard Vivien Davies | 5,664 | 9.07 | New | |
Communist | Bill Brooks[1] | 827 | 1.32 | New | |
Majority | 18,499 | 29.61 | -15.44 | ||
Turnout | 62,470 | 86.06 | +20.53 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 40,938 | 62.96 | ||
Labour | William A. Archer | 22,359 | 34.39 | ||
Communist | John Ross Campbell | 871 | 1.34 | ||
Independent | Alexander Hancock | 851 | 1.31 | ||
Majority | 18,579 | 28.57 | |||
Turnout | 65,019 | 83.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 25,069 | 73.02 | ||
Labour | Arnold Keith M. Milner | 9,261 | 26.98 | ||
Majority | 15,808 | 46.04 | |||
Turnout | 34,330 | 75.96 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 24,815 | 71.24 | ||
Labour | Arthur Latham | 10,018 | 28.76 | ||
Majority | 14,797 | 42.48 | |||
Turnout | 34,833 | 77.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- Notes
- Stevenson, Graham. "Brooks Bill". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Epping |
UK Parliament constituency Representative for Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell 1950–1955 |
Succeeded by Chigwell |
UK Parliament constituency Representative for Wanstead, Woodford 1945–1964 |
Succeeded by Wanstead and Woodford | |
Preceded by Epping |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 5–26 July 1945 |
Succeeded by Limehouse |
Preceded by Limehouse |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1945–1951 |
Succeeded by Walthamstow West |
Preceded by Walthamstow West |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1951–1955 |
Succeeded by Warwick and Leamington |
Preceded by Gower |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1959–1964 |
Succeeded by Saffron Walden |