Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)

Erith and Crayford
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1955–1997
Replaced by	Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford
Created from	Dartford

Erith and Crayford was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford.

Boundaries

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Erith, and the Urban District of Crayford.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford North, Crayford Town, Crayford West, Erith Town, and Northumberland Heath.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford, Erith, North End, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party	Notes
1955	Norman Dodds	Labour	Previously MP for Dartford from 1945. Died 1965
1965 by-election	James Wellbeloved	Labour
1981	James Wellbeloved	SDP
1983	David Evennett	Conservative	Contested and lost Bexleyheath and Crayford in 1997. Subsequently MP for the seat from 2005
1997	constituency abolished: see Erith and Thamesmead & Bexleyheath and Crayford

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	24,957	60.43
	Conservative	Edward Lucas Gardner	16,339	39.57
Majority			8,618	20.87
	Labour win

General Election 1959: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	24,523	56.65
	Conservative	JJ Davis	18,763	43.35
Majority			5,760	13.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	22,806	53.1
	Conservative	B Black	13,951	32.3
	Liberal	Stanley W Vince	6,189	14.4
Majority			8,855	20.6	–
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1965: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	21,835	55.4	+2.3
	Conservative	David Madel	14,763	37.5	+5.2
	Liberal	Stanley W Vince	2,823	7.2	-7.2
Majority			7,072	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	24,243	55.53
	Conservative	David Madel	15,033	34.43
	Liberal	Stanley W Vince	3,827	8.77
	Communist	L Smith	556	1.27
Majority			9,210	21.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	23,012	55.9
	Conservative	H.J. Jackson	18,158	44.1
Majority			4,854	11.79
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	22,632	46.1
	Conservative	R.I. Raitt	15,551	31.7
	Liberal	S. Vince	10,951	22.3
Majority			7,081	14.4
Turnout				81.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	22,670	51.2	+5.1
	Conservative	M. Macdonald	14,203	32.1	+0.4
	Liberal	T. Hobbert	7,423	16.8	−5.5
Majority			8,467	19.1
Turnout			44,296	73.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wellbeloved	22,450	47.3	−3.9
	Conservative	S. Blunt	19,717	41.5	+9.3
	Liberal	M. Jamieson	4,512	9.5	−7.3
	National Front	O. Hawke	838	1.8	N/A
Majority			2,733	5.8
Turnout			47,517	77.5	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evennett	15,289	37.1	−1.7
	Social Democratic	James Wellbeloved	14,369	34.9	+25.4
	Labour	M.G. Smart	11,260	27.3	−22.7
	BNP	O. Hawke	272	0.7	N/A
Majority			920	2.2
Turnout			41,190	73.5	−4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10.5

General Election 1987: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evennett	20,203	45.2	+8.1
	Labour	Colin Francis Hargrave	13,209	29.5	+2.5
	Social Democratic	James Wellbeloved	11,300	25.3	−9.6
Majority			6,994	15.7
Turnout			44,712	75.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Erith and Crayford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evennett	21,926	46.5	+1.3
	Labour	Nigel Beard	19,587	41.5	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Florence M. Jamieson	5,657	12.0	−13.3
Majority			2,339	5.0	−10.7
Turnout			47,170	79.7	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.3

References

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

Coordinates: 51°28′N 0°11′E / 51.46°N 0.18°E / 51.46; 0.18

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