Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)
Walthamstow | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Walthamstow in . | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 64,482 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of parliament | Stella Creasy (Labour Co-op) |
Number of members | One |
Created from |
Walthamstow East Walthamstow West |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West, Leyton East, Leyton West, and Epping |
Created from | South Essex |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | London |
Walthamstow (Contemp. and Cons. RP) /wɔːlθm̩stəʊ/, (Est. Eng.) /woːwfm̩stɐʏ/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stella Creasy, a member of the Labour Party and of the Cooperative Party.[n 2]
Boundaries

1885–1918
The South-Western or Walthamstow Division of the parliamentary county of Essex was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the existing seat of South Essex was divided into three single-member constituencies.
The constituency consisted of the three civil parishes of Leyton, Wanstead and Walthamstow. The area lay on the periphery of the London conurbation and became increasingly suburban over its existence.
The seat was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Two new constituencies were created with Walthamstow Urban District divided between Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West.[2]
1974 – date
1974-1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, St James Street, and Wood Street.
1983-1997: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lloyd Park, St James Street, and Wood Street.
1997-2010: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Lloyd Park, St James Street, and Wood Street.
2010-present: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Markhouse, William Morris, and Wood Street.
History
The seat has been represented by the Labour Party since 1992, before which it was won on a marginal majority in 1987 by a Conservative, having until then (since its 1974 recreation as a seat) been served by one Labour MP, Eric Deakins.
The 2010 result was unusual in defying the national swing, producing a greater than 1% one-party swing to the new Labour candidate, Stella Creasy. She took the candidature from Neil Gerrard who was placed on the left of the Labour party. The Liberal Democrat, Farid Ahmed, has been the runner-up since 2005.
Prominent frontbenchers
Stella Creasy, the present member, was the Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention.
Constituency profile
The seat is that part of Outer London closest to Stratford, with its international rail connections, major city shopping centre and London's Olympic Park. To the East the seat borders Walthamstow Forest and Gilbert's Slade, thin sections of Epping Forest, and to the West, the Lea Valley. The eponymous district had as its open space feature a greyhound racing track, which is set for redevelopment into a modernist housing and green space scheme. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8% and Greater London average of 4%, at 7.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Member of Parliament
MPs 1885–1918
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1885 | Constituency created | ||
1885 | Edward North Buxton | Liberal | |
1886 | William Thomas Makins | Conservative | |
1892 | Edmund Widdrington Byrne | Conservative | |
1897 by-election | Sam Woods | Liberal-Labour | |
1900 | David John Morgan | Conservative | |
1906 | John Simon | Liberal | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West |
MPs 1974–present
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | constituency recreated | ||
Feb 1974 | Eric Deakins | Labour | |
1987 | Hugo Summerson | Conservative | |
1992 | Neil Gerrard | Labour | |
2010 | Stella Creasy | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Walthamstow[5][6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 28,779 | 68.9 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Molly Samuel-Leport | 5,584 | 13.4 | −0.6 | |
Green | Michael Gold[7] | 2,661 | 6.4 | +4.5 | |
UKIP | Paul Hillman | 2,507 | 6.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steven Dominique Cheung | 1,661 | 4.0 | −24.7 | |
TUSC | Nancy Taaffe [8] | 394 | 0.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Ellie Merton [9] | 129 | 0.3 | n/a | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff [10] | 81 | 0.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 23,195 | 55.5 | +32.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,796 | 62.4 | -1.0 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
General Election 2010: Walthamstow[11][12] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 21,252 | 51.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Farid Ahmed | 11,774 | 28.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Andy Hemsted | 5,734 | 14.0 | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Judith Chisholm-Benli | 823 | 2.0 | -0.3 | |
Green | Daniel Perrett | 767 | 1.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 279 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Christian | Ashar Mall | 248 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Warburton | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,478 | 23.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,994 | 63.4 | +8.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -0.04 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Walthamstow[13] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 17,323 | 50.3 | -11.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Farid Ahmed | 9,330 | 27.1 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Jane Wright | 6,254 | 18.2 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Robert Brock | 810 | 2.4 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nancy Taaffe | 727 | 2.1 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 7,993 | 23.2 | -20.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,444 | 54.6 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
General Election 2001: Walthamstow[14] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 21,402 | 62.2 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Boys Smith | 6,221 | 18.1 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Dunphy | 5,024 | 14.6 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alternative | Simon Donovan | 806 | 2.3 | N/A | |
BNP | William Phillips | 389 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Gerda Mayer | 298 | 0.9 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Barbara Duffy | 289 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,181 | 44.1 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,429 | 53.5 | -9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Walthamstow[14] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 25,287 | 63.1 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Jill Andrew | 8,138 | 20.3 | -16.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Jackson | 5,491 | 13.7 | -0.8 | |
Referendum | Rev George Hargreaves | 1,139 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,149 | 42.8 | +34.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,055 | 62.8 | -9.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.15 | |||
General Election 1992: Walthamstow[15] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 16,251 | 45.7 | +10.97 | |
Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,229 | 37.2 | -1.82 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Leighton | 5,142 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Vernon Wilkinson | 241 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,022 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,863 | 72.4 | +0.00 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Walthamstow[16] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,748 | 39.02 | +3.12 | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 12,236 | 34.73 | -5.07 | |
Social Democratic | Peter Leonard Leighton | 8,852 | 25.1 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Dr Zafar I Malik | 396 | 1.12 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,512 | 4.29 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,232 | 72.4 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.1 | |||
General Election 1983: Walthamstow[17] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 13,241 | 39.8 | -10.4 | |
Conservative | Alan Amos | 11,936 | 35.9 | -1.8 | |
Social Democratic | Peter Leonard Leighton | 7,192 | 21.6 | N/A | |
National Front | P Mitchell | 444 | 1.3 | -1.9 | |
Ecology | Stephen William Lambert | 424 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,305 | 3.9 | -8.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,237 | 68.8 | -2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Walthamstow[18] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 17,651 | 50.2 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | S Eyres | 13,248 | 37.7 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 3,117 | 8.9 | -6.1 | |
National Front | G Flaxton | 1,119 | 3.2 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 4,403 | 12.5 | -18.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,135 | 71.3 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.15 | |||
General Election, October 1974: Walthamstow[19] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,088 | 55.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | D Arnold | 8,424 | 24.3 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 5,199 | 15.0 | -6.0 | |
National Front | R Adde | 1,911 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,664 | 30.8 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,622 | 66.2 | -8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
General Election, February 1974: Walthamstow[20] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,726 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | PS Gill | 10,992 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 8,157 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,374 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,875 | 74.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections 1885–1918
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, December 1910 [21] Electorate: 39,117 Turnout: 30,273 (77.4%) −0.8 | Liberal hold Majority: 3,723 (12.2%) +3.2 Swing: 1.6% from Con to Lib | John Simon | Liberal | 16,998 | 56.1 | +1.6 | ||
Carlyon Bellairs | Conservative | 13,275 | 43.9 | −1.6 | ||||
By-election, November 1910 [21] Simon appointed as Solicitor General Electorate: 39,117 Turnout: 30,580 (78.2%) −6.8 | Liberal hold Majority: 2,766 (9.0%) +2.4 Swing: 1.2% from Con to Lib | John Simon | Liberal | 16,673 | 54.5 | +1.2 | ||
Stanley Johnson | Conservative | 13,907 | 45.5 | −1.2 | ||||
General election, January 1910 [21] Electorate: 39,117 Turnout: 33,257 (85.0%) +11.1 | Liberal hold Majority: 2,195 (6.6%) −8.4 Swing: 4.,2% from Lib to Con | John Simon | Liberal | 17,726 | 53.3 | −4.2 | ||
Stanley Johnson | Conservative | 15,531 | 46.7 | +4.2 | ||||
General election, 1906 [21] Electorate: 35,321 Turnout: 16,085 (73.9%) +3.0 | Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 3,937 (15.0%) Swing: 14.7% from Con to Lib | John Simon | Liberal | 15,011 | 57.5 | +14.7 | ||
W. I. Shard | Conservative | 11,074 | 42.5 | −14.7 | ||||
General election, 1900 [21] Electorate: 24,187 Turnout: 17,149 (70.9%) +6.6 | Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Majority: 2,465 (14.4%) Swing: 8.3% from Lib-Lab to Con | David John Morgan | Conservative | 9,807 | 57.2 | +8.3 | ||
Sam Woods | Lib-Lab | 7,342 | 42.8 | −8.3 | ||||
By-election, 1897 [21] Resignation of Byrne Electorate: 19,845 Turnout: 12,757 (64.3%) +2.1 | Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Majority: 279 (2.2%) Swing: 11.4% from Con to Lib-Lab | Sam Woods | Lib-Lab | 6,518 | 51.1 | +11.4 | ||
Thomas Dewar | Conservative | 6,239 | 48.9 | −11.4 | ||||
General election, 1895 [21] Electorate: 17,747 Turnout: 11,399 (64.2%) −8.1 | Conservative hold Majority: 2,353 (20.6%) +10.2 Swing: 5.1% from Lib to Con | Edmund Byrne | Conservative | 6,876 | 60.3 | +5.1 | ||
A. J. H. Pollen | Liberal | 4,423 | 39.7 | −5.1 | ||||
General election, 1892 [21] Electorate: 15,323 Turnout: 11,080 (72.3%) +9.1 | Conservative hold Majority: 1,150 (10.4%) −15.2 Swing: 7.6% from Con to Lib | Edmund Byrne | Conservative | 6,155 | 55.2 | −7.6 | ||
W. B. Whittingham | Liberal | 4,965 | 44.8 | +7.6 | ||||
General election, 1886 [21] Electorate: 11,233 Turnout: 7,000 (63.2%) −11.8 | Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 1,822 (25.6%) Swing: 13.8% from Lib to Con | William Makins | Conservative | 4,461 | 62.8 | +13.8 | ||
Albert Spicer | Liberal | 2,639 | 37.2 | −13.8 | ||||
General election, 1885 [21] new seat Electorate: 11,233 Turnout: 8,425 (75.0%) | Liberal win Majority: 175 (2.0%) | Edward Buxton | Liberal | 4,300 | 51.0 | n/a | ||
Thomas Baring | Conservative | 4,125 | 49.0 | n/a |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leyton was divided into two seats: Leyton East and Leyton West, while Wanstead was included in the Epping constituency. (Youngs, p.727)
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/election-results-7May15.aspx
- ↑ london.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
- ↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- ↑ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/65651/walthamstow
- ↑ http://wrp.org.uk/images/photos/15-04-07-10813.jpg
- ↑ "Walthamstow". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ "UK General Election results May 2010". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results May 2005". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- 1 2 "UK General Election results 1997 & 2001: Walthamstow". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 282. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Essex South |
UK Parliament constituency 1885 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Walthamstow East |
UK Parliament constituency 1885 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Walthamstow West | |
Preceded by Walthamstow East |
UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Walthamstow West |
UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present |
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