Walthamstow East (UK Parliament constituency)

Walthamstow East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1918–1974
Replaced by	Walthamstow and Chingford
Created from	Walthamstow

Walthamstow East was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Walthamstow East in Essex, 1918-50

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was combined with part of the former Walthamstow West to form the new Walthamstow constituency. However, Hale End ward was added to the new Chingford constituency.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Stanley Johnson	Unionist
	1924	Sir Hamar Greenwood	Constitutionalist
	1924		Conservative
	1929	Harry Wallace	Labour
	1931	Sir Brograve Beauchamp	Conservative
	1945	Harry Wallace	Labour
	1955	John Harvey	Conservative
	1966	William Robinson	Labour
	1969 b-e	Michael McNair-Wilson	Conservative
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Walthamstow

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Walthamstow East [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Louis Stanley Johnson	9,992	63.3	N/A
	Liberal	Sir John Allsebrook Simon	5,781	36.7	N/A
Majority			4,211	26.6	N/A
Turnout			15,773	55.6	N/A
Registered electors			28,363
	Unionist win (new seat)

• endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Walthamstow East [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Louis Stanley Johnson	9,178	46.8	-16.5
	Labour	William Bridgland Steer	6,382	32.6	-5.1
	Liberal	Henry Britten Brackenbury	4,043	20.6	N/A
Majority			2,796	14.2	-12.4
Turnout			19,603	67.6	+12.0
Registered electors			29,013
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.7

General Election 1923: Walthamstow East [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Louis Stanley Johnson	7,081	35.9	-10.9
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	6,837	34.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Arthur Musgrove Mathews	5,837	29.5	+8.9
Majority			244	1.3	-12.9
Turnout			19,755	67.8	+0.2
Registered electors			29,151
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.4

General Election 1924: Walthamstow East [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Constitutionalist	Sir Hamar Greenwood	11,312	48.5	N/A
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	8,246	35.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	3,745	16.1	-13.4
Majority			3,066	13.1	N/A
Turnout			23,303	78.0	+11.2
Registered electors			29,861
	Constitutionalist gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election 1929: Walthamstow East [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	11,039	39.6	+4.2
	Unionist	Rt Hon. James Fitzalan Hope	9,665	34.7	-13.8
	Liberal	Dr Joseph S Bridges	7,145	25.7	+9.6
Majority			1,374	4.9	18.0
Turnout			27,849	73.1	-4.9
Registered electors			38,102
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Walthamstow East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp	18,815	58.8	+24.1
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	9,983	31.2	-8.4
	Liberal	Albert Charles Crane	3,198	10.0	-15.7
Majority			8,832	27.6	N/A
Turnout			31,996	76.4	+3.3
Registered electors			41,890
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.2

General Election 1935: Walthamstow East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp	16,866	54.0	-4.8
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	14,378	46.0	+14.8
Majority			2,488	8.0	-19.6
Turnout			31,244	69.0	-7.4
Registered electors			42,258
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.8

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Walthamstow East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	15,650	51.1	+5.1
	Conservative	Herbert Eric Harrison	9,118	29.8	-24.2
	Liberal	Norman Peter Dew	5,854	19.1	N/A
Majority			6,532	21.3	N/A
Turnout			30,622	73.5	+4.5
Registered electors			41,676
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.65

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Walthamstow East[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	18,478	46.97	-4.13
	Conservative	DH Barber	15,206	38.65	+8.85
	Liberal	Irving Frederick Drower	5,654	14.37	-4.73
Majority			3,272	8.32	-12.98
Turnout			39,338	84.41	+10.91
Registered electors			46,603
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.49

General Election 1951: Walthamstow East[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	19,036	47.54	+0.57
	Conservative	John Edgar Harvey	18,016	44.99	+6.34
	Liberal	George E Thornton	2,185	7.03	-7.34
	Independent	William George Boaks	174	0.43	N/A
Majority			1,020	2.55	-5.77
Turnout			40,041	85.77	+1.36
Registered electors			46,683
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.89

General Election 1955: Walthamstow East[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edgar Harvey	16,873	46.23	+1.24
	Labour	Harry Wright Wallace	15,744	43.14	-4.40
	Liberal	Norman Henry Cork	3,882	10.64	+3.61
Majority			1,129	3.09	N/A
Turnout			36,499	80.81	-4.96
Registered electors			45,169
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.82

General Election 1959: Walthamstow East[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edgar Harvey	16,622	46.82	+0.59
	Labour	Margaret McKay	13,721	38.65	-4.49
	Liberal	Norman Henry Cork	4,974	14.01	+3.37
	Ind. Labour Party	William Henry Christopher	183	0.52	N/A
Majority			2,901	8.17	+5.08
Turnout			35,500	80.88	+0.07
Registered electors			43,892
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.54

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Walthamstow East[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edgar Harvey	14,140	42.94	-3.88
	Labour	William Oscar James Robinson	13,745	41.74	+3.09
	Liberal	John Ellis	5,042	15.31	+1.30
Majority			395	1.20	-6.97
Turnout			32,927	79.33	-1.55
Registered electors			41,504
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.49

General Election 1966: Walthamstow East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Oscar James Robinson	15,703	47.83	+6.09
	Conservative	John Edgar Harvey	13,896	42.33	-0.61
	Liberal	John Peter James Ellis	3,229	9.84	-5.47
Majority			1,807	5.50	N/A
Turnout			32,828	80.11	+0.78
Registered electors			41,504
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.35

Walthamstow East, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	13,158	63.15	+20.82
	Labour	Colin Barry Phipps	7,679	36.85	-10.98
Turnout			20,837
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Walthamstow East[13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	14,260	46.69	+4.36
	Labour	John Edward Tomlinson	13,732	44.97	-2.86
	Liberal	Duncan G Kirkland	2,547	8.34	-1.50
Majority			528	1.73	-3.77
Turnout			30,539	70.86	-9.25
Registered electors			43,099
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.61

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 265. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 265. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.