Walthamstow West (UK Parliament constituency)

Walthamstow West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	1918–1965: Essex 1965–1974: Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
Replaced by	Walthamstow
Created from	Walthamstow

Walthamstow West was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but was until 1965 the Walthamstow Urban District of Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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 East to form the new Walthamstow constituency.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Charles Jesson	NDP
1922	Valentine McEntee	Labour
1924	Horace Crawfurd	Liberal
1929	Valentine McEntee	Labour
1950	Clement Attlee	Labour
1956 b-e	Ted Redhead	Labour
1967 b-e	Fred Silvester	Conservative
1970	Eric Deakins	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Walthamstow West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic	Cornelius Charles Jesson	7,330	51.6	n/a
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	4,167	29.3	n/a
	Liberal	Emslie John Horniman	2,707	19.1	n/a
Majority			3,163	22.3	n/a
Turnout				47.0	n/a
	National Democratic win

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922 : Walthamstow West ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	8,758	43.3	+14.0
	National Liberal	Cornelius Charles Jesson	6,253	30.9
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	5,228	25.8
Majority			2,505	12.4
Turnout				63.8	+16.8
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Walthamstow West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	10,026	47.6	+4.3
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	8,234	39.0	+13.2
	Unionist	Jabeez Lyne	2,832	13.4	n/a
Majority			1,792	8.6	-3.8
Turnout				65.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 1924: Walthamstow West ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	12,991	50.9
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	12,521	49.1
Majority			470	1.8
Turnout				75.5
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1929: Walthamstow West ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	16,050	54.0	-4.9
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	9,470	31.9	-19.0
	Unionist	Frederick C Bramston	4,184	14.1	n/a
Majority			6,580	22.1	+14.1
Turnout				73.3	-2.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine McEntee	14,144	45.14
	Conservative	Claude Herbert Grundy	13,137	41.93
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	4,053	12.93
Majority			1,007	3.21
Turnout				72.82
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine McEntee	17,613	61.83
	Conservative	Thomas Claude Catty	10,874	38.17
Majority			6,739	23.66
Turnout				64.97
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine la Touche McEntee	17,460	65.22
	Liberal	Lancelot Dykes Spencer	4,760	17.78
	Conservative	Leslie Charles Curran	4,550	17.00
Majority			12,700	47.44
Turnout				70.14
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Clement Richard Attlee	21,095	60.5
	Conservative	John Arthur Paul	8,988	25.8
	Liberal	Alan Whitfield Pim	4,102	11.8
	Independent Labour	Hugh Lester Hutchinson	704	2.0
Majority			12,107	34.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Clement Richard Attlee	23,021	66.79
	Conservative	Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	11,447	33.21
Majority			11,574	33.58
Turnout				81.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Clement Richard Attlee	19,327	65.73
	Conservative	Richard Phipps Hornby	10,077	34.27
Majority			9,250	31.46
Turnout				72.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Walthamstow West by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Charles Redhead	13,388	64.68	-1.05
	Conservative	Richard Phipps Hornby	4,184	20.21	-14.06
	Liberal	William Oliver Smedley	3,037	14.67	N/A
	Independent	William George Boaks	89	0.43	N/A
Majority			9,204
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Charles Redhead	15,980	54.95
	Conservative	Henry Cassidy Midgley	7,872	27.07
	Liberal	W. Oliver Smedley	5,229	17.98
Majority			8,108	27.88
Turnout				76.08
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Charles Redhead	14,405	56.22
	Conservative	Edward Michael Ogden	6,780	26.46
	Liberal	Colin Allen Hart-Leverton	4,437	17.32
Majority			7,625	29.76
Turnout				72.15
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Charles Redhead	14,665	61.17
	Conservative	Frederick John Silvester	5,940	24.78
	Liberal	Donald W. Bramley	3,370	14.06
Majority			8,725	36.39
Turnout				71.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Walthamstow West by-election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick John Silvester	6,652	37.05
	Labour	Eric Petro Deakins	6,590	36.71
	Liberal	Margaret Wingfield	4,105	22.87
	Anti-Common Market	W. Oliver Smedley	542	3.02	N/A
	Independent	Robin Allen	63	0.35	N/A
Majority			62	0.34
Turnout			17,952
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Walthamstow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Petro Deakins	12,472	54.45
	Conservative	Frederick John Silvester	7,870	34.36
	Liberal	Ian W. Roxbrough	2,564	11.19
Majority			4,602	20.09
Turnout				65.14
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Limehouse	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1950–1951	Succeeded by Woodford
Preceded by Woodford	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1951–1955	Succeeded by Lewisham South

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