Epping was one of eight single-member divisions of Essex (later classified as county constituencies) created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, replacing the three two member divisions of East, South and West Essex.
The seat underwent a significant loss of territory at the 1945 boundary review, with the majority of the electorate forming the new constituency of Woodford. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election when it was divided between the new seats of Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow.
Its most prominent MP was Winston Churchill, who served as Prime Minister twice, the local MP for twenty-one years from 1924 to 1945, spanning the middle part of his long service as an MP. From 1945, he was the MP for Woodford.
In the 1955 and 1959 general elections, the celebrated cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott stood as the Liberal Party candidate.
Boundaries and boundary changes
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Epping, Harlow, and Ongar, and part of the Sessional Division of Dunmow.[1]
Formed from part of the abolished West Division. See below for areas covered.
1945–1974: The Borough of Chingford, the Urban Districts of Epping and Waltham Holy Cross, and the Rural District of Epping.[2]
The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 set up Boundaries Commissions to carry out periodic reviews of the distribution of parliamentary constituencies. It also authorised an initial review to subdivide abnormally large constituencies in time for the 1945 election.[3] This was implemented by the Redistribution of Seats Order 1945 under which Epping was divided into two constituencies. As a consequence, the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford (created from amalgamating the two separate Urban Districts) and the Urban District of Chigwell (previously a parish in the Rural District of Epping which had also absorbed the former Urban Districts of Buckhurst Hill and Loughton), formed as the new Parliamentary Borough of Woodford.
The seat was abolished in 1974 following the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. The Urban District of Chingford had been absorbed into the London Borough of Waltham Forest on its creation within Greater London and now formed the basis for the new Borough Constituency of Chingford within that Borough. The Urban District of Harlow, which had been created from the Rural District of Epping, together with neighbouring parishes (now part of the merged Rural District of Epping and Ongar), formed the new County Constituency of Harlow. Remaining parts included in the new County Constituency of Epping Forest.
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
^Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
^ abcCraig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN0900178094. OCLC 539011.
^Gay, Oonagh (28 July 2010). "The Rules for the Redistribution of Seats- history and reform". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ abcdeCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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Not to be confused with Electoral district of Epping Epping was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 to 1974 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election EppingFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyEssex1885 1974 1974 Number of membersOneReplaced byChingford Epping Forest and HarlowCreated fromWest EssexDuring its existence contributed to new seat s of Woodford and ChigwellEpping in Essex boundaries 1918 45 Epping in Essex boundaries 1945 50 Epping in Essex 1955 70 Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries and boundary changes 3 Areas covered 4 Members of Parliament 5 Election results 5 1 Elections in the 1880s 5 2 Elections in the 1890s 5 3 Elections in the 1900s 5 4 Elections in the 1910s 5 5 Elections in the 1920s 5 6 Elections in the 1930s 5 7 Elections in the 1940s 5 8 Elections in the 1950s 5 9 Elections in the 1960s 5 10 Elections in the 1970s 6 References 7 SourcesHistory EditEpping was one of eight single member divisions of Essex later classified as county constituencies created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 replacing the three two member divisions of East South and West Essex The seat underwent a significant loss of territory at the 1945 boundary review with the majority of the electorate forming the new constituency of Woodford It was abolished for the February 1974 general election when it was divided between the new seats of Chingford Epping Forest and Harlow Its most prominent MP was Winston Churchill who served as Prime Minister twice the local MP for twenty one years from 1924 to 1945 spanning the middle part of his long service as an MP From 1945 he was the MP for Woodford In the 1955 and 1959 general elections the celebrated cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott stood as the Liberal Party candidate Boundaries and boundary changes Edit1885 1918 The Sessional Divisions of Epping Harlow and Ongar and part of the Sessional Division of Dunmow 1 Formed from part of the abolished West Division See below for areas covered 1918 1945 The Urban Districts of Buckhurst Hill Chingford Epping Loughton Waltham Holy Cross Wanstead and Woodford and the Rural District of Epping 2 Gained Woodford from the abolished Walthamstow Division of Essex and Wanstead from the Romford Division Lost eastern part of Division including Chipping Ongar to Chelmsford and northern part of Division including Great Dunmow and Hatfield Broad Oak to Saffron Walden 1945 1974 The Borough of Chingford the Urban Districts of Epping and Waltham Holy Cross and the Rural District of Epping 2 The House of Commons Redistribution of Seats Act 1944 set up Boundaries Commissions to carry out periodic reviews of the distribution of parliamentary constituencies It also authorised an initial review to subdivide abnormally large constituencies in time for the 1945 election 3 This was implemented by the Redistribution of Seats Order 1945 under which Epping was divided into two constituencies As a consequence the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford created from amalgamating the two separate Urban Districts and the Urban District of Chigwell previously a parish in the Rural District of Epping which had also absorbed the former Urban Districts of Buckhurst Hill and Loughton formed as the new Parliamentary Borough of Woodford The seat was abolished in 1974 following the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies The Urban District of Chingford had been absorbed into the London Borough of Waltham Forest on its creation within Greater London and now formed the basis for the new Borough Constituency of Chingford within that Borough The Urban District of Harlow which had been created from the Rural District of Epping together with neighbouring parishes now part of the merged Rural District of Epping and Ongar formed the new County Constituency of Harlow Remaining parts included in the new County Constituency of Epping Forest Areas covered EditArea 1885 1918 1945 1955 1974Great Dunmow Hatfield Broad Oak Epping Saffron Walden part Chipping Ongar Chelmsford part Chigwell Brentwood and Ongar part Harlow Epping Epping Epping HarlowChingford ChingfordWaltham Abbey Theydon Bois Epping Epping ForestLoughton Buckhurst Hill Chigwell Woodford ChigwellWoodford Walthamstow part Woodford1 Wanstead and WoodfordWanstead Romford part 1Renamed Wanstead and Woodford with minor boundary changes for the 1964 general election S I 1960 454 2 Members of Parliament EditYear Member Party Notes1885 Henry Selwin Ibbetson Conservative1892 Amelius Lockwood Conservative1917 by election Richard Colvin Unionist1923 Leonard Lyle Unionist1924 Rt Hon Winston Churchill Constitutionalist1924 Conservative Prime Minister 1940 19451945 Leah Manning Labour1950 Nigel Davies Conservative1951 Graeme Finlay Conservative1964 Stan Newens Labour1970 Norman Tebbit Conservative1974 constituency abolishedElection results EditElections in the 1880s Edit General election 1885 Epping 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Henry Selwin Ibbetson 4 668 61 5Liberal Edmund Barnard 2 915 38 5Majority 1 744 23 0Turnout 7 574 82 0Registered electors 9 239Conservatives win new seat General election 1886 Epping 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Henry Selwin Ibbetson UnopposedConservatives holdElections in the 1890s Edit General election 1892 Epping 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood 4 536 62 4 N ALiberal Spencer Barclay Heward 2 738 37 6 NewMajority 1 798 24 8 N ATurnout 7 274 76 8 N ARegistered electors 9 476Conservatives hold Swing N AGeneral election 1895 Epping 4 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood UnopposedConservatives holdElections in the 1900s Edit General election 1900 Epping 4 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood UnopposedConservatives holdGeneral election 1906 Epping 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood 5 204 56 4 N ALiberal Spencer Barclay Howard 4 030 43 6 NewMajority 1 174 12 8 N ATurnout 9 234 81 2 N ARegistered electors 11 374Conservatives hold Swing N AElections in the 1910s Edit General election January 1910 Epping 4 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood 6 578 63 1 6 7Liberal Israel Alexander Symmons 3 845 36 9 6 7Majority 2 733 26 2 13 4Turnout 10 423 85 7 4 5Registered electors 12 164Conservatives hold Swing 6 7General election December 1910 Epping 4 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Amelius Lockwood 5 990 64 1 1 0Liberal Israel Alexander Symmons 3 361 35 9 1 0Majority 2 629 28 2 2 0Turnout 9 351 76 9 8 8Registered electors 12 164Conservatives hold Swing 1 0General Election 1914 15 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Unionist Amelius Lockwood Liberal By election 1917 Epping 4 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Richard Colvin UnopposedUnionist holdGeneral election 1918 Epping 8 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Richard Colvin 14 668 72 6 8 5Liberal Arthur Leonard Horner 4 164 20 6 15 3People s Progressive Coalition J Conoley 1 367 6 8 NewMajority 10 504 52 0 23 8Turnout 20 199 52 4 24 5Registered electors 38 519Unionist hold Swing 11 9C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s Edit General election 1922 Epping 8 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Richard Colvin 15 300 59 9 12 7Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 10 228 40 1 19 5Majority 5 072 19 8 32 8Turnout 25 528 63 5 11 1Registered electors 40 209Unionist hold Swing 16 1General election 1923 Epping 8 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Leonard Lyle 14 528 52 9 7 0Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 12 954 47 1 7 0Majority 1 574 5 8 14 0Turnout 27 482 66 4 2 9Registered electors 41 404Unionist hold Swing 7 0General election 1924 Epping 8 Party Candidate Votes Constitutionalist Winston Churchill 19 843 58 9 NewLiberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 10 080 29 9 17 2Labour J R McPhie 3 768 11 2 NewMajority 9 763 29 0 N ATurnout 33 691 78 3 11 9Registered electors 43 055Constitutionalist gain from Unionist Swing N AGeneral election 1929 Epping 8 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Winston Churchill 23 972 48 5 10 4Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 19 005 38 4 8 5Labour Walton Newbold 6 472 13 1 1 9Majority 4 967 10 1 18 9Turnout 49 449 75 2 3 1Registered electors 65 758Unionist gain from Constitutionalist Swing 9 5Elections in the 1930s Edit Comyns Carr General election 1931 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Winston Churchill 35 956 63 8 15 3Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 15 670 27 8 10 6Labour James Ranger 4 713 8 4 4 7Majority 20 286 36 0 25 9Turnout 56 339 77 3 2 1Conservatives hold SwingGeneral election 1935 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Winston Churchill 34 849 59 0 4 8Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 14 430 24 4 3 4Labour James Ranger 9 758 16 5 8 1Majority 20 419 34 6 1 4Turnout 59 037 67 7 9 6Conservatives hold SwingElections in the 1940s Edit General Election 1939 40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected Conservative Winston Churchill Labour Leon MacLaren 9 General election 1945 Epping Party Candidate Votes Labour Leah Manning 15 993 44 1 19 3Conservatives Roy Wise 15 006 41 3 17 8Liberal Sydney Robinson 5 134 14 6 1 9Majority 987 2 8 N ATurnout 36 313 71 4 3 7Labour gain from Conservatives Swing 18 6Elections in the 1950s Edit General election 1950 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Nigel Davies 24 292 49 1 7 8Labour Leah Manning 20 385 41 2 3 9Liberal Peter Edwin Lewis 4 755 9 6 5 0Majority 3 907 7 9 N ATurnout 49 432 86 6 15 2Conservatives gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1951 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Graeme Finlay 27 392 54 8 5 7Labour Leah Manning 22 598 45 2 4 0Majority 4 794 9 6 1 7Turnout 49 990 85 1 1 5Conservatives hold Swing 0 9General election 1955 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Graeme Finlay 26 065 46 4 8 4Labour Leah Manning 22 542 40 2 5 0Liberal John Arlott 7 528 13 4 NewMajority 3 523 6 2 3 4Turnout 56 135 82 3 2 8Conservatives hold Swing 1 7General election 1959 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Graeme Finlay 31 507 44 7 1 7Labour Co op Donald F W Ford 27 114 38 4 1 8Liberal John Arlott 11 913 16 9 3 5Majority 4 393 6 2 0 0Turnout 70 534 84 3 2 0Conservatives hold Swing 0 1Elections in the 1960s Edit General election 1964 Epping Party Candidate Votes Labour Stan Newens 34 991 44 4 6 0Conservatives Graeme Finlay 31 753 40 3 4 4Liberal Nancy Seear 12 093 15 3 1 6Majority 3 238 4 1 N ATurnout 78 837 83 3 1 0Labour gain from Conservatives Swing 5 2General election 1966 Epping Party Candidate Votes Labour Stan Newens 38 914 48 4 4 0Conservatives E Michael Ogden 31 406 39 0 1 3Liberal Derek A McKie 10 162 12 6 2 7Majority 7 508 9 4 5 3Turnout 80 482 82 4 0 9Labour hold Swing 2 7Elections in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Epping Party Candidate Votes Conservatives Norman Tebbit 43 615 51 5 12 5Labour Stan Newens 41 040 48 5 0 1Majority 2 575 3 0 N ATurnout 84 655 73 3 9 1Conservatives gain from Labour Swing 6 2References Edit Great Britain Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales The public general acts unknown library Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports 1884 a b c Craig Fred W S 1972 Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885 1972 Chichester Political Reference Publications ISBN 0900178094 OCLC 539011 Gay Oonagh 28 July 2010 The Rules for the Redistribution of Seats history and reform a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 FWS Craig a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book 1907 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1901 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 a b c d e Craig F W S 1983 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3 ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party 1939Sources EditLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with E part 2 Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byEssex South UK Parliament constituencyRepresentative for Wanstead Woodford1885 1945 Succeeded byWoodfordUK Parliament constituencyRepresentative for Loughton Buckhurst Hill Chigwell1885 1950 Succeeded byWoodfordUK Parliament constituencyRepresentative for Chingford1885 1974 Succeeded byChingfordUK Parliament constituencyRepresentative for Harlow1885 1974 Succeeded byHarlowUK Parliament constituencyRepresentative for Waltham Abbey Theydon Bois Epping1885 1974 Succeeded byEpping ForestPreceded byColne Valley Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer1924 1929 Succeeded byColne ValleyPreceded byBirmingham Edgbaston Constituency represented by the Prime Minister1940 1945 Succeeded byLimehouse Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Epping UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1100807387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
