walthamstow, west, parliament, constituency, walthamstow, west, borough, constituency, what, london, borough, waltham, forest, until, 1965, walthamstow, urban, district, essex, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, walthams. 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 Walthamstow WestFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCounty1918 1965 Essex1965 1974 Greater London1918 1974 1974 Created fromWalthamstowReplaced byWalthamstowThe 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 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1910s 3 2 Elections in the 1920s 3 3 Elections in the 1930s 3 4 Election in the 1940s 3 5 Elections in the 1950s 3 6 Elections in the 1960s 3 7 Election in the 1970s 4 ReferencesBoundaries Edit1918 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 EditElection Member Party Notes1918 Charles Jesson NDP1922 Valentine McEntee Labour1924 Horace Crawfurd Liberal1929 Valentine McEntee Labour1950 Clement Attlee Labour Previously MP for Limehouse from 1922 Leader of the Labour Party 1935 55 Prime Minister 1945 51 resigned 26 December 19551956 by election Edward Redhead Labour Died 15 April 19671967 by election Fred Silvester Conservative1970 Eric Deakins Labour Subsequently MP for Walthamstow from February 1974Feb 1974 constituency abolishedElection results EditElections in the 1910s Edit General election 1918 Walthamstow West 1 Party Candidate Votes National Democratic Charles Jesson 7 330 51 6Labour Valentine McEntee 4 167 29 3Liberal Emslie Horniman 2 707 19 1Majority 3 163 22 3Turnout 14 204 47 0National Democratic win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s Edit General election 1922 Walthamstow West 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 8 758 43 3 14 0National Liberal Charles Jesson 6 253 30 9 NewLiberal Horace Crawfurd 5 228 25 8 6 7Majority 2 505 12 4 N ATurnout 20 239 63 8 16 8Labour gain from National Democratic SwingGeneral election 1923 Walthamstow West 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 10 026 47 6 4 3Liberal Horace Crawfurd 8 234 39 0 13 2Unionist Jabeez Lyne 2 832 13 4 NewMajority 1 792 8 6 3 8Turnout 21 092 65 5 1 7Labour hold Swing 4 5General election 1924 Walthamstow West 4 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Horace Crawfurd 12 991 50 9 21 9Labour Valentine McEntee 12 521 49 1 1 5Majority 470 1 8 6 8Turnout 25 512 75 5 10 0Liberal gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1929 Walthamstow West 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 16 050 54 0 4 9Liberal Horace Crawfurd 9 470 31 9 18 0Unionist Frederick C Bramston 4 184 14 1 NewMajority 6 580 22 1 N ATurnout 29 704 73 3 2 2Labour gain from Liberal Swing 7 0Elections in the 1930s Edit General election 1931 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 14 144 45 14Conservative Claude Herbert Grundy 13 137 41 93Liberal Sydney Robinson 4 053 12 93Majority 1 007 3 21Turnout 31 334 72 82Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1935 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 17 613 61 83Conservative Thomas Claude Catty 10 874 38 17Majority 6 739 23 66Turnout 28 487 64 97Labour hold SwingElection in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Valentine McEntee 17 460 65 22Liberal Lancelot Spicer 4 760 17 78 NewConservative Leslie Charles Curran 4 550 17 00Majority 12 700 47 44Turnout 26 770 70 14Labour hold SwingElections in the 1950s Edit General election 1950 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Clement Attlee 21 095 60 46Conservative John Arthur Paul 8 988 25 76Liberal Alan Whitfield Pim 4 102 11 76 NewIndependent Labour Lester Hutchinson 704 2 02 NewMajority 12 107 34 70Turnout 34 889Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1951 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Clement Attlee 23 021 66 79Conservative Edward du Cann 11 447 33 21Majority 11 574 33 58Turnout 34 468 81 94Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Clement Attlee 19 327 65 73Conservative Richard Hornby 10 077 34 27Majority 9 250 31 46Turnout 29 404 72 48Labour hold Swing1956 Walthamstow West by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Redhead 13 388 64 68 1 05Conservative Richard Hornby 4 184 20 21 14 06Liberal Oliver Smedley 3 037 14 67 NewIndependent Bill Boaks 89 0 43 NewMajority 9 204 44 47 13 01Turnout 20 698Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1959 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Redhead 15 980 54 95Conservative Harry Midgley 7 872 27 07Liberal Oliver Smedley 5 229 17 98Majority 8 108 27 88Turnout 29 081 76 08Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s Edit General election 1964 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Redhead 14 405 56 2Conservative Edward Michael Ogden 6 780 26 5 1 7Liberal Colin Hart Leverton 4 437 17 3Majority 7 625 29 8Turnout 25 622 72 2Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1966 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Redhead 14 665 61 2 5 0Conservative Frederick Silvester 5 940 24 8Liberal Donald W Bramley 3 370 14 1Majority 8 725 36 4Turnout 23 975 71 0Labour hold SwingBy election 1967 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Silvester 6 652 37 1 12 3Labour Eric Deakins 6 590 36 7 24 5Liberal Margaret Wingfield 4 105 22 9 8 8Anti Common Market Oliver Smedley 542 3 0 NewIndependent Robin Allen 63 0 4 NewMajority 62 0 3 N ATurnout 17 952Conservative gain from Labour SwingElection in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Walthamstow West Party Candidate Votes Labour Eric Deakins 12 472 54 5 6 7Conservative Frederick Silvester 7 870 34 6 9 9Liberal Ian W Roxbrough 2 564 11 2 2 9Majority 4 602 20 2 16 2Turnout 22 906 65 14 5 9Labour hold SwingReferences Edit 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 KingdomPreceded byLimehouse Constituency represented by the Prime Minister1950 1951 Succeeded byWoodfordPreceded byWoodford Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition1951 1955 Succeeded byLewisham South Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walthamstow West UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1096456395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
