Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)


Wanstead and Woodford was a constituency in north-east London, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It existed between 1964 and 1997.

History

Wanstead and Woodford was a safe Conservative seat for the entire period of its existence.

Boundaries

1964–1974: The Borough of Wanstead and Woodford.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Clayhall, Snaresbrook, Wanstead, and Woodford.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Redbridge wards of Bridge, Church End, Clayhall, Monkhams, Roding, Snaresbrook, and Wanstead.
The constituency was created by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 1960 to come into existence on the calling of the next general election, which occurred in 1964. The Order adjusted the boundaries of the existing constituencies of Ilford North, Ilford South and Woodford, reflecting local government boundary changes made in 1956. The constituency was initially identical in area to the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford, and almost identical to the previous seat of Woodford, with only very minor boundary changes.
In 1965 the constituency became part of the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until the February 1974 general election.
The constituency was abolished in 1997, with its area being distributed between the new seats of Chingford and Woodford Green and Leyton and Wanstead, or added to enlarge the existing seat of Ilford North.
Proposals to resurrect the constituency were revealed in the Boundary Commission review published on 13 September 2011. The proposed new seat would broadly mirror the original Wanstead and Woodford seat, including the wards of Monkhams, Bridge, Church End, Roding, Snaresbrook and Wanstead with the return of Clayhall and the addition of the new wards of Cranbrook and Valentines in Redbridge to the east of the A406.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s