Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°37′01″N 0°00′11″E / 51.617°N 0.003°E

Chingford and Woodford Green
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chingford and Woodford Green in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	88,149 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	64,770 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Chingford and Wanstead & Woodford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Chingford and Woodford Green is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hale End and Highams Park, Hatch Lane, Larkswood, and Valley, and the London Borough of Redbridge wards of Church End and Monkhams.

The boundaries of Chingford and Woodford Green take in a large slice of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The constituency includes Chingford in the north bordering Enfield down through Highams Park and Hatch Lane into Woodford, and also takes in a part of the London Borough of Redbridge.

History

Wards of the constituency (not affected by 2010 boundary changes)

Before 1945, both Woodford and Chingford were part of Epping for general elections, for which Winston Churchill was MP. The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Chingford and Wanstead & Woodford. Both seats previously had well-known MPs, Norman Tebbit and Winston Churchill respectively. Iain Duncan Smith had been MP for Chingford since 1992 then was elected MP for this constituency.

Political geography

Chingford and Woodford Green and its predecessors have been solid Conservative wards since the beginning of the Thatcher period in 1979. The closest contest was from Labour in the 1997 general election. The Conservatives retained the seat in 2001 with a majority little changed on a low turnout while Duncan Smith was Shadow Defence Secretary in almost complete peacetime, with an average swing to the Conservatives. But in 2005 the Conservative incumbent did better, getting twice as many votes as Labour with a swing to the party of 6.4% (over double that nationally) from Labour.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3][4]	Party	Notes
	1997	Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	MP for Chingford 1992-97

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Chingford and Woodford Green^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,999	47.9	-4.8
	Labour	Bilal Mahmood	12,613	28.8	+6.1
	UKIP	Freddy Vachha	5,644	12.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Crook	2,400	5.5	-11.3
	Green	Rebecca Tully	1,854	4.2	+2.7
	TUSC	Len Hockey[7]	241	0.6	N/A
	Class War	Lisa Mckenzie	53	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,386	19.1	-11.0
Turnout			43,804	65.7	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

General Election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	22,743	52.8	-0.4
	Labour	Cath Arakelian	9,780	22.7	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff	7,242	16.8	-0.9
	BNP	Julian Leppert	1,288	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Nick Jones	1,133	2.6	-0.2
	Green	Lucy Craig	650	1.5	N/A
	Independent	None Of The Above[n 3]	202	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	68	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,963	30.1
Turnout			43,106	66.5	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,555	53.2	+5.0
	Labour	Simon Wright	9,914	25.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Beanse	6,832	17.7	+2.2
	UKIP	Michael McGough	1,078	2.8	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	269	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,641	27.5
Turnout			38,648	63.0	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	17,834	48.2	+0.7
	Labour	Jessica Webb	12,347	33.4	–1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Beanse	5,739	15.5	0.0
	BNP	Jean Griffin	1,062	2.9	+0.5
Majority			5,487	14.8
Turnout			36,982	58.5	–12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	21,109	47.5
	Labour	Tommy Hutchinson	15,395	34.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff	6,885	15.5
	BNP	Alan Gould	1,059	2.4
Majority			5,714	12.9
Turnout			44,448	70.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. Original name Adam Osen

References

1. "Chingford and Woodford Green: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. "Chingford and Woodford Green 1997-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. "General Election results, 7 May 2015". Walthamforest.gov.uk. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
7. "Trade unionist chosen to stand at election (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)". Guardian-series.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. (PDF) http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/sopn-chingford.pdf. Retrieved April 20, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Chingford and Woodford Green — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.