Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)

Walthamstow
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Walthamstow in .
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,482 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Stella Creasy (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Walthamstow East Walthamstow West
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West, Leyton East, Leyton West, and Epping
Created from	South Essex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Walthamstow (Contemp. and Cons. RP) /wɔːlθm̩stəʊ/, (Est. Eng.) /woːwfm̩stɐʏ/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stella Creasy, a member of the Labour Party and of the Cooperative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Walthamstow in Essex, 1885-1918

1885–1918

The South-Western or Walthamstow Division of the parliamentary county of Essex was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the existing seat of South Essex was divided into three single-member constituencies.

The constituency consisted of the three civil parishes of Leyton, Wanstead and Walthamstow. The area lay on the periphery of the London conurbation and became increasingly suburban over its existence.

The seat was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Two new constituencies were created with Walthamstow Urban District divided between Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West.^[2]

1974 – date

1974-1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, St James Street, and Wood Street.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lloyd Park, St James Street, and Wood Street.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Lloyd Park, St James Street, and Wood Street.

2010–present: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Markhouse, William Morris, and Wood Street.

History

The seat has been represented by the Labour Party since 1992, before which it was won on a marginal majority in 1987 by a Conservative, having until then (since its 1974 recreation as a seat) been served by one Labour MP, Eric Deakins.

The 2010 result was unusual in defying the national swing, producing a greater than 1% one-party swing to the new Labour candidate, Stella Creasy. She took the candidature from Neil Gerrard who was placed on the left of the Labour party. The Liberal Democrat, Farid Ahmed, has been the runner-up since 2005.

Prominent frontbenchers

Stella Creasy, the present member, was the Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention.

Constituency profile

The seat is that part of Outer London closest to Stratford, with its international rail connections, major city shopping centre and London's Olympic Park. To the East the seat borders Walthamstow Forest and Gilbert's Slade, thin sections of Epping Forest, and to the West, the Lea Valley. The eponymous district had as its open space feature a greyhound racing track, which is set for redevelopment into a modernist housing and green space scheme. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8% and Greater London average of 4%, at 7.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[3]

Member of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Year		Member^[4]	Party
	1885	Edward Buxton	Liberal
	1886	William Makins	Conservative
	1892	Edmund Widdrington Byrne	Conservative
	1897	Sam Woods	Liberal
	1900	David John Morgan	Conservative
	1906	John Simon	Liberal
1918		Constituency abolished

MPs 1974–present

Election		Member^[4]	Party
Feb 1974		constituency recreated
	Feb 1974	Eric Deakins	Labour
	1987	Hugo Summerson	Conservative
	1992	Neil Gerrard	Labour
	2010	Stella Creasy	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Walthamstow^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Stella Creasy	28,779	68.9	+17.0
	Conservative	Molly Samuel-Leport	5,584	13.4	−0.6
	Green	Michael Gold^[7]	2,661	6.4	+4.5
	UKIP	Paul Hillman	2,507	6.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Dominique Cheung	1,661	4.0	−24.7
	TUSC	Nancy Taaffe ^[8]	394	0.9	+0.3
	Independent	Ellie Merton ^[9]	129	0.3	n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Jonty Leff ^[10]	81	0.2	n/a
Majority			23,195	55.5	+32.4
Turnout			41,796	62.4	-1.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+8.8

General Election 2010: Walthamstow^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Stella Creasy	21,252	51.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Farid Ahmed	11,774	28.7	+1.6
	Conservative	Andy Hemsted	5,734	14.0	−4.2
	UKIP	Judith Chisholm-Benli	823	2.0	-0.3
	Green	Daniel Perrett	767	1.9	N/A
	TUSC	Nancy Taaffe	279	0.7	N/A
	Christian	Ashar Mall	248	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Paul Warburton	117	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,478	23.1	-0.1
Turnout			40,994	63.4	+8.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-0.04

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Walthamstow^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	17,323	50.3	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Farid Ahmed	9,330	27.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Jane Wright	6,254	18.2	+0.1
	UKIP	Robert Brock	810	2.4	+1.5
	Socialist Alternative	Nancy Taaffe	727	2.1	-0.2
Majority			7,993	23.2	-20.9
Turnout			34,444	54.6	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

General Election 2001: Walthamstow^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	21,402	62.2	-1.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Boys Smith	6,221	18.1	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Dunphy	5,024	14.6	+0.9
	Socialist Alternative	Simon Donovan	806	2.3	N/A
	BNP	William Phillips	389	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Gerda Mayer	298	0.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Barbara Duffy	289	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,181	44.1	+1.3
Turnout			34,429	53.5	-9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Walthamstow^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	25,287	63.1	+17.4
	Conservative	Jill Andrew	8,138	20.3	-16.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Jackson	5,491	13.7	-0.8
	Referendum	Rev George Hargreaves	1,139	2.8	N/A
Majority			17,149	42.8	+34.3
Turnout			40,055	62.8	-9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.15

General Election 1992: Walthamstow^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	16,251	45.7	+10.97
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,229	37.2	-1.82
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Leighton	5,142	14.5	N/A
	Liberal	Vernon Wilkinson	241	0.7	N/A
Majority			3,022	8.5	N/A
Turnout			34,863	72.4	+0.00
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Walthamstow^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,748	39.02	+3.12
	Labour	Eric Deakins	12,236	34.73	-5.07
	Social Democratic	Peter Leonard Leighton	8,852	25.1	+3.5
	Independent	Dr Zafar I Malik	396	1.12	N/A
Majority			1,512	4.29	N/A
Turnout			35,232	72.4	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.1

General Election 1983: Walthamstow^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Deakins	13,241	39.8	-10.4
	Conservative	Alan Amos	11,936	35.9	-1.8
	Social Democratic	Peter Leonard Leighton	7,192	21.6	N/A
	National Front	P Mitchell	444	1.3	-1.9
	Ecology	Stephen William Lambert	424	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,305	3.9	-8.6
Turnout			33,237	68.8	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.3

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Walthamstow^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Deakins	17,651	50.2	-4.9
	Conservative	S Eyres	13,248	37.7	+13.4
	Liberal	Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan	3,117	8.9	-6.1
	National Front	G Flaxton	1,119	3.2	-2.3
Majority			4,403	12.5	-18.3
Turnout			35,135	71.3	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.15

General Election, October 1974: Walthamstow^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Deakins	19,088	55.1	+4.4
	Conservative	D Arnold	8,424	24.3	-4.0
	Liberal	Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan	5,199	15.0	-6.0
	National Front	R Adde	1,911	5.5	N/A
Majority			10,664	30.8	+8.3
Turnout			34,622	66.2	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election, February 1974: Walthamstow^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Deakins	19,726	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	PS Gill	10,992	28.3	N/A
	Liberal	Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan	8,157	21.0	N/A
Majority			8,374	22.5	N/A
Turnout			38,875	74.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections 1885–1918

General 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Emslie John Horniman
Unionist: Louis Stanley Johnson

Bellairs

General Election December 1910 Walthamstow^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir John Allsebrook Simon	16,998	56.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	13,275	43.9	-1.6
Majority			3,723	12.2	+3.2
Turnout			30,273	77.4	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Simon

Walthamstow by-election, 1910 ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Allsebrook Simon	16,673	54.5	+1.2
	Conservative	Louis Stanley Johnson	13,907	45.5	-1.2
Majority			2,766	9.0	+2.4
Turnout			30,580	78.2	-6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

General Election January 1910 Walthamstow^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Allsebrook Simon	17,726	53.3	-4.2
	Conservative	Louis Stanley Johnson	15,531	46.7	+4.2
Majority			2,195	6.6	-8.4
Turnout			33,257	85.0	+11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 Walthamstow^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Allsebrook Simon	15,011	57.5	+14.7
	Conservative	William Isaac Shard	11,074	42.5	-14.7
Majority			3,937	15.0	29.4
Turnout			26,085	73.9	+3.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.7

Woods

General Election 1900: Walthamstow ^[21]^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David John Morgan	9,807	57.2	+8.3
	Lib-Lab	Sam Woods	7,342	42.8	-8.3
Majority			2,465	14.4	16.6
Turnout			17,149	70.9	+6.6
	Conservative gain from Lib-Lab		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1890s

Dewar

Walthamstow by-election, 1897 ^[21]^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Lib-Lab	Sam Woods	6,518	51.1	+11.4
	Conservative	Thomas Robert Dewar	6,239	48.9	-11.4
Majority			279	2.2	22.8
Turnout			12,757	64.3	+2.1
	Lib-Lab gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.4

General Election 1895: Walthamstow ^[21]^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edmund Widdrington Byrne	6,876	60.3	+5.1
	Liberal	Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen	4,423	39.7	-5.1
Majority			2,353	20.6	+10.2
Turnout			11,399	64.2	-8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1

General Election 1892: Walthamstow ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edmund Widdrington Byrne	6,155	55.2	-7.6
	Liberal	Walter Basden Whittingham	4,965	44.8	+7.6
Majority			1,150	10.4	-15.2
Turnout			11,080	72.3	+9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.6

Elections in the 1880s

Spicer

General Election 1886: Walthamstow ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Thomas Makins	4,461	62.8	+13.8
	Liberal	Albert Spicer	2,639	37.2	-13.8
Majority			1,822	25.6	27.6
Turnout			7,000	63.2	-11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.8

General Election 1885: Walthamstow ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward North Buxton	4,300	51.0	n/a
	Conservative	Thomas Charles Baring	4,125	49.0	n/a
Majority			175	2.0	n/a
Turnout			8,425	75.0	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

References

Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leyton was divided into two seats: Leyton East and Leyton West, while Wanstead was included in the Epping constituency. (Youngs, p.727)
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/election-results-7May15.aspx
↑ london.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
↑ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/65651/walthamstow
↑ http://wrp.org.uk/images/photos/15-04-07-10813.jpg
↑ "Walthamstow". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results May 2010". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results May 2005". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
1 2 "UK General Election results 1997 & 2001: Walthamstow". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
1 2 3 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Essex South	UK Parliament constituency 1885 – 1918	Succeeded by Walthamstow East
Preceded by Essex South	UK Parliament constituency 1885 – 1918	Succeeded by Walthamstow West
Preceded by Walthamstow East	UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Walthamstow West	UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present	Incumbent

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (26)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (2)	Carshalton and Wallington Richmond Park

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

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