Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)

Erith and Crayford
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1955 (1955)–1997 (1997)
Replaced by	Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford
Created from	Dartford

Erith and Crayford was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Norman Dodds	Labour
	1965 by-election	James Wellbeloved	Labour
	1981		Social Democrat
	1983	David Evennett	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Erith and Thamesmead & Bexleyheath and Crayford

Elections

General Election 1992: Erith and Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evennett	21,926	46.5	+1.3
	Labour	CN Beard	19,587	41.5	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs FM Jamieson	5,657	12.0	-13.3
Majority			2,339	5.0	-10.7
Turnout			47,170	79.7	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.3

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)