Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)

Walthamstow
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Walthamstow in .
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,482 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Stella Creasy (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Walthamstow East Walthamstow West
1885 (1885)–1918 (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 is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

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.

1974 – date

A Walthamstow constituency was again formed in 1974, covering five wards in the Walthamstow area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Member of Parliament

MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member	Party
1885		Constituency created
	1885	Edward North Buxton	Liberal
	1886	William Thomas Makins	Conservative
	1892	Edmund Widdrington Byrne	Conservative
	1897 by-election	Sam Woods	Liberal-Labour
	1900	David John Morgan	Conservative
	1906	John Simon	Liberal
1918		Constituency abolished: see Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West

MPs 1974-present

Election		Member	Party
Feb 1974		Constituency re-created
	Feb 1974	Eric Deakins	Labour
	1987	Hugo Summerson	Conservative
	1992	Neil Gerrard	Labour
	2010	Stella Creasy	Labour Co-op

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Walthamstow
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	+1.9
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Nancy Taaffe	279	0.7	+0.7
	Christian	Ashar Mall	248	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Paul Warburton	117	0.3	+0.3
Majority			9,478	23.1
Turnout			40,994	63.4	+8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Walthamstow
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
Turnout			34,444	54.6	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

General Election 2001: Walthamstow
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
Turnout			34,429	53.5	-9.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	25,287	63.1
	Conservative	J Andrew	8,138	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	J Jackson	5,491	13.7
	Referendum Party	Rev George Hargreaves	1,139	2.8	N/A
Majority			17,149	N/A
Turnout			40,055	62.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Gerrard	16,251	45.7
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,229	37.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Leighton	5,142	14.5
	Liberal	V. Wilkinson	241	0.7	N/A
Majority			3,022	N/A
Turnout			34,863	72.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Summerson	13,748	39.02
	Labour	Eric Deakins	12,236	34.73
	Social Democrat	P. L. Leighton	8,852	25.12
	Independent	Dr Z. I. Malik	396	1.12	N/A
Majority			1,512	4.29	N/A
Turnout			35,232	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1983: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Deakins	13,241	39.8
	Conservative	A Amos	11,936	35.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P Leighton	7,192	21.6
	National Front	P Mitchell	444	1.3
	Ecology	S Lambert	424	1.3
Majority			1,305	3.9
Turnout				68.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Deakins	17,651	50.2
	Conservative	S Eyres	13,248	37.7
	Liberal	M P O'Flanagan	3,117	8.9
	National Front	G Flaxton	1,119	3.2
Majority			4,403	12.5
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Deakins	19,088	55.1
	Conservative	D Arnold	8,424	24.3
	Liberal	M P O'Flanagan	5,199	15.0
	National Front	R Adde	1,911	5.5
Majority			10,664	30.8
Turnout				66.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Walthamstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Deakins	19,726	50.7
	Conservative	P S Gill	10,992	28.3
	Liberal	M P O'Flanagan	8,157	21.0
Majority			8,734	22.5
Turnout				74.9
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

• Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0901050679. 

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