Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Wood Green
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	1918–1965: Middlesex 1965–1983: Greater London
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hornsey & Wood Green and Tottenham
Created from	Tottenham

Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

Wood Green constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-50.

The Wood Green constituency was created for the 1918 general election, the area having previously formed part of the Tottenham constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

It returned Conservative MPs until 1950, and then Labour or Labour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	Conservative
	1935	Beverley Baxter	Conservative
	1950	William Irving	Labour Co-operative
	1955	Joyce Butler	Labour Co-operative
	1979	Reg Race	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1979: Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Race	16,465	46.94
	Conservative	J Riley	13,950	39.77
	Liberal	G Davies	3,665	10.45
	National Front	R Frost	998	2.85
Majority			2,515	7.17
Turnout			35,079	67.41

General Election October 1974: Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Butler	16,605	51.28
	Conservative	T Benyon	8,394	25.92
	Liberal	MJ Walton	4,782	14.77
	National Front	K Squires	2,603	8.04
Majority			8,211	25.36
Turnout			32,381	62.25

General Election February 1974: Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Butler	18,594	50.61
	Conservative	P Malynn	10,950	29.81
	Liberal	M Walton	7,194	19.58
Majority			7,644	20.81
Turnout			36,735	71.1

General Election 1970: Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Butler	18,666	57.1
	Conservative	P Malynn	14,022	42.9
Majority			4,644	14.21
Turnout			32,689	60.92