Chingford (UK Parliament constituency)
Chingford | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
February 1974–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Epping and Walthamstow East |
Replaced by | Chingford & Woodford Green, Walthamstow |
Chingford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency existed from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party throughout this period. Both of its former Members of Parliament are well known, being Norman Tebbit and Iain Duncan Smith.
Boundaries
1974–1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Chingford Central, Chingford North West, Chingford South, and Hale End.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hale End, Hatch Lane, Larkswood, and Valley.
The seat was created out of the old Epping and Walthamstow East constituencies, and no part of it was ever in the post-1965 administrative county of Essex. It was replaced in 1997 by the new Chingford and Woodford Green constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Norman Tebbit | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1992 | Iain Duncan Smith | Conservative |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Chingford and Woodford Green & Walthamstow |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Tebbit | 19,921 | 43.1 | ||
Labour | M.A. Gerrard | 14,238 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal | D.A. Nicholson | 12,060 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 5,683 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 46,219 | 81.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Tebbit | 19,022 | 45.5 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Paul F. Tinnion | 14,377 | 34.4 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | D.A. Nicholson | 8,438 | 20.2 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 4,645 | 11.1 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,837 | 73.4 | −8.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Tebbit | 24,640 | 56.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 12,257 | 27.9 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | D.A. Nicholson | 5,225 | 11.9 | −8.3 | |
National Front | D. South | 1,157 | 2.6 | New | |
Ecology | Stephen Lambert | 649 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,383 | 28.2 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,928 | 78.4 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Tebbit | 22,541 | 55.1 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Hoskins | 10,127 | 24.8 | +12.9 | |
Labour | W.D. Shepherd | 7,239 | 17.7 | −10.2 | |
Ecology | John Morgan | 479 | 1.2 | −0.3 | |
National Front | Brent A. Cheetham | 380 | 0.9 | −1.7 | |
Independent | J.C. Neighbour | 104 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | S.J.A. Barklem | 34 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,414 | 30.3 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,904 | 72.7 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Tebbit | 27,110 | 62.2 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | John Williams | 9,155 | 21.0 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Margaret Cosin | 6,650 | 15.3 | −2.4 | |
Green | Elizabeth Newton | 634 | 1.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 17,955 | 41.2 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,549 | 76.7 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | 25,730 | 59.2 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Peter J. Dawe | 10,792 | 24.8 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon G. Banks | 5,705 | 13.1 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | David W. Green | 602 | 1.4 | New | |
Green | John M. Baguley | 575 | 1.3 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Christine M. Johns | 41 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,938 | 34.4 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,445 | 78.3 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.3 |
References
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.