Wood Green | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1918–1965: Middlesex 1965–1983: Greater London |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Tottenham (parts of) Enfield (parts of) |
Replaced by | Enfield Southgate (in 1950) Hornsey & Wood Green (bulk of remaining parts) Tottenham (small parts) |
Wood Green was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1918—1983, centred on the Wood Green area of North London and its earlier broadest form included much of the seat of Enfield Southgate, created in 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP).
The Wood Green constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
It returned Conservative MPs until 1950, and then Labour or Labour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Wood Green and Southgate.
1950–1974: The Borough of Wood Green, and the Borough of Tottenham wards of Coleraine, Park, and White Hart Lane.
1974–1983: The Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra-Bowes, Coleraine, Noel Park, Park, and Town Hall.
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1918 | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | Conservative | |
1935 | Beverley Baxter | Conservative | |
1950 | William Irving | Labour | |
1955 | Joyce Butler | Labour | |
1979 | Reg Race | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 19,217 | 71.9 | |
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 4,539 | 17.0 | ||
Liberal | Henry Bond Holding | 2,957 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 14,678 | 54.9 | |||
Turnout | 26,713 | 58.1 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 21,937 | 70.0 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 9,411 | 30.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 12,526 | 40.0 | -14.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,348 | 66.5 | +8.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 15,344 | 46.5 | -23.5 | |
Liberal | John Traill Stevenson | 11,975 | 36.3 | New | |
Labour | James Bacon | 5,665 | 17.2 | -12.8 | |
Majority | 3,369 | 10.2 | -29.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,984 | 69.1 | +2.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 21,725 | 57.9 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Harri Tudor Rhys | 8,648 | 23.0 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | John Traill Stevenson | 7,158 | 19.1 | -17.2 | |
Majority | 13,077 | 34.9 | +24.7 | ||
Turnout | 37,531 | 76.3 | +7.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 24,821 | 47.6 | -10.3 | |
Liberal | Hew Fraser | 14,995 | 28.7 | +5.6 | |
Labour | E P Bell | 12,360 | 23.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 9,826 | 18.9 | -16.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,176 | 73.0 | -3.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 44,364 | 78.7 | +31.1 | |
Labour | E. P. Bell | 11,980 | 21.3 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 32,384 | 57.4 | +38.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,344 | 72.3 | -0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beverley Baxter | 36,384 | 62.0 | -16.7 | |
Labour | Dorothy Woodman | 14,561 | 24.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Hew Fraser | 7,711 | 13.2 | New | |
Majority | 21,823 | 37.2 | -20.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,656 | 69.1 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beverley Baxter | 29,429 | 43.4 | -18.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Walter Armstrong Vant | 23,544 | 34.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 14,836 | 21.9 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 5,885 | 8.7 | -28.5 | ||
Turnout | 67,809 | 74.9 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Irving | 28,480 | 52.38 | ||
Conservative | John Daw McEwen | 20,013 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | John Peter James Ellis | 5,875 | 10.81 | ||
Majority | 8,467 | 15.57 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,368 | 81.88 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | William Irving | 30,360 | 55.79 | +3.41 | |
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 24,060 | 44.21 | +7.40 | |
Majority | 6,300 | 11.58 | -3.99 | ||
Turnout | 54,420 | 81.73 | -0.15 | ||
Registered electors | 66,586 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -2.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 25,523 | 53.92 | -1.87 | |
Conservative | George Cathles | 21,811 | 46.08 | +1.87 | |
Majority | 3,812 | 7.84 | -3.74 | ||
Turnout | 47,334 | 75.12 | -6.61 | ||
Registered electors | 63,015 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -1.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 22,869 | 51.27 | -2.65 | |
Conservative | Robert Shillingford | 21,735 | 48.73 | +2.65 | |
Majority | 1,134 | 2.54 | -5.30 | ||
Turnout | 44,604 | 75.12 | 0.00 | ||
Registered electors | 59,380 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -2.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 22,131 | 56.64 | +5.37 | |
Conservative | George Cathles | 16,939 | 43.36 | -5.37 | |
Majority | 5,192 | 13.28 | +10.74 | ||
Turnout | 39,070 | 70.28 | -4.84 | ||
Registered electors | 55,593 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +5.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 21,922 | 60.80 | +4.16 | |
Conservative | Leonard Goldman | 14,133 | 39.20 | -4.16 | |
Majority | 7,789 | 21.60 | +8.32 | ||
Turnout | 36,055 | 67.32 | -2.96 | ||
Registered electors | 53,559 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.16 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 18,666 | 57.1 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Peter Russell Malynn | 14,022 | 42.9 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 4,644 | 14.2 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,689 | 60.9 | -6.4 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 18,594 | 50.61 | ||
Conservative | Michael Peter Russell Malynn | 10,950 | 29.81 | ||
Liberal | Michael John Walton | 7,194 | 19.58 | New | |
Majority | 7,644 | 20.80 | |||
Turnout | 36,735 | 71.10 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Joyce Butler | 16,605 | 51.28 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Benyon | 8,394 | 25.92 | ||
Liberal | Michael John Walton | 4,782 | 14.77 | ||
National Front | Keith Squire | 2,603 | 8.04 | New | |
Majority | 8,211 | 25.36 | |||
Turnout | 32,381 | 62.25 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reg Race | 16,465 | 46.94 | ||
Conservative | Jenefer Riley[19] | 13,950 | 39.77 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Davies | 3,665 | 10.45 | ||
National Front | Robert Frost[19] | 998 | 2.85 | ||
Majority | 2,515 | 7.17 | |||
Turnout | 35,079 | 67.41 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |