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Walthamstow West was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but was until 1965 the Walthamstow Urban District of Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was combined with part of the former Walthamstow East to form the new Walthamstow constituency.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
Members of Parliament
Election |
Member |
Party |
Notes |
|
1918 |
Charles Jesson |
NDP |
|
1922 |
Valentine McEntee |
Labour |
|
1924 |
Horace Crawfurd |
Liberal |
|
1929 |
Valentine McEntee |
Labour |
|
1950 |
Clement Attlee |
Labour |
Previously MP for Limehouse from 1922; Leader of the Labour Party 1935–55; Prime Minister 1945–51; resigned 26 December 1955 |
|
1956 by-election |
Edward Redhead |
Labour |
Died 15 April 1967 |
|
1967 by-election |
Fred Silvester |
Conservative |
|
1970 |
Eric Deakins |
Labour |
Subsequently, MP for Walthamstow from February 1974 |
|
Feb 1974 |
constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
8,758 |
43.3 |
+14.0 |
|
National Liberal |
Charles Jesson |
6,253 |
30.9 |
New |
|
Liberal |
Horace Crawfurd |
5,228 |
25.8 |
+6.7 |
Majority |
2,505 |
12.4 |
N/A |
Turnout |
20,239 |
63.8 |
+16.8 |
|
Labour gain from National Democratic and Labour Party |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1923: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
10,026 |
47.6 |
+4.3 |
|
Liberal |
Horace Crawfurd |
8,234 |
39.0 |
+13.2 |
|
Unionist |
Jabeez Lyne |
2,832 |
13.4 |
New |
Majority |
1,792 |
8.6 |
-3.8 |
Turnout |
21,092 |
65.5 |
+1.7 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-4.5 |
|
General election 1929: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
16,050 |
54.0 |
-4.9 |
|
Liberal |
Horace Crawfurd |
9,470 |
31.9 |
-18.0 |
|
Unionist |
Frederick C Bramston |
4,184 |
14.1 |
New |
Majority |
6,580 |
22.1 |
N/A |
Turnout |
29,704 |
73.3 |
-2.2 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+7.0 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
14,144 |
45.14 |
|
|
Conservative |
Claude Herbert Grundy |
13,137 |
41.93 |
|
|
Liberal |
Sydney Robinson |
4,053 |
12.93 |
|
Majority |
1,007 |
3.21 |
|
Turnout |
31,334 |
72.82 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1935: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
17,613 |
61.83 |
|
|
Conservative |
Thomas Claude Catty |
10,874 |
38.17 |
|
Majority |
6,739 |
23.66 |
|
Turnout |
28,487 |
64.97 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Election in the 1940s
General election 1945: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Valentine McEntee |
17,460 |
65.22 |
|
|
Liberal |
Lancelot Spicer |
4,760 |
17.78 |
New |
|
Conservative |
Leslie Charles Curran |
4,550 |
17.00 |
|
Majority |
12,700 |
47.44 |
|
Turnout |
26,770 |
70.14 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1951: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Clement Attlee |
23,021 |
66.79 |
|
|
Conservative |
Edward du Cann |
11,447 |
33.21 |
|
Majority |
11,574 |
33.58 |
|
Turnout |
34,468 |
81.94 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1955: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Clement Attlee |
19,327 |
65.73 |
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Hornby |
10,077 |
34.27 |
|
Majority |
9,250 |
31.46 |
|
Turnout |
29,404 |
72.48 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
1956 Walthamstow West by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edward Redhead |
13,388 |
64.68 |
-1.05 |
|
Conservative |
Richard Hornby |
4,184 |
20.21 |
-14.06 |
|
Liberal |
Oliver Smedley |
3,037 |
14.67 |
New |
|
Independent |
Bill Boaks |
89 |
0.43 |
New |
Majority |
9,204 |
44.47 |
+13.01 |
Turnout |
20,698 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1959: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edward Redhead |
15,980 |
54.95 |
|
|
Conservative |
Harry Midgley |
7,872 |
27.07 |
|
|
Liberal |
Oliver Smedley |
5,229 |
17.98 |
|
Majority |
8,108 |
27.88 |
|
Turnout |
29,081 |
76.08 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edward Redhead |
14,405 |
56.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Edward Michael Ogden |
6,780 |
26.5 |
―1.7 |
|
Liberal |
Colin Hart-Leverton |
4,437 |
17.3 |
|
Majority |
7,625 |
29.8 |
|
Turnout |
25,622 |
72.2 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1966: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edward Redhead |
14,665 |
61.2 |
+5.0 |
|
Conservative |
Frederick Silvester |
5,940 |
24.8 |
|
|
Liberal |
Donald W. Bramley |
3,370 |
14.1 |
|
Majority |
8,725 |
36.4 |
|
Turnout |
23,975 |
71.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
By-election 1967: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Frederick Silvester |
6,652 |
37.1 |
+12.3 |
|
Labour |
Eric Deakins |
6,590 |
36.7 |
―24.5 |
|
Liberal |
Margaret Wingfield |
4,105 |
22.9 |
+8.8 |
|
Anti-Common Market |
Oliver Smedley |
542 |
3.0 |
New |
|
Independent |
Robin Allen |
63 |
0.4 |
New |
Majority |
62 |
0.3 |
N/A |
Turnout |
17,952 |
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Election in the 1970s
General election 1970: Walthamstow West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eric Deakins |
12,472 |
54.5 |
―6.7 |
|
Conservative |
Frederick Silvester |
7,870 |
34.6 |
+9.9 |
|
Liberal |
Ian W. Roxbrough |
2,564 |
11.2 |
―2.9 |
Majority |
4,602 |
20.2 |
―16.2 |
Turnout |
22,906 |
65.14 |
―5.9 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
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