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(Top) 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 1910s 4.2 Elections in the 1920s 4.3 Elections in the 1930s 4.4 Elections in the 1940s 4.5 Elections in the 1950s 4.6 Elections in the 1960s 4.7 Elections in the 1970s 5 References

Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wood Green
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).

History[edit]

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 LabourorLabour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.

Boundaries[edit]

Wood Green in Middlesex, correct as to its boundaries 1918–50; many others shown here saw subdivision and change in 1945

Map that gives each named seat and any constant electoral success for national (Westminster) elections for Middlesex, 1955 to 1974.

Final form of the seat. (Results shown: 1979)

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.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1918	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	Conservative
	1935	Beverley Baxter	Conservative
	1950	William Irving	Labour
	1955	Joyce Butler	Labour
	1979	Reg Race	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election 1918: Wood Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
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.

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

General election 1922: Wood Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1923: Wood Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1924: Wood Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1929: Wood Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1931: Wood Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1935: Wood Green^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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;

Conservative: Beverley Baxter
Liberal: Hew Thomson Fraser^[5]
Labour: Dorothy Woodman^[6]

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

General election 1945: Wood Green^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1950: Wood Green^[8]
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

General election 1951: Wood Green ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1955: Wood Green ^[9]^[11]
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

General election 1959: Wood Green ^[9]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General election 1964: Wood Green ^[9]^[13]
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

General election 1966: Wood Green ^[9]^[14]
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

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General election 1970: Wood Green^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election February 1974: Wood Green^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election October 1974: Wood Green^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1979: Wood Green^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

References[edit]

^ Rayment, Leigh (27 March 2014). "The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning With "W"". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Craig, F.W.S., ed. (December 2015). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Illustrated ed.). Springer Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-81467-1. hdl:2027/mdp.39015032111430. ISBN 978-1-349-81467-1. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: October 1931". politicsresources.net. 27 October 1931. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: November 1935". politicsresources.net. 14 November 1935. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939

^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

^ "UK General Election results: July 1945". politicsresources.net. 5 July 1945. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Craig, Fred W. S., ed. (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 9780900178078.

^ "UK General Election results: October 1951". politicsresources.net. 25 October 1951. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: May 1955". politicsresources.net. 26 May 1955. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: October 1959". politicsresources.net. 8 October 1959. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: October 1964". politicsresources.net. 15 October 1964. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: March 1966". politicsresources.net. 31 March 1966. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results 1970". politicsresources.net. 18 June 1970. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: February 1974". politicsresources.net. 28 February 1974. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: October 1974". politicsresources.net. 10 October 1974. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "UK General Election results: May 1979". politicsresources.net. 28 May 1979. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.