Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°37′01″N 0°00′11″E / 51.617°N 0.003°E / 51.617; 0.003

Chingford and Woodford Green
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chingford and Woodford Green in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,770 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Chingford and Wanstead & Woodford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Chingford and Woodford Green is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Political geography
4 Members of Parliament
5 Elections
6 See also
7 Notes and References
8 Sources

Boundaries [edit]

The existing boundaries of Chingford and Woodford Green (changed for the 2010 general election) take in a large slice of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The constituency includes Chingford in the north bordering Enfield down through Highams Park and Hatch Lane into Woodford. Two wards in the neighbouring London Borough of Redbridge, Church End and Monkhams, are included in the seat.

History [edit]

Wards of the constituency (not affected by 2010 election boundary changes)

Before 1945, both Woodford and Chingford were part of Epping for general elections, for which Winston Churchill was MP. The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Chingford and Wanstead & Woodford. Both seats previously had well-known MPs, Norman Tebbit and Winston Churchill (until his 1964 death) respectively. Iain Duncan Smith had been MP for Chingford since 1992 then was elected MP for this constituency.

Political geography [edit]

Chingford and Woodford Green and its predecessors have been solid Conservative wards since the beginning of the Thatcher period in 1979. The closest contest was from Labour in the 1997 general election. The Conservatives retained the seat in 2001 with a majority little changed on a low turnout while Duncan Smith was Shadow Defence Secretary in almost complete peacetime, with a below average swing to the Conservatives. But in 2005 the Conservative incumbent did better, getting twice as many votes as Labour with a swing to the party of 6.4% (over double that nationally) from Labour.

Members of Parliament [edit]

Election		Member ^[2]	Party	Notes
	1997	Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	MP for Chingford 1992-97

Elections [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	22,743	52.8	-0.4
	Labour	Cath Arakelian	9,780	22.7	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff	7,242	16.8	-0.9
	BNP	Julian Leppert	1,288	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Nick Jones	1,133	2.6	-0.2
	Green	Lucy Craig	650	1.5	N/A
	Independent	None Of The Above^{[n 3]}	202	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	68	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,963	30.1
Turnout			43,106	66.5	+3.5

Elections in the 2000s [edit]

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,555	53.2	+5.0
	Labour	Simon Wright	9,914	25.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Beanse	6,832	17.7	+2.2
	UKIP	Michael McGough	1,078	2.8	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	269	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,641	27.5
Turnout			38,648	63.0	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	17,834	48.2	+0.7
	Labour	Jessica Webb	12,347	33.4	–1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Beanse	5,739	15.5	0.0
	BNP	Jean Griffin	1,062	2.9	+0.5
Majority			5,487	14.8
Turnout			36,982	58.5	–12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s [edit]

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	21,109	47.5
	Labour	Tommy Hutchinson	15,395	34.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Seeff	6,885	15.5
	BNP	Alan Gould	1,059	2.4
Majority			5,714	12.9	New Seat
Turnout			44,448	70.7

Notes and References [edit]

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ Original name Adam Osen

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ London Borough of Waltham Forest - Nominations for Parliamentary election, May 2010

Sources [edit]

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richmond, Yorks	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2001–2003	Succeeded by Folkestone and Hythe

v t e Constituencies in London (73)

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Conservative (28)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Ealing Central and Acton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Ilford North Kensington Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (7)	Bermondsey and Old Southwark Brent Central Carshalton and Wallington Hornsey and Wood Green Kingston and Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Twickenham

London European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) Liberal Democrats (1) Green (1) UKIP (1)

v t e London Borough of Redbridge

Districts	Aldborough Hatch Aldersbrook Barkingside Chadwell Heath Clayhall Cranbrook Fairlop Fullwell Cross Gants Hill Goodmayes Hainault Ilford Little Heath Loxford Newbury Park Redbridge Seven Kings Snaresbrook South Woodford Wanstead Woodford Woodford Bridge Woodford Green Woodford Wells

Attractions	Cricklefield Stadium Kenneth More Theatre Redbridge Museum

Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Ilford North Ilford South Leyton and Wanstead (part)

Parks and open spaces	Clayhall Park Goodmayes Park Hainault Forest Country Park Fairlop Waters Goodmayes Park Seven Kings Park Roding Valley Park Seven Kings Park South Park, Ilford Valentines Park Wanstead Flats Wanstead Park

Tube and rail stations	Barkingside Chadwell Heath railway station Fairlop Gants Hill Goodmayes railway station Grange Hill Hainault Ilford railway station Newbury Park Redbridge Roding Valley Seven Kings railway station Snaresbrook South Woodford Wanstead Woodford

Other topics	People Public art Schools

v t e London Borough of Waltham Forest

Districts	Bakers Arms Cann Hall Chingford Chingford Hatch Chingford Mount Friday Hill Highams Park (including Hale End) Leyton Leytonstone Upper Walthamstow Walthamstow (including Walthamstow Village) Whipps Cross

Attractions	Brisbane Road football stadium Lee Valley Riding Centre Lee Valley Ice Centre New Spitalfields Market Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Vestry House Museum Waltham Forest Theatre Walthamstow Pump House Museum Walthamstow Stadium William Morris Gallery

Street markets	Walthamstow Market

Parks and open spaces	Larkswood Playing Fields Lee Valley Park WaterWorks Nature Reserve Walthamstow Marshes

Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Leyton and Wanstead (part) Walthamstow

Tube and rail stations	Blackhorse Road Chingford railway station Highams Park railway station Leyton Leyton Midland Road railway station Leytonstone Leytonstone High Road railway station St James Street railway station Walthamstow Central station Walthamstow Queen's Road railway station Wood Street railway station

Other topics	People Public art Schools

Parks and open spaces in Waltham Forest

v t e Iain Duncan Smith

Politics	Chingford (1992) Chingford and Woodford Green (1997-2010) Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001 Shadow Cabinet of Iain Duncan Smith (2001-2003) Betsygate (2002) The Devil's Tune (2003) Centre for Social Justice (2004)

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