Walthamstow East (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Walthamstow East
Parliament:uk
Year:1918
Abolished:1974
Type:Borough
Region:England
County:Essex

Walthamstow East was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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 West to form the new Walthamstow constituency. However, Hale End ward was added to the new Chingford constituency.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.

1950–1974: The Borough of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918Sir Stanley JohnsonUnionist
Sir Hamar GreenwoodConstitutionalist
1924Conservative
Labour
Conservative
Labour
Conservative
Labour
Conservative
Feb 1974constituency abolished: see Walthamstow

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

References