Wood Green (constituency)

Wood Green
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	Hornsey and Wood Green (bulk); Tottenham (small parts)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Southgate (1950)

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).

SeatsOne

Created fromTottenham (parts of)
Enfield (parts of)

Replaced byHornsey and Wood Green (bulk)
Tottenham (small parts)

Quick facts County, 1918–1983 ...

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Election	Member^[1]		Notes
1918	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	Conservative	Member for Salisbury (1910–1918) Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1925–1929)
1935	Beverley Baxter	Conservative	Contested Southgate following redistribution
Constituency split into two parts, forming the new seat of Southgate with the remainder joining with part of the abolished Tottenham North
1950	William Irving	Labour Co-op	Member for Tottenham North (1945–1950)
1955	Joyce Butler	Labour Co-op
1979	Reg Race	Labour
1983	constituency abolished: see Hornsey and Wood Green

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
Registered electors
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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

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

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

History

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	Hornsey and Wood Green (bulk) Tottenham (small parts)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Southgate (1950)

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

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

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

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

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
Turnout			54,368	81.88
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

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

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	%	±%
	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

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

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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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