Epping (UK Parliament constituency)

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Epping
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow
Created from South Essex
Epping in Essex, boundaries 1918-45
Epping in Essex, boundaries 1945-50
File:Epping 1955 in Essex.PNG
Epping in Essex 1955-70

Epping was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election and divided between the seats of Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow.

Its most prominent MP was Winston Churchill, who served as Prime Minister during the Second World War for the latter part of his tenure in the seat. In the 1955 and 1959 general elections, the celebrated cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott stood as the Liberal Party candidate.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Dunmow (except the civil parish of Thaxted), Epping, Harlow, and Ongar.

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Buckhurst Hill, Chingford, Epping, Loughton, Waltham Holy Cross, Wanstead, and Woodford, and the Rural District of Epping.

1945-1974: The Municipal Borough of Chingford, the Urban Districts of Epping and Waltham Holy Cross, and the Rural District of Epping.

Areas covered

Area 1918 1945 1950 1955 1974
Chingford Epping Epping Epping Epping Chingford
Harlow Harlow
Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois
and Epping		 Epping Forest
Loughton, Buckhurst Hill,
and Chigwell		 Woodford Chigwell
Wanstead and Woodford Woodford Woodford Wanstead and
Woodford

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson Conservative
1892 Amelius Lockwood Conservative
1917 by-election Richard Colvin Conservative
1923 Sir Leonard Lyle Conservative
1924 Winston Churchill Constitutionalist
1924 Conservative
1945 Leah Manning Labour
1950 Nigel Davies Conservative
1951 Graeme Finlay Conservative
1964 Stan Newens Labour Co-operative
1970 Norman Tebbit Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Chingford, Epping Forest & Harlow

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Epping[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 14,668 72.6
Liberal Arthur Leonard Horner 4,164 20.6
Independent Labour J. Conneley 1,367 6.8
Majority 10,504 52.0
Turnout 52.4
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922 : Epping[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Beale Colvin 15,300 59.9 -12.7
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 10,228 40.1 +19.5
Majority 5,072 19.8
Turnout 63.5 +11.1
Unionist hold Swing -16.1
General Election 1923: Epping [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 14,528 52.9 -7.0
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 12,954 47.1 +7.0
Majority 1,574 5.8 -14.0
Turnout 66.4 +2.9
Unionist hold Swing -7.0
General Election 1924: Epping[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Constitutionalist Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 19,843 58.9 n/a
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 10,080 29.9
Labour J R McPhie 3,768 11.2 n/a
Majority 9,763 29.0
Turnout 78.3
Constitutionalist gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1929: Epping[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 23,972 48.5 -10.4
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 19,005 38.4 +8.5
Labour John Turner Walton Newbold 6,472 13.1 +1.9
Majority 4,967 10.1 -18.9
Turnout 75.2 -3.1
Unionist hold Swing -9.5

Elections in the 1930s

Arthur Comyns Carr
General Election 1931
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 35,956 63.8
Liberal Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr 15,670 27.8
Labour J. Ranger 4,713 8.4
Majority 20,286 36.0
Turnout 77.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 34,849 59.0
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 14,430 24.4
Labour J. Ranger 9,758 16.5
Majority 20,419 34.6
Turnout 67.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1945: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Leah Manning 15,993 44.1 +19.3
Conservative Alfred Roy Wise 15,006 41.3 -17.8
Liberal Sir Sydney Walter Robinson 5,134 14.6 -1.9
Majority 987 2.8
Turnout 36,313 71.4 +3.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.6

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claude Nigel Byam Davies 24,292 49.1
Labour Elizabeth Leah Manning 20,385 41.2
Liberal Peter Edwin Lewis 4,755 9.6
Majority 3,907 7.9
Turnout 49,432 86.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1951: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 27,392 54.8 +5.7
Labour Elizabeth Leah Manning 22,598 45.2 +4.0
Majority 4,794 9.6
Turnout 49,990 85.1 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
John Arlott
General Election 1955: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 26,065 46.4 −8.4
Labour Elizabeth Leah Manning 22,542 40.2 −5.0
Liberal Leslie Thomas John Arlott 7,528 13.4 N/A
Majority 3,523 6.3
Turnout 56,135 82.3 −2.8
Conservative hold Swing −1.7
General Election 1959: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 31,507 44.7 −1.8
Labour Donald F W Ford 27,114 38.4 −1.7
Liberal Leslie Thomas John Arlott 11,913 16.9 +3.5
Majority 4,393 6.2
Turnout 70,534 84.3 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Stanley Newens 34,991 44.4 +5.9
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 31,753 40.3 −4.4
Liberal Beatrice Nancy Seear 12,093 15.3 −1.6
Majority 3,238 4.1
Turnout 78,837 83.3 −1.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.2
General Election 1966: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Stanley Newens 38,914 48.4 +4.0
Conservative E Michael Ogden 31,406 39.0 −1.3
Liberal Derek A McKie 10,162 12.6 −2.7
Majority 7,508 9.3
Turnout 80,482 82.4 −0.9
Labour hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Beresford Tebbit 43,615 51.5 +12.5
Labour Arthur Stanley Newens 41,040 48.5 +0.1
Majority 2,575 3.0
Turnout 84,655 73.3 −9.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.2

References

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Preceded by UK Parliament constituency
Wanstead, Woodford
1885 – 1945		 Succeeded by
Woodford
UK Parliament constituency
Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell
1885 – 1950		 Succeeded by
Woodford
UK Parliament constituency
Chingford
1885 – 1974		 Succeeded by
Chingford
UK Parliament constituency
Harlow
1885 – 1974		 Succeeded by
Harlow
UK Parliament constituency
Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Epping
1885 – 1974		 Succeeded by
Epping Forest
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
1924–1929		 Succeeded by
Colne Valley
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1940–1945		 Succeeded by
Limehouse
  1. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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