Chigwell (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Chigwell County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1955 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Chigwell was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The seat was merged into the new Epping Forest constituency) with the majority of the old Epping seat.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
| General Election 1970: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 26,404 | 59.5 | +12.3 | |
| Labour | W J Sheaff | 17,972 | 40.5 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 8,432 | 19.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,376 | 72.7 | −8.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1960s
| General Election 1966: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 20,906 | 47.2 | −0.1 | |
| Labour | E P Deakins | 18,338 | 41.4 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal | G C Z Collis | 5,007 | 11.3 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 2,568 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 44,251 | 81.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
| General Election 1964: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 20,699 | 47.3 | −9.4 | |
| Labour | Eric Moonman | 16,978 | 38.8 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | G C Z Collis | 6,058 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
| Majority | 3,721 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,735 | 81.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
| General Election 1959: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 23,422 | 56.7 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | A S Harman | 17,860 | 43.3 | −4.2 | |
| Majority | 5,562 | 13.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,282 | 82.2 | +2.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| General Election 1955: Chigwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 19,503 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | D Clark | 17,628 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,875 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 37,131 | 79.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Boundary changes
| Preceded by Woodford |
UK Parliament constituency Loughton, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill 1955 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Epping Forest |
| Preceded by Chelmsford |
UK Parliament constituency Ongar 1955 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar |
