Walthamstow West (UK Parliament Constituency)
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Walthamstow West was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but was until 1965 the
Walthamstow Urban District Walthamstow ( or ) is a large town in east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London and the ancient county of Essex. Situated northeast of Charing Cross, the town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and South ...
of
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. It returned one
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(MP) to the
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of the
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. 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 East to form the new Walthamstow constituency.


Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street. 1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.


Members of Parliament


Election results


Elections in the 1910s


Elections in the 1920s


Elections in the 1930s


Election in the 1940s


Elections in the 1950s


Elections in the 1960s


Election in the 1970s


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walthamstow West (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by a sitting Prime Minister Politics of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Walthamstow