Woolwich was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918 and from 1983 to 1997 It centred on Woolwich now in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south east London WoolwichFormer Borough constituency for the House of Commons1885 1918SeatsOneCreated fromGreenwichReplaced byWoolwich East and Woolwich West1983 1997SeatsOneType of constituencyBorough constituencyCreated fromWoolwich EastReplaced byErith amp Thamesmead and Greenwich amp Woolwich Will Crooks Member of Parliament for Woolwich 1903 10 and 1910 18 was one of the first Labour MPs in the United Kingdom HistoryIn 1918 the seat was split into Woolwich East and Woolwich West In 1983 most of Woolwich West became Eltham while the recreated Woolwich constituency was largely based on Woolwich East In 1997 the seat was split up along different lines with part of it going into neighbouring Erith and Thamesmead and part of it merging with the Greenwich seat to form the new Greenwich and Woolwich seat BoundariesWoolwich in the Metropolitan Board of Works area showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918 1885 1918 The parishes of Woolwich Eltham and Plumstead 1983 1997 The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood Arsenal Burrage Eynsham Glyndon Lakedale Plumstead Common St Mary s St Nicholas Shrewsbury Slade Thamesmead Moorings and Woolwich Common Members of ParliamentMPs 1885 1918 Election Member Party1885 Edwin Hughes Conservative1902 by election Lord Charles Beresford ConservativeWill Crooks Labour1910 January William Augustus Adam Conservative1910 December Will Crooks Labour1918 Constituency divided See Woolwich East and Woolwich WestMPs 1983 1997 Election Member Party Notes1983 John Cartwright SDP Formerly Labour MP for Woolwich East 1988 SDP 1988 1990 Independent Social Democrat1992 John Austin Walker Labour1997 Constituency abolished See Erith amp Thamesmead and Greenwich amp WoolwichElectionsElections in the 1990s General election 1992 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Labour John Austin 17 551 44 2 7 2Independent Social Democrat John Cartwright 15 326 38 6 3 1Conservative Kevin J T Walmsley 6 598 16 6 4 6Natural Law Sarah J E Hayward 220 0 6 NewMajority 2 225 5 6 0 9Turnout 39 695 70 9 0 2Labour gain from SDP Swing 5 2Elections in the 1980s General election 1987 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes SDP John Cartwright 17 137 41 7 1 2Labour John Austin 15 200 37 0 3 6Conservative Anthony Salter 8 723 21 2 3 9Majority 1 937 4 7 2 4Turnout 41 060 70 7 2 7SDP hold SwingGeneral election 1983 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes SDP John Cartwright 15 492 40 49Labour Audrey Wise 12 767 33 37Conservative Philomena Brown 9 616 25 13BNP TC Fitz Gerald 384 1 00Majority 2 725 7 12Turnout 38 259 67 96SDP win new seat Elections in the 1910s General election December 1910 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Labour Will Crooks 8 252 50 7 1 6Conservative William Adam 8 016 49 3 1 6Majority 236 1 4 N ATurnout 16 268Labour gain from Conservative Swing 1 6General election January 1910 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Adam 8 715 50 9 7 5Labour Will Crooks 8 420 49 1 7 5Majority 295 1 8 N ATurnout 17 135Conservative gain from Labour Swing 7 5Elections in the 1900s General election 1906 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Labour Repr Cmte Will Crooks 9 026 56 6 N AConservative William Adam 6 914 43 4 N AMajority 2 112 13 2 N ATurnout 15 490 89 2 N ARegistered electors 17 870Labour Repr Cmte gain from Conservative Swing N AParty Candidate Votes Labour Repr Cmte Will Crooks 8 687 61 4 NewConservative Geoffrey Drage 5 458 38 6 N AMajority 3 229 22 8 N ATurnout 14 145 87 7 N ARegistered electors 16 136Labour gain from Conservative Swing N A1902 Woolwich by election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Beresford UnopposedRegistered electors 15 376Conservative holdGeneral election 1900 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edwin Hughes UnopposedRegistered electors 14 592Conservative holdElections in the 1890s General election 1895 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edwin Hughes 6 662 63 3 3 9Lib Lab Ben Jones 3 857 36 7 3 9Majority 2 805 26 6 7 8Turnout 10 519 78 2 3 5Registered electors 13 458Conservative hold Swing 3 9General election 1892 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edwin Hughes 5 992 59 4 2 9Lib Lab Ben Jones 4 100 40 6 2 9Majority 1 892 18 8 5 8Turnout 10 092 81 7 5 4Registered electors 12 347Conservative hold Swing 2 9Elections in the 1880s General election 1886 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edwin Hughes 4 647 62 3 5 2Liberal George Evatt 2 811 37 7 5 2Majority 1 836 24 6 10 4Turnout 7 458 76 3 8 9Registered electors 9 769Conservative hold Swing 5 2General election 1885 Woolwich Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edwin Hughes 4 758 57 1Liberal Henry Montagu Hozier 3 569 42 9Majority 1 189 14 2Turnout 8 327 85 2Registered electors 9 769Conservative win new seat References Chap 23 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty eighth and forty ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1885 pp 111 198 Politics Resources Election 1992 Politics Resources 9 April 1992 Retrieved 6 December 2010 Politics Resources Election 1987 Politics Resources 11 June 1987 Retrieved 6 December 2010 Politics Resources Election 1983 Politics Resources 9 June 1983 Retrieved 6 December 2010 Craig FWS ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press ISBN 9781349022984 Sources, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games, mobile, phone, android, ios, apple, mobile phone, samsung, iphone, xiomi, xiaomi, redmi, honor, oppo, nokia, sonya, mi, pc, web, computer