This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Woolwich East UK Parliament constituency news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Woolwich East was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983 Its seat was Woolwich now in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south east London Woolwich EastFormer Borough constituency for the House of CommonsCountyGreater London1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromWoolwichReplaced byWoolwich The constituency was formed for the 1918 general election when the constituency of Woolwich was divided into Woolwich East and Woolwich West and abolished in 1983 when it was largely replaced by a new Woolwich constituency Between 1950 and 1974 it included North Woolwich on the north bank of the River Thames this was then transferred to Newham South Throughout its 65 year existence the constituency elected Labour MPs with the sole exception of a Conservative elected in a 1921 by election Woolwich East in the County of London 1918 50Woolwich East in the County of London 1950 74Boundaries1918 1950 The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Burrage Central Glyndon St Margaret s and St Nicholas 1950 1955 The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Abbey Wood Burrage Central Dockyard Glyndon River St Margaret s St Mary s and St Nicholas 1955 1974 The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich wards of Abbey Wood Burrage Central Glyndon River St Margaret s St Mary s St Nicholas Slade and Winn s Common 1974 1983 The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood Eynsham St Margaret s St Mary s St Nicholas Slade and Woolwich Members of ParliamentElection Member Party1918 Will Crooks Labour1921 by election Robert Gee Conservative1922 Harry Snell Labour1931 by election George Hicks Labour1950 Ernest Bevin Labour1951 by election Christopher Mayhew Labour1974 LiberalOct 1974 John Cartwright Labour1981 SDPElection resultsElections in the 1910s General election 1918 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Will Crooks UnopposedLabour win new seat Elections in the 1920s 1921 Woolwich East by election Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Robert Gee 13 724 51 3 NewLabour Ramsay MacDonald 13 081 48 7 N AMajority 683 2 6 N ATurnout 34 099 78 5 N AUnionist gain from Labour Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government General election 1922 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Harry Snell 15 620 57 1 N AUnionist Robert Gee 11 714 42 9 N AMajority 3 906 14 2 N ATurnout 33 993 80 4 1 9Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1923 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Harry Snell 15 766 61 6 4 5Unionist Ernest Taylor 9 389 38 4 4 5Majority 5 927 23 2 9 0Turnout 34 429 74 4 6 0Labour hold Swing 4 5General election 1924 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Harry Snell 16 660 58 4 3 2Unionist D A Gooch 11 862 41 6 3 2Majority 4 798 16 8 6 4Turnout 34 935 81 6 7 2Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1929 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Harry Snell 20 447 63 2 4 8Unionist Edward Shrapnell Smith 11 906 36 8 4 8Majority 8 541 26 4 9 6Turnout 42 808 75 6 6 0Labour hold Swing 4 8Elections in the 1930s 1931 Woolwich East by election Party Candidate Votes Labour George Hicks 16 200 56 7 6 5Conservative Edward Shrapnell Smith 12 357 43 3 6 5Majority 3 843 13 4 13 0Turnout 42 886 66 6 9 0Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1931 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour George Hicks 16 658 50 9 12 3Conservative John Francis Finn 16 050 49 1 12 3Majority 608 1 8 24 6Turnout 42 857 76 3 0 7Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1935 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour George Hicks 17 563 58 0 7 1Conservative John Francis Finn 12 721 42 0 7 1Majority 4 842 16 0 14 2Turnout 42 450 71 3 5 0Labour hold SwingElections in the 1940s General election 1945 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour George Hicks 18 983 70 4 12 4Conservative Reginald Bennett 7 237 27 0 15 0Independent Hugh Harold Wright 571 2 1 NewMajority 11 746 43 4 27 4Turnout 36 851 72 7 1 4Labour hold SwingElections in the 1950s General election 1950 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Ernest Bevin 26 604 61 59 8 8Conservative J D Campbell 14 234 32 95 5 9Liberal Arthur Maxwell Sage 1 504 3 48 NewCommunist R Palme Dutt 601 1 39 NewIndependent F Hancock 252 0 58 NewMajority 12 370 28 64 15 3Turnout 43 195 83 31 5 6Registered electors 51 849Labour hold Swing 7 41951 Woolwich East by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 20 801 60 73 0 86Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey 13 449 39 27 6 32Majority 7 352 21 46 7 18Turnout 34 250Labour hold Swing 3 59General election 1951 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 26 982 63 63 2 04Conservative Richard Jon Stanley Harvey 15 420 36 37 3 42Majority 11 562 27 26 1 38Turnout 42 402 82 05 1 26Registered electors 51 679Labour hold Swing 0 69General election 1955 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 23 275 64 29 0 66Conservative Henry C Crawford 12 929 35 71 0 66Majority 10 346 28 58 1 31Turnout 36 204 73 94 8 11Registered electors 48 964Labour hold Swing 0 66General election 1959 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 22 353 63 88 0 41Conservative Edgar J Porter 12 638 36 12 0 41Majority 9 715 27 76 0 82Turnout 34 991 75 49 1 55Registered electors 46 349Labour hold Swing 0 41Elections in the 1960s General election 1964 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 22 158 68 26 4 38Conservative David W Clarke 10 303 31 74 4 38Majority 11 855 36 52 8 76Turnout 32 461 68 98 6 51Registered electors 47 061Labour hold Swing 4 38General election 1966 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 22 241 71 66 3 40Conservative Antony W Andrews 8 798 28 34 3 40Majority 13 443 43 32 6 80Turnout 31 039 67 02 1 96Registered electors 46 310Labour hold Swing 3 40Elections in the 1970s General election 1970 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 19 423 65 44Conservative John Cope 10 259 35 56Majority 9 164 30 88Turnout 29 682 60 66Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour Christopher Mayhew 20 967 55 89 9 55Conservative Barry Horn Watson 8 990 23 96 11 60Liberal David John Woodhead 6 301 16 80 NewNational Front Philip Sydney Hanman 1 066 2 84 NewIndustrial Productivity for British Exports Campaign John Richard Michael Murphy 191 0 51 NewMajority 11 977 31 93 1 05Turnout 37 515 74 22 13 56Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour John Cartwright 19 812 60 33 4 44Conservative Barry Horn Watson 7 387 22 50 1 47Liberal David John Woodhead 4 638 14 12 2 67National Front Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs 1 000 3 05 0 20Majority 12 425 37 83 5 90Turnout 32 837 64 41 9 81Labour hold Swing 2 96General election 1979 Woolwich East Party Candidate Votes Labour John Cartwright 21 700 58 93 1 40Conservative Patrick Rock 11 240 30 53 8 03Liberal David John Woodhead 2 998 8 14 5 98National Front Ian David Steven 884 2 40 0 65Majority 10 460 28 40 9 43Turnout 36 822 70 11 5 70Labour hold Swing 4 72ReferencesBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 FWS Craig Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1950 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 Retrieved 12 August 2015 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1951 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1955 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1959 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1964 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1966 Political Science Resources Retrieved 17 April 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1970 Political Science Resources Retrieved 22 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results February 1974 Political Science Resources Retrieved 22 March 2016 Woolwich East Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Retrieved 22 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results October 1974 Political Science Resources Retrieved 22 March 2016 Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1979 Political Science Resources Retrieved 22 March 2016 Craig F W S 1983 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3 ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X 51 29 N 0 06 E 51 49 N 0 10 E 51 49 0 10, 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, 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