| Walthamstow | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 70,867 (2023)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 (1974) |
| Member of Parliament | Stella Creasy (Labour Co-op) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Walthamstow East Walthamstow West |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | South Essex |
| Replaced by | Walthamstow East andWalthamstow West,Leyton East,Leyton West, andEpping |
Walthamstow (/ˈwɔːlθəmstoʊ/,Estuary English:[ˈwoːwfm̩stɐʏ]) is aconstituency[n 1] inGreater London created in 1974 and represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since 2010 byStella Creasy, a member ofLabour Co-op.[n 2]
An earlier version of the constituency existed covering a significantly different area (1885–1918) and was among the vast majority by that time returning one member to the House of Commons.

The South-Western or Walthamstow Division of the parliamentary county of Essex was created by theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the existing seat ofSouth Essex was divided into three single-member constituencies.
The constituency consisted of the threecivil parishes ofLeyton,Woodford andWalthamstow. The area lay on the periphery of theLondon conurbation and became increasingly suburban over its existence.
The seat was abolished under theRepresentation of the People Act 1918. Two new constituencies were created withWalthamstow Urban District divided betweenWalthamstow East andWalthamstow West.[2]
1974–1983: TheLondon Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, St James Street, and Wood Street.
1983–1997: As above plus Lloyd Park.
1997–2010: As above plus Chapel End and Lea Bridge.
2010–2022: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Markhouse, William Morris, and Wood Street.

2022–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[3][4] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Waltham Forest:
The2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.[6]
The seat has been represented by theLabour Party since 1992, before which it was won on amarginal majority in 1987 by aConservative, having until then (since its 1974 recreation as a seat) been served by one Labour MP,Eric Deakins.
In 2015, Creasy's re-election saw Walthamstow become Labours' second-safest London seat, and tenth-safest nationally.[7]
Stella Creasy, thepresent member, was the Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention.
The seat is the part ofOuter London closest toStratford, with its international rail connections,major city shopping centre and London's Olympic Park. To the East the seat borders Walthamstow Forest and Gilbert's Slade, thin sections ofEpping Forest, and to the West, theLea Valley. The eponymous district had as its open space feature agreyhound racing track, which has been redeveloped into a modernist housing and green space scheme. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8% and Greater London average of 4%, at 7.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation byThe Guardian.[8]
In 1991, Walthamstow was 70.7% White, 13% Asian and 11.1% Black.[9]

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 27,172 | 59.3 | –16.8 | |
| Green | Rosalinda Rowlands | 9,176 | 20.0 | +16.4 | |
| Conservative | Sanjana Karnani | 2,353 | 5.1 | –7.2 | |
| Reform | Martin Lonergan | 1,836 | 4.0 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Taylor | 1,736 | 3.8 | –2.1 | |
| Workers Party | Imran Arshad | 1,535 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mohammed Ashfaq | 914 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 561 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dan Edelstyn[12] | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ruth Rawlins | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,996 | 39.3 | –24.5 | ||
| Turnout | 45,668 | 61.3 | –8.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,338 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | –16.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 36,784 | 76.1 | –4.5 | |
| Conservative | Shade Adoh | 5,922 | 12.3 | –1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Meera Chadha | 2,874 | 5.9 | +3.0 | |
| Green | Andrew Johns | 1,733 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
| Brexit Party | Paul Campbell | 768 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| CPA | Deborah Longe | 254 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 30,862 | 63.8 | –2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 48,355 | 68.8 | –2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,268 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | –1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 38,793 | 80.6 | +11.7 | |
| Conservative | Molly Samuel | 6,776 | 14.1 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ukonu Obasi | 1,384 | 2.9 | –1.1 | |
| Green | Andrew Johns | 1,190 | 2.5 | –3.9 | |
| Majority | 32,017 | 66.5 | +11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 48,143 | 70.8 | +8.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,957 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 28,779 | 68.9 | +17.1 | |
| Conservative | Molly Samuel | 5,584 | 13.4 | –0.6 | |
| Green | Michael Gold | 2,661 | 6.4 | +4.5 | |
| UKIP | Paul Hillman | 2,507 | 6.0 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cheung | 1,661 | 4.0 | –24.7 | |
| TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 394 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Ellie Merton | 129 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff | 81 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23,195 | 55.5 | +32.4 | ||
| Turnout | 41,796 | 62.4 | –1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,015 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 21,252 | 51.8 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Farid Ahmed | 11,774 | 28.7 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Andy Hemsted | 5,734 | 14.0 | –4.2 | |
| UKIP | Judith Chisholm-Benli | 823 | 2.0 | –0.4 | |
| Green | Daniel Perrett | 767 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 279 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Christian | Ashar Mall | 248 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Paul Warburton | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,478 | 23.1 | –0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 40,994 | 63.4 | +8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,625 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | –0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Gerrard | 17,323 | 50.3 | –11.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Farid Ahmed | 9,330 | 27.1 | +12.5 | |
| Conservative | Jane Wright | 6,254 | 18.2 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Robert Brock | 810 | 2.4 | +1.5 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Nancy Taaffe | 727 | 2.1 | –0.2 | |
| Majority | 7,993 | 23.2 | –20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 34,444 | 54.6 | +1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 63,079 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –12.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Gerrard | 21,402 | 62.2 | –0.9 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Smith | 6,221 | 18.1 | –2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Dunphy | 5,024 | 14.6 | +0.9 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Simon Donovan | 806 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| BNP | William Phillips | 389 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Gerda Mayer | 298 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Barbara Duffy | 289 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,181 | 44.1 | +1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 34,429 | 53.5 | –9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,403 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Gerrard | 25,287 | 63.1 | +17.4 | |
| Conservative | Jill Andrew | 8,138 | 20.3 | –16.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Jackson | 5,491 | 13.7 | –0.8 | |
| Referendum | George Hargreaves | 1,139 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,149 | 42.8 | +34.3 | ||
| Turnout | 40,055 | 62.8 | –9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 63,818 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +17.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Gerrard | 16,251 | 45.7 | +11.0 | |
| Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,229 | 37.2 | –1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Leighton | 5,142 | 14.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Vernon Wilkinson | 241 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,022 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,863 | 72.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,140 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +6.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,748 | 39.0 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Eric Deakins | 12,236 | 34.7 | –5.1 | |
| SDP | Peter Leighton | 8,852 | 25.1 | +3.5 | |
| Independent | Zafar Iqnal Malik | 396 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,512 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,232 | 72.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 48,691 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +4.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eric Deakins | 13,241 | 39.8 | –10.4 | |
| Conservative | Alan Amos | 11,936 | 35.9 | –1.8 | |
| SDP | Peter Leighton | 7,192 | 21.6 | N/A | |
| National Front | P. Mitchell | 444 | 1.3 | –1.9 | |
| Ecology | Stephen Lambert | 424 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,305 | 3.9 | –8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 33,237 | 68.8 | –2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 48,324 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eric Deakins | 17,651 | 50.2 | –4.9 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Eyres[27] | 13,248 | 37.7 | +13.4 | |
| Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 3,117 | 8.9 | –6.1 | |
| National Front | George Flaxton[27] | 1,119 | 3.2 | –2.3 | |
| Majority | 4,403 | 12.5 | –18.3 | ||
| Turnout | 35,135 | 71.3 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,315 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | –9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,088 | 55.1 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | D. Arnold | 8,424 | 24.3 | –4.0 | |
| Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 5,199 | 15.0 | –6.0 | |
| National Front | R. Adde | 1,911 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,664 | 30.8 | +8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 34,622 | 66.2 | –8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 52,280 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,726 | 50.7 | ||
| Conservative | PS Gill | 10,992 | 28.3 | ||
| Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 8,157 | 21.0 | ||
| Majority | 8,374 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38,875 | 74.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 51,907 | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
General Election 1914–15:Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Simon | 16,998 | 56.1 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Carlyon Bellairs | 13,275 | 43.9 | –2.8 | |
| Majority | 3,723 | 12.2 | +5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 30,273 | 77.4 | –7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +1.6 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Simon | 16,673 | 54.5 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Stanley Johnson | 13,907 | 45.5 | –1.2 | |
| Majority | 2,766 | 9.0 | +2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 30,580 | 78.2 | –6.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Simon | 17,726 | 53.3 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | Stanley Johnson | 15,531 | 46.7 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 2,195 | 6.6 | –8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 33,257 | 85.0 | +11.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | –4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Simon | 15,011 | 57.5 | +14.7 | |
| Conservative | William Isaac Shard | 11,074 | 42.5 | –14.7 | |
| Majority | 3,937 | 15.0 | 29.4 | ||
| Turnout | 26,085 | 73.9 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,321 | ||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +14.7 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Morgan | 9,807 | 57.2 | –3.1 | |
| Lib-Lab | Sam Woods | 7,342 | 42.8 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 2,465 | 14.4 | –6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 17,149 | 70.9 | +6.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 24,187 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | –3.1 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib-Lab | Sam Woods | 6,518 | 51.1 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Dewar | 6,239 | 48.9 | ―11.4 | |
| Majority | 279 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,757 | 64.3 | +0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,845 | ||||
| Lib-Labgain fromConservative | Swing | +11.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edmund Byrne | 6,876 | 60.3 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Pollen | 4,523 | 39.7 | –5.1 | |
| Majority | 2,353 | 20.6 | +10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,399 | 64.2 | –8.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,747 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edmund Byrne | 6,115 | 55.2 | –7.6 | |
| Liberal | Walter Basden Whittingham | 4,965 | 44.8 | +7.6 | |
| Majority | 1,150 | 10.4 | –15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,080 | 72.3 | +9.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,323 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | –7.6 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Makins | 4,461 | 62.8 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal | Albert Spicer | 2,639 | 37.2 | –13.8 | |
| Majority | 1,822 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,000 | 63.2 | –11.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,233 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +13.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Buxton | 4,300 | 51.0 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Charles Baring | 4,125 | 49.0 | ||
| Majority | 175 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 8,425 | 75.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,233 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | UK Parliament constituency 1885 –1918 | Succeeded by |
| UK Parliament constituency 1885 –1918 | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | UK Parliament constituency 1974 – present | |