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Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Woolwich
Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Greenwich
Replaced by	Woolwich East andWoolwich West
1983–1997
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Woolwich East
Replaced by	Erith & Thamesmead, andGreenwich & Woolwich

Woolwich was aborough constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918 and from 1983 to 1997. It centred onWoolwich, now in theRoyal Borough of Greenwich in south-eastLondon.

Will Crooks,Member of Parliament for Woolwich 1903–10 and 1910–18, was one of the firstLabour MPs in theUnited Kingdom.

History

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In 1918, the seat was split intoWoolwich East andWoolwich West. In 1983, most of Woolwich West becameEltham 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 neighbouringErith and Thamesmead, and part of it merging with theGreenwich seat to form the newGreenwich and Woolwich seat.

Boundaries

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1885–1918: The parishes of Woolwich, Eltham and Plumstead.^[1]

Woolwich, showing boundaries used from 1983 to 1997.

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 Parliament

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MPs 1885–1918

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	Member	Party
1885	Edwin Hughes	Conservative
1902 by-election	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative
1903 by-election	Will Crooks	Labour
1910 (January)	William Augustus Adam	Conservative
1910 (December)	Will Crooks	Labour
1918	Constituency divided. SeeWoolwich East andWoolwich West

MPs 1983–1997

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	Member	Party	Notes
1983	John Cartwright	SDP	Formerly Labour MP forWoolwich East.
1988		SDP (1988)
1990		Independent Social Democrat
1992	John Austin-Walker	Labour
1997	Constituency abolished. SeeErith & Thamesmead, andGreenwich & Woolwich

Elections

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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Woolwich^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Austin	17,551	44.2	+7.2
	Ind. Social Democrat	John Cartwright	15,326	38.6	–3.1
	Conservative	Kevin J.T. Walmsley	6,598	16.6	–4.6
	Natural Law	Sarah J.E. Hayward	220	0.6	New
Majority			2,225	5.6	+0.9
Turnout			39,695	70.9	+0.2
Registered electors			55,977
	Labourgain fromSDP		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Woolwich^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	John Cartwright	17,137	41.7	+1.2
	Labour	John Austin	15,200	37.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Anthony Salter	8,723	21.2	−3.9
Majority			1,937	4.7	−2.4
Turnout			41,060	70.7	+2.7
Registered electors			58,071
	SDPhold		Swing

General election 1983: Woolwich^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	John Cartwright	15,492	40.5	+32.3
	Labour	Audrey Wise	12,767	33.4	–25.5
	Conservative	Philomena Brown	9,616	25.1	–5.5
	BNP	TC Fitz-Gerald	384	1.0	New
Majority			2,725	7.1	–21.1
Turnout			38,259	68.0
Registered electors			56,297
	SDPwin (new seat)

1979 notional result^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	22,128	58.8
	Conservative	11,518	30.6
	Liberal	3,077	8.2
	Others	896	2.4

Turnout		37,619
Electorate

Elections in the 1910s

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General election December 1910: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Crooks	8,252	50.7	+1.6
	Conservative	William Adam	8,016	49.3	−1.6
Majority			236	1.4	N/A
Turnout			16,268
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	+1.6

General election January 1910: Woolwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Adam	8,715	50.9	+7.5
	Labour	Will Crooks	8,420	49.1	−7.5
Majority			295	1.8	N/A
Turnout			17,135
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+7.5

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Will Crooks	9,026	56.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Adam	6,914	43.4	N/A
Majority			2,112	13.2	N/A
Turnout			15,490	89.2	N/A
Registered electors			17,870
	Labour Repr. Cmte.gain fromConservative		Swing	N/A

1903 Woolwich by-election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Will Crooks	8,687	61.4	*New*
	Conservative	Geoffrey Drage	5,458	38.6	N/A
Majority			3,229	22.8	N/A
Turnout			14,145	87.7	N/A
Registered electors			16,136
	Labour Repr. Cmte.gain fromConservative		Swing	N/A

1902 Woolwich by-election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Beresford	Unopposed
Registered electors			15,376
	Conservativehold

General election 1900: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,592
	Conservativehold

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	6,662	63.3	+3.9
	Lib-Lab	Ben Jones	3,857	36.7	−3.9
Majority			2,805	26.6	+7.8
Turnout			10,519	78.2	−3.5
Registered electors			13,458
	Conservativehold		Swing	+3.9

General election 1892: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	5,992	59.4	−2.9
	Lib-Lab	Ben Jones	4,100	40.6	+2.9
Majority			1,892	18.8	−5.8
Turnout			10,092	81.7	+5.4
Registered electors			12,347
	Conservativehold		Swing	-2.9

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	4,647	62.3	+5.2
	Liberal	George Evatt	2,811	37.7	−5.2
Majority			1,836	24.6	+10.4
Turnout			7,458	76.3	−8.9
Registered electors			9,769
	Conservativehold		Swing	+5.2

General election 1885: Woolwich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Hughes	4,758	57.1
	Liberal	Henry Montagu Hozier	3,569	42.9
Majority			1,189	14.2
Turnout			8,327	85.2
Registered electors			9,769
	Conservativewin (new seat)

References

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^"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. Retrieved6 December 2010.
^"Politics Resources".Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved6 December 2010.
^"Politics Resources".Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved6 December 2010.
^"BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979".election.demon.co.uk. BBC/ITN. Archived fromthe original on 28 May 2004. Retrieved7 March 2025.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^hCraig, FWS, ed. (1974).British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press.ISBN 9781349022984.

Sources

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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

v t e Historic constituencies in London
1885	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

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