Epping (UK Parliament constituency)

Epping
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow
Created from	South Essex

Epping in Essex, boundaries 1918-45

Epping in Essex, boundaries 1945-50

Epping in Essex 1955-70

Epping was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election and divided between the seats of Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow.

Its most prominent MP was Winston Churchill, who served as Prime Minister during the Second World War for the latter part of his tenure in the seat. In the 1955 and 1959 general elections, the celebrated cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott stood as the Liberal Party candidate.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Epping, Harlow, and Ongar, and part of the Sessional Division of Dunmow.

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Buckhurst Hill, Chingford, Epping, Loughton, Waltham Holy Cross, Wanstead, and Woodford, and the Rural District of Epping.

1945-1974: The Municipal Borough of Chingford, the Urban Districts of Epping and Waltham Holy Cross, and the Rural District of Epping.

Areas covered

Area	1918	1945	1950	1955	1974
Chingford	Epping	Epping	Epping	Epping	Chingford
Harlow					Harlow
Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois and Epping					Epping Forest
Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, and Chigwell			Woodford	Chigwell	Epping Forest
Wanstead and Woodford		Woodford	Woodford	Woodford	Wanstead and Woodford

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party	Notes
	1885	Henry Selwin-Ibbetson	Conservative
	1892	Amelius Lockwood	Conservative
	1917	Richard Colvin	Unionist
	1923	Leonard Lyle	Unionist
	1924	Rt Hon Winston Churchill	Constitutionalist
	1924	Rt Hon Winston Churchill	Conservative	Prime Minister 1940-1945
	1945	Leah Manning	Labour
	1950	Nigel Davies	Conservative
	1951	Graeme Finlay	Conservative
	1964	Stan Newens	Labour
	1970	Norman Tebbit	Conservative
1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Epping ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Henry John Selwin-Ibbetson	4,669	61.5	n/a
	Liberal	Edmund Broughton Barnard	2,915	38.5	n/a
Majority			1,744	23.0	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Epping ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Henry John Selwin-Ibbetson	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Epping ^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	4,536	62.4	n/a
	Liberal	Spencer Barclay Howard	2,738	37.6	n/a
Majority			1,798	24.8	n/a
Turnout				76.8	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Epping ^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Epping ^[10]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1906: Epping ^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	5,204	56.4
	Liberal	Spencer Barclay Howard	4,030	43.6
Majority			1,174	12.8
Turnout				81.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Epping ^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	6,578	63.1	+6.7
	Liberal	Israel Alexander Symmons	3,845	36.9	-6.7
Majority			2,733	26.2	+13.4
Turnout				85.7	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

General Election December 1910: Epping ^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood	5,990	64.1
	Liberal	Israel Alexander Symmons	3,361	35.9
Majority			2,629	28.2
Turnout				76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Rt Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood
Liberal:

General Election 1918 Epping^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Richard Beale Colvin	14,668	72.6
	Liberal	Arthur Leonard Horner	4,164	20.6
	Independent Labour	J. Conneley	1,367	6.8
Majority			10,504	52.0
Turnout				52.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922 : Epping^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Richard Beale Colvin	15,300	59.9	-12.7
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	10,228	40.1	+19.5
Majority			5,072	19.8
Turnout				63.5	+11.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-16.1

General Election 1923: Epping ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle	14,528	52.9	-7.0
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	12,954	47.1	+7.0
Majority			1,574	5.8	-14.0
Turnout				66.4	+2.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.0

General Election 1924: Epping^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Constitutionalist	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	19,843	58.9	n/a
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	10,080	29.9
	Labour	J R McPhie	3,768	11.2	n/a
Majority			9,763	29.0
Turnout				78.3
	Constitutionalist gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1929: Epping^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	23,972	48.5	-10.4
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	19,005	38.4	+8.5
	Labour	John Turner Walton Newbold	6,472	13.1	+1.9
Majority			4,967	10.1	-18.9
Turnout				75.2	-3.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.5

Elections in the 1930s

Comyns Carr

General Election 1931: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	35,956	63.8
	Liberal	Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr	15,670	27.8
	Labour	James Ranger	4,713	8.4
Majority			20,286	36.0
Turnout				77.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	34,849	59.0
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	14,430	24.4
	Labour	James Ranger	9,758	16.5
Majority			20,419	34.6
Turnout				67.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Winston Churchill
Labour: Leon MacLaren^[24]

General Election 1945: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	15,993	44.1	+19.3
	Conservative	Alfred Roy Wise	15,006	41.3	-17.8
	Liberal	Sir Sydney Walter Robinson	5,134	14.6	-1.9
Majority			987	2.8
Turnout			36,313	71.4	+3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.6

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claude Nigel Byam Davies	24,292	49.1
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	20,385	41.2
	Liberal	Peter Edwin Lewis	4,755	9.6
Majority			3,907	7.9
Turnout			49,432	86.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1951: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graeme Bell Finlay	27,392	54.8	+5.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	22,598	45.2	+4.0
Majority			4,794	9.6
Turnout			49,990	85.1	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

John Arlott

General Election 1955: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graeme Bell Finlay	26,065	46.4	−8.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Leah Manning	22,542	40.2	−5.0
	Liberal	Leslie Thomas John Arlott	7,528	13.4	N/A
Majority			3,523	6.3
Turnout			56,135	82.3	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

General Election 1959: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graeme Bell Finlay	31,507	44.7	−1.8
	Labour	Donald F W Ford	27,114	38.4	−1.7
	Liberal	Leslie Thomas John Arlott	11,913	16.9	+3.5
Majority			4,393	6.2
Turnout			70,534	84.3	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Stanley Newens	34,991	44.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Graeme Bell Finlay	31,753	40.3	−4.4
	Liberal	Beatrice Nancy Seear	12,093	15.3	−1.6
Majority			3,238	4.1
Turnout			78,837	83.3	−1.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1966: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Stanley Newens	38,914	48.4	+4.0
	Conservative	E Michael Ogden	31,406	39.0	−1.3
	Liberal	Derek A McKie	10,162	12.6	−2.7
Majority			7,508	9.3
Turnout			80,482	82.4	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norman Beresford Tebbit	43,615	51.5	+12.5
	Labour	Arthur Stanley Newens	41,040	48.5	+0.1
Majority			2,575	3.0
Turnout			84,655	73.3	−9.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.2

References

↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

Preceded by Essex South	UK Parliament constituency ^{Wanstead, Woodford} 1885 – 1945	Succeeded by Woodford
	UK Parliament constituency ^{Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell} 1885 – 1950	Succeeded by Woodford
	UK Parliament constituency ^Chingford 1885 – 1974	Succeeded by Chingford
	UK Parliament constituency ^Harlow 1885 – 1974	Succeeded by Harlow
	UK Parliament constituency ^{Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Epping} 1885 – 1974	Succeeded by Epping Forest

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Colne Valley	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1924–1929	Succeeded by Colne Valley
Preceded by Birmingham Edgbaston	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1940–1945	Succeeded by Woodford

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