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Woodford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 until it was renamed for the 1964 general election. The new Wanstead and Woodford constituency was subject to minor boundary changes reflecting alterations to the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford since the last general redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1955. The pre and post 1964 seats comprised the whole municipal borough, within its 1955 and 1964 boundaries respectively.
Its only Member of Parliament for its entire existence was Sir Winston Churchill of the Conservative Party. He represented the seat during his second term as Prime Minister, and continued to hold it until he retired aged 89 at the 1964 general election; it was the last seat he represented in a parliamentary career that spanned over 60 years. He was the 'Father of the House' for the last seven months of his tenure in the seat.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Rt Hon Sir Winston Churchill | Conservative |
Election results
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Boundary changes
Preceded byEpping | UK Parliament constituency 1950 – 1955 |
Succeeded byChigwell |
UK Parliament constituency 1945 – 1964 |
Succeeded byWanstead and Woodford |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded byLimehouse | Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1945 – 1951 |
Succeeded byWalthamstow West |
Preceded byWalthamstow West | Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1951 – 1955 |
Succeeded byWarwick and Leamington |
Preceded byGower | Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1959 – 1964 |
Succeeded bySaffron Walden |
References
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- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Essex (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1964
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies represented by a sitting Prime Minister
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