Wood Green was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1918—1983, centred on the Wood Green area of North London and its earlier broadest form included much of the seat of Enfield Southgate, created in 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP).
History The Wood Green constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
It returned Conservative MPs until 1950, and then Labour or Labour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Wood Green and Southgate.
1950–1974: The Borough of Wood Green, and the Borough of Tottenham wards of Coleraine, Park, and White Hart Lane.
1974–1983: The Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra-Bowes, Coleraine, Noel Park, Park, and Town Hall.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1918 Godfrey Locker-Lampson Member for Salisbury (1910–1918)Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1925–1929) 1935 Beverley Baxter Contested Southgate following redistribution Constituency split into two parts, forming the new seat of Southgate with the remainder joining with part of the abolished Tottenham North 1950 William Irving Member for Tottenham North (1945–1950) 1955 Joyce Butler 1979 Reg Race 1983 constituency abolished: see Hornsey and Wood Green
Elections Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Beverley Baxter Liberal: Hew Thomson FraserThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 Labour: Dorothy WoodmanReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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