Walthamstow West was a borough constituency in what is now the London Borough of Waltham Forest, but was until 1965 the Walthamstow Urban District of Essex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was combined with part of the former Walthamstow East to form the new Walthamstow constituency.
Boundaries 1918–1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
1950–1974: The Borough of Walthamstow wards of High Street, Higham Hill, and St James Street.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1918 Charles Jesson Jan 1922 Nov 1922 Valentine McEntee 1924 Horace Crawfurd 1929 Valentine McEntee 1950 Clement Attlee Member for Limehouse (1922–1950)Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945–1951)Leader of the Opposition (1951–1955)Elevated to the peerage on 16 December 1955 1956 by-election Edward Redhead Died 15 April 1967 1967 by-election Fred Silvester 1970 Eric Deakins Contested Walthamstow following redistributionFeb 1974 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Election in the 1970s
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