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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 seat was succeeded by Epping Forest.

Political Landscape

  • Churchill 1950-1951: Under Churchill leadership, who himself had won this seat all the time from 1924 to 1945, the Conservatives did very well in Epping, making it under most circumstances a safe seat. During this period, if the national vote was equal between Labour and Conservatives, the Tories would still get a 10%-11% majority in Epping.
  • Eden 1955: Eden's leadership did little for Conservative chances in Epping, despite a national swing to the Conservatives, there was a swing to Labour in Epping (probably down to Liberal intervention). If the national vote was equal between Labour and Conservatives, the Tories would get a 4% majority in Epping.
  • Macmillan 1959: Macmillan seemed to turn off potential Tory voters in 1959, as a less than average swing to the Conservatives shows a 'natural' shift to the left in Epping. If the national vote was equal between Labour and Conservatives, the Tories would get a 2% majority in Epping.
  • Wilson 1964-1970: Wilson's leadership saw a huge 'natural' shift to the left in Epping in 1964. The swing to Labour was on par with the national results in 1966, but there was 'natural' shift to the Conserrvatives in 1970 as a 'broken in' Heath revived Tory chances and regained Epping. If the national vote was equal between Labour and Conservatives, Labour would get a 4% majority in Epping in 1964 and 1966, and Labour would still get a 1% lead in 1970.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 constituency created
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Sir Henry John Selwin-Ibbetson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1917 Richard Beale Colvin Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Sir Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 Winston Churchill Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Leah Manning Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1950 Claude Nigel Byam Davies Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1951 Graeme Bell Finlay Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1964 Stanley Newens Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1970 Norman Tebbit Conservative
1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 31,507 44.7 −1.8
Labour D F W Ford 27,114 38.4 −1.7
Liberal L T J Arlott 11,913 16.9 +3.5
Majority 4,393 6.2
Turnout 70,534 84.3 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.1
General Election 1955: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 26,065 46.4 −8.4
Labour Leah Manning 22,542 40.2 −5.0
Liberal L T J 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 1951: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 27,392 54.8 +5.7
Labour 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
General Election 1950: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claude Nigel Byam Davies 24,292 49.1
Labour Leah Manning 20,385 41.2
Liberal P Lewis 4,755 9.6
Majority 3,907 7.9
Turnout 49,432 86.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Newens 38,914 48.4 +4.0
Conservative E M Ogden 31,406 39.0 −1.3
Liberal D 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
General Election 1964: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Newens 34,991 44.4 +5.9
Conservative Graeme Bell Finlay 31,753 40.3 −4.4
Liberal B N 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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Tebbit 43,615 51.5 +12.5
Labour 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

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