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Epping was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom up until 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat was succeded by Epping Forest.

Churchill 1950-1951: Under Churchill leadership, the Conservatives did very well in Epping, making it under moust 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, tehre 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' sift 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.

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

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

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