Epping (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

MPs for Epping

until 1951: C N B Davies, (Conservative)
1951–1964: G B Finlay, (Conservative)
1964–1970: A S Newans (Labour)
1970–1974: Norman Tebbit (Conservative)

Elections in the 1970s

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

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A S Newans	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	A S Newans	34,991	44.4	+5.9
	Conservative	G B 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 1950s

General Election 1959: Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G B 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	G B Finlay	26,065	46.4	−8.4
	Labour	E L 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	G B Finlay	27,392	54.8	+5.7
	Labour	E L 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	C N B Davies	24,292	49.1
	Labour	E L 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