WALTHAM FOREST
[Three Seats]
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1964 | 175,107 | 40.5 |
| J.A.E. Collins
Mrs. B.K. Lowton
Mrs. M.J. Webster
Mrs. M.J. Harvey
J. Gordon
G.W. Mason
W.J. Bowstead
Mrs. J.M. Bishop
L.E. Norman
T.H. Oakman
W.T. Neilson-Hansen
W.V.E. Seymer
D.J. Solomons | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
RA
L
RA
RA
L
L
Com | 35,338
33,299
31,872
22,980
22,158
21,113
6,624
5,995
5,557
5,393
4,944
4,748
1,289
8,892 |
| 49.3
32.5
8.6
7.7
1.9
13.1 |
|
|
| (Seat vacant at dissolution [Resignation of Webster]) |
|
| 1967 | 170,725 | 39.4 |
| N.S. Munday
G.E. Mynott
G.A. Webb
J.A.E. Collins
Mrs. B.K. Lowton
Mrs. N.E. Willis
D.W. Bramley
D.G. Kirkland
J.T. Silvey
J.A. Courcouf | C
C
C
Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
Com | 34,594
34,190
33,043
24,239
22,837
21,918
5,706
5,664
5,367
2,354
8,804 |
| 52.3
35.5
8.6
3.6
13.6 | +19.8
-13.8
+0.9
+1.7 |
|
| 1970 | 179,670 | 35.9 |
| N.S. Munday
P.C.D. Williams
G.A. Webb
R.F. Drew
J.J. Walsh
Mrs. B.K. Lowton
Mrs. M.E.D. Flanders
D.G. Kirkland
L.C.A. Roskilly
J.A. Courcouf
E.C. Stoneman | C
C
C
Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
Com
UM | 31,190
30,833
30,780
28,847
28,645
28,207
2,472
2,433
2,117
1,016
436
1,933 |
| 48.9
45.1
3.7
1.6
0.7
3.1 | -3.4
+9.7
-4.9
-2.0 |
|
WALTHAM FOREST, CHINGFORD [83] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1973 | 53,191 | 43.4 |
| R.M. Brew
F.F. Land
B.R. Woodward | C
Lab
L | 9,905
7,520
5,685
2,385 |
| 42.9
32.5
24.6
10.4 |
|
|
| 1977 | 56,030 | 47.2 |
| R.M. Brew
M.A. Killingworth
Mrs. D.M. South
H.A. Boyle | C
Lab
NF
L | 16,496
5,915
2,095
1,960
10,581 |
| 62.3
22.4
7.9
7.4
39.9 | +19.5
-10.2
-17.2 |
|
| 1981 | 55,993 | 46.0 |
| R.M. Brew
B.B. Birnbaum
Miss L.D. Wells
J.E. Morgan
Mrs. I. McDuff | C
Lab
L
EP
NF | 13,501
7,057
3,634
847
694
6,444 |
| 52.5
27.4
14.1
3.3
2.7
25.1 | -9.9
+5.1
+6.7
-5.2 |
|
WALTHAM FOREST, LEYTON [84] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1973 | 64,685 | 28.4 |
| J.J. Walsh
G.P.A. Waller
J.A. Courcouf | Lab
C
Com | 11,240
6,485
646
4,755 |
| 61.2
35.3
3.5
25.9 |
|
|
| 1977 | 61,268 | 37.3 |
| W.T. Neilson-Hansen
J.J. Walsh
N.A. Lyons
J.G. Williams
J.A. Courcouf | C
Lab
NF
L
Com | 9,577
9,386
2,386
1,171
340
191 |
| 41.9
41.1
10.4
5.1
1.5
0.8 | +6.6
-20.1
-2.0 |
|
| 1981 | 58,702 | 39.2 |
| P.J. Dawe
W.T. Neilson-Hansen
R.F. Sullivan
C.R. Coward
J.A. Courcouf | Lab
C
L
NF
Com | 12,953
6,008
3,071
734
242
6,945 |
| 56.3
26.1
13.3
3.2
1.1
30.2 | +15.2
-15.8
+8.2
-7.2
-0.4 |
|
WALTHAM FOREST, WALTHAMSTOW [85] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1973 | 57,410 | 29.0 |
| R.A.R. Young
P.C.D. Williams
M.D. Silverston | Lab
C
L | 9,545
4,381
2,724
5,164 |
| 57.3
26.3
16.4
31.0 |
|
|
| 1977 | 50,247 | 40.7 |
| R.A.R. Young
G.A. King
J.R. Childs
M.P. O’Flanagan | Lab
C
NF
L | 8,627
8,235
2,297
1,302
392 |
| 42.2
40.2
11.2
6.4
2.0 | -15.2
+13.9
-10.0 |
|
| 1981 | 48,565 | 43.3 |
| P.Y. Boateng
M.A.L. Batchelor
P.L. Leighton
R.J. Wheatley
G.J.F. Flaxton
Mrs. J.D. Lambert | Lab
C
SDA
L
NF
EP | 9,749
5,293
3,068
1,572
824
544
4,456 |
| 46.3
25.1
14.6
7.5
3.9
2.6
21.2 | +4.2
-15.1
+1.1
-7.3 |
|
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