UK Elections Info

Woolwich East

Search

Home Page

Login

View MPs

Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
This website is considered to be an archive in the public interest.

New
14 December 1918
Rt Hon William Crooks	Labour Party	Unopposed

8 February 1921 Resignation of Rt Hon William Crooks. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 March 1921		26,765/34,099	78.49
Robert Gee	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	13,724	51.28
James Ramsay MacDonald	Labour Party	13,041	48.72
Majority		683	2.55

15 November 1922		27,334/33,993	80.41
Henry Snell	Labour Party	15,620	57.14
Robert Gee	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,714	42.86
Majority		3,906	14.29

6 December 1923		25,605/34,429	74.37
Henry Snell	Labour Party	15,766	61.57
Ernest Augustus Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,839	38.43
Majority		5,927	23.15

29 October 1924		28,522/34,935	81.64
Henry Snell	Labour Party	16,660	58.41
Donald Arthur Gooch	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,862	41.59
Majority		4,798	16.82

30 May 1929		32,353/42,808	75.58
Henry Snell	Labour Party	20,447	63.20
Edward Shrapnell Shrapnell-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,906	36.80
Majority		8,541	26.40

19 March 1931 Resignation of Henry Snell prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Snell. (Northstead)

15 April 1931		28,557/42,886	66.59
Ernest George Hicks	Labour Party	16,200	56.73
Edward Shrapnell Shrapnell-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,357	43.27
Majority		3,843	13.46

27 October 1931		32,708/42,857	76.32
Ernest George Hicks	Labour Party	16,658	50.93
John Francis Finn	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,050	49.07
Majority		608	1.86

14 November 1935		30,284/42,450	71.34
Ernest George Hicks	Labour Party	17,563	57.99
John Francis Finn	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,721	42.01
Majority		4,842	15.99

5 July 1945		26,791/36,851	72.70
Ernest George Hicks	Labour Party	18,983	70.86
Reginald Frederick Brittain Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,237	27.01
Hugh Harold Wright	Independent	571	2.13
Majority		11,746	43.84

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,195/51,848	83.31
Rt Hon Ernest Bevin	Labour Party	26,604	61.59
John Donington Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,234	32.95
Arthur Maxwell Sage	Liberal Party	1,504	3.48
Rajani Palme Dutt	Communist Party	601	1.39
Frank Rivers Hancock	Pacifist	252	0.58
Majority		12,370	28.64

14 April 1951 Death of Rt Hon Ernest Bevin.

14 June 1951		34,250/51,308	66.75
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	20,801	60.73
Richard Jon Stanley Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,449	39.27
Majority		7,352	21.47

25 October 1951		42,402/51,679	82.05
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	26,982	63.63
Richard Jon Stanley Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,420	36.37
Majority		11,562	27.27

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		36,204/48,964	73.94
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	23,275	64.29
Henry Colin Crawford	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,929	35.71
Majority		10,346	28.58

8 October 1959		34,991/46,349	75.49
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	22,353	63.88
Edgar John Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,638	36.12
Majority		9,715	27.76

15 October 1964		32,461/47,061	68.98
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	22,158	68.26
David William Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,303	31.74
Majority		11,855	36.52

31 March 1966		31,039/46,310	67.02
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	22,241	71.66
Antony William Andrews	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,798	28.34
Majority		13,443	43.31

18 June 1970		29,682/48,887	60.72
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	19,423	65.44
John Ambrose Cope	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,259	34.56
Majority		9,164	30.87

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		37,515/50,543	74.22
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	20,967	55.89
Barry Horn Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,990	23.96
Dr David John Woodhead	Liberal Party	6,301	16.80
Philip Sydney Hanman	National Front	1,066	2.84
John Richard Michael Murphy	Independent	191	0.51
Majority		11,977	31.93

July 1974 Christopher Mayhew joins the Liberal Party.

10 October 1974		32,837/50,984	64.41
John Cameron Cartwright	Labour Party	19,812	60.33
Barry Horn Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,387	22.50
Dr David John Woodhead	Liberal Party	4,638	14.12
Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs	National Front	1,000	3.05
Majority		12,425	37.84

3 May 1979		36,822/52,523	70.11
John Cameron Cartwright	Labour Party	21,700	58.93
Patrick Robert John Rock	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,240	30.53
Dr David John Woodhead	Liberal Party	2,998	8.14
Ian David Steven	National Front	884	2.40
Majority		10,460	28.41

2 March 1981 John Cartwright resigns the Labour whip to join the Social Democratic Party.