Election 97

Walthamstow


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Neil Gerrard
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 8,138 (20.3%)
Labour 97 25,287 (63.1%)
LibDem 97 5,491 (13.7%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,139 ( 2.8%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 63,818
Turnout 97 40,055 (62.8%)



1992 MP Neil Gerrard
Old constituency name Walthamstow
Majority 92 3,351 ( 7.1%)
Conservative 92 17,650 (37.2%)
Labour 92 21,001 (44.3%)
LibDem 92 7,489 (15.8%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 1,285 ( 2.7%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 66,412
Turnout 92 47,425 (71.4%)
Walthamstow



Tory change -16.9%
Labour change +18.8%
Lib Dem change -2.1%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +0.1%
Electorate change -3.9%
Turnout Change -8.6%
Robert Waller wrote

Semi-suburban Walthamstow, half-way out to the edge of north-east London, has given Labour a number of shocks in past elections. The two Walthamstow seats of the time were lost to Labour in by-elections in 1967 and 1969. The West seat returned to Labour in 1970, and stayed Labour - East and West were unified in 1974 - until an unlikely Tory success in 1987. It returned to the Labour fold in 1992. Although Walthamstow can always throw up surprises, one feels that the Conservative success in 1987 resulted from a combination of Thatcherism's popularity to the north-east of London and a strong showing by the SDP. Those days are long gone, and Labour's Neil Gerrard should hold the seat this time.


Super Profiles

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