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Wood Green — UK General Election Results

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Wood Green was won by Labour at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 2,515 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Wood Green from 1918 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1918–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Unionist) 19,217 71.9% Harri Tudor Rhys (Labour) 14,678 (54.9 pts) 58.1%
1922 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Unionist) 21,937 70.0% Harri Tudor Rhys (Labour) 12,526 (40.0 pts) 66.5%
1923 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Unionist) 15,344 46.5% John Traill Stevenson (Liberal) 3,369 (10.2 pts) 69.1%
1924 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Unionist) 21,725 57.9% Harri Tudor Rhys (Labour) 13,077 (34.8 pts) 76.3%
1929 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Unionist) 24,821 47.6% Hew Thomson Fraser (Liberal) 9,826 (18.8 pts) 73.0%
1931 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Conservative) 44,364 78.7% Edward Percy Bell (Labour) 32,384 (57.5 pts) 72.3%
1935 Arthur Beverley Baxter (Conservative) 36,384 62.0% Dorothy Woodman (Labour) 21,823 (37.2 pts) 69.1%
1945 Arthur Beverley Baxter (Conservative) 29,429 43.4% Walter Armstrong Vant (Labour) 5,885 (8.7 pts) 74.9%
1950 William Charles John Irving (Labour) 28,480 52.4% John Daw McEwen (Conservative) 8,467 (15.6 pts) 81.7%
1951 William Charles John Irving (Labour) 30,360 55.8% Bryant Godman Irvine (Conservative) 6,300 (11.6 pts) 81.7%
1955 Joyce Shore Butler (Labour) 25,523 53.9% George Cathles (Conservative) 3,712 (7.8 pts) 75.1%
1959 Joyce Shore Butler (Labour) 22,869 51.3% Robert Shillingford (Conservative) 1,134 (2.5 pts) 75.1%
1964 Joyce Shore Butler (Labour) 22,131 56.6% George Cathles (Conservative) 5,192 (13.3 pts) 70.3%
1966 Joyce Butler (Labour) 21,922 60.8% Leonard Goldman (Conservative) 7,789 (21.6 pts) 67.3%
1970 Joyce Butler (Labour) 18,666 57.1% Michael Malynn (Conservative) 4,644 (14.2 pts) 60.9%
Feb 1974 Joyce Butler (Labour) 18,594 50.6% Michael Malynn (Conservative) 7,644 (20.8 pts) 71.1%
Oct 1974 Joyce Butler (Labour) 16,605 51.3% Thomas Benyon (Conservative) 8,211 (25.4 pts) 62.3%
1979 Denys Race (Labour) 16,465 46.9% Jenefer Gwendolen Anne Riley (Conservative) 2,515 (7.2 pts) 67.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Unionist 19,21771.9% Yes
Harri Tudor Rhys Labour 4,53917.0% No
Henry Bond Holding Liberal 2,95711.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Unionist 21,93770.0% Yes
Harri Tudor Rhys Labour 9,41130.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Unionist 15,34446.5% Yes
John Traill Stevenson Liberal 11,97536.3% No
James Bacon Labour 5,66517.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Unionist 21,72557.9% Yes
Harri Tudor Rhys Labour 8,64823.0% No
John Traill Stevenson Liberal 7,15819.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Unionist 24,82147.6% Yes
Hew Thomson Fraser Liberal 14,99528.7% No
Edward Percy Bell Labour 12,36023.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Conservative 44,36478.7% Yes
Edward Percy Bell Labour 11,98021.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Beverley Baxter Conservative 36,38462.0% Yes
Dorothy Woodman Labour 14,56124.8% No
Hew Thomson Fraser Liberal 7,71113.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Beverley Baxter Conservative 29,42943.4% Yes
Walter Armstrong Vant Labour 23,54434.7% No
Edwin Thomas Malindine Liberal 14,83621.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Charles John Irving Labour 28,48052.4% Yes
John Daw McEwen Conservative 20,01336.8% No
John Peter James Ellis Liberal 5,87510.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Charles John Irving Labour 30,36055.8% Yes
Bryant Godman Irvine Conservative 24,06044.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Shore Butler Labour 25,52353.9% Yes
George Cathles Conservative 21,81146.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Shore Butler Labour 22,86951.3% Yes
Robert Shillingford Conservative 21,73548.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Shore Butler Labour 22,13156.6% Yes
George Cathles Conservative 16,93943.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Butler Labour 21,92260.8% Yes
Leonard Goldman Conservative 14,13339.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Butler Labour 18,66657.1% Yes
Michael Malynn Conservative 14,02242.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Butler Labour 18,59450.6% Yes
Michael Malynn Conservative 10,95029.8% No
Michael John Walton Liberal 7,19419.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joyce Butler Labour 16,60551.3% Yes
Thomas Benyon Conservative 8,39425.9% No
Michael John Walton Liberal 4,78214.8% No
Ken Squires National Front 2,6038.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Denys Race Labour 16,46546.9% Yes
Jenefer Gwendolen Anne Riley Conservative 13,95039.8% No
Geoffrey De Momay Davies Liberal 3,66510.4% No
Robert Baden Frost National Front 9982.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 54.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 40.0 pts 1923: Unionist margin 10.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 34.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 18.8 pts 1931: Conservative margin 57.5 pts 1935: Conservative margin 37.2 pts 1945: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1950: Labour margin 15.6 pts 1951: Labour margin 11.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 7.8 pts 1959: Labour margin 2.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 13.3 pts 1966: Labour margin 21.6 pts 1970: Labour margin 14.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 20.8 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 25.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 7.2 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Wood Green has been contested at 18 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wood Green in the 1979 general election?

Labour won Wood Green in 1979 with 16,465 votes (46.9%), a majority of 2,515 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Wood Green since 1918?

Since 1918, Wood Green has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Wood Green?

The closest result on record for Wood Green was 1959, when Labour beat Conservative by just 1,134 votes (2.5 percentage points).

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