Chigwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Chigwell
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1955–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brentwood and Ongar and Epping Forest
Created from	Chelmsford and Woodford

Chigwell was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The seat was merged into the new Epping Forest constituency with the majority of the old Epping seat.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the Urban District of Chigwell and the Rural District of Ongar.

Members of Parliament

• 1955 – 1974: John Biggs-Davison, Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Biggs-Davison	26,404	59.5	+12.3
	Labour	W J Sheaff	17,972	40.5	−0.9
Majority			8,432	19.0
Turnout			44,376	72.7	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alec Biggs-Davison	20,906	47.2	−0.1
	Labour	Eric Petro Deakins	18,338	41.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Miss Gudrun C Z Collis	5,007	11.3	−2.5
Majority			2,568	5.8
Turnout			44,251	81.3	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

General Election 1964: Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alec Biggs-Davison	20,699	47.3	−9.4
	Labour	Eric Moonman	16,978	38.8	−4.4
	Liberal	Miss Gudrun C Z Collis	6,058	13.9	+13.9
Majority			3,721	8.5
Turnout			43,735	81.9	−0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Biggs-Davison	23,422	56.7	+4.2
	Labour	A S Harman	17,860	43.3	−4.2
Majority			5,562	13.5
Turnout			41,282	82.2	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election 1955: Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Biggs-Davison	19,503	52.5
	Labour	D Clark	17,628	47.5
Majority			1,875	5.0
Turnout			37,131	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boundary changes

Preceded by Woodford	UK Parliament constituency Loughton, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill 1955 – 1974	Succeeded by Epping Forest
Preceded by Chelmsford	UK Parliament constituency Ongar 1955 – 1974	Succeeded by Brentwood and Ongar

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)