Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1964 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Woodford was a parliamentary constituency in Essex which returned one member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 until it was renamed for the 1964 general election.
Woodford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1945–1964 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Epping |
Replaced by | Wanstead & Woodford |
The constituency's only member of parliament for its entire existence was Sir Winston Churchill of the Conservative Party; from 1924 he had represented the Epping constituency from which Woodford was created. He represented the Woodford seat during his second tenure as prime minister, and continued to hold it until he retired aged 89 at the 1964 general election; it was the last seat he represented in a parliamentary career that spanned over 60 years. He was the Father of the House for the last five years of his tenure in the seat. A statue of him was unveiled on Woodford Green in the constituency in 1959.