Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Ilford and Woodford) Order 1960 to come into existence on the calling of the next general election, which occurred in 1964. The Order adjusted the boundaries of the existing constituencies of Ilford North, Ilford South and Woodford (renamed Wanstead and Woodford), reflecting local government boundary changes made in 1956. The constituency was initially identical in area to the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford, and almost identical to the previous seat of Woodford, with only very minor boundary changes.
In 1965 the constituency became part of the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until the 1974 general election. In that year the constituency, renamed Redbridge, Wanstead and Woodford was redefined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Bridge, Clayhall, Snaresbrook, Wanstead and Woodford.
In 1983 the constituency's name was changed back to Wanstead and Woodford. The boundaries of the seat were altered to consist of seven wards: Bridge, Church End, Clayhall, Monkhams, Roding, Snaresbrook and Wanstead.
The constituency was abolished in 1997, with its area being distributed between the new seats of Chingford and Woodford Green (Church End and Monkhams) and Leyton and Wanstead (Snaresbrook and Wanstead) or added to enlarge the existing seat of Ilford North (Bridge, Clayhall and Roding).
Proposals to resurrect the constituency were revealed in the Boundary Commission review published on 13 September 2011. The proposed new seat would broadly mirror the original Wanstead and Woodford seat, including the wards of Monkhams, Bridge, Church End, Roding, Snaresbrook and Wanstead with the return of Clayhall and the addition of the new wards of Cranbrook and Valentines in Redbridge to the east of the A406.
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