Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Greenwich was a constituency in south-east London, which returned at first two, then (from 1885) one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It existed from 1832 to 1997. Elections used the first past the post system; when this elects more than one member, it is sometimes called plurality-at-large voting.

Greenwich
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Form 1832-1885. Extract from 1837 result: the easterly area striped.
County	Greater London
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Kent, Surrey
Replaced by	Greenwich (see below) Woolwich Deptford
1885–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Greenwich and small corner of West Kent
Replaced by	Greenwich & Woolwich

History

From 1832 until 1885 it was a two-member constituency. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 associated with the Reform Act 1884, its area was reduced overall (although it gained Kidbrooke) and it was reduced to one seat. For the 1997 general election, it was merged with part of the former Woolwich constituency to form the Greenwich and Woolwich seat.

Its history is dominated by the area's strong maritime tradition. Its most prominent claim to fame was as the seat of William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1880, and it also achieved prominence in the 1987 Greenwich by-election, when the SDP won a surprise victory.

Boundaries

1832–1885: the parishes of Greenwich; Deptford St Nicholas and Deptford St Paul; and the most populous parts of Charlton and Woolwich.^[1][2] detailed as: "From the Point at which the Royal Arsenal Canal at Woolwich joins the Thames, along the said Canal to the southern extremity thereof; thence in a straight Line to the south-western corner of the Ordnance Storekeeper's House; thence in a straight Line, in the Direction of a Stile in the footpath from Woolwich to Plumstead Common, over Sand Hill, to the Boundary of the Parish of Woolwich; thence, southward, along the boundary of the parish of Woolwich to the point at which the same meets the Boundary of the parish of Charlton; thence westward along the Boundary of the parish of Charlton to the point at which the same turns southward near the Dovor Road; thence along the Dovor Road to the nearest point of the boundary of the parish of Greenwich; thence Westward, along the boundary of the parish of Greenwich to the point at which the same turns abruptly to the south, close by the Dovor Road, thence in a straight line, in a westerly direction, to the nearest point of the boundary of the parish of Greenwich, thence westward along the boundary of the parish of Greenwich to the point at which the same meets the boundary of the parish of Saint Paul Deptford; thence southward along the boundary of the parish of Saint Paul Deptford to the point at which the same meets the Thames; thence along the Thames to the point first described."^[3] The boundaries were thus in the schedules of the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832.^[4]

The seat and others of the Metropolitan Board of Works area, 1885–1918

1885–1918: The parishes of Greenwich, St Nicholas Deptford, Charlton, and Kidbrooke.^[5]

The seat and others in the County of London 1918–50

wards of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough in 1916

The seat and others in the County of London 1950–74

1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath, Charlton, Eastcombe, Hornfair, Kidbrooke, Marsh, Park, Trafalgar, Vanbrugh, and West.

The seat and others in Greater London 1983–97

1983–1997: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath, Charlton, Ferrier, Hornfair, Kidbrooke, Rectory Field, St Alfege, Trafalgar, Vanbrugh, and West.

Between 1983 and 1997, the constituency formed the western part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	First member		First party	Second member		Second party
1832		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Whig[6][7]		Edward George Barnard	Radical[8][9]
1835		John Angerstein	Whig[7][10]
1837		Matthias Wolverley Attwood	Conservative[7]
1841		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Whig[6][7]
1851 by-election					David Salomons	Radical[11]
1852 by-election		Houston Stewart	Whig[12]
1852		Peter Rolt	Conservative		Montague Chambers	Radical[11]
Feb 1857 by-election		Sir William Codrington	Whig
Mar. 1857					John Townsend	Radical[11]
Feb. 1859 by-election					David Salomons	Radical[11]
1859		William Angerstein	Liberal			Liberal
1865		Sir Charles Tilston Bright	Liberal
1868		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
1873 by-election					Sir Thomas Boord	Conservative
1880		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Thomas Boord	Conservative
	1895	Lord Hugh Cecil	Conservative
	1906	Richard Jackson	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Ion Hamilton Benn	Conservative
	1922	George Hume	Conservative
	1923	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
	1924	Sir George Hume	Conservative
	1929	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
	1931	Sir George Hume	Conservative
	1945	Joseph Reeves	Labour
	1959	Richard Marsh	Labour
	1971 (b)	Guy Barnett	Labour
	1987 (b)	Rosie Barnes	SDP
	1988		SDP (1988)
	1990		Independent Social Democrat
	1992	Nick Raynsford	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

1832 general election: Greenwich^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Whitley Deans Dundas	1,633	39.6
	Radical	Edward George Barnard	1,442	35.0
	Whig	John Angerstein	1,033	25.1
	Radical	Frederick George Hammond[14]	15	0.4
Turnout			2,391	88.1
Registered electors			2,714
Majority			191	4.6
	Whig win (new seat)
Majority			409	9.9
	Radical win (new seat)

1835 general election: Greenwich^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Angerstein	1,826	45.8	−18.8
	Radical	Edward George Barnard	1,102	27.6	−7.8
	Conservative	Matthias Wolverley Attwood	1,063	26.6	New
Turnout			2,210	87.8	−0.3
Registered electors			2,516
Majority			724	18.2	+13.6
	Whig hold		Swing	−7.5
Majority			39	1.0	−8.9
	Radical hold		Swing	+7.5

1837 general election: Greenwich^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthias Wolverley Attwood	1,368	36.8	+10.2
	Radical	Edward George Barnard	1,194	32.1	+4.5
	Radical	Charles Napier	1,158	31.1	N/A
Turnout			2,434	78.3	−9.5
Registered electors			3,107
Majority			210	5.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.9
Majority			36	1.0	±0.0
	Radical hold		Swing	−2.9

Elections in the 1840s

1841 general election: Greenwich^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Whitley Deans Dundas	1,747	37.9	N/A
	Radical	Edward George Barnard	1,592	34.5	+2.4
	Conservative	George Cockburn[15]	1,274	27.6	−9.2
Turnout			2,848	74.7	−3.6
Registered electors			3,811
Majority			473	10.3
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing
Majority			318	6.9	+5.9
	Radical hold		Swing	+3.5

Dundas was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 13 July 1846: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Whitley Deans Dundas	Unopposed
	Whig hold

1847 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Whitley Deans Dundas	2,409	46.7	+8.8
	Radical	Edward George Barnard	1,511	29.3	−5.2
	Radical	David Salomons	1,236	24.0	N/A
Turnout			2,578 (est)	49.7 (est)	−25.0
Registered electors			5,187
Majority			1,173	22.7	+15.8
	Whig hold		Swing	+7.0
	Radical hold		Swing	−7.0

Elections in the 1850s

Barnard's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 28 June 1851: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	David Salomons	2,165	62.9	+38.9
	Radical	David Williams Wire[16][11]	1,278	37.1	N/A
Majority			887	25.8	N/A
Turnout			3,443	57.2	+7.5
Registered electors			6,022
	Radical hold		Swing	N/A

Dundas resigned after being appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 February 1852: Greenwich^[13][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Houston Stewart	2,956	70.9	+24.2
	Radical	Montague Chambers	1,211	29.1	−24.2
Majority			1,745	41.8	+19.1
Turnout			4,167	66.1	+16.4
Registered electors			6,308
	Whig hold		Swing	+24.2

1852 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rolt	2,415	30.6	New
	Radical	Montague Chambers	2,360	29.9	+0.6
	Whig	Houston Stewart	2,026	25.6	−41.1
	Radical	David Salomons	1,102	13.9	−10.1
Turnout			5,159 (est)	81.8 (est)	+32.1
Registered electors			6,308
Majority			389	5.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
Majority			334	4.3	N/A
	Radical hold		Swing	+10.6

Rolt resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 February 1857: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Codrington	2,975	65.8	+30.2
	Radical	Arthur B. Sleigh[18]	1,543	34.2	−9.6
Majority			1,432	31.6	N/A
Turnout			4,518	57.3	−24.5
Registered electors			7,888
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.9

1857 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Codrington	2,985	38.1	+12.5
	Radical	John Townsend	2,784	35.5	+21.6
	Radical	Montague Chambers	2,065	26.4	−3.5
Majority			719	9.1	N/A
Turnout			3,917 (est)	49.7 (est)	−32.1
Registered electors			7,888
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.8
	Radical hold		Swing	+4.6

Townsend resigned after becoming a bankrupt, also leading to his suspension from the House of Commons.

By-election, 16 February 1859: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	David Salomons	3,444	57.7	−4.2
	Whig	William Angerstein[11]	2,523	42.3	+4.2
Majority			921	15.4	N/A
Turnout			5,967	75.1	+25.4
Registered electors			7,942
	Radical hold		Swing	−4.2

1859 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Salomons	3,873	38.2	N/A
	Liberal	William Angerstein	3,520	34.7	N/A
	Liberal	Montague Chambers	1,718	16.9	−9.5
	Conservative	John Heron-Maxwell	1,031	10.2	New
Majority			1,802	17.8	+8.7
Turnout			5,587 (est)	70.3 (est)	+20.6
Registered electors			7,942
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1860s

1865 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Salomons	4,499	41.6	+3.4
	Liberal	Charles Tilston Bright	3,691	34.1	N/A
	Conservative	John Heron-Maxwell	2,328	21.5	+16.4
	Radical Liberal	Baxter Langley	190	1.8	New
	Conservative	Douglas Harris[19]	116	1.1	−4.0
Majority			1,363	12.6	−5.2
Turnout			6,518 (est)	66.5 (est)	−3.8
Registered electors			9,805
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1868 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Salomons	6,684	30.2	−11.4
	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	6,386	28.8	−5.3
	Conservative	Henry Parker[20]	4,704	21.2	−0.3
	Conservative	Arthur Stanhope	4,372	19.7	+18.6
Majority			1,682	7.6	−5.0
Turnout			11,073 (est)	71.0 (est)	+4.5
Registered electors			15,588
	Liberal hold		Swing	−15.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Gladstone's appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 December 1868: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Salomons' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 Aug 1873: Greenwich^[13][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	4,525	54.2	+13.3
	Radical Liberal	Baxter Langley[22]	2,379	28.5	New
	Liberal	William Angerstein	1,064	12.7	−46.3
	Radical Liberal	John Bennett[23][24]	324	3.9	New
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Coningsby[25]	27	0.3	New
	Ind. Conservative	Henry Pook[26]	27	0.3	New
Majority			2,146	25.7	N/A
Turnout			8,346	52.2	−18.8
Registered electors			15,990
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+29.8

1874 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	6,193	27.0	+5.8
	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	5,968	26.0	−2.8
	Conservative	John Evelyn Liardet[27]	5,561	24.2	+4.5
	Liberal	Baxter Langley	5,255	22.9	−7.3
Turnout			11,489 (est)	65.3 (est)	−5.7
Registered electors			17,599
Majority			938	4.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.6
Majority			407	1.8	−5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.7

Elections in the 1880s

1880 general election: Greenwich^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	9,243	26.6	−0.4
	Conservative	Henry de Worms	9,240	26.6	+2.4
	Liberal	James Ebenezer Saunders[28]	8,152	23.4	−2.6
	Liberal	William Henry Stone[29]	8,141	23.4	+0.5
Majority			1,088	3.2	−0.9
Turnout			17,388 (est)	78.5 (est)	+13.2
Registered electors			22,161
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

1885 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	3,317	52.8	−0.4
	Liberal	Herbert Watney	2,961	47.2	+0.4
Majority			356	5.6	+2.4
Turnout			6,278	72.7	−5.8 (est)
Registered electors			8,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

1886 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	3,240	55.9	+3.1
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	2,551	44.1	−3.1
Majority			689	11.8	+6.2
Turnout			5,791	67.1	−5.6
Registered electors			8,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Boord	4,200	52.0	−3.9
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	3,877	48.0	+3.9
Majority			323	4.0	−7.8
Turnout			8,077	78.8	+11.7
Registered electors			10,256
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.9

1895 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Cecil	4,802	57.4	+5.4
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	3,564	42.6	−5.4
Majority			1,238	14.8	+10.8
Turnout			8,366	76.8	−2.0
Registered electors			10,899
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

Elections in the 1900s

Jackson

1900 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Cecil	5,454	61.0	+3.6
	Liberal	Richard Jackson	3,484	39.0	−3.6
Majority			1,970	22.0	+7.2
Turnout			8,938	73.0	−3.8
Registered electors			12,247
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

1906 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Jackson	4,906	45.3	+6.3
	Ind. Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	3,565	32.9	New
	Conservative	Hugh Cecil	2,356	21.8	−39.2
Majority			1,341	12.4	N/A
Turnout			10,827	83.0	+10.0
Registered electors			13,049
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+22.8

• Cecil was a free-trader and Benn was a supporter of tariff reform

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	6,284	55.3	+33.5
	Liberal	Richard Jackson	5,083	44.7	−0.6
Majority			1,201	10.6	−1.8
Turnout			13,153	86.4	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.0

December 1910 general election: Greenwich^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	5,697	57.9	+2.6
	Liberal	John William Harris	4146	42.1	−2.6
Majority			1,551	15.8	+5.2
Turnout			13,153	74.8	−11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

General election 1918: Greenwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Ion Hamilton Benn	14,576	69.3	+11.4
	Labour	James Bermingham	6,471	30.7	New
Majority			8,105	38.6	+22.8
Turnout			21,047	48.1	−26.7
Registered electors			43,756
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Hopwood Hume

General election 1922: Greenwich ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hume	16,934	60.9	−8.4
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	10,860	39.1	+8.4
Majority			6,074	21.8	−16.8
Turnout			27,794	60.4	+12.3
Registered electors			46,005
	Unionist hold		Swing	−8.4

General election 1923: Greenwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	12,314	42.7	+3.6
	Unionist	George Hume	10,746	37.2	−23.7
	Liberal	Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann	5,806	20.1	New
Majority			1,568	5.5	N/A
Turnout			28,866	61.8	+1.4
Registered electors			46,741
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+13.7

General election 29 October 1924: Greenwich ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hume	18,473	51.5	+14.3
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	17,409	48.5	+5.8
Majority			1,064	3.0	N/A
Turnout			35,882	75.2	+13.4
Registered electors			47,716
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+4.3

General election 30 May 1929: Greenwich ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	20,328	46.3	−2.2
	Unionist	George Hume	16,710	38.1	−13.4
	Liberal	William Primrose Campbell	6,870	15.6	New
Majority			3,618	8.2	N/A
Turnout			43,908	70.4	−4.8
Registered electors			62,342
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Greenwich ^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hume	29,278	65.0	+26.9
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	13,722	30.5	−15.8
	Communist	Kath Duncan	2,024	4.5	New
Majority			15,556	34.5	N/A
Turnout			45,024	71.0	+0.6
Registered electors			63,385
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+21.35

General election 1935: Greenwich^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hume	22,526	52.43	−12.60
	Labour Co-op	Joseph Reeves	20,436	47.57	+17.09
Majority			2,090	4.86	−29.69
Turnout			49,213	67.79	−3.24
Registered electors			72,599
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.85

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Greenwich^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Reeves	22,078	65.60	+18.03
	Conservative	Augustus Agar	11,580	34.40	−18.03
Majority			10,498	31.20	N/A
Turnout			33,658	70.08	+2.20
Registered electors			48,025
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.03

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Greenwich^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Reeves	29,379	57.85	−7.75
	Conservative	Ronald Gilbey	18,255	35.95	+1.55
	Liberal	Leslie Maurice Dale	3,148	6.20	New
Majority			11,124	21.90	−9.30
Turnout			50,782	82.73	+12.65
Registered electors			62,132
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.65

General election 1951: Greenwich^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Reeves	30,326	60.38	+2.53
	Conservative	William H Bishop	19,898	39.62	+3.67
Majority			10,428	20.76	−1.14
Turnout			50,224	80.95	−2.03
Registered electors			62,042
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.57

General election 1955: Greenwich^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Reeves	26,423	58.84	−1.54
	Conservative	William F Rhodes	18,484	41.16	+1.54
Majority			7,939	17.68	−3.08
Turnout			44,907	73.24	−7.71
Registered electors			61,314
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.54

General election 1959: Greenwich^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Marsh	25,204	56.15	−2.69
	Conservative	J Rodney Holmes	19,679	43.85	+2.69
Majority			5,525	12.30	−5.38
Turnout			44,883	74.11	+0.87
Registered electors			60,561
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.69

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Greenwich ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Marsh	22,814	56.18	+0.03
	Conservative	John Gummer	12,592	31.01	−12.84
	Liberal	Michael PD Ellman	5,205	12.82	New
Majority			10,222	25.17	+13.14
Turnout			40,611	71.57	−2.54
Registered electors			56,742
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.44

General election 1966: Greenwich ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Marsh	24,359	64.86	+8.68
	Conservative	John Gummer	13,200	35.14	+4.13
Majority			11,159	29.72	+4.55
Turnout			37,559	67.70	−3.87
Registered electors			55,477
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.41

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Greenwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Marsh	20,804	55.75	−9.11
	Conservative	J Stuart Thom	13,195	35.36	+0.22
	Liberal	Pamela Wylan	3,319	8.89	New
Majority			7,609	20.39	−7.33
Turnout			37,318	65.66	−2.04
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.67

1971 Greenwich by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	14,671	66.73	+10.98
	Conservative	J Stuart Thom	6,150	27.97	−7.39
	Fellowship	Ronald Stephen Mallone	792	3.60	New
	Ind. Conservative	Reginald Simmerson	285	1.30	New
	Independent	David Davies	89	0.40	New
Majority			8,521	38.76	+18.37
Turnout			21,987
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Greenwich^[44][45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	20.164	51.29
	Conservative	Suzette Mary Tremlett Harold	11,294	28.73
	Liberal	Alastair James Drysdale Wilson	7,855	19.98
Majority			8,870	22.56
Turnout			39,313	75.01
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Greenwich^[44][46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	19,155	55.53	+4.24
	Conservative	Suzette Mary Tremlett Harold	9,249	26.81	−1.92
	Liberal	Alastair James Drysdale Wilson	5,838	16.92	−3.06
	Independent	David Green	254	0.74
Majority			9,906	28.72
Turnout			34,496	65.29
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.08

General election 1979: Greenwich^[44][47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	18,975	52.1	−3.4
	Conservative	Narindar Singh Saroop	12,133	33.3	+6.5
	Liberal	Graham Howard Knight	3,870	10.6	−6.3
	National Front	Helena Mary Steven	951	2.6	New
	Fellowship	Ronald Stephen Mallone	460	1.3	New
Majority			6,842	18.8	−9.9
Turnout			36,389	70.6	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

1979 notional result[48]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	19,201	52.4
	Conservative	12,172	33.2
	Liberal	3,893	10.6
	Others	1,385	3.8
Turnout		36,651
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Greenwich^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	13,361	38.2	−14.2
	Conservative	Arthur Rolfe	12,150	34.8	+1.6
	SDP	Timothy Ford	8,783	25.1	+14.5
	BNP	Ian Dell	259	0.7	New
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	242	0.7	−0.6
	Communist	F. Hook	149	0.4	New
Majority			1,211	3.4	−15.7
Turnout			35,194	67.7	−2.9
Registered electors			51,586
	Labour hold		Swing	–7.9

By-election 1987: Greenwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Rosie Barnes	18,287	53.0	+27.9
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	11,676	33.8	−4.4
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	3,852	11.2	−23.6
	Green	Graham Bell	264	0.8	New
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Malcolm Hardee	124	0.3	New
	BNP	Ian Dell	116	0.3	−0.4
	National Front	Joe Pearce	103	0.3	New
	Revolutionary Communist	Kate Marshall	91	0.3	New
Majority			6,611	19.2	+15.8
Turnout			34,513	68.2	−4.5
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing	+16.2

General election 1987: Greenwich^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Rosie Barnes	15,149	40.6	+15.5
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	13,008	34.9	−3.4
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	8,695	23.3	−11.5
	Green	Jacqueline Thomas	346	0.9	New
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	59	0.2	−0.5
	Communist	Patricia Clinton	58	0.2	−0.2
Majority			2,141	5.7	N/A
Turnout			37,315	73.4	+5.7
Registered electors			50,830
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing	+9.4

• swings relative to 1983 election, not 1987 by-election

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Greenwich^[51][52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	14,630	41.0	+6.1
	SDP	Rosie Barnes	13,273	37.2	–3.4
	Conservative	Alison McNair	6,960	19.5	−3.8
	Green	Robert H.J. McCracken	483	1.4	+0.5
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	147	0.4	+0.2
	Independent	Malcolm Hardee	103	0.3	New
	Natural Law	John D. Small	70	0.2	New
Majority			1,357	3.8	N/A
Turnout			35,666	74.6	+1.2
Registered electors			47,789
	Labour gain from SDP		Swing	+4.8

• The swing for Rosie Barnes is relative to her performance in the 1987 general election.