Blackburn East (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19501955
Number of members one
Replaced by Blackburn
Created from Blackburn

Blackburn East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the former two-member Blackburn constituency was divided into Blackburn East and Blackburn West. It was abolished only five years later, for the 1955 general election, when it was partly replaced by a new single-member Blackburn constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Barbara Castle Labour
1955 constituency abolished: see Blackburn

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Blackburn East [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Anne Castle 19,480 52.8
Conservative John Anthony Leavey 14,662 39.8
Liberal Harry Hague 2,743 7.4
Majority 4,818 13.0
Turnout 89.1
Labour win
General Election 1951: Blackburn East [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Anne Castle 19,661 53.59
Conservative John Anthony Leavey 17,029 46.41
Majority 2,699 7.17
Turnout 88.87
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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