Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol North East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Bristol East, Kingswood, Bristol West and Bristol North West[1]

Bristol North East was a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

The conduct of the 1951 election was the subject of an academic study, published as Straight Fight in 1954 by R. S. Milne and H.C Mackensie.^[2]

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton, and the Urban District of Mangotsfield.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Easton, Eastville, Hillfields, St Paul, St Philip and Jacob, and Stapleton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	William Coldrick	Labour Co-operative
	1959	Alan Hopkins	Conservative & National Liberal
	1966	Raymond Dobson	Labour
	1970	Robert Adley	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Arthur Palmer	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Coldrick	20,456	49.4
	National Liberal & Conservative	Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley	16,082	38.9
	Liberal	Miss Isla Gwyn Woodcock	4,848	11.7
Majority			4,374	10.5
Turnout				84.4

General Election 1951: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Coldrick	21,910	53.0
	National Liberal & Conservative	G.M. Nixon-Eckersall	19,410	47.0
Majority			2,500	6.0
Turnout				82.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Coldrick	22,740	46.6
	National Liberal & Conservative	D.W.E. Webster	21,864	44.8
	Liberal	Cllr. George W. Stevenson	4,236	8.7
Majority			876	1.8
Turnout				78.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal & Conservative	Alan Hopkins	24,258	47.7
	Labour	William Coldrick	21,574	42.4
	Liberal	Mrs. Alice M. Pearce	5,030	9.9
Majority			2,684	5.3
Turnout				79.1
	National Liberal & Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal & Conservative	Alan Hopkins	22,423	46.7
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	21,212	44.2
	Independent Liberal	A.M. Pearce	4,346	9.1
Majority			1,211	2.5
Turnout				77.1
	National Liberal & Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	25,699	54.2
	National Liberal & Conservative	Alan Hopkins	21,727	45.8
Majority			3,972	8.4
Turnout				77.1
	Labour gain from National Liberal & Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	23,254	50.5
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	22,792	49.5
Majority			462	1.0
Turnout				72.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Palmer	18,625	47.4
	Conservative	R.H.F. Cox	12,538	31.9
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	8,127	20.7
Majority			6,087	15.5
Turnout				76.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Palmer	19,647	53.1
	Conservative	P.M.S. Hills	11,056	29.9
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	6,303	17.0
Majority			8,591	23.2
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Bristol North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Palmer	19,337	51.6
	Conservative	M.E. Mulvany	13,685	36.5
	Liberal	N. Drinan	3,693	9.9
	Ecology	G. Dorey	469	1.3
	National Front	K.D.C. Brown	320	0.9
Majority			5,652	15.1
Turnout				73.5
	Labour hold		Swing

• Constituency abolished 1983, and split between Bristol East, Bristol North West and Kingswood constituencies.

References

1. "'Bristol North East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. Kynaston, David (2009). Family Britain 1951-7. London: Bloomsbury. p. 36. ISBN 9780747583851.