Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)

Chislehurst
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Kent
1918–1997
Replaced by	Bromley and Chislehurst
Created from	Sevenoaks

Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.

Boundaries

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley (the civil parishes of Chelsfield, Cudham, Downe, Farnborough, Hayes, Keston, Knockholt, Mottingham, North Cray, Orpington, St Mary Cray, St Paul's Cray, and West Wickham), and part of the Rural District of Dartford.

1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst, and Sidcup and Swanscombe, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup.

1974-1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Sir Alfred Smithers	Unionist
1922	Robert Nesbitt	Unionist
1924	Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative
1945	George Wallace	Labour
1950	Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative
1966	Alistair Macdonald	Labour
1970	Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative
Feb 1974	Roger Sims	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Chislehurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Sims	24,761	58.4	+0.7
	Labour	R. Ian Wingfield	9,485	22.4	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	T. William M. Hawthorne	6,683	15.8	−7.3
	Liberal	I Richmond	849	2.0	−21.0
	Green	Mrs Frances M. Speed	652	1.5	+1.5
Majority			15,276	36.0	+1.4
Turnout			42,430	78.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Chislehurst^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Sims	24,165	57.62	+1.9
	Liberal	Richard Younger-Ross	9,658	23.03	-2.29
	Labour	Selwyn Hilary Ward	8,115	19.35	+0.9
Majority			14,507	34.59
Turnout			41,938	75.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Chislehurst^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Sims	22,108	55.72	+1.19
	Liberal	Philip Lingard	10,047	25.32	+12.81
	Labour	Alistair Huistean MacDonald	7,320	18.45	-13.18
	BNP	Alfred Waite	201	0.51	N/A
Majority			12,061	30.4
Turnout			39,676	72.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chislehurst^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Edward Sims	23,259	54.53	+8.21
	Labour	Christopher Howes	13,494	31.64	-5.15
	Liberal	Brian Harry Taylor	5,335	12.51	-4.38
	National Front	Raymond Frederick George Hoy	564	1.32	N/A
Majority			9,765	22.89
Turnout			42,652	78.95
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.68

General Election, October 1974: Chislehurst^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Edward Sims	18,926	46.32	+0.38
	Labour	Alistair Huistean MacDonald	15,032	36.79	+3.10
	Liberal	John Martin Crowley	6,900	16.89	-3.47
Majority			3,894	9.53
Turnout			40,858	76.11
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.36

General Election, February 1974: Chislehurst^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Edward Sims	20,595	45.95
	Labour	Alistair Huistean MacDonald	15,102	33.69
	Liberal	Robert Frank Webster	9,127	20.36
Majority			5,493	12.25
Turnout			44,824	84.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Chislehurst^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	24,650	49.10
	Labour	Alistair Huistean MacDonald	21,287	42.40
	Liberal	Ron Coverson	4,268	8.50
Majority			3,363	6.70
Turnout				75.43
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Chislehurst ^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Huistean Macdonald	22,757	45.09	+3.85
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	21,947	43.49	-0.77
	Liberal	Paul Hayden	5,761	11.42	-3.08
Majority			810	1.61	N/A
Turnout			50,465	84.26	+1.40
Registered electors			59,895
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.31

General Election 1964: Chislehurst ^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	22,251	44.26	-6.05
	Labour	Ronald W Huzzard	20,736	41.24	+3.98
	Liberal	Sheilagh M Hobday	7,291	14.50	+2.06
Majority			1,515	3.01	-10.04
Turnout			50,278	82.86	-2.95
Registered electors			60,678
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.02

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Chislehurst ^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	25,748	50.31	+0.56
	Labour	Margaret Reid	19,069	37.26	-4.63
	Liberal	David C Blackburn	6,366	12.44	+4.08
Majority			6,679	13.05	+5.20
Turnout			51,183	85.81	+0.94
Registered electors			59,646
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.60

General Election 1955: Chislehurst ^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	24,514	49.75	-1.04
	Labour	George Douglas Wallace	20,644	41.89	-7.32
	Liberal	David C Blackburn	4,120	8.36	N/A
Majority			3,870	7.85	+6.28
Turnout			49,278	84.87	-3.10
Registered electors			58,063
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.14

General Election 1951: Chislehurst ^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	31,679	50.79	+6.0
	Labour	George Douglas Wallace	30,699	49.21	+4.72
Majority			980	1.57	+1.27
Turnout			62,378	87.97	+1.66
Registered electors			70,906
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.64

General Election 1950: Chislehurst ^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	25,215	44.79	+7.49
	Labour	George Douglas Wallace	25,048	44.49	-4.98
	Liberal	David A Hughes	6,039	10.73	-2.50
Majority			167	0.30	N/A
Turnout			56,302	86.31	+13.90
Registered electors			65,231
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.24

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Chislehurst ^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Douglas Wallace	25,522	49.47	+27.67
	Conservative	Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher	19,243	37.30	-31.61
	Liberal	Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins	6,824	13.23	+3.90
Majority			6,279	12.17	N/A
Turnout			51,589	72.41	+6.35
Registered electors			71,246
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+29.64

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Chislehurst ^[20]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Waldron Smithers	38,705	68.91	-16.05
	Labour	WT Colyer	12,227	21.77	+6.73
	Liberal	J Alun Williams	5,238	9.33	N/A
Majority			26,478	47.14	-22.78
Turnout			56,170	66.06	-3.74
Registered electors			85,024
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.39

General Election 1931: Chislehurst ^[20]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Waldron Smithers	32,371	84.96	+31.2
	Labour	WT Colyer	5,731	15.04	-2.4
Majority			26,640	69.92	+44.9
Turnout			38,102	69.80	+0.2
Registered electors			54,589
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.8

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Chislehurst ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Waldron Smithers	16,909	53.8	-12.3
	Liberal	James Douglas Bateman	9,025	28.8	+12.1
	Labour	James Lamb Thomson	5,445	17.4	+0.2
Majority			7,884	25.0	-23.9
Turnout				69.6	-3.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-12.2

General Election 1924: Chislehurst ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Waldron Smithers	14,440	66.1
	Labour	John Lamb Thomson	3,757	17.2
	Liberal	Robert Charles Reginald Nevill	3,647	16.7
Majority			10,683	48.9
Turnout				72.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

David Mason

General Election 1922: Chislehurst ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Chancellor Nesbitt	11,801	65.4	-11.4
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	6,256	34.6	n/a
Majority			5,545	30.8
Turnout				63.7	+13.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

R.C. Nesbitt

General Election 1923: Chislehurst ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Chancellor Nesbitt	9,725	55.5	-9.9
	Liberal	Robert Charles Reginald Nevill	7,806	44.5	+9.9
Majority			1,919	11.0	-19.8
Turnout				60.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.9

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Chislehurst ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Waldron Smithers	8,314	76.8	n/a
	National Party	Alfred Edmunds	2,507	23.2	n/a
Majority			5,807	53.6	n/a
Turnout				40.4	n/a
	Unionist win

endorsed by the Coalition Government

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)

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Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

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