Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Bedfordshire
Major settlements	Luton
1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Luton North and Luton South
Created from	Luton

Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of the Luton constituency in 1974 and, with Luton West, divided into Luton North and Luton South in 1983.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Ivor Clemitson	Labour
	1979	Graham Bright	Conservative
	1983	Constituency abolished

Elections

General Election February 1974: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	17,137	40.15	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Simeons	15,712	36.81	N/A
	Liberal	J Fisher	9,680	22.68	N/A
	Independent	JM Bard	155	0.36	N/A
Majority			1,425	3.34	N/A
Turnout				80.47	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election October 1974: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	17,877	45.46
	Conservative	A Johnston	14,200	36.11
	Liberal	J Fisher	6,947	17.67
	Property Developer	L Byrne	299	0.76
Majority			3,677	9.35
Turnout				73.43
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election, 1979: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bright	17,809	43.72
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	16,962	41.64
	Liberal	D Franks	5,285	12.98
	National Front	MG Kerry	461	1.13	N/A
	Communist	CT Mitchell	107	0.26	N/A
	Committee for the Prevention of a Police State	JN Bardwaj	61	0.15	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Arthur Lynn	45	0.11	N/A
Majority			847	2.08
Turnout				77.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References

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