Portsmouth Langstone (UK Parliament constituency)

Portsmouth Langstone
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Havant and Waterloo and Portsmouth North
Created from	Petersfield and Portsmouth North

Portsmouth Langstone was a borough constituency in Portsmouth. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham and Meredith, and the Urban District of Havant and Waterloo.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, and Paulsgrove, and the Urban District of Havant and Waterloo.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Geoffrey Stevens	Conservative
	1964	Ian Lloyd	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1950: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	29,477	58.97
	Labour	P Knight	17,691	35.39
	Liberal	AE Jones	2,821	5.64
Majority			11,786	23.58
Turnout				83.72

General Election 1951: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	31,752	63.00
	Labour	JON Ryan	18,647	37.00
Majority			13,105	26.00
Turnout				81.76

General Election 1955: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	32,014	64.19
	Labour	SC Davis	17,859	35.81
Majority			14,155	28.38
Turnout				73.02

General Election 1959: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	38,834	65.39
	Labour	Douglas G Reynolds	20,553	34.61
Majority			18,281	30.78
Turnout				74.34

General Election 1964: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	33,208	48.28
	Labour	TA Molloy	23,365	33.97
	Liberal	GR Collings	12,212	17.75
Majority			9,843	14.31
Turnout				75.10

General Election 1966: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	34,446	48.39
	Labour	TA Molloy	25,197	36.80
	Liberal	DJH Griffiths	10,540	14.82
Majority			8,249	11.59
Turnout				74.02

General Election 1970: Portsmouth Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	43,733	54.36
	Labour	RR Kenward	26,492	32.93
	Liberal	RH Anstey	10,226	12.71
Majority			17,241	21.43
Turnout				71.37

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)