Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)

Sidcup
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Old Bexley and Sidcup[1]
Created from	Bexley

Sidcup was a parliamentary constituency centred on Sidcup, an outer suburb of London in the London Borough of Bexley. 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 February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Bexley wards of Lamorbey East, Lamorbey West, North Cray, St Mary's, Sidcup East, and Sidcup West.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Rt Hon Edward Heath	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election Results

General Election 1979: Sidcup
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. Edward Richard George Heath	23,692	59.81
	Labour	F. Keohane	10,236	25.84
	Liberal	Peter Vickers	4,908	12.39
	National Front	A. Webb	774	1.95
Majority			13,456	33.97
Turnout				79.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Sidcup
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. Edward Richard George Heath	18,991	50.5
	Labour	William John Jennings	11,448	30.4
	Liberal	Ian Richard Philip Josephs	6,954	18.5
	Independent	Douglas Hartley Jones	174	0.5
	Independent	Marcus John Norton	61	0.2
Majority			7,543	20.1
Turnout				75.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Sidcup
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. Edward Richard George Heath	20,448	49.1
	Labour	Colin Frances Hargrave	10,750	25.8
	Liberal	Oliver Charles Napier Moxon	9,847	23.64
	Anti-EEC	Donald Bennett	613	1.47
Majority			9,698	23.28
Turnout				84.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "'Sidcup', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)