South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Gloucestershire | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Northavon, Bristol North West and Stroud[1] |
South Gloucestershire was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament 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.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield, and the Rural Districts of Sodbury and Warmley.
1955-1974: The Rural Districts of Sodbury, Thornbury, and Warmley. Thornbury Rural District was added to the seat from the abolished Stroud and Thornbury constituency.
1974-1983: The Rural Districts of Sodbury and Thornbury. Warmley Rural District was transferred to the new Kingswood constiuency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Anthony Crosland | Labour | |
1955 | Sir Frederick Corfield | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | John Cope | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Northavon |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: South Gloucestershire [2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Anthony Raven Crosland | 24,458 | 48.80 | ||
Conservative | B. Davidson | 18,320 | 36.55 | N/A | |
Liberal | Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard | 7,342 | 14.65 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,138 | 12.25 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 86.88 | N/A | |||
Labour win | |||||
General Election 1951: South Gloucestershire [3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Anthony Raven Crosland | 27,808 | 55.31 | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Marjorie Hickling | 22,470 | 44.69 | ||
Majority | 5,338 | 10.62 | |||
Turnout | 86.25 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: South Gloucestershire [4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Vernon Corfield | 21,760 | 52.06 | ||
Labour | Edward S.D. Bishop | 20,034 | 47.94 | ||
Majority | 1,726 | 4.13 | |||
Turnout | 81.68 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: South Gloucestershire [5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Vernon Corfield | 26,168 | 54.82 | ||
Labour | Joseph Holland | 21,567 | 45.18 | ||
Majority | 4,601 | 9.64 | |||
Turnout | 83.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: South Gloucestershire [6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Vernon Corfield | 26,504 | 45.77 | ||
Labour | Michael Francis Lovell Cocks | 22,790 | 39.36 | ||
Liberal | Brian S Sherriff | 8,611 | 14.87 | ||
Majority | 3,714 | 6.41 | |||
Turnout | 84.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966: South Gloucestershire [7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Vernon Corfield | 28,224 | 45.20 | ||
Labour | Michael Francis Lovell Cocks | 26,800 | 42.92 | ||
Liberal | Eric Cleaton Hart | 7,421 | 11.88 | ||
Majority | 1,424 | 2.28 | |||
Turnout | 84.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: South Gloucestershire [8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frederick Vernon Corfield | 35,045 | 50.94 | ||
Labour | Michael George Dalling | 26,067 | 37.89 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Lambert | 7,680 | 11.16 | ||
Majority | 8,978 | 13.05 | |||
Turnout | 78.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election, February 1974: South Gloucestershire | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Cope | 27,602 | 41.81 | ||
Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 21,143 | 32.02 | ||
Liberal | DC Short | 17,276 | 26.17 | ||
Majority | 6,459 | 9.78 | |||
Turnout | 83.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election, October 1974: South Gloucestershire | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Cope | 26,581 | 42.04 | ||
Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 22,235 | 35.17 | ||
Liberal | DC Short | 14,412 | 26.17 | ||
Majority | 4,346 | 6.87 | |||
Turnout | 79.59 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1979: South Gloucestershire | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Cope | 35,627 | 51.16 | ||
Labour | MK Mullins | 20,465 | 29.39 | ||
Liberal | G Conrad | 12,850 | 18.45 | ||
Ecology | D Kerridge | 695 | 1.00 | ||
Majority | 15,162 | 21.77 | |||
Turnout | 82.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Gloucestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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