Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)
| Stroud and Thornbury | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Major settlements | Stroud and Thornbury |
| 1950–1955 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Stroud |
| Created from | Stroud and Thornbury |
Stroud and Thornbury was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the 1955 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Thornbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton-on-Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Sir Walter Perkins | Conservative | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished: see Stroud | ||
Election results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General election, 1950 [2] New constituency Electorate: 67,010 Turnout: 57,238 (85.42%) | Conservative win Majority: 28 (0.05%) | Walter Perkins | Conservative | 24,874 | 43.46 | N/A | ||
| Ben Parkin | Labour | 24,846 | 43.41 | N/A | ||||
| Margaret MacAlpine | Liberal | 7,518 | 13.1 | N/A | ||||
| General election, 1951 [3] New constituency Electorate: 68,287 Turnout: 58,698 (85.96%) +0.5 | Conservative hold Majority: 1,582 (2.7%) +2.65 Swing: 1.32% from Lab to Con | Walter Perkins | Conservative | 30,140 | 51.35 | +7.89 | ||
| Ben Parkin | Labour | 28,558 | 48.65 | +5.24 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ↑ "UK General Election results February 1950, part 19". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ↑ "UK General Election results October 1951, part 19". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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