Bristol North East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Bristol Central (part) Bristol East Bristol North |
Replaced by | Bristol East Bristol North West Bristol West[1] Kingswood |
Bristol North East was a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. 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 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
The conduct of the 1951 election was the subject of an academic study, published as Straight Fight in 1954 by R. S. Milne and H.C Mackensie.[2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.[3]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton, and the Urban District of Mangotsfield.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Easton, Eastville, Hillfields, St Paul, St Philip and Jacob, and Stapleton.
The re-established constituency will comprise the following areas:
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | William Coldrick | Labour Co-operative | |
1959 | Alan Hopkins | Conservative & National Liberal | |
1966 | Raymond Dobson | Labour | |
1970 | Robert Adley | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Arthur Palmer | Labour Co-operative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | William Coldrick | 20,456 | 49.4 | ||
National Liberal | Violet Bathurst | 16,082 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal | Isla Gwyn Woodcock | 4,848 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 4,374 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,386 | 84.4 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | William Coldrick | 21,910 | 53.0 | +3.6 | |
National Liberal | George Nixon-Eckersall | 19,410 | 47.0 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 2,500 | 6.0 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,320 | 82.8 | -1.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | William Coldrick | 22,740 | 46.6 | -6.6 | |
National Liberal | David WE Webster | 21,864 | 44.8 | -2.2 | |
Liberal | George W. Stevenson | 4,236 | 8.7 | New | |
Majority | 876 | 1.8 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,840 | 78.0 | -4.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Alan Hopkins | 24,258 | 47.7 | +2.9 | |
Labour Co-op | William Coldrick | 21,574 | 42.4 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | Alice M Pearce | 5,030 | 9.9 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,684 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,862 | 79.1 | +1.1 | ||
National Liberal gain from Labour Co-op | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Alan Hopkins | 22,423 | 46.7 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Raymond Dobson | 21,212 | 44.2 | +1.8 | |
Independent Liberal | Alice M Pearce | 4,346 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,211 | 2.5 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,981 | 77.1 | -2.0 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Raymond Dobson | 25,699 | 54.2 | +10.0 | |
National Liberal | Alan Hopkins | 21,727 | 45.8 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 3,972 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,426 | 77.1 | 0.0 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Adley | 23,254 | 50.5 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Raymond Dobson | 22,792 | 49.5 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 462 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,046 | 72.1 | -5.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Arthur Palmer | 18,625 | 47.4 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | R.H.F. Cox | 12,538 | 31.9 | -18.6 | |
Liberal | W. Watts-Miller | 8,127 | 20.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,087 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,290 | 76.1 | +4.0 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Arthur Palmer | 19,647 | 53.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | P.M.S. Hills | 11,056 | 29.9 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | W. Watts-Miller | 6,303 | 17.0 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 8,591 | 23.2 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 37,006 | 71.2 | -4.9 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Arthur Palmer | 19,337 | 51.6 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | M.E. Mulvany | 13,685 | 36.5 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | N. Drinan | 3,693 | 9.9 | -7.1 | |
Ecology | Gundula Dorey | 469 | 1.3 | New | |
National Front | K.D.C. Brown | 320 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 5,652 | 15.1 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 37,604 | 73.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rose Hulse[12] | ||||
Labour | Damien Egan[13] | ||||
Green | Lorraine Francis[14] | ||||
Reform UK | Matthew Bamford[15] | ||||
SDP | Tommy Truman[16] | ||||
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