East Flintshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county1960–1974: Flintshire
1974–1983: Clwyd
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromFlintshire
Replaced byAlyn & Deeside, Delyn and Wrexham[1]

East Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. 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.

Boundaries

The Borough of Flint, the Urban Districts of Buckley, Connah's Quay, and Holywell, and the Rural Districts of Hawarden and Overton.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
1950 Eirene White Labour
1970 Barry Jones Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: East Flintshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 21,529 48.5
Conservative George Currie 14,832 33.4
Liberal Stuart G Waterhouse 8,010 18.1
Majority 6,697 15.1
Turnout 44,371 88.0
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: East Flintshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 23,959 53.8 +5.3
Conservative George Currie 20,580 46.2 +12.8
Majority 3,379 7.6 -7.5
Turnout 44,371 86.4 -1.6
Labour hold Swing -3.8
General election 1955: East Flintshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 22,828 52.6 -1.2
Conservative Kenneth G Knee 20,554 47.4 +1.2
Majority 2,274 5.2 -2.4
Turnout 43,382 84.1 -2.3
Labour hold Swing -1.2
General election 1959: East Flintshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 22,776 50.1 -2.5
Conservative Fred Hardman 22,701 49.9 +2.5
Majority 75 0.2 -5.0
Turnout 45,477 86.4 +2.3
Labour hold Swing -2.5

In the 1959 general election Flintshire East had the 9th highest turnout of any UK constituency.[7]

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: East Flintshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 25,469 54.2 +4.1
Conservative Fred Hardman 21,513 45.8 -4.1
Majority 3,956 8.4 +8.2
Turnout 46,982 86.9 +0.5
Labour hold Swing -2.0

In the 1964 general election Flintshire East had the 2nd highest turnout of any UK constituency.[7]

General election 1966: East Flintshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eirene White 24,442 51.3 -2.9
Conservative Fred Hardman 15,960 33.5 -12.3
Liberal Dennis O Diamond 6,348 13.3 New
Plaid Cymru Gwilym Hughes 902 1.9 New
Majority 8,482 17.8 +9.4
Turnout 47,652 86.5 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -4.7

In the 1966 general election Flintshire East had the 5th highest turnout of any UK constituency.[7]

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: East Flintshire [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Barry Jones 24,227 46.1 -5.2
Conservative Rodney M. Amyes 20,145 38.3 +4.8
Liberal Dennis O Diamond 5,888 11.2 -2.1
Plaid Cymru Gwilym Hughes 2,332 4.4 +2.5
Majority 4,082 7.8 -10.0
Turnout 52,592 81.1 -5.4
Labour hold Swing -5.0
General election February 1974: East Flintshire [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Barry Jones 27,663 47.5 +1.4
Conservative MJA Penston 18,811 32.3 -6.0
Liberal Alex Carlile 10,653 18.3 +7.1
Plaid Cymru Neil Taylor 1,135 2.0 -2.4
Majority 8,852 15.2 +7.4
Turnout 58,262 84.9 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -3.7
General election October 1974: East Flintshire [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Barry Jones 27,002 48.9 +1.4
Conservative MJA Penston 17,416 31.6 -0.7
Liberal R.J.S. Fairley 8,986 16.3 -2.0
Plaid Cymru F. Evans 1,779 3.2 +1.2
Majority 9,586 17.3 +2.1
Turnout 55,183 79.7 -5.2
Labour hold Swing -1.2
General election 1979: East Flintshire [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Barry Jones 29,339 48.3 -0.6
Conservative P Warburton-Jones 23,116 38.1 +6.5
Liberal Alex Carlile 6,736 11.1 -5.2
Plaid Cymru J Rogers 1,198 2.0 -1.2
Communist G Davies 307 0.5 New
Majority 6,223 10.2 -6.9
Turnout 60,389 81.7 +2.0
Labour hold Swing -3.6

References

  1. ^ "'Flint East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  3. ^ "UK General Election results February 1950, part 8". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  4. ^ "UK General Election results October 1951, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. ^ "UK General Election results July 1945, part 8". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David. "Top and bottom ten turnouts, 1959-97". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019.
  8. ^ "UK General Election results October 1964, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  9. ^ "UK General Election results March 1966, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  10. ^ "UK General Election results 1970, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  11. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  12. ^ "UK General Election results October 1974, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  13. ^ "UK General Election results 1979, part 9". Richard Kimber's Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
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