Sidcup
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyGreater London
1974 (1974)–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromBexley
Replaced byOld Bexley and Sidcup[1]

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. It was held throughout that time by Edward Heath, who was still Prime Minister for four days between the indecisive February general election and his resignation from the post on 4 March.

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 February 1974: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 20,448 49.1
Labour Colin Frances Hargrave 10,750 25.8
Liberal Oliver Moxon 9,847 23.6
Anti-EEC Don Bennett 613 1.5
Majority 9,698 23.3
Turnout 41,658 84.9
Conservative win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 18,991 50.5 +1.4
Labour William John Jennings 11,448 30.4 +4.6
Liberal Ian Richard Philip Josephs 6,954 18.5 -5.1
Independent Douglas Hartley Jones 174 0.5 New
Independent Marcus John Norton 61 0.2 New
Majority 7,543 20.0 -3.2
Turnout 37,628 75.9 -9.0
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General election 1979: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 23,692 59.8 +9.3
Labour Francis Keohane[2] 10,236 25.8 -4.6
Liberal Peter Vickers 4,908 12.4 -6.1
National Front Alan Webb[2] 774 2.0 New
Majority 13,456 34.0 +13.9
Turnout 39,610 79.3 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing +6.9

References

  1. ^ "'Sidcup', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 9. ISBN 0102374805.
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byBexley Constituency represented by the prime minister 28 February – 4 March 1974 Succeeded byHuyton Preceded byHuyton Constituency represented by the leader of the opposition 1974–1975 Succeeded byFinchley
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