Blackpool North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Blackpool North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Blackpool North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County Lancashire
1945–1997
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Created from Blackpool
Replaced by Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Blackpool North was a borough constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

It was created for the 1945 general election, when the former constituency of Blackpool was split in two, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Blackpool North & Fleetwood constituency.

Boundaries

1945–1950: The County Borough of Blackpool wards of Alexandra, Bank Hey, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Foxhall, Layton, Talbot, Tyldesley, and Warbreck. [1]

1950–1983: The County Borough of Blackpool wards of Bank Hey, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Foxhall, Layton, Talbot, and Warbreck.

1983–1997: The Borough of Blackpool wards of Anchorsholme, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Greenlands, Ingthorpe, Layton, Norbreck, Park, Talbot, and Warbreck.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1945 Sir Toby Low Conservative
1962 by-election Norman Miscampbell Conservative
1992 Harold Elletson Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

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Blackpool North Election Results.

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Low 25,564 49.3
Labour Cadwalader Edward Thomas13,17025.4
Liberal Kenneth Innes Hamilton11,45222.1
Ind. Conservative Arthur Talbot1,6353.2
Majority12,39423.9
Turnout 51,82168.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Low 31,655 67.4 +18.1
Labour E.B. Muir15,30832.6+7.2
Majority16,34734.8+10.9
Turnout 46,96379.4+11.4
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
General election 1951: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Low 29,956 70.2 +2.8
Labour Samuel Victor Hyde-Price12,72729.8–2.8
Majority17,22940.4+5.6
Turnout 42,68373.3–6.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.8
General election 1955: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Low 26,899 71.2 +1.0
Labour Ronald Bushby10,86928.8–1.0
Majority16,03042.4+2.0
Turnout 37,76866.9–6.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 1959: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Low 25,297 57.9 –13.3
Labour William H Dugdale9,44021.6–7.2
Liberal Harry Hague 8,99020.6New
Majority15,85736.3–6.1
Turnout 43,72776.6+9.7
Conservative hold Swing –3.1

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Blackpool North by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 12,711 38.3 –19.6
Liberal Harry Hague 11,73835.3+14.7
Labour Shirley Summerskill 8,77626.4+4.8
Majority9733.0–33.3
Turnout 33,225
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 19,633 47.2 –10.7
Liberal Harry Hague 11,46227.5+6.9
Labour Thomas McKellar10,54325.3+3.7
Majority8,17119.7–16.6
Turnout 41,63874.7–1.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 19,173 47.1 –0.1
Labour George E Bingham13,86334.0+8.7
Liberal James Henry Hessey7,69918.9–8.6
Majority5,31013.1–6.6
Turnout 40,73572.9–1.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 22,298 55.3 +8.2
Labour Wilfred Callon13,06232.4–1.6
Liberal Bernard Miles Christon4,94612.3–6.6
Majority9,23622.9+9.8
Turnout 40,30668.4–4.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.9
General election February 1974: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 23,942 55.1 −0.2
Labour Ivan John Taylor15,78836.3+3.9
Independent Liberal Peter Bisbrown Nickson3,7208.6New
Majority8,15418.8–4.1
Turnout 43,45073.3+4.9
Conservative hold Swing –2.1
General election October 1974: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 19,662 47.3 –7.8
Labour Ivan John Taylor14,19534.1–2.3
Liberal Gerard Anthony Mulholland7,75018.6New
Majority5,46713.2–5.6
Turnout 41,60769.6–3.7
Conservative hold Swing –2.8
General election 1979: Blackpool North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 23,209 53.7 +6.4
Labour Andrew W. Verdeille12,98030.0–4.1
Liberal Christopher James Heyworth6,12714.2–4.4
National Front Alvin Stanley Hanson9432.2New
Majority10,22923.7+10.5
Turnout 43,25972.6+3.0
Conservative hold Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Blackpool North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 20,592 51.1 –2.6
Liberal Christopher Heyworth10,44025.9+11.7
Labour Michael Hindley 8,73021.7–8.3
National Front Alvin Hanson5141.3–0.9
Majority10,15225.2+1.5
Turnout 40,27670.0–2.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: Blackpool North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Miscampbell 20,680 48.0 –3.1
Labour Eric Kirton13,35931.0+9.3
Liberal Christopher Heyworth9,03221.0–4.9
Majority7,32117.0−8.2
Turnout 43,07173.1+3.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Blackpool North [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Elletson 21,501 47.7 –0.3
Labour Eric Kirton18,46141.0+10.0
Liberal Democrats Andre Lahiff4,78610.6–10.4
Monster Raving Loony Guy Francis1780.4New
Natural Law Hugh Walker1250.3New
Majority3,0406.7–10.3
Turnout 45,05177.5+4.4
Conservative hold Swing –5.1

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1945. SI 1945/701". Statutory Rules and Orders 1945. Vol. I. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946. pp. 682–698.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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