Bristol South East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Bristol East, Bristol South and Kingswood [1] |
Created from | Bristol East |
Bristol South East was a constituency [n 1] in the city of Bristol that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [n 2]
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, mainly from the Bristol East constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election which saw the reintroduction of Bristol East. In boundary changes for the February 1974 general election, part of the constituency's territory was transferred to the new seat of Kingswood.
Sir Stafford Cripps won the seat comfortably from holding its main predecessor in 1950 and continued in government with the new seat for just over six months (he was at the time Chancellor of the Exchequer) before resigning from Parliament due to health reasons. The final MP for the constituency was Tony Benn who served as Secretary of State (for Industry from 1974 to 1975 then as Secretary of State For Energy from 1975 to 1979), in the latter role, the UK saw the Winter of Discontent and power shortages. Benn ran in the near-overlapping successor seat, Bristol East in 1983 and was defeated by Conservative candidate Jonathan Sayeed. [n 3]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Hengrove, St George East, and St George West.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood, and the Urban District of Kingswood.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Knowle, St George East, St George West, Stockwood, and Windmill Hill.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Stafford Cripps | Labour | |
1950 by-election | Tony Benn | Labour | |
1961 (on petition) | Malcolm St Clair | Conservative | |
1963 by-election | Tony Benn | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Bristol East |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stafford Cripps | 29,393 | 62.6 | ||
Conservative | R. E. Simms | 12,590 | 26.8 | ||
Liberal | Frederick John Goudge | 4,463 | 9.5 | ||
Communist | Jack Webb [4] | 524 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 16,803 | 35.8 | |||
Turnout | 46,970 | 85.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 19,367 | 56.7 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | James Lindsay | 12,018 | 35.2 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Doreen Gorsky | 2,752 | 8.1 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 7,349 | 21.5 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,137 | 61.1 | −23.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 30,811 | 65.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | James Lindsay | 16,555 | 35.0 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 14,256 | 30.0 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,366 | 83.8 | −1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 25,257 | 59.5 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Cooke | 17,210 | 40.5 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 8,047 | 19.0 | -11.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,467 | 77.9 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 26,273 | 56.2 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Malcolm St Clair | 20,446 | 43.8 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 5,827 | 12.4 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,739 | 81.4 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Benn | 23,275 | 69.5 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Malcolm St Clair | 10,231 | 30.5 | −13.3 | |
Majority | -13,044 | -39.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,506 | 56.7 | −24.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −13.3 | |||
Tony Benn was declared ineligible to sit in the House of Commons due to his having inherited a peerage, and Malcolm St. Clair was declared elected instead.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 20,313 | 79.7 | +10.2 | |
National Fellowship Conservative | Edward Martell | 4,834 | 19.0 | New | |
Independent | M. P. Lloyd | 287 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | G. Pearl | 44 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 15,479 | 60.7 | +21.7 | ||
Turnout | 25,478 | 42.2 | −14.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 29,117 | 60.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | R. Stephen O'Brien | 19,282 | 39.8 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 9,835 | 20.4 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,399 | 77.9 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 30,851 | 61.4 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher J.R. Pope | 19,435 | 38.6 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 11,416 | 22.8 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,286 | 76.2 | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 29,176 | 55.4 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Norman G. Reece | 23,488 | 44.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 5,688 | 10.8 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,664 | 72.0 | −4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Benn | 26,540 | 47.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Norman G. Reece | 18,628 | 33.0 | −11.6 | |
Liberal | D. R. Grayson | 9,870 | 17.5 | New | |
National Front | R.J. Bale | 757 | 1.3 | New | |
Social Democrat | J.H. Robertson | 668 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,912 | 15.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,463 | 81.9 | +9.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 25,978 | 49.1 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | J.P. Godwin | 16,605 | 31.4 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | R.S. Wardle | 8,987 | 17.0 | −0.5 | |
National Front | R. J. Bale | 775 | 1.5 | +0.2 | |
World Middle Classes Party (WMPC) | R. R. Goding | 457 | 0.9 | New | |
Marxist-Leninist (England) | P. Rowe | 79 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,373 | 17.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,881 | 76.2 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Benn | 24,878 | 45.4 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | J.P. Godwin | 22,988 | 41.9 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | N.W.H. Tatam | 6,371 | 11.6 | −5.4 | |
National Front | J.D. Dowler | 523 | 1.0 | −0.5 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 66 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,890 | 3.5 | -14.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,826 | 78.4 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
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