Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chislehurst
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Kent
1918–1997
Created from Sevenoaks
Replaced by Bromley and Chislehurst

Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.

Boundaries

Chislehurst in Kent, boundaries used 1955-74 Chislehurst1955Constiuency.svg
Chislehurst in Kent, boundaries used 1955–74

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.

1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Swanscombe, and the Rural District of Dartford. [1]

1950–1955: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington in the Rural District of Dartford. [2]

1955–1974: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup. [3]

1974–1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray. [4] [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Alfred Smithers Unionist
1922 Robert Nesbitt Unionist
1924 Sir Waldron Smithers Conservative
1945 George Wallace Labour
1950 Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative
1966 Alistair Macdonald Labour
1970 Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative
Feb 1974 Roger Sims Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Chislehurst [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 24,761 58.4 +0.8
Labour R. Ian Wingfield9,48522.4+3.1
Liberal Democrats T. William M. Hawthorne6,68315.8−7.2
Liberal I Richmond8492.0New
Green Frances M. Speed6521.5New
Majority15,27636.0+1.4
Turnout 42,43078.9+3.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Chislehurst [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 24,165 57.62 +1.90
Liberal Richard Younger-Ross 9,65823.03−2.29
Labour Selwyn Ward8,11519.35+0.90
Majority14,50734.59
Turnout 41,93875.52
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Chislehurst [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 22,108 55.72 +1.19
Liberal Philip Lingard10,04725.32+12.81
Labour Alistair Macdonald 7,32018.45−13.18
BNP Alfred Waite2010.51New
Majority12,06130.40
Turnout 39,67672.71
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Chislehurst [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 23,259 54.53 +8.21
Labour Christopher Howes13,49431.64−5.15
Liberal Brian Harry Taylor5,33512.51−4.38
National Front Raymond Frederick George Hoy5641.32New
Majority9,76522.89
Turnout 42,65278.95
Conservative hold Swing +6.68
General election October 1974: Chislehurst [10] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 18,926 46.32 +0.38
Labour Alistair Macdonald 15,03236.79+3.10
Liberal John Martin Crowley6,90016.89−3.47
Majority3,8949.53
Turnout 40,85876.11
Conservative hold Swing -1.36
General election February 1974: Chislehurst [10] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Sims 20,595 45.95
Labour Alistair Macdonald 15,10233.69
Liberal Robert Frank Webster9,12720.36
Majority5,49312.24
Turnout 44,82484.31
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Chislehurst [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 24,650 49.10
Labour Alistair Macdonald 21,28742.40
Liberal Ron Coverson4,2688.50
Majority3,3636.70N/A
Turnout 50,20575.43
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Chislehurst [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alistair Macdonald 22,757 45.09 +3.85
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 21,94743.49−0.77
Liberal Paul Hayden5,76111.42−3.08
Majority8101.60N/A
Turnout 50,46584.26+1.40
Registered electors 59,895
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.31
General election 1964: Chislehurst [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 22,251 44.26 −6.05
Labour Ronald W Huzzard20,73641.24+3.98
Liberal Sheilagh M Hobday7,29114.50+2.06
Majority1,5153.02−10.07
Turnout 50,27882.86−2.95
Registered electors 60,678
Conservative hold Swing -5.02

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Chislehurst [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 25,748 50.31 +0.56
Labour Margaret Reid19,06937.26−4.63
Liberal David C Blackburn6,36612.44+4.08
Majority6,67913.05+5.20
Turnout 51,18385.81+0.94
Registered electors 59,646
Conservative hold Swing +2.60
General election 1955: Chislehurst [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 24,514 49.75 −1.04
Labour George Wallace 20,64441.89−7.32
Liberal David C Blackburn4,1208.36N/A
Majority3,8707.88+6.28
Turnout 49,27884.87−3.10
Registered electors 58,063
Conservative hold Swing +3.14
General election 1951: Chislehurst [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 31,679 50.79 +6.00
Labour George Wallace 30,69949.21+4.72
Majority9801.58+1.28
Turnout 62,37887.97+1.66
Registered electors 70,906
Conservative hold Swing +0.64
General election 1950: Chislehurst [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Hornsby-Smith 25,215 44.79 +7.49
Labour George Wallace 25,04844.49−4.98
Liberal David A Hughes6,03910.73−2.50
Majority1670.30N/A
Turnout 56,30286.31+13.90
Registered electors 65,231
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.24

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Chislehurst [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wallace 25,522 49.47 +27.67
Conservative Nigel Fisher 19,24337.30−31.61
Liberal Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins6,82413.23+3.90
Majority6,27912.17N/A
Turnout 51,58972.41+6.35
Registered electors 71,246
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +29.64

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Chislehurst [21] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Waldron Smithers 38,705 68.91 −16.05
Labour Tom Colyer 12,22721.77+6.73
Liberal J. Alun Williams5,2389.33New
Majority26,47847.14−22.78
Turnout 56,17066.06−3.74
Registered electors 85,024
Conservative hold Swing -11.39
General election 1931: Chislehurst [21] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Waldron Smithers 32,371 84.96 +31.20
Labour Tom Colyer 5,73115.04−2.36
Majority26,64069.92+44.92
Turnout 38,10269.80+0.20
Registered electors 54,589
Conservative hold Swing +16.8

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Chislehurst [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Waldron Smithers 16,909 53.8 −12.3
Liberal James Douglas Bateman9,02528.8+12.1
Labour James Lamb Thomson5,44517.4+0.2
Majority7,88425.0−23.9
Turnout 31,37969.6−3.1
Registered electors 45,116
Unionist hold Swing −12.2
General election 1924: Chislehurst [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Waldron Smithers 14,440 66.1 +10.6
Labour John Lamb Thomson3,75717.2New
Liberal Robert Charles Reginald Nevill3,64716.7−27.8
Majority10,68348.9+37.9
Turnout 21,84472.7+12.2
Registered electors 30,020
Unionist hold Swing +19.2
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David Mason
General election 1923: Chislehurst [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Chancellor Nesbitt 9,725 55.5 −9.9
Liberal Robert Charles Reginald Nevill7,80644.5+9.9
Majority1,91911.0−19.8
Turnout 17,53160.5−3.2
Registered electors 28,961
Unionist hold Swing −9.9
General election 1922: Chislehurst [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Chancellor Nesbitt 11,801 65.4 −11.4
Liberal David Marshall Mason 6,25634.6New
Majority5,54530.8−22.8
Turnout 18,05763.7+23.3
Registered electors 28,336
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Chislehurst [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Alfred Smithers 8,31476.8
National Alfred Edmunds2,50723.2
Majority5,80753.6
Turnout 10,82140.4
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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