Portsmouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Portsmouth West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
19501974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Portsmouth Central and Portsmouth North
Replaced by Portsmouth South and Portsmouth North

Portsmouth West was a borough constituency in the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Charles Dickens, Fratton, Guildhall, Nelson, North End, Portsea, and St Mary.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Fratton, Nelson, North End, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Terence Clarke Conservative
1966 Frank Judd Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1970: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Judd 17,169 50.55
Conservative Terence Clarke 16,21447.74
IndependentLB Gauntlett5791.70New
Majority9552.81
Turnout 33,96272.30
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Judd 18,685 51.70
Conservative Terence Clarke 17,45848.30
Majority1,2273.40N/A
Turnout 36,14376.50
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1964: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clarke 18,762 50.67
Labour Frank Judd 18,26549.33
Majority4971.34
Turnout 37,02774.78
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clarke 23,600 57.65
Labour Maxwell Bresler17,33442.35
Majority6,26615.30
Turnout 40,93476.93
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clarke 23,729 54.19
Labour Alma Birk 20,06045.81
Majority3,6698.38
Turnout 43,78977.37
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clarke 25,363 51.26
Labour Alma Birk 24,11548.74
Majority1,2482.52
Turnout 49,47883.49
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Portsmouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Clarke 24,924 50.71
Labour Donald Bruce 23,97948.78
Communist G Swanton2510.51
Majority9451.93
Turnout 49,15483.46
Conservative win (new seat)

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