Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Preston North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
PrestonNorth1974Constituency.svg
Preston North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983
County Lancashire
Major settlements Preston
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Preston
Replaced by Preston and Ribble Valley [1]

Preston North was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 for the 1950 general election by division of the former two-seat Preston constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Some of the constituency's former territory was then incorporated within a new single-seat Preston constituency, and parts of Preston North became elements within Fylde and Ribble Valley.

Contents

The modern Preston is a safe seat for Labour, but historically Preston North was one of the most marginal constituencies in the country.

Boundaries

1950–1974: The County Borough of Preston wards of Deepdale, Fishwick, Moorbrook, Park, and Ribbleton, and the Urban District of Fulwood.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Preston wards of Deepdale, Fishwick, Moorbrook, Park, St Matthew's, and Ribbleton, and the Urban District of Fulwood. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Julian Amery Conservative
1966 Ronald Atkins Labour
1970 Mary Holt Conservative
Feb 1974 Ronald Atkins Labour
1979 Robert Atkins Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Preston

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Preston North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Amery 21,880 48.4
Labour Samuel Segal 20,95046.3
Liberal Charles Joseph Hemelryk2,0124.5
Communist Pat Devine [3] 3660.8
Majority9302.1
Turnout 45,20886.8
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Preston North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Amery 23,598 51.2 +2.8
Labour Thomas Hourigan22,49048.8+2.5
Majority1,1082.3+0.2
Turnout 46,08887.5+0.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Preston North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Amery 22,310 53.5 +2.3
Labour Edgar Hewitt19,40746.5−2.3
Majority2,9037.0+4.6
Turnout 41,71781.4−6.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Preston North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Amery 23,990 55.1 +1.6
Labour Arthur Davidson 19,52944.9−1.6
Majority4,46110.2+3.2
Turnout 43,51983.4+2.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Preston North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Amery 20,566 50.0 −5.1
Labour Russell Kerr 20,55250.0+5.1
Majority140.0−10.2
Turnout 41,11878.7−4.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Preston North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Atkins 21,539 53.0 +3.0
Conservative Julian Amery 19,12147.0−3.0
Majority2,4186.0N/A
Turnout 50,14081.1+2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Preston North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Holt 20,102 50.6 +3.6
Labour Ronald Atkins 17,14043.2−9.8
Liberal Derrick Trevor Jones2,4586.2New
Majority2,9627.4N/A
Turnout 51,65576.9−4.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election February 1974: Preston North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Atkins 16,797 41.5 −1.7
Conservative Mary Holt 16,54240.9−9.7
Liberal Gordon Payne7,09917.6+11.4
Majority2550.63New
Turnout 50,88579.4+2.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election October 1974: Preston North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Atkins 18,044 45.8 +4.3
Conservative Mary Holt 16,26041.3+0.4
Liberal Gordon Payne4,94812.6−5.0
More Prosperous Britain Harold Smith1380.4New
Majority1,7844.53+3.90
Turnout 51,36976.7−2.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Preston North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Atkins 18,632 46.3 +5.0
Labour Ronald Atkins 18,60346.2+0.4
Liberal Michael Paul Braham2,7156.7−5.9
National Front John Farran Hetherington3290.8New
Majority290.07N/A
Turnout 51,75677.8+1.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

See also

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References

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