Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Swindon
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Wiltshire
1918–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Cricklade
Replaced by Swindon South, Swindon North

Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.

Contents

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1918 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was then replaced by the two new constituencies of North Swindon and South Swindon.

History

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Borough of Swindon, and the part of the Rural District of Highworth which was not included in the Devizes constituency.

1950–1983: The Borough of Swindon.

1983–1997: The Borough of Thamesdown wards of Central, Dorcan, Eastcott, Gorse Hill, Lawns, Moredon, Park, Toothill, Walcot, Western, and Whitworth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1918 Sir Frederick William Young Coalition Conservative
1922 Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks Conservative
1929 Christopher Addison Labour
1931 Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks Conservative
1934 by-election Christopher Addison Labour
1935 Wavell Wakefield Conservative
1945 Thomas Reid Labour
1955 Francis Noel-Baker Labour
1969 by-election Christopher Ward Conservative
1970 David Stoddart Labour
1983 Simon Coombs Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Swindon South and Swindon North

Elections

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Swindon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Frederick William Young 10,18048.4
Labour Joseph Compton 8,39339.9
Liberal Harry Walker2,46011.7
Majority1,7878.5
Turnout 21,03367.0
Registered electors 31,406
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Swindon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Mitchell Banks 14,886 56.4 +8.0
Labour Joseph Compton 11,50243.6+3.7
Majority3,38412.8+4.3
Turnout 26,38880.0+13.0
Registered electors 33,000
Unionist hold Swing +2.2
General election 1923: Swindon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Mitchell Banks 12,625 45.1 −11.3
Labour Holford Knight 9,12132.6−11.0
Liberal Walter Leslie Rocke [5] 6,23122.3N/A
Majority3,50412.5−0.3
Turnout 27,97782.8+0.8
Registered electors 33,787
Unionist hold Swing −0.2
General election 1924: Swindon [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Mitchell Banks 15,602 55.1 +10.0
Labour R. H. Tawney 12,69844.9+12.3
Majority2,90410.2−2.3
Turnout 28,30081.0−1.8
Registered electors 34,938
Unionist hold Swing −1.2
General election 1929: Swindon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Addison 16,885 43.6 −1.3
Unionist Reginald Mitchell Banks 14,72438.1−17.0
Liberal Frank Crane Thornborough 7,06018.3New
Majority2,1615.5N/A
Turnout 38,66985.5+4.5
Registered electors 45,250
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Mitchell Banks 22,75655.89
Labour Christopher Addison 17,96244.11
Majority4,79411.78N/A
Turnout 40,71885.53
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
1934 Swindon by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Addison 20,902 53.4 +8.3
Conservative Wavell Wakefield 18,25346.6-8.3
Majority2,6496.8N/A
Turnout 39,15581.8-3.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1935: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wavell Wakefield 20,73251.20
Labour Christopher Addison 19,75748.80
Majority9752.40
Turnout 40,48984.26
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Reid 27,54562.34
Conservative AM Gibb16,64137.66
Majority10,90424.68N/A
Turnout 44,18673.90
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Reid 21,97651.47
Conservative Geoffrey Tritton 13,69732.08
Liberal Doreen Gorsky 6,72615.75New
Communist Irving Gradwell2950.69New
Majority8,27919.39
Turnout 42,69487.19
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Reid 23,98057.02
Conservative Geoffrey Tritton 18,07242.98
Majority5,90814.04
Turnout 42,05289.00
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Noel-Baker 21,92654.93
Conservative Patrick William Medd [9] 17,98745.07
Majority3,9399.86
Turnout 39,91380.02
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Noel-Baker 24,08754.42
Conservative Gordon L Pears20,17845.58
Majority3,9098.84
Turnout 44.26579.99
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Noel-Baker 26,46460.06
Conservative Norman George Reece16,65137.79
Communist Irving Gradwell9442.14New
Majority9,81322.27
Turnout 44,05974.77
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Noel-Baker 25,96661.35
Conservative Norman George Reece15,52336.67
Communist Irving Gradwell8381.98
Majority10,44324.68
Turnout 42,32773.51
Labour hold Swing
1969 Swindon by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Ward 16,84341.73+5.06
Labour David Stoddart 16,36540.54-20.81
Liberal Christopher Layton6,19315.34New
Communist Judith Gradwell5181.28-0.70
Young Socialist Frank Willis4461.10New
Majority4781.19N/A
Turnout 40,365
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Stoddart 25,73155.52-5.83
Conservative Christopher Ward 20,15543.49+6.82
Communist Judith Gradwell4560.98-1.00
Majority5,57612.03-12.64
Turnout 46,34275.49
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Stoddart 24,09347.92
Conservative GCM Young15,38430.60
Liberal R Hubbard10,56421.01New
Workers Revolutionary K Blakeney2400.48New
Majority8,70917.32
Turnout 50,28180.89
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Stoddart 24,12451.84
Conservative JN Gripper13,85429.77
Liberal R Hubbard8,34917.94
Workers Revolutionary K Blakeney2060.44
Majority10,27022.07
Turnout 46,53373.98
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Swindon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Stoddart 25,21850.19
Conservative N Hammond19,31938.45
Liberal Gudrun Claire Ziegler Collis5,70911.36
Majority5,89911.74
Turnout 50,34676.41
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Swindon [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Coombs 22,31039.16
Labour David Stoddart 20,91536.71
Alliance Derek J Scott13,74324.12
Majority1,3952.45N/A
Turnout 56,96874.15
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1987: Swindon [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Coombs 29,38543.84
Labour Jean Gabrielle Johnston24,52836.59
Alliance Derek John Scott13,11419.57
Majority4,8577.25
Turnout 67,02777.80
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Swindon [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Coombs 31,749 43.3 −0.5
Labour JP D’Avila28,92339.4+2.8
Liberal Democrats SR Cordon11,73716.0−3.6
Green JV Hughes6470.9New
Raving Loony Green GiantCR Gillard2360.3New
Independent VF Farrar780.1New
Majority2,8263.9−3.3
Turnout 73,37081.5+3.7
Conservative hold Swing −1.7

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ 'ROCKE, Col Walter Leslie', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 Sept 2017
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, p.498
  9. ↑ 'MEDD, His Honour Patrick William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 Sept 2017
  10. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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