Bridlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was named after the town of Bridlington.
Bridlington | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1950–1974 East Riding of Yorkshire 1974–1996 Humberside 1996–1997 East Riding of Yorkshire |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Buckrose and Holderness |
Replaced by | Beverley and Holderness and East Yorkshire |
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
History
The constituency was created in 1950 from the former seat of Buckrose. It was abolished in 1997 and most of its territory transferred to the East Yorkshire seat.
Boundaries
1950–1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Bridlington and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Driffield, Filey, Hornsea, and Withernsea, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington, Driffield, and Holderness.
1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bridlington and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Filey, Hornsea, and Withernsea, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington and Holderness.[1] The two Driffield districts were transferred to the new Howden constituency.
1983–1997: The Borough of East Yorkshire wards of Bridlington Bessingby, Bridlington Hilderthorpe, Bridlington Old Town East, Bridlington Old Town West, Bridlington Quay North, Bridlington Quay South, Coastal, Driffield North, Driffield South, Hutton Cranswick, Lowland, Nafferton, Roman, St John, and Viking, and the Borough of Holderness. Driffield transferred back from Howden.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1950 | Richard Wood | Conservative | |
1979 | John Townend | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 26,124 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal | George Wadsworth | 16,158 | 31.5 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Pashby | 9,013 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 9,966 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,295 | 81.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 30,576 | 61.09 | ||
Labour | Gerard McQuade | 12,931 | 25.83 | ||
Liberal | Douglas Eugene Moore | 6,546 | 13.08 | ||
Majority | 17,645 | 35.26 | |||
Turnout | 50,053 | 78.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,880 | 70.92 | ||
Labour | Kathleen M Roberts | 10,614 | 29.08 | ||
Majority | 15,266 | 41.84 | |||
Turnout | 36,494 | 69.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 27,438 | 73.20 | ||
Labour | Harry Moor | 10,047 | 26.80 | ||
Majority | 17,391 | 46.40 | |||
Turnout | 37,485 | 68.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Wood | 22,729 | 56.50 | ||
Labour | Kevin McNamara | 9,002 | 22.38 | ||
Liberal | John J MacCallum | 8,494 | 21.12 | New | |
Majority | 13,727 | 34.12 | |||
Turnout | 40,225 | 72.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 21,976 | 54.58 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Tomlinson | 11,939 | 29.65 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Silverwood | 6,349 | 15.77 | ||
Majority | 10,037 | 24.93 | |||
Turnout | 40,264 | 71.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,053 | 58.10 | ||
Labour | Harold A. Clarke | 11,546 | 26.79 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Silverwood | 6,495 | 15.07 | ||
Majority | 13,507 | 31.31 | |||
Turnout | 43,094 | 68.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,711 | 51.21 | ||
Liberal | JMS Cherry | 14,715 | 29.31 | ||
Labour | AAW Dix | 9,780 | 19.48 | ||
Majority | 10,996 | 21.90 | |||
Turnout | 50,206 | 76.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 21,901 | 49.07 | ||
Liberal | JMS Cherry | 11,795 | 26.43 | ||
Labour | AAW Dix | 9,946 | 22.29 | ||
National Front | F Day | 987 | 2.21 | New | |
Majority | 10,106 | 22.64 | |||
Turnout | 44,629 | 67.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 27,988 | 54.80 | ||
Labour | PJ Doyle | 12,693 | 24.85 | ||
Liberal | D Horsley | 10,390 | 20.34 | ||
Majority | 15,295 | 29.95 | |||
Turnout | 51,071 | 74.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Townend | 31,284 | 57.79 | ||
SDP | E Martin | 14,675 | 27.11 | New | |
Labour | M Craven | 7,370 | 13.61 | ||
Ecology | S Tooke | 803 | 1.48 | New | |
Majority | 16,609 | 30.68 | |||
Turnout | 54,132 | 70.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 32,351 | 54.82 | ||
SDP | Edmund Marshall | 15,030 | 25.47 | ||
Labour | Leonard Bird | 10,653 | 18.05 | ||
Green | Richard Myerscough | 983 | 1.67 | ||
Majority | 17,321 | 29.35 | |||
Turnout | 59,017 | 73.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Townend | 33,604 | 50.8 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John A. Leeman | 17,246 | 26.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Steven M. Hatfield | 15,263 | 23.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 16,358 | 24.7 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 66,113 | 77.8 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Notes and references
- Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.