South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Gloucestershire,[2][3] also known as Gloucestershire South,[4] was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
South Gloucestershire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Thornbury |
Replaced by | Northavon, Bristol North West, Stroud[1] |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It had three different sets of boundaries during its existence, and elected a new MP on each one of those occasions.
Boundaries
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield, and the Rural Districts of Sodbury and Warmley.
1955–1974: The Rural Districts of Sodbury, Thornbury, and Warmley. Thornbury Rural District was added to the seat from the abolished Stroud and Thornbury constituency.[5]
1974–1983: The Rural Districts of Sodbury and Thornbury.[6] Warmley Rural District was transferred to the new Kingswood constituency.
Predecessor and successor constituencies
From 1885 to 1950 much of the area of the constituency was represented by the Thornbury constituency,[7] and from 1950 to 1955 by Stroud and Thornbury.[8]
When the constituency was abolished in 1983, 80.54% of it was transferred to the new constituency of Northavon, 14.75% to the redrawn Bristol North West and 4.70% to the redrawn Stroud.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Anthony Crosland | Labour | |
1955 | Sir Frederick Corfield | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | John Cope | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Northavon |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cope | 35,627 | 51.2 | +9.2 | |
Labour | MK Mullins | 20,465 | 29.4 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | G Conrad | 12,850 | 18.5 | -4.3 | |
Ecology | David Kerridge | 695 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,162 | 21.8 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 69,637 | 82.1 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 84,867 | +6.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Cope | 26,581 | 42.0 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 22,235 | 35.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | DC Short | 14,412 | 22.8 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 4,346 | 6.8 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 63,228 | 79.6 | -4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 79,419 | +0.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Cope | 27,602 | 41.8 | -10.5 | |
Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 21,143 | 32.0 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | DC Short | 17,276 | 26.2 | +15.0 | |
Majority | 6,459 | 9.8 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 66,021 | 83.8 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 78,766 | +9.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Corfield | 35,045 | 50.9 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Michael George Dalling | 26,067 | 37.9 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Anthony Lambert | 7,680 | 11.2 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 8,978 | 13.0 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 68,792 | 78.6 | -5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 87,503 | +18.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Corfield | 28,224 | 45.2 | -0.6 | |
Labour | Michael Cocks | 26,800 | 42.9 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Eric Cleaton Hart | 7,421 | 11.9 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 1,424 | 2.3 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,445 | 84.4 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 74,023 | +7.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Corfield | 26,504 | 45.8 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Michael Cocks | 22,790 | 39.4 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | Brian S Sherriff | 8,611 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,714 | 6.4 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,905 | 84.2 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 68,781 | +20.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Corfield | 26,168 | 54.8 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Joseph Holland | 21,567 | 45.2 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 4,601 | 9.6 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,735 | 83.7 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 57,026 | +11.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Corfield | 21,760 | 52.1 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Edward Bishop | 20,034 | 47.4 | -7.4 | |
Majority | 1,726 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,794 | 81.7 | -4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 51,166 | -12.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Crosland | 27,808 | 55.3 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Hickling | 22,470 | 44.7 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 5,338 | 10.6 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,278 | 86.2 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 58,296 | +1.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Crosland | 24,458 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | B. Davidson | 18,320 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal | Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard | 7,342 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 6,138 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 50,120 | 86.9 | |||
Registered electors | 57,689 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- "'Gloucestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- "House of Commons debates: Members Sworn". Hansard. 870. 7 March 1974. Retrieved 10 May 2016. John Cope sworn in for "South Gloucestershire"
- "List of Members Returned to Serve in Parliament at the General Election, 1959" (PDF). The London Gazette. 13 October 1959. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Gloucestershire South 1950-1983". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES), Hansard, 16 December 1954
- Hansard, 14 July 1969
- "Boundary Map of Gloucestershire Thornbury PDivCon". Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- "Boundary Map of Stroud and Thornbury CCon". Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- Percentage change and swing for February 1974 is calculated relative to the BBC notional 1970 constituency result, not actual 1970 result. Notional 1970 results were rounded to the nearest hundred. Constituency data for 1974-83 including 1970 notionals, retrieved 18 July 2017
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973