Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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Bristol Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bristol. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Thomas Inskip | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Joseph Herbert Alpass | Labour | |
| 1931 | Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley | Conservative | |
| 1943 | Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Stanley Stephen Awbery | Labour | |
| 1964 | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election Results
- Constituency abolished 1974, absorbed into Bristol North East and Bristol South East
| General Election 1970: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A.M.F. Palmer | 12,375 | 51.4 | ||
| Conservative | J.R.E. Taylor | 9,130 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal | A. Rider | 2,569 | 10.7 | ||
| Majority | 3,245 | 13.5 | |||
| Turnout | 66.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A.M.F. Palmer | 15,399 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | J.R.E. Taylor | 9,410 | 36.0 | ||
| Independent | D.H.R. Burgess | 1,322 | 5.1 | ||
| Majority | 5,989 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 70.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A.M.F. Palmer | 16,207 | 54.5 | ||
| Conservative | J.R.E. Taylor | 11,616 | 39.0 | ||
| Independent | D.H.R. Burgess | 1,936 | 6.5 | ||
| Majority | 4,591 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 71.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1959: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S.S. Awbery | 19,905 | 53.6 | ||
| Conservative | L.G. Pine | 17,209 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,696 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S.S. Awbery | 25,158 | 60.5 | ||
| Conservative | K.A.P. Dalby | 16,406 | 39.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,752 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 73.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1951: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S.S. Awbery | 26,091 | 62.4 | ||
| Conservative | K.A.P. Dalby | 15,725 | 37.6 | ||
| Majority | 10,366 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 83.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1950: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S.S. Awbery | 25,889 | 59.7 | ||
| Conservative | J.W.W. Peyton | 13,461 | 31.0 | ||
| Liberal | D.D.O. Jones | 4,042 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | 12,428 | 28.7 | |||
| Turnout | 84.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1945: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S.S. Awbery | 13,045 | 63.9 | ||
| Conservative | Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley | 7,369 | 36.1 | ||
| Majority | 5,676 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 70.0 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Bristol Central by-election 1943 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Violet E.M. Bathurst, Lady Apsley | ? | |||
| Independent Socialist | Jennie Lee | ? | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Allen A. Bathurst, Lord Apsley | 15,774 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | J.J. Taylor | 14,258 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,516 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 72.8 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1931: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Allen A. Bathurst, Lord Apsley | 22,311 | 59.6 | ||
| Labour | Joseph A. Alpass | 15,143 | 40.4 | ||
| Majority | 7,168 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1929: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joseph A. Alpass | 20,749 | 55.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip | 16,524 | 44.3 | ||
| Majority | 4,225 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 77.5 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1924: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip | 17,177 | 55.1 | ||
| Labour | 14,018 | 44.9 | |||
| Majority | 3,159 | 10.1 | |||
| Turnout | 77.5 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1923: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip | 14,386 | 54.7 | ||
| Labour | S.E. Walters | 11,932 | 45.3 | ||
| Majority | 2,454 | 9.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1922: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Thomas W.H. Inskip | 15,568 | 55.9 | ||
| Labour | Brig.-Gen. Thompson | 12,303 | 44.1 | ||
| Majority | 3,265 | 11.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1918: Bristol Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Conservative | Thomas W.H. Inskip | 12,232 | 63.2 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Bevin | 7,137 | 36.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,095 | 26.3 | |||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
