Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Bristol South East 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 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Sir Stafford Cripps | Labour | |
| 1950 | Tony Benn | Labour | |
| 1961 | Malcolm Archibald James St. Clair | Conservative | |
| 1963 | Tony Benn | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election Results
- Constituency abolished 1983, and absorbed into Bristol East constituency.
| General Election 1979: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 24,878 | 45.4 | ||
| Conservative | J. P. Godwin | 22,988 | 41.9 | ||
| Liberal | N. W. H. Tatam | 6,371 | 11.6 | ||
| National Front | J. D. Dowler | 523 | 1.0 | ||
| Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 66 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,890 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 78.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 25,978 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | J. P. Godwin | 16,605 | 31.4 | ||
| Liberal | R. S. Wardle | 8,987 | 17.0 | ||
| National Front | R. J. Bale | 775 | 1.5 | ||
| Independent | R. R. Goding | 457 | 0.9 | ||
| Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) | P. Rowe | 79 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 9,373 | 17.7 | |||
| Turnout | 76.2 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 26,540 | 47.0 | ||
| Conservative | N. G. Reece | 18,628 | 33.0 | ||
| Liberal | D. R. Grayson | 9,870 | 17.5 | ||
| National Front | R. J. Bale | 757 | 1.3 | ||
| Social Democrat | J. H. Robertson | 668 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,912 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 81.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1970: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 29,176 | 55.4 | ||
| Conservative | N. G. Reece | 23,488 | 44.6 | ||
| Majority | 5,688 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 72.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 30,851 | 61.4 | ||
| Conservative | C. J. R. Pope | 19,435 | 38.6 | ||
| Majority | 11,416 | 22.8 | |||
| Turnout | 76.2 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 29,117 | 60.2 | ||
| Conservative | R. S. O'Brien | 19,282 | 39.8 | ||
| Majority | 9,835 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 77.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Bristol South East by-election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 20,313 | 79.7 | ||
| National Fellowship Conservative | Edward Martell | 4,834 | 19.0 | ||
| Independent | M. P. Lloyd | 287 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | G. Pearl | 44 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 15,479 | 60.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
- The 1961 by-election was caused by Tony Benn inheriting an hereditary peerage thus making him ineligible to serve in parliament. Benn stood in the by-election anyway, but due to his ineligibility, the Conservative St Clair was declared the winner. St Clair promised to resign if Benn became eligible to take his seat again, which he did after renouncing his peerage in 1963. Benn was then elected in a further by-election.
| Bristol South East by-election, 1961 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 23,275 | 69.5 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm St Clair | 10,231 | 30.5 | ||
| Majority | 13,044 | 39.0 | |||
| Turnout | 56.7 | ||||
| General Election 1959: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 26,273 | 56.2 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm St Clair | 20,446 | 43.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,827 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 81.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 25,257 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | R. G. Cooke | 17,210 | 40.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,047 | 19.0 | |||
| Turnout | 77.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1951: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 30,811 | 65.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. L. Lindsay | 16,555 | 35.0 | ||
| Majority | 14,256 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 83.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Bristol South East by-election 30th Nov. 1950 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 19,367 | 56.7 | ||
| Conservative | J. L. Lindsay | 12,018 | 35.2 | ||
| Liberal | D. M. Gorsky | 2,752 | 8.1 | ||
| Majority | 7,349 | 21.5 | |||
| Turnout | 61.1 | ||||
| General Election 1950: Bristol South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sir R. Stafford Cripps | 29,393 | 62.6 | ||
| Conservative | R. E. Simms | 12,590 | 26.8 | ||
| Liberal | F. J. Goudge | 4,463 | 9.5 | ||
| Communist | J. F. Webb | 524 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 16,803 | 35.8 | |||
| Turnout | 85.0 | ||||
- Constituency created 1950 mainly from Bristol East constituency.
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
