Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bristol Central Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election Results 3.1 Elections in the 1910s 3.2 Elections in the 1920s 3.3 Elections in the 1930s 3.4 Elections in the 1940s 3.5 Elections in the 1950s 3.6 Elections in the 1960s 3.7 Elections in the 1970s 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Thomas Inskip	Conservative
	1929	Joseph Herbert Alpass	Labour
	1931	Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley	Conservative
	1943	Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley	Conservative
	1945	Stanley Stephen Awbery	Labour
	1964	Arthur Montague Frank Palmer	Labour Co-operative
1974		constituency abolished

[edit] Election Results

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

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

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

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 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 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 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

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

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 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

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Bristol South East by-election, 18th February 1943
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley	5,867	52.1	−0.4
	Independent Labour	Jennie Lee	4,308	38.2
	Ind. Labour Party	J. McNair	830	7.4
	Independent	F. H. Dunn	258	2.3
Majority			1,559	13.9	+8.9
Turnout				32.9	−39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley 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

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Awbery	25,889	59.7
	Conservative	John 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 1951: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley 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 1955: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley 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 1959: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Awbery	19,905	53.6
	Conservative	L.G. Pine	17,209	46.4
Majority			2,696	7.2
Turnout				75.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur 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 1966: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur 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

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur 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

• Constituency abolished 1974, absorbed into Bristol North East and Bristol South East.

[edit] See also

• Bristol Central by-election, 1943

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.