| Bexleyheath | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| February 1974–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Bexleyheath & Crayford, Old Bexley and Sidcup |
| Created from | Bexley |
Bexleyheath was a parliamentary constituency in south-east London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
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This safe Conservative seat was represented for its entire existence by Sir Cyril Townsend.
This constituency in the London Borough of Bexley was centred around the district of Bexleyheath. It was split in 1997 when the Boundary Commission for England recommended an extra seat for the paired boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.[1] It was largely replaced by the new constituency of Bexleyheath and Crayford, with about a third of the constituency being added to the existing Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency.[2]
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Sir Cyril Townsend | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Bexleyheath & Crayford and Old Bexley and Sidcup |
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| General Election 1992: Bexleyheath[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Cyril Townsend | 25,606 | 54.0 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | RJ Browning | 11,520 | 24.3 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs AW Chaplin | 10,107 | 21.3 | -7.2 | |
| Independent | RWC Cundy | 170 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 14,086 | 29.7 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 47,403 | 82.2 | +4.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||