Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bristol South in Avon for the 2010 general election.
Location of Avon within England.
County	City of Bristol
Electorate	78,703 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Dawn Primarolo (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Bristol South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Member of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2010s 4.2 Elections in the 2000s 4.3 Elections in the 1990s 4.4 Elections in the 1980s 4.5 Elections in the 1970s 4.6 Elections in the 1960s 4.7 Elections in the 1950s 4.8 Elections in the 1940s 4.9 Elections in the 1930s 4.10 Elections in the 1920s 4.11 Elections in the 1910s 5 See also 6 Notes and references

Boundaries

The constituency covers the south-west of Bristol, bounded by the Avon New Cut to the north, the A37 Wells Road to the east, and the city boundaries to the south and west.

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England into parliamentary representation in Bristol, the Bristol South constituency contains the following electoral wards:^[2]

• Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe, Hengrove, Knowle, Southville, Whitchurch Park, Windmill Hill.

History

The seat has elected Labour MPs since 1935.

Member of Parliament

The current MP for the constituency is Dawn Primarolo of the Labour Party, who has held the seat since 1987. She was a Minister in the Blair Government, and has been a Deputy Speaker of the House since 2010. Primarolo has announced she will retire at the next general election, widely expected to be held in 2015.

Election		Member [3]	Party
	1885	Sir Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal
	1886	Sir Edward Stock Hill	Conservative
	1900	Walter Hume Long	Conservative
	1906	Sir William Howell Davies	Liberal
	1922	Sir Beddoe Rees	Liberal
	1929	Alexander Walkden	Labour
	1931	Noel Ker Lindsay	Conservative
	1935	Alexander Walkden	Labour
	1945	William Wilkins	Labour
	1970	Michael Cocks	Labour
	1987	Dawn Primarolo	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	18,600	38.4	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wright	13,866	28.7	+4.9
	Conservative	Mark Lloyd Davies	11,086	22.9	+3.3
	BNP	Colin Chidsey	1,739	3.6	+3.6
	UKIP	Colin McNamee	1,264	2.6	-0.5
	Green	Charles Bolton	1,216	2.5	-2.5
	English Democrats	Craig Clarke	400	0.8	+0.8
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Tom Baldwin	206	0.4	+0.4
Majority			4,734	9.8	-15.1
Turnout			48,377	61.6	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	20,778	49.1	−7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kay Barnard	9,636	22.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Graham Hill	8,466	20.0	−2.3
	Green	Charlie Bolton	2,127	5.0	+2.0
	UKIP	Mark Dent	1,321	3.1	+1.9
Majority			11,142	26.3
Turnout			42,328	59.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.9

General Election 2001: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	23,299	56.9	-3.1
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	9,118	22.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Main	6,078	14.8	+1.4
	Green	Glenn Vowles	1,233	3.0	+1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Drummond	496	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Chris Prasad	496	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Giles Shorter	250	0.6	N/A
Majority			14,181	34.6
Turnout			40,970	56.5	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	29,890	60.0	+9.8
	Conservative	Michael Roe	10,562	21.2	-11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Williams	6,691	13.4	-2.2
	Referendum Party	D. Guy	1,486	3.0	N/A
	Green	J. Boxall	722	1.5	0
	Socialist Alternative	I. Marshall	355	0.7	N/A
	Glow Bowling Party	L. Taylor	153	0.3	N/A
Majority			19,328	38.8
Turnout			49,859	68.9	-8.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bristol South[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	25,164	50.2	+9.3
	Conservative	John Bercow	16,245	32.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrat	PN Crossley	7,822	15.6	−3.9
	Green	JH Boxall	756	1.5	+0.3
	Natural Law	ND Phillips	136	0.3	+0.3
Majority			8,919	17.8	+15.0
Turnout			50,123	77.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	20,798	40.9
	Conservative	P.S. Cutcher	19,394	38.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	H.S. Long	9,952	19.6
	Green	G.R. Vowles	600	1.2
	Red Front	C.M. Meghji	149	0.3
Majority			1,404	2.7
Turnout				74.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.F.L. Cocks	21,824	44.0
	Conservative	A.B. Gammell	17,405	35.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D.M. Stanbury	9,674	19.5
	Ecology	G. Collard	352	0.7
	Communist	A. Chester	224	0.5
	Workers Revolutionary	L.J. Byrne	113	0.2
Majority			4,419	8.9
Turnout				68.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.F.L. Cocks	25,038	57.9
	Conservative	T.P. Dicks	13,855	32.1
	Liberal	C.J. Bidwell	3,815	8.8
	National Front	K.G. Elliott	392	0.9
	Workers Revolutionary	L.J. Cheek	135	0.3
Majority			11,183	25.8
Turnout				71.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.F.L. Cocks	25,108	59.3
	Conservative	R.J. Kellaway	10,124	23.9
	Liberal	D.R.F. Burrows	6,289	14.9
	National Front	P.H. Gannaway	795	1.9
Majority			14,984	35.4
Turnout				69.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.F.L. Cocks	24,909	55.2
	Conservative	R.J. Kellaway	11,742	26.0
	Liberal	H.J. Stevens	7,499	16.6
	National Front	P.H. Gannaway	1,006	2.2
Majority			13,167	29.2
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.F.L. Cocks	24,662	61.8
	Conservative	D.J.F. Hunt	15,254	38.2
Majority			9,428	23.6
Turnout				64.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	26,552	67.1
	Conservative	R.W. Wall	12,998	32.9
Majority			13,554	34.2
Turnout				69.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	26,569	63.5
	Conservative	R.W. Wall	15,282	36.5
Majority			11,287	27.0
Turnout				72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	27,010	60.8
	Conservative	G.E. McWatters	17,428	39.2
Majority			9,582	21.6
Turnout				75.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	24,954	64.1
	Conservative	G.E. McWatters	13,978	35.9
Majority			10,976	28.2
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	24,444	63.3
	Conservative	H.E.P. Buckle	14,161	36.7
Majority			10,283	26.6
Turnout				84.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	23,456	59.9
	Conservative	S.L.C. Maydon	12,473	31.8
	Liberal	H.T. Kay	3,259	8.3
Majority			10,983	28.1
Turnout				85.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Wilkins	24,929	58.8
	Conservative	E.H. Leather	12,379	29.2
	Liberal	D.A. Jones	5,083	12.0
Majority			12,550	29.6
Turnout				75.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.G. Walkden	22,586	50.4
	Conservative	N.K. Lindsay	20,153	45.0
	Liberal	J.O.M. Skelton	2,090	4.7
Majority			2,433	5.4
Turnout				76.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N.K. Lindsay	26,694	60.9
	Labour	A.G. Walkden	17,174	39.1
Majority			9,520	21.8
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.G. Walkden	23,591	56.5
	Liberal	Sir W. Beddoe Rees	18,194	43.5
Majority			5,397	13.0
Turnout				80.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1924: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir W. Beddoe Rees	16,722	51.6
	Labour	D.J. Vaughan	15,702	48.4
Majority			1,020	3.2
Turnout				83.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir W. Beddoe Rees	15,235	52.7
	Labour	D.J. Vaughan	13,701	47.3
Majority			1,534	5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir W. Beddoe Rees	16,199	56.2
	Labour	D.J. Vaughan	12,650	43.8
Majority			3,549	12.3
	Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir William Howell Davies	13,761	68.2
	Labour	T.C. Lewis	6,409	31.8
Majority			7,352	36.4
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

Notes and references

Constituencies in South West England (55) Conservative (36) Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Newton Abbot North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire Stroud Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Tiverton and Honiton Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth West Dorset Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrats (15) Bath Bristol West Cheltenham Chippenham Mid Dorset and North Poole North Cornwall North Devon St Austell and Newquay St Ives Somerton and Frome Taunton Deane Thornbury and Yate Torbay Wells Yeovil Labour (4) Bristol East Bristol South Exeter Plymouth Moor View South West England European constituency: Conservative (3) UKIP (2) Liberal Democrats (1)