East Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Flintshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county	1960–1974: Flintshire 1974–1983: Clwyd
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Alyn & Deeside and Delyn
Created from	Flintshire

East Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

Boundaries

The constituency included all or most of Deeside, along with a substantial portion of the Flintshire coast up the Dee Estuary. It also included the detached portion of historic Flintshire to the South East of Wrexham.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Eirene White	Labour
	1970	Barry Jones	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

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General Election 1979: East Flintshire [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	29,339	48.3	-0.6
	Conservative	P Warburton-Jones	23,116	38.1	+6.5
	Liberal	A Carlile	6,736	11.1	-5.2
	Plaid Cymru	J Rogers	1,198	2.0	-1.2
	Communist	G Davies	307	0.5	+0.5
Majority			6,223	10.3	-7.1
Turnout			60,389	81.7	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

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General Election October 1974: East Flintshire [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	27,002	48.9	+1.4
	Conservative	MJA Penston	17,416	31.6	-0.7
	Liberal	A Carlile	8,986	16.3	-2.0
	Plaid Cymru	N Taylor	1,779	3.2	+1.2
Majority			9,586	17.4	+2.2
Turnout			55,183	79.7	-5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

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General Election February 1974: East Flintshire [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	27,663	47.5	+1.4
	Conservative	MJA Penston	18,811	32.3	-6.0
	Liberal	A Carlile	10,653	18.3	+7.1
	Plaid Cymru	N Taylor	1,135	2.0	-2.4
Majority			8,852	15.2	+7.4
Turnout			58,262	84.9	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

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General Election 1970: East Flintshire [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	24,227	46.1	-5.2
	Conservative	RM Aymes	20,145	38.3	+4.8
	Liberal	DO Diamond	5,888	11.2	-2.1
	Plaid Cymru	G Hughes	2,332	4.4	+2.5
Majority			4,082	7.8	-10.0
Turnout			52,592	81.1	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

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General Election 1966: East Flintshire [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	24,442	51.3	-2.9
	Conservative	F Hardman	15,960	33.5	-12.3
	Liberal	DO Diamond	6,348	13.3	+13.3
	Plaid Cymru	G Hughes	902	1.9	+1.9
Majority			8,482	17.8	+9.4
Turnout			47,652	86.5	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

In the 1966 general election Flintshire East had the 5th highest turnout of any UK constituency.^[7]

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General Election 1964: East Flintshire [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	25,469	54.2	+4.1
	Conservative	F Hardman	21,513	45.8	-4.1
Majority			3,956	8.4	+8.2
Turnout			46,982	86.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

In the 1964 general election Flintshire East had the 2nd highest turnout of any UK constituency.^[9]

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General Election 1959: East Flintshire [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	22,776	50.1	-2.5
	Conservative	F Hardman	22,701	49.9	+2.5
Majority			75	0.2	-5.0
Turnout			45,477	86.4	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

In the 1959 general election Flintshire East had the 9th highest turnout of any UK constituency.^[11]

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General Election 1955: East Flintshire [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	22,828	52.6	-1.2
	Conservative	Kenneth G Knee	20,554	47.4	+1.2
Majority			2,274	5.2	-2.4
Turnout			43,382	84.1	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

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General Election 1951: East Flintshire [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	23,959	53.8	+5.3
	Conservative	GBH Currie	20,580	46.2	+12.8
Majority			3,379	7.6	-7.5
Turnout			44,371	86.4	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

General Election 1950: East Flintshire [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eirene White	21,529	48.5
	Conservative	GBH Currie	14,832	33.4
	Liberal	SG Waterhouse	8,010	18.1
Majority			6,697	15.1
Turnout			44,371	88.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

Flintshire Principal settlements Afon-wen Bagillt Buckley Caerwys Connah's Quay Ewloe Flint Halkyn Holywell Mold Queensferry Saltney Shotton Communities (categorised list) Abermorddu Alltami Aston Park Bretton Broughton Bryn-y-Baal Brynford Cadole Caergwrle Calcoed Carmel Cefn-y-Bedd Cilcain Coed Talon Cymau Deeside Drury Ffrith Flint Mountain Ffynnongroew Greenfield Gronant Glyncorrwg Gwernymynydd Hawarden Holway Higher Kinnerton Hope Leeswood Llanfynydd Llanasa Leadmill Mancot Mostyn Mynydd Isa Nannerch Nercwys Northop Northop Hall Oakenholt Pantasaph Pantymwyn Pentre Halkyn Penyffordd (Buckley) Pen-y-Ffordd (Holywell) Penymynydd Pontblyddyn Rhosesmor Rhes-y-Cae Rhydymwyn Sealand Soughton/Sychdyn Saltney Ferry Talacre Trelogan Treuddyn Whitford Ysceifiog See also: More communities Wards Geography Alyn Gorge Basingwerk Abbey Bretton Bridge Caerwys Rectory Clwydian Range Caergwrle Castle Dee Estuary Ewloe Castle Flint Castle Flintshire Bridge The Gop Greenfield Valley Heritage Park Hawarden Castle Holy Trinity Church Moel Famau Moel y Gaer Moel y Parc Mold Castle Mostyn Colliery Nant-y-Ffrith Ogof Nadolig Point of Ayr Point of Ayr Gas Terminal River Alyn River Cegidog River Dee River Terrig St Bartholomew's Church St Mary's Church (Cilcain) St Mary's Church (Halkyn) St Mary's Church (Mold) St Winefride's Well Talacre Beach Wepre Park See also The historic county The UK Parliament constituency Alyn and Deeside Broughton Shopping Park Delyn East Flintshire Flintshire County Council Flintshire Local Education Authority Holywell Rural District Maelor Saesneg Maelor Rural District Mold cape Point of Ayr Colliery Company Prestatyn Coal Company RAF Sealand Borough of Rhuddlan West Flintshire Western Mostyn Colliery Company Categories: History Notable people Sport Visitor attractions The five largest urban areas are marked in bold text.

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