Ravensbourne | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
February 1974–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bromley & Chislehurst, Beckenham and Orpington |
Created from | Bromley |
Ravensbourne was a borough constituency in south London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first-past-the-post system. It existed from the February 1974 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
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This was a safe Conservative seat held by Sir John Hunt for the entire period of its existence.
The constituency was created as Bromley, Ravensbourne and was initially made up of five wards of the London Borough of Bromley: Bromley Common, Keston & Hayes, Martins Hill & Town, West Wickham North and West Wickham South.[1]
In 1983 the constituency was renamed Ravensbourne, and redefined as comprising the following wards: Biggin Hill, Bromley Common & Keston, Darwin, Hayes, Martins Hill and Town, West Wickham North and West Wickham South.[2] Biggin Hill and Darwin wards had previously formed part of the Bromley, Orpington constituency.[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir John Hunt | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Bromley and Chislehurst, Beckenham & Orpington |
General Election 1992: Ravensbourne[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir John Hunt | 29,506 | 63.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | PJH Booth | 9,792 | 21.0 | −4.3 | |
Labour | EW Dyer | 6,182 | 13.3 | +2.0 | |
Green | IJ Mouland | 617 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | P White | 318 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | JW Shepheard | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,714 | 42.4 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,520 | 81.2 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
General Election 1987: Ravensbourne[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Hunt | 28,295 | 62.96 | -0.09 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | G Campbell | 11,376 | 25.31 | ||
Labour | M D'Arcy | 5,087 | 11.32 | ||
BNP | Alfred Waite | 184 | 0.41 | -0.15 | |
Majority | 16,919 | 37.65 | |||
Turnout | 44,939 | 75.7 |
General Election 1983: Ravensbourne[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Hunt | 27,143 | 63.05 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | CM Boston | 11,631 | 27.02 | ||
Labour | JR Holbrook | 4,037 | 9.38 | ||
BNP | AT Shotton | 242 | 0.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,512 | 36.03 | |||
Turnout | 43,055 | 73.21 |
General Election 1979: Ravensbourne[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Hunt | 22,501 | 60.92 | ||
Liberal | W Shipley | 7,111 | 19.25 | ||
Labour | JR Holbrook | 6,848 | 18.54 | ||
National Front | S Greene | 478 | 1.29 | ||
Majority | 15,390 | 41.66 | |||
Turnout | 36,938 | 77.6 |
General Election October 1974: Ravensbourne[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Hunt | 18,318 | 51.01 | ||
Liberal | DEA Crowe | 9,813 | 27.33 | ||
Labour | C Howes | 7,204 | 20.06 | ||
National Front | I Stevens | 574 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 8,505 | 23.68 | |||
Turnout | 35,910 | 73.98 |
General Election February 1974: Ravensbourne[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Hunt | 20,420 | 51.47 | ||
Liberal | D Crowe | 11,523 | 29.05 | ||
Labour | HA Hession | 6,943 | 17.5 | ||
National Front | G Parker | 786 | 1.98 | ||
Majority | 8,897 | 22.43 | |||
Turnout | 39,673 | 82.5 |