Bristol North West (UK Parliament constituency)
Bristol North West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Bristol North West in Avon for the 2010 general election. | |
Location of Avon within England. | |
County | Bristol |
Population | 100,809 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,920 (December 2010)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | Charlotte Leslie (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Bristol North West is a constituency[n 1] to the north and north-west of Bristol city centre represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Charlotte Leslie of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile and history
This constituency is a longstanding bellwether, having elected the candidate of the winning party in the nine general elections since October 1974 (inclusive) which elected the Labour Government 1974-1979.
Party positions altered completely in 2010 with the Liberal Democrat candidate, Paul Harrod achieving second place with a slightly larger one party swing, of 11.4%, than winning candidate Charlotte Leslie and saw a fresh Labour Party candidate suffer a large decrease in percentage of the Labour vote of 20.8%.[n 3]
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Avon, Henbury, Horfield, Southmead, and Westbury-on-Trym.
1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Avonmouth, Henbury, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, Southmead, and Westbury-on-Trym; and the District of Northavon wards of Filton Charborough, Filton Conygre, Filton Northville, Stoke Gifford North, and Stoke Gifford South.
1997-2010: The City of Bristol wards of Avonmouth, Henbury, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, and Southmead; and the District of Northavon wards of Filton Charborough, Filton Conygre, Filton Northville, Patchway Callicroft, Patchway Coniston, Patchway Stoke Lodge, Stoke Gifford North, and Stoke Gifford South.
2010-present: The City of Bristol wards of Avonmouth, Henbury, Henleaze, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, Southmead, Stoke Bishop, and Westbury-on-Trym.
Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England into parliamentary representation in the former county of Avon Somerset and Gloucestershire the constituency had boundary changes at the 2010 general election.[3] In particular, the constituency is now wholly contained within the City of Bristol: the areas of Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke, which are in the South Gloucestershire district were transferred to a new Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency. At the same time, the areas of Stoke Bishop, Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym were gained from Bristol West.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4][5] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Gurney Braithwaite | Conservative | |
1955 | Christopher Boyd | Labour | |
1959 | Martin McLaren | Conservative | |
1966 | John Ellis | Labour | |
1970 | Martin McLaren | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | Ronald Thomas | Labour | |
1979 | Michael Colvin | Conservative | |
1983 | Michael Stern | Conservative | |
1997 | Doug Naysmith | Labour Co-operative | |
2010 | Charlotte Leslie | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Bristol North West[6][7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Clare Campion-Smith | ||||
Labour | Darren Jones | ||||
TUSC | Anne Lemon | ||||
Conservative | Charlotte Leslie | ||||
UKIP | Michael Frost | ||||
Green | Justin Quinnell[8] | ||||
Going into the 2015 general election, this is the 117th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Liberal Democrats requiring a swing from the Conservatives of 3.3% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).[9]
In 2015, the Class War Party announced Steve Norman as its candidate,[10] but he failed to stand.
General Election 2010: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charlotte Leslie | 19,115 | 38.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Harrod | 15,841 | 31.5 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Sam Townend | 13,059 | 25.9 | −12.2 | |
UKIP | Robert Upton | 1,175 | 2.3 | +0.7 | |
English Democrats | Ray Carr | 635 | 1.3 | −0.4 | |
Green | Alex Dunn | 511 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 3,274 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 50,336 | 68.5 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 15.45[n 4] | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Doug Naysmith | 22,192 | 46.7 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Alastair Watson | 13,230 | 27.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Hoyle | 9,545 | 20.1 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Christopher Lees | 1,132 | 2.4 | −0.1 | |
English Democrats | Michael Blundell | 828 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | Graeme Jones | 565 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,962 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,492 | 61.1 | +0.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
General Election 2001: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Doug Naysmith | 24,236 | 52.1 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Hansard | 13,349 | 28.7 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Tyzack | 7,387 | 15.9 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Diane Carr | 1,140 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Vince Horrigan | 371 | 0.8 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 10,887 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,483 | 60.4 | −15.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Doug Naysmith | 27,575 | 49.9 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Stern | 16,193 | 29.3 | −13.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Parry | 7,263 | 13.2 | −1.0 | |
Independent Labour | Charles Horton | 1,718 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Referendum Party | John Quintanillia | 1,609 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Giles Shorter | 482 | 0.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Stephen Parnell | 265 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Thomas Leighton | 140 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,382 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.7 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.3 | |||
General Election 1992: Bristol North West[11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Michael Stern | 25,354 | 42.3 | −4.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Doug Naysmith | 25,309 | 42.3 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | John D. Taylor | 8,498 | 14.2 | −4.6 | |
Independent Ind SD | Mrs Hilary S. Long | 729 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 45 | 0.1 | −11.9 | ||
Turnout | 59,890 | 82.3 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Michael Stern | 26,953 | 46.6 | ||
Labour | Terence William Walker | 20,001 | 34.6 | ||
Social Democratic | John Marcus Givens Kirkcaldy | 10,885 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | 6,952 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 79.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7[n 5] | |||
General Election 1983: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Michael Stern | 24,617 | 43.9 | ||
Labour Co-op | Dr. Sarah R. Palmer | 18,290 | 32.6 | ||
Social Democratic | Mrs Hilary S. Long | 13,228 | 23.6 | ||
Majority | 6,327 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 76.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.65[n 6] | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Michael Colvin | 25,915 | 48.6 | ||
Labour | Ronald Thomas | 21,238 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal | G.A. Davis | 5,857 | 11.0 | ||
National Front | P.M. Kingston | 264 | 0.5 | ||
Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain | T.L. Keen | 73 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 4,677 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 81.3 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.0 | |||
General Election October 1974: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ronald Thomas | 22,156 | 42.1 | ||
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 21,523 | 40.9 | ||
Liberal | E. David | 8,914 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 633 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 79.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.3 | |||
General Election February 1974: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 21,569 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Ronald Thomas | 20,919 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal | E. David | 11,312 | 20.9 | ||
Independent | T.E. Wetherall | 440 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 650 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 82.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
General Election 1970: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 24,124 | 47.6 | ||
Labour | John Ellis | 23,075 | 45.5 | ||
Liberal | H.J. Stevens | 3,299 | 6.5 | ||
Communist | W.E. Williams | 227 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 1,049 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 78.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.75 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Ellis | 24,195 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 23,526 | 48.7 | ||
Communist | B. Underwood | 595 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 669 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.0 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.8[n 7] | |||
General Election 1964: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 22,129 | 45.1 | ||
Labour | David John Watkins | 21,030 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal | T.G. Douglas | 5,883 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 1,099 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 83.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.9[n 8] | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Martin McLaren | 24,938 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Christopher Boyd | 23,019 | 48.0 | ||
Majority | 1,919 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 82.9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 3.9 | |||
General Election 1955: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher Boyd | 22,950 | 51.9 | ||
Conservative | Sir Gurney Braithwaite | 21,295 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 1,655 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 79.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.5 | |||
General Election 1951: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 28,394 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | C. Morris | 24,553 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 3,841 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 86.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2[n 9] | |||
General Election 1950: Bristol North West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 23,884 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Morris | 21,394 | 42.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Florence Mary Pugh | 4,784 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,490 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 85.1 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
- Constituency created 1950 from parts of Bristol West and Thornbury constituencies
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ This was one of the largest negative one-party swings for a Labour candidate nationally in 2010.
- ↑ Labour to Conservative: for Others to Conservative the swing was 10.1%
- ↑ Others to Conservative; Labour to Conservative swing was 0.7%
- ↑ Conservative to Liberal/SDP. Labour to Conservative: 2.5%
- ↑ 4.6% swing Others to Labour
- ↑ Conservative to Others
- ↑ Others to Conservative swing: 5.9%
- References
- ↑ "Bristol North West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituencies in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Bristol North West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/bristolnorthwest/
- ↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/17049/19-12-2014/more-tusc-candidates-in-place-as-election-challenge-grows
- ↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/105854
- ↑ Ransome Mpini; Charlotte Thornton; John Walton; Marcelo Zanni (24 February 2014). "Election 2015: The political battleground". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/4726/steve-norman
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
External Links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bristol North West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.