Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)
Huyton | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Huyton was a county constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1950, it was centred on Huyton in Lancashire (later Merseyside), North West England, just beyond the borders of the city of Liverpool. Its one and only Member of Parliament throughout its existence was Labour MP Harold Wilson, who became Labour Party leader in 1963, then serving as prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.
The constituency ceased to exist with the implementation of the 1983 boundary changes and was replaced by Knowsley South. This coincided with Wilson's retirement from parliament.[1]
The Liberals first ran a candidate in the constituency on its creation in 1950, but did not run one again until 24 years later in 1974, by which time Harold Wilson had become Leader of the Labour Party and served two terms as Prime Minister. The party finished in third place in all the elections it contested in this seat.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Huyton-with-Roby, Kirkby, and Prescot; and the Parishes of Eccleston, Knowsley, and Windle in the Rural District of Whiston.
1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Huyton-with-Roby and Prescot; and the Parishes of Eccleston, Knowsley, and Windle in the Rural District of Whiston.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Harold Wilson | Labour | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Harold Wilson | 27,449 | 51.9 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Garnet Harrison | 19,939 | 37.7 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | P Cottier | 5,476 | 10.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 7,510 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 52,864 | 72.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
General Election October 1974: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Harold Wilson | 31,750 | 60.8 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | William Peters | 15,517 | 29.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Michael Paul Braham | 4,956 | 9.5 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 16,233 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 52,223 | 71.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
General Election February 1974: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Harold Wilson | 31,767 | 56.7 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Benyon | 16,462 | 29.4 | ||
Liberal | N Snowden | 7,584 | 13.5 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 234 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 15,305 | 27.3 | |||
Turnout | 56,047 | 77.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Harold Wilson | 45,583 | 63.1 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | John Nicholas McAlpine Entwistle | 24,509 | 33.9 | +1.3 | |
Democratic | John Walter Gerald Sparrow | 1,232 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Communist | Joseph Ivor Kenny | 890 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,074 | 29.1 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 72,214 | 70.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 41,122 | 66.4 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | T L Hobday | 20,182 | 32.6 | −2.1 | |
National Teenage Party | David Sutch | 585 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,940 | 33.8 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 61,889 | 70.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
General Election 1964: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 42,213 | 63.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Harold Tucker | 22,940 | 34.7 | −10.4 | |
Communist Anti-Revisionist | Michael Claude Watkins Baker | 899 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,273 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 66,052 | 76.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 33,111 | 54.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | G.B. Woolfenden | 27,184 | 45.1 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 5,927 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 60,295 | 77.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
General Election 1955: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 24,858 | 52.7 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Geraint Morgan | 22,300 | 47.3 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 2,558 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 47,158 | 78.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 23,582 | 51.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | F L Neep | 22,389 | 48.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 1,193 | 2.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,971 | 84.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Huyton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harold Wilson | 21,536 | 48.4 | ||
Conservative | S Smart | 20,702 | 46.5 | ||
Liberal | H Griffith Edwards | 1,905 | 4.3 | ||
Communist | L McGree | 387 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 834 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 44,530 | 85.0 | |||
See also
References
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- Election results, 1950 - 1979
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Belper |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1963–1964 |
Succeeded by Kinross and Perthshire West |
Preceded by Kinross and Perthshire West |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1964–1970 |
Succeeded by Bexley |
Preceded by Bexley |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1970–1974 |
Succeeded by Sidcup |
Preceded by Sidcup |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1974–1976 |
Succeeded by Cardiff South East |