Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)
Luton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Major settlements | Luton |
1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Luton North and Luton South |
Created from | Luton |
Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of the Luton constituency in 1974 and, with Luton West, divided into Luton North and Luton South in 1983.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ivor Clemitson | Labour | |
1979 | Graham Bright | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
General Election February 1974: Luton East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,137 | 40.15 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Simeons | 15,712 | 36.81 | N/A | |
Liberal | J Fisher | 9,680 | 22.68 | N/A | |
Independent | JM Bard | 155 | 0.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,425 | 3.34 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 80.47 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
General Election October 1974: Luton East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,877 | 45.46 | ||
Conservative | A Johnston | 14,200 | 36.11 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 6,947 | 17.67 | ||
Property Developer | L Byrne | 299 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | 3,677 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 73.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
General Election, 1979: Luton East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Graham Bright | 17,809 | 43.72 | ||
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 16,962 | 41.64 | ||
Liberal | D Franks | 5,285 | 12.98 | ||
National Front | MG Kerry | 461 | 1.13 | N/A | |
Communist | CT Mitchell | 107 | 0.26 | N/A | |
Committee for the Prevention of a Police State | JN Bardwaj | 61 | 0.15 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Lynn | 45 | 0.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 847 | 2.08 | |||
Turnout | 77.69 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies