South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Bedfordshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
South Bedfordshire was a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Edward Moeran | Labour | |
1951 | Norman Cole | Conservative | |
1966 | Gwilym Roberts | Labour | |
1970 | David Madel | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Bedfordshire South[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William A Fearnley-Whittingstall | 18,546 | 40.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Edward Warner Moeran | 20,070 | 45.3 | n/a | |
Liberal | James Stewart Knight | 5,725 | 12.9 | n/a | |
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Labour win | |||||
General Election 1951:[2]
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | |||||
Labour | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955:[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | |||||
Labour | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: South Bedfordshire[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman John Cole | 25,861 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Walter Hamlet Johnson | 21,102 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal | Renee Rachel Soskin | 7,912 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | 4,759 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,875 | 83.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964:[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Dennis J. Nisbet | ||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966: South Bedfordshire[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | |||||
Conservative | |||||
Liberal | Hamilton Simonds-Gooding | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: South Bedfordshire[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | |||||
Labour | |||||
Liberal | Godfrey Shocket | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig