Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bristol East in Avon for the 2010 general election.
Location of Avon within England.
County	City of Bristol
Population	95,368 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	69,347 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bristol South East
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Bristol South East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Bristol East is a constituency^{[n 1]} covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat is in its second period of existence, the first period was 1885–1950^{[n 3]} and the present period started in 1983.

The most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament has been Sir Stafford Cripps, MP between 1931 and 1950, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950. The only Conservative Party MP to have represented Bristol East was Jonathan Sayeed (served 1983–1992), who won when he defeated Tony Benn, the sitting MP for Bristol South East (which made up the majority of the new seat). Benn was in effect the leader of his own large faction on the left of the Labour Party at the time.

The Liberal Democrats won the largest share of the vote for parties of the centre since 1929 at the 2005 election at 25.2% of the vote.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and part of Easton ward.

1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood.

1997-2010: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.

2010-present: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.

The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol, directly from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to its outer neighbourhoods however excluding surrounding settlements.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1885	Handel Cossham	Liberal
	1890	Sir Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal
	1895	Sir William Henry Wills, Bt	Liberal
	1900	Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse	Liberal
	1918	George Bryant Britton	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Harold Spencer Morris	National Liberal
	1923	Walter John Baker	Labour
	1931	Sir Stafford Cripps	Labour
	1939		Independent Labour
	1945		Labour
1950		constituency abolished – see Bristol South East

MPs 1983–present

	Member^[4]	Party
1983	Jonathan Sayeed	Conservative
1992	Jean Corston	Labour
2005	Kerry McCarthy	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bristol East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry McCarthy	18,148	39.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Theodora Clarke	14,168	30.7	+2.3
	UKIP	James McMurray	7,152	15.5	+12.1
	Green	Lorraine Francis^[6]	3,827	8.3	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Malik	2,689	5.8	-18.6
	TUSC	Matt Gordon^[7]	229	0.5	+0.1
Majority			3,980	8.6	+0.3
Turnout			46,213	64.2	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 2010: Bristol East^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry McCarthy	16,471	36.6	−8.9
	Conservative	Adeela Shafi	12,749	28.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Popham	10,993	24.4	+4.7
	BNP	Brian Jenkins	1,960	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Philip Collins	1,510	3.4	+0.7
	Green	Glenn Vowles	803	1.8	−0.9
	English Democrats	Stephen Wright	347	0.8	N/A
	TUSC	Rae Lynch	184	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,722	8.3
Turnout			45,017	64.8	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bristol East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry McCarthy	19,152	45.9	−9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip James	10,531	25.2	+8.1
	Conservative	Julia Manning	8,787	21.1	−0.7
	Green	Arjuna Krishna-Das	1,586	3.8	+1.0
	UKIP	Jean Smith	1,132	2.7	+1.3
	Respect	Paulette North	532	1.3	N/A
Majority			8,621	20.7
Turnout			41,720	61.3	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.6

General Election 2001: Bristol East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Corston	22,180	55.0
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	8,788	21.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Niblett	6,915	17.1
	Green	Geoff Collard	1,110	2.8
	UKIP	Roger Marsh	572	1.4
	Socialist Labour	Michael Langley	438	1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew Pryor	331	0.8
Majority			13,392	33.2
Turnout			40,334	57.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bristol East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Corston	27,418	56.9
	Conservative	Ed Vaizey	11,259	23.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Tyzack	7,121	14.8
	Referendum	Gerry Philip	1,479	3.1
	Socialist Labour	Paul Williams	766	1.6
	Natural Law	John McLaggan	158	0.3
Majority			16,159	33.5
Turnout			48,201	69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bristol East^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Corston	22,418	44.6	+9.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Sayeed	19,726	39.2	−4.4
	Liberal Democrat	John F. Kiely	7,903	15.7	−4.7
	National Front	Ian Anderson	270	0.5	−0.1
Majority			2,692	5.4	−2.9
Turnout			50,317	80.3	+1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bristol East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Sayeed	21,906	43.6	+3.1
	Labour	Ronald Richard Thomas	17,783	35.4	−1.5
	Liberal	Donald Michael Ellison Foster	10,247	20.4	−0.9
	National Front	Philip Michael Kingston	286	0.6	−0.1
Majority			4,123	8.2	+4.6
Turnout			50,222	78.7	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bristol East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Sayeed	19,844	40.5	N/A
	Labour	Tony Benn	18,055	36.9	N/A
	Liberal	Peter Edward Tyrer	10,404	21.3	N/A
	National Front	Ernest Hector Andrews	343	0.7	N/A
	Ecology	Mrs. Gundula Audrey Dorey	311	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,789	3.6	N/A
Turnout			48,957	73.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Sir Richard Stafford Cripps	27,975	73.5
	Conservative	T.D. Corpe	10,073	26.5
Majority			12,550	47.1
Turnout				76.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Richard Stafford Cripps	22,009	59.3
	National Labour	Archibald George Church	15,126	40.7
Majority			6,883	18.5
Turnout				75.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Richard Stafford Cripps	19,435	50.6
	Conservative	J.M. Spreull	19,006	49.4
Majority			429	1.1
Turnout				80.2
	Labour hold		Swing

^[17]

Bristol East by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Richard Stafford Cripps	19,261	61.7
	Conservative	Peter John Feilding Chapman-Walker	7,937	25.4
	Liberal	Edward Baker	4,010	12.8
Majority			11,324	36.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter John Baker	24,197	65.8	+7.6
	Liberal	Charles Gordon-Spencer	12,576	34.2	-7.6
Majority			11,621	31.6	+15.2
Turnout				78.2	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

W.J. Baker

General Election 1924: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter John Baker	16,920	58.2
	Liberal	Herbert John Maggs	12,143	41.8
Majority			4,777	16.4
Turnout				79.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter John Baker	14,824	53.7	+4.0
	Liberal	Harold Spencer Morris	12,788	46.3	-4.0
Majority			2,036	7.4	8.0
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0

General Election 1922: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Harold Spencer Morris	13,910	50.3
	Labour	Luke Henry Bateman	13,759	49.7
Majority			151	0.5
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Hobhouse

General Election 1918: Bristol East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	George Bryant Britton	9,434	49.6
	Labour	Luke Henry Bateman	8,135	42.8
	Liberal	Sir Rt Hon. Sir Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse	1,447	7.6
Majority			1,299	6.8
	Coalition Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

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.
↑ See the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

References

↑ "Bristol East: 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.
↑ "Bristol East 1885-1950". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Bristol East 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.swgreen.org.uk/swconmap.php?n=92
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
↑ "Bristol East result". BBC Election 2010 (BBC). 20 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Cooke, Colin (1957) The Life of Richard Stafford Cripps, p.119

Sources

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bristol East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
Interviews with the 2005 parliamentary candidates

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South West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Green (1) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

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