Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bristol South in Avon for the 2010 general election.
Location of Avon within England.
County	City of Bristol
Population	107,365 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	78,703 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Karin Smyth (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Bristol South is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Karin Smyth of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Borough of Bristol wards of Bedminster East, Bedminster West, Bristol, and Redcliffe, and part of the civil parish of Bedminster.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Bedminster East, Bedminster West, and Southville, and part of Somerset ward.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Bedminster, Somerset, Southville, and Windmill Hill.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Hengrove, Somerset, and Southville.

1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe, Knowle, Southville, Whitchurch Park, and Windmill Hill.

1997-present: The City of Bristol wards of Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Filwood, Hartcliffe, Hengrove, Knowle, Southville, Whitchurch Park, and Windmill Hill.

The constituency covers the south-west of Bristol, bounded by the Avon New Cut to the north, the A37 Wells Road to the east, and the city boundaries to the south and west.

History

The seat has elected Labour MPs since 1935. The closest result, giving a marginal majority, was the 1987 election where Dawn Primarolo won a majority of 2.7% of the vote — in that election the Social Democratic Party, a 'moderate' breakaway party from the Labour Party,^{[n 3]} won 19.6% of the vote.

The incumbent prior to Smyth was Dame Dawn Primarolo who held the seat for 28 years. She was a Minister of the Crown in the Blair Ministry and throughout the Coalition Government 2010 was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	Sir Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal
1886	Sir Edward Stock Hill	Conservative
1900	Walter Hume Long	Conservative
1906	Sir William Howell Davies	Liberal
1922	Sir Beddoe Rees	Liberal
1929	Alexander Walkden	Labour
1931	Noel Ker Lindsay	Conservative
1935	Alexander Walkden	Labour
1945	William Wilkins	Labour
1970	Michael Cocks	Labour
1987	Dawn Primarolo	Labour
2015	Karin Smyth	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Bristol South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karin Smyth^[5]	32,666	60.1	+21.7
	Conservative	Mark Weston	16,679	30.7	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Nutland^[6]	1,821	3.3	-5.3
	UKIP	Ian Kealey	1,672	3.1	-13.4
	Green	Tony Dyer^[7]	1,428	2.6	-8.9
	Independent	John Langley	116	0.2	+0.2
Majority			15,987	29.4	+15.4
Turnout			54,382	65.5	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

General Election 2015: Bristol South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karin Smyth ^[9]	19,505	38.4	-0.1
	Conservative	Isobel Grant ^[10]	12,377	24.3	+1.4
	UKIP	Steve Wood ^[11]	8,381	16.5	+13.9
	Green	Tony Dyer ^[12]	5,861	11.5	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wright ^[13]	4,416	8.7	-20.0
	TUSC	Tom Baldwin ^[14]	302	0.6	+0.2
Majority			7,128	14.0	+4.2
Turnout			50,842	62.0	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

General Election 2010: Bristol South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	18,600	38.4	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wright	13,866	28.7	+4.9
	Conservative	Mark Lloyd Davies	11,086	22.9	+3.3
	BNP	Colin Chidsey	1,739	3.6	N/A
	UKIP	Colin McNamee	1,264	2.6	−0.5
	Green	Charles Bolton	1,216	2.5	−2.5
	English Democrat	Craig Clarke	400	0.8	N/A
	TUSC	Tom Baldwin	206	0.4	N/A
Majority			4,734	9.8	−15.1
Turnout			48,377	61.6	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	20,778	49.1	−7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kay Barnard	9,636	22.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Graham Hill	8,466	20.0	−2.3
	Green	Charlie Bolton	2,127	5.0	+2.0
	UKIP	Mark Dent	1,321	3.1	+1.9
Majority			11,142	26.3
Turnout			42,328	59.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.9

General Election 2001: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	23,299	56.9	−3.1
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	9,118	22.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Main	6,078	14.8	+1.4
	Green	Glenn Vowles	1,233	3.0	+1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Drummond	496	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Chris Prasad	496	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Giles Shorter	250	0.6	N/A
Majority			14,181	34.6
Turnout			40,970	56.5	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	29,890	60.0	+9.8
	Conservative	Michael Roe	10,562	21.2	−11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Williams	6,691	13.4	−2.2
	Referendum	Derek W. Guy	1,486	3.0	N/A
	Green	John H. Boxall	722	1.5	0
	Socialist Alternative	Ian P. Marshall	355	0.7	N/A
	Glow Bowling Party	Louis P. Taylor	153	0.3	N/A
Majority			19,328	38.8
Turnout			49,859	68.9	−8.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bristol South^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	25,164	50.2	+9.3
	Conservative	John Bercow	16,245	32.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul N. Crossley	7,822	15.6	−3.9
	Green	John H. Boxall	756	1.5	+0.3
	Natural Law	Neil D. Phillips	136	0.3	+0.3
Majority			8,919	17.8	+15.0
Turnout			50,123	77.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	20,798	40.9
	Conservative	Philip Cutcher	19,394	38.1
	Social Democratic	Hilary Long	9,952	19.6
	Green	Glenn Vowles	600	1.2
	Red Front	Carol Meghji	149	0.3
Majority			1,404	2.7
Turnout				74.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Cocks	21,824	44.0
	Conservative	Alistair B. Gammell	17,405	35.1
	Social Democratic	David M. Stanbury	9,674	19.5
	Ecology	Geoff Collard	352	0.7
	Communist	A. Chester	224	0.5
	Workers Revolutionary	L.J. Byrne	113	0.2
Majority			4,419	8.9
Turnout				68.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Cocks	25,038	57.9
	Conservative	Terry Dicks	13,855	32.1
	Liberal	C.J. Bidwell	3,815	8.8
	National Front	K.G. Elliott	392	0.9
	Workers Revolutionary	L.J. Cheek	135	0.3
Majority			11,183	25.8
Turnout				71.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Cocks	25,108	59.3
	Conservative	R.J. Kellaway	10,124	23.9
	Liberal	D.R.F. Burrows	6,289	14.9
	National Front	P.H. Gannaway	795	1.9
Majority			14,984	35.4
Turnout				69.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Cocks	24,909	55.2
	Conservative	R.J. Kellaway	11,742	26.0
	Liberal	H.J. Stevens	7,499	16.6
	National Front	P.H. Gannaway	1,006	2.2
Majority			13,167	29.2
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Cocks	24,662	61.8
	Conservative	David Hunt	15,254	38.2
Majority			9,428	23.6
Turnout				64.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	26,552	67.1
	Conservative	Robert William Wall	12,998	32.9
Majority			13,554	34.2
Turnout				69.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	26,569	63.5
	Conservative	Robert William Wall	15,282	36.5
Majority			11,287	27.0
Turnout				72.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	27,010	60.8
	Conservative	George Edward McWatters	17,428	39.2
Majority			9,582	21.6
Turnout				75.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	24,954	64.1
	Conservative	George Edward McWatters	13,978	35.9
Majority			10,976	28.2
Turnout				74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	24,444	63.3
	Conservative	Herbert E.P. Buckle	14,161	36.7
Majority			10,283	26.6
Turnout				84.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	23,456	59.9
	Conservative	Lynch Maydon	12,473	31.8
	Liberal	Harold Tutt Kay	3,259	8.3
Majority			10,983	28.1
Turnout				85.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William A. Wilkins	24,929	58.8
	Conservative	Ted Leather	12,379	29.2
	Liberal	Douglas Arthur Jones	5,083	12.0
Majority			12,550	29.6
Turnout				75.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Walkden	22,586	50.4
	Conservative	Noel Ker Lindsay	20,153	45.0
	Liberal	John Osborne Marshall Skelton	2,090	4.7
Majority			2,433	5.4
Turnout				76.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Noel Ker Lindsay	26,694	60.9
	Labour	Alexander Walkden	17,174	39.1
Majority			9,520	21.8
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alexander Walkden	23,591	56.5	+8.1
	Liberal	Beddoe Rees	18,194	43.5	−8.1
Majority			5,397	13.0	N/A
Turnout			41,785	80.9	−2.1
Registered electors			51,628
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

General Election 1924: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Beddoe Rees	16,722	51.6	−1.1
	Labour	David Vaughan	15,702	48.4	+1.1
Majority			1,020	3.2	−2.2
Turnout			32,424	83.0	+8.2
Registered electors			39,056
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

General Election 1923: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Beddoe Rees	15,235	52.7	−3.5
	Labour	David Vaughan	13,701	47.3	+3.5
Majority			1,534	5.3	−7.0
Turnout			28,936	74.8	−1.1
Registered electors			38,675
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

General Election 1922: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Beddoe Rees	16,199	56.2	*N/A*
	Labour	David Vaughan	12,650	43.8	+12.0
Majority			3,549	12.3	N/A
Turnout			28,849	75.9	+19.3
Registered electors			38,030
	National Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Davies

General Election 1918: Bristol South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Howell Davies*	13,761	68.2
	Labour	Thomas Lewis	6,409	31.8
Majority			7,352	36.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1900s

Walter Long

General Election 1906: Bristol South^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Howell Davies	7,964	60.2	+13.2
	Conservative	Walter Long	5,272	39.8	-13.2
Majority			2,692	20.4	26.4
Turnout				88.6	+10.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.2

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 also spoiler effect

References

↑ "Bristol South: 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. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Bristol South 1885-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Bristol South". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristols-four-mps-defending-seats-27847
↑ https://twitter.com/BenNutland/status/860811455804960768
↑ http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-11-04/green-mep-to-stand-for-bristol-west-in-general-election/
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bristol-south-2015.html
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bristol-south-2015.html
↑ http://www.bristol.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council_and_democracy/elections/BRISTOL%20SOUTH%20-%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-UKPGE%20-.pdf%5B%5D
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bristol-south-2015.html
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bristol-south-2015.html
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bristol South — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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Coordinates: 51°25′41″N 2°35′09″W / 51.42808°N 2.58587°W / 51.42808; -2.58587

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