Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Bristol South East was a constituency^{[n 1]} in the city of Bristol that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.^{[n 2]}

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, mainly from the Bristol East constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election which saw the reintroduction of Bristol East. In boundary changes for the February 1974 general election, part of the constituency's territory was transferred to the new seat of Kingswood.

Sir Stafford Cripps won the seat comfortably from holding its main predecessor in 1950 and continued in government with the new seat for just over six months (he was at the time Chancellor of the Exchequer) before resigning from Parliament for health reasons. The final MP for the constituency was Tony Benn who served as Secretary of State (for Industry from 1974 to 1975 then as Secretary of State For Energy from 1975 to 1979), in the latter role, the UK saw the Winter of Discontent and power shortages. Benn ran in the near-overlapping successor seat, Bristol East in 1983 and was defeated by Conservative candidate Jonathan Sayeed.^{[n 3]}

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Hengrove, St George East, and St George West.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood, and the Urban District of Kingswood.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Knowle, St George East, St George West, Stockwood, and Windmill Hill.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1950	Sir Stafford Cripps	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1950 by-election	Tony Benn	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1961 (on petition)	Malcolm St Clair	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1963 by-election	Tony Benn	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Bristol East

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

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Cripps

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General election 1950: Bristol South East ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R. E. Simms	12,590	26.8
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frederick John Goudge	4,463	9.5
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jack Webb^[3]	524	1.1
Majority			16,803	35.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,970	85.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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1950 Bristol South East by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Lindsay	12,018	35.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Doreen Gorsky	2,752	8.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,349	21.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			34,137	61.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Bristol South East ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Lindsay	16,555	35.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			14,256	30.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			47,366	83.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: Bristol South East ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Cooke	17,210	40.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			8,047	19.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			42,467	77.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: Bristol South East ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Malcolm St Clair	20,446	43.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,827	12.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,739	81.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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Bristol South East by-election 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tony Benn	23,275	69.5	Script error: No such module "String".
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Turnout			33,506	56.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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Tony Benn was declared ineligible to sit in the House of Commons due to him having inherited a peerage, and Malcolm St. Clair was declared elected instead.

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Bristol South East by-election 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	National Fellowship Conservative	Edward Martell	4,834	19.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	M. P. Lloyd	287	1.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	G. Pearl	44	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			15,479	60.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			25,478	42.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1964: Bristol South East^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R. Stephen O'Brien	19,282	39.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,835	20.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			48,399	77.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: Bristol South East^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Christopher J.R. Pope	19,435	38.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,416	22.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			50,286	76.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Bristol South East^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Norman G. Reece	23,488	44.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,688	10.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			52,664	72.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Bristol South East ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Norman G. Reece	18,628	33.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	D. R. Grayson	9,870	17.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R.J. Bale	757	1.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Social Democrat	J.H. Robertson	668	1.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,912	14.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			56,463	81.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Bristol South East ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	J.P. Godwin	16,605	31.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R.S. Wardle	8,987	17.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R. J. Bale	775	1.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	World Middle Classes Party (WMPC)	R. R. Goding	457	0.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	P. Rowe	79	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,373	17.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			52,881	76.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: Bristol South East ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	J.P. Godwin	22,988	41.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	N.W.H. Tatam	6,371	11.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	J.D. Dowler	523	1.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tom Keen	66	0.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,890	3.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			54,826	78.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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Notes and references

Notes

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↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies from the 1950s the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of elections which are held at least every five years.
↑ Tony Benn returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1984, elected to serve Chesterfield.

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References

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
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↑ ^a ^b ^c British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983, FWS Craig

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