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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was named after the town of Bridlington.
Bridlington | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1950–1974 East Riding of Yorkshire 1974–1996 Humberside 1996–1997 East Riding of Yorkshire |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Buckrose and Holderness |
Replaced by | Beverley and Holderness and East Yorkshire |
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created in 1950 from the former seat of Buckrose. It was abolished in 1997 and most of its territory transferred to the East Yorkshire seat.
1950–1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Bridlington and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Driffield, Filey, Hornsea, and Withernsea, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington, Driffield, and Holderness.
1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bridlington and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Filey, Hornsea, and Withernsea, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington and Holderness.[1] The two Driffield districts were transferred to the new Howden constituency.
1983–1997: The Borough of East Yorkshire wards of Bridlington Bessingby, Bridlington Hilderthorpe, Bridlington Old Town East, Bridlington Old Town West, Bridlington Quay North, Bridlington Quay South, Coastal, Driffield North, Driffield South, Hutton Cranswick, Lowland, Nafferton, Roman, St John, and Viking, and the Borough of Holderness. Driffield transferred back from Howden.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Richard Wood | Conservative | |
1979 | John Townend | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 26,124 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal | George Wadsworth | 16,158 | 31.5 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Pashby | 9,013 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 9,966 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,295 | 81.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 30,576 | 61.09 | ||
Labour | Gerard McQuade | 12,931 | 25.83 | ||
Liberal | Douglas Eugene Moore | 6,546 | 13.08 | ||
Majority | 17,645 | 35.26 | |||
Turnout | 50,053 | 78.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,880 | 70.92 | ||
Labour | Kathleen M Roberts | 10,614 | 29.08 | ||
Majority | 15,266 | 41.84 | |||
Turnout | 36,494 | 69.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 27,438 | 73.20 | ||
Labour | Harry Moor | 10,047 | 26.80 | ||
Majority | 17,391 | 46.40 | |||
Turnout | 37,485 | 68.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 22,729 | 56.50 | ||
Labour | Kevin McNamara | 9,002 | 22.38 | ||
Liberal | John J MacCallum | 8,494 | 21.12 | New | |
Majority | 13,727 | 34.12 | |||
Turnout | 40,225 | 72.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 21,976 | 54.58 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Tomlinson | 11,939 | 29.65 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Silverwood | 6,349 | 15.77 | ||
Majority | 10,037 | 24.93 | |||
Turnout | 40,264 | 71.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,053 | 58.10 | ||
Labour | Harold A. Clarke | 11,546 | 26.79 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Silverwood | 6,495 | 15.07 | ||
Majority | 13,507 | 31.31 | |||
Turnout | 43,094 | 68.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 25,711 | 51.21 | ||
Liberal | JMS Cherry | 14,715 | 29.31 | ||
Labour | AAW Dix | 9,780 | 19.48 | ||
Majority | 10,996 | 21.90 | |||
Turnout | 50,206 | 76.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Wood | 21,901 | 49.07 | ||
Liberal | JMS Cherry | 11,795 | 26.43 | ||
Labour | AAW Dix | 9,946 | 22.29 | ||
National Front | F Day | 987 | 2.21 | New | |
Majority | 10,106 | 22.64 | |||
Turnout | 44,629 | 67.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 27,988 | 54.80 | ||
Labour | PJ Doyle | 12,693 | 24.85 | ||
Liberal | D Horsley | 10,390 | 20.34 | ||
Majority | 15,295 | 29.95 | |||
Turnout | 51,071 | 74.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 31,284 | 57.79 | ||
SDP | E Martin | 14,675 | 27.11 | ||
Labour | M Craven | 7,370 | 13.61 | ||
Ecology | S Tooke | 803 | 1.48 | New | |
Majority | 16,609 | 30.68 | |||
Turnout | 54,132 | 70.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 32,351 | 54.82 | ||
SDP | Edmund Marshall | 15,030 | 25.47 | ||
Labour | Leonard Bird | 10,653 | 18.05 | ||
Green | Richard Myerscough | 983 | 1.67 | ||
Majority | 17,321 | 29.35 | |||
Turnout | 59,017 | 73.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Townend | 33,604 | 50.8 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John A. Leeman | 17,246 | 26.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Steven M. Hatfield | 15,263 | 23.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 16,358 | 24.7 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 66,113 | 77.8 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
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