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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1983 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolished Luton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency of Luton South.
Luton East | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Major settlements | Luton |
1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Luton |
Replaced by | Luton North and Luton South |
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.[1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ivor Clemitson | Labour | |
1979 | Graham Bright | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,137 | 40.15 | ||
Conservative | Charles Simeons | 15,712 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 9,680 | 22.68 | ||
Independent | Jitendra Bard | 155 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,425 | 3.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,684 | 80.47 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,877 | 45.46 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 14,200 | 36.11 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 6,947 | 17.67 | ||
Irish Civil Rights Association | L Byrne | 299 | 0.76 | New | |
Majority | 3,677 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 39,323 | 73.43 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Bright | 17,809 | 43.72 | ||
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 16,962 | 41.64 | ||
Liberal | David Franks | 5,285 | 12.98 | ||
National Front | MG Kerry | 461 | 1.13 | New | |
Communist | Clayton Mitchell | 107 | 0.26 | New | |
Committee for the Prevention of a Police State | Jitendra Bardwaj | 61 | 0.15 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Lynn | 45 | 0.11 | New | |
Majority | 847 | 2.08 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,730 | 77.69 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
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