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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1983 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nantwich was a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Nantwich | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Nantwich in Cheshire, boundaries 1974-83 | |
County | Cheshire |
1955–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Crewe and Northwich |
Replaced by | Crewe & Nantwich, Eddisbury and Congleton[1] |
Nantwich was created for the 1955 general election from parts of the Crewe and Northwich constituencies.
It was abolished following the reorganisation of local authorities in 1974 by the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1983 general election, when it was divided between the re-established constituency of Eddisbury and the new constituencies of Crewe and Nantwich, and Congleton.
1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Nantwich, and Winsford, and parts of the Rural Districts of Nantwich, Northwich, and Tarvin.[2]
The Urban District and the bulk of the Rural District of Nantwich were transferred from Crewe. Middlewich, Winsford, the southern part of the Rural District of Tarvin (including Malpas) and a small part of the Rural District of Northwich were transferred from Northwich.
1974–1983: As prior, with very minor changes to the boundaries.[2]
From 1 April 1974 until the constituency was abolished at the next boundary review which came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency comprised parts of the expanded City of Chester and newly formed Boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, and Vale Royal, but its boundaries were unchanged.
On abolition, Nantwich and surrounding rural areas were included in Crewe and Nantwich; Malpas and Winsford in Eddisbury; and Middlewich in Congleton.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1955 | Robert Grant-Ferris | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | John Cockcroft | Conservative | |
1979 | Nicholas Bonsor | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Eddisbury & Crewe and Nantwich |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 20,250 | 61.1 | ||
Labour | Leslie Knight | 12,884 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 7,366 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 33,134 | 77.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 17,613 | 48.3 | −12.8 | |
Labour | Leslie Knight | 10,876 | 29.8 | −9.1 | |
Liberal | Guy Harvey | 7,983 | 21.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,737 | 18.5 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,472 | 83.6 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 17,171 | 43.4 | −3.9 | |
Labour | James Golding | 11,254 | 30.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | David Anthony Ridgeway Green | 8,613 | 23.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 5,917 | 16.0 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,038 | 81.6 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 16,543 | 43.8 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Donald Anthony Kean | 14,310 | 37.9 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | David Anthony Ridgeway Green | 6,950 | 18.4 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 2,233 | 5.9 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 37,803 | 79.3 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant Grant-Ferris | 20,397 | 46.2 | +2.4 | |
Labour | David Beetham | 15,124 | 34.3 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Roger Newell Cuss | 8,595 | 19.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 5,273 | 11.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,116 | 77.5 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hoyle Cockcroft | 21,474 | 43.4 | −2.8 | |
Labour | Adrian Edward Bailey | 16,306 | 33.0 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Hilary Glidewell | 11,668 | 23.6 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 5,168 | 10.4 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,448 | 81.5 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hoyle Cockcroft | 20,395 | 43.7 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Adrian Edward Bailey | 17,021 | 36.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Hilary Glidewell | 9,209 | 19.8 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 3,374 | 7.2 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,625 | 76.2 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor | 25,624 | 50.3 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Deric Shaw | 17,919 | 35.2 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | C. Walsh | 6,571 | 12.9 | −6.9 | |
National Front | John Edgar Lindsey Green | 814 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,705 | 15.1 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,928 | 79.3 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
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