Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol North East is a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Bristol North East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Bristol North East in South West England
Electorate	69,793 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Damien Egan (Labour)
Seats	one
Created from	Kingswood
1950–1983
Created from	Bristol Central (part) Bristol East Bristol North
Replaced by	Bristol East Bristol North West Bristol West[2] Kingswood

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

The conduct of the 1951 election was the subject of an academic study, published as Straight Fight in 1954 by R. S. Milne and H.C Mackensie.^[3]

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.^[4]

Boundaries

1950–1983

1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton, and the Urban District of Mangotsfield.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Easton, Eastville, Hillfields, St Paul, St Philip and Jacob, and Stapleton.

2024–present

2024–present: The re-established constituency comprises the following areas:

• The Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields wards of the City of Bristol, transferred from Bristol East
• The Lockleaze ward of Bristol, transferred from Bristol North West
• The town of Kingswood, comprising the Kingswood, New Cheltenham and Woodstock wards of the District of South Gloucestershire, previously part of the constituency of Kingswood, which was abolished
• The Staple Hill and Mangotsfield ward of South Gloucestershire, transferred partly from Kingswood and partly from Filton and Bradley Stoke^[5][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	William Coldrick	Labour Co-operative
	1959	Alan Hopkins	Conservative & National Liberal
	1966	Raymond Dobson	Labour
	1970	Robert Adley	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Arthur Palmer	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished
	2024	Damien Egan	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bristol North East^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damien Egan	19,004	45.3	−5.0
	Green	Lorraine Francis	7,837	18.7	+14.7
	Conservative	Rose Hulse	6,216	14.8	−24.3
	Reform UK	Anthony New	5,418	12.9	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Harris	1,964	4.7	−0.4
	Independent	Asif Ali	1,029	2.5	N/A
	TUSC	Dan Smart	399	1.0	N/A
	SDP	Tommy Truman	122	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,167	26.6	+15.4
Turnout			41,989	59.9	–10.2
Registered electors			70,076
	Labour hold		Swing

Notional 2019 result

Main article: Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency

2019 notional result[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	24,598	50.3
	Conservative	19,134	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,494	5.1
	Green	1,948	4.0
	Brexit Party	731	1.5
Turnout		48,905	70.1
Electorate		69,793

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bristol North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	19,337	51.6	−1.5
	Conservative	M.E. Mulvany	13,685	36.5	+6.6
	Liberal	N. Drinan	3,693	9.9	−7.1
	Ecology	Gundula Dorey	469	1.3	N/A
	National Front	K.D.C. Brown	320	0.9	N/A
Majority			5,652	15.1	−8.1
Turnout			37,604	73.5	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

• Constituency abolished 1983, and split between Bristol East, Bristol North West and Kingswood constituencies.

General election October 1974: Bristol North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	19,647	53.1	+5.7
	Conservative	P.M.S. Hills	11,056	29.9	−2.0
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	6,303	17.0	−3.7
Majority			8,591	23.2	+7.7
Turnout			37,006	71.2	−4.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.9

General election February 1974: Bristol North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	18,625	47.4	−2.1
	Conservative	R.H.F. Cox	12,538	31.9	−18.6
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	8,127	20.7	N/A
Majority			6,087	15.5	N/A
Turnout			39,290	76.1	+4.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1970: Bristol North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	23,254	50.5	+4.7
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	22,792	49.5	−4.7
Majority			462	1.0	N/A
Turnout			46,046	72.1	−5.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bristol North East^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	25,699	54.2	+10.0
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	21,727	45.8	−0.9
Majority			3,972	8.4	N/A
Turnout			47,426	77.1	0.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General election 1964: Bristol North East^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	22,423	46.7	−1.0
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	21,212	44.2	+1.8
	Independent Liberal	Alice M Pearce	4,346	9.1	N/A
Majority			1,211	2.5	−2.8
Turnout			47,981	77.1	−2.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bristol North East^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	24,258	47.7	+2.9
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	21,574	42.4	−4.2
	Liberal	Alice M Pearce	5,030	9.9	+1.2
Majority			2,684	5.3	N/A
Turnout			50,862	79.1	+1.1
	National Liberal gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

General election 1955: Bristol North East^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	22,740	46.6	−6.6
	National Liberal	David WE Webster	21,864	44.8	−2.2
	Liberal	George W. Stevenson	4,236	8.7	N/A
Majority			876	1.8	−4.2
Turnout			48,840	78.0	−4.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election 1951: Bristol North East^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	21,910	53.0	+3.6
	National Liberal	George Nixon-Eckersall	19,410	47.0	+8.1
Majority			2,500	6.0	−4.5
Turnout			41,320	82.8	−1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election 1950: Bristol North East^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	20,456	49.4
	National Liberal	Violet Bathurst	16,082	38.9
	Liberal	Isla Gwyn Woodcock	4,848	11.7
Majority			4,374	10.5
Turnout			41,386	84.4
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
2. "'Bristol North East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
3. Kynaston, David (2009). Family Britain 1951-7. London: Bloomsbury. p. 36. ISBN 9780747583851.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
6. "New Seat Details - Bristol North East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
7. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Bristol City Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
8. "Bristol North East - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
9. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

External links

• Bristol North East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK