Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Stroud and Thornbury was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Stroud and Thornbury
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Gloucestershire
Major settlements	Stroud and Thornbury
1950–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Stroud and Thornbury
Replaced by	Stroud and South Gloucestershire[1]

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the 1955 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Thornbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton-on-Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1950	Sir Walter Perkins	Conservative
	1955	constituency abolished: see Stroud

Election results

General election 1951: Stroud and Thornbury^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Perkins	30,140	51.3	+7.8
	Labour	Ben Parkin	28,558	48.7	+5.3
Majority			1,582	2.6	+2.5
Turnout			58,698	86.0	+0.6
Registered electors			68,287		+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

General election 1950: Stroud and Thornbury^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Perkins	24,874	43.5
	Labour	Ben Parkin	24,846	43.4
	Liberal	Margaret MacAlpine	7,518	13.1
Majority			28	0.1
Turnout			57,238	85.4
Registered electors			67,010
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

References

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig