Blackpool North (UK Parliament constituency)
Blackpool North | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1945–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Blackpool |
Replaced by | Blackpool North and Fleetwood |
Blackpool North was a borough constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1945 general election, when the former constituency of Blackpool was split in two, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Blackpool North & Fleetwood constituency.
Boundaries
[edit]1945–1950: The County Borough of Blackpool wards of Alexandra, Bank Hey, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Foxhall, Layton, Talbot, Tyldesley, and Warbreck.[1]
1950–1983: The County Borough of Blackpool wards of Bank Hey, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Foxhall, Layton, Talbot, and Warbreck.
1983–1997: The Borough of Blackpool wards of Anchorsholme, Bispham, Brunswick, Claremont, Greenlands, Ingthorpe, Layton, Norbreck, Park, Talbot, and Warbreck.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Sir Toby Low | Conservative | |
1962 by-election | Norman Miscampbell | Conservative | |
1992 | Harold Elletson | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Low | 25,564 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | Cadwalader Edward Thomas | 13,170 | 25.4 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Innes Hamilton | 11,452 | 22.1 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Arthur Talbot | 1,635 | 3.2 | ||
Majority | 12,394 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,821 | 68.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Low | 31,655 | 67.4 | +18.1 | |
Labour | E.B. Muir | 15,308 | 32.6 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 16,347 | 34.8 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,963 | 79.4 | +11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Low | 29,956 | 70.2 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Samuel Victor Hyde-Price | 12,727 | 29.8 | –2.8 | |
Majority | 17,229 | 40.4 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,683 | 73.3 | –6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Low | 26,899 | 71.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Ronald Bushby | 10,869 | 28.8 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 16,030 | 42.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,768 | 66.9 | –6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Low | 25,297 | 57.9 | –13.3 | |
Labour | William H Dugdale | 9,440 | 21.6 | –7.2 | |
Liberal | Harry Hague | 8,990 | 20.6 | New | |
Majority | 15,857 | 36.3 | –6.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,727 | 76.6 | +9.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 12,711 | 38.3 | –19.6 | |
Liberal | Harry Hague | 11,738 | 35.3 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 8,776 | 26.4 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 973 | 3.0 | –33.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,225 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 19,633 | 47.2 | –10.7 | |
Liberal | Harry Hague | 11,462 | 27.5 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Thomas McKellar | 10,543 | 25.3 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 8,171 | 19.7 | –16.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,638 | 74.7 | –1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 19,173 | 47.1 | –0.1 | |
Labour | George E Bingham | 13,863 | 34.0 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | James Henry Hessey | 7,699 | 18.9 | –8.6 | |
Majority | 5,310 | 13.1 | –6.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,735 | 72.9 | –1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 22,298 | 55.3 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Wilfred Callon | 13,062 | 32.4 | –1.6 | |
Liberal | Bernard Miles Christon | 4,946 | 12.3 | –6.6 | |
Majority | 9,236 | 22.9 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,306 | 68.4 | –4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 23,942 | 55.1 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Ivan John Taylor | 15,788 | 36.3 | +3.9 | |
Independent Liberal | Peter Bisbrown Nickson | 3,720 | 8.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,154 | 18.8 | –4.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,450 | 73.3 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 19,662 | 47.3 | –7.8 | |
Labour | Ivan John Taylor | 14,195 | 34.1 | –2.3 | |
Liberal | Gerard Anthony Mulholland | 7,750 | 18.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,467 | 13.2 | –5.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,607 | 69.6 | –3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 23,209 | 53.7 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Andrew W. Verdeille | 12,980 | 30.0 | –4.1 | |
Liberal | Christopher James Heyworth | 6,127 | 14.2 | –4.4 | |
National Front | Alvin Stanley Hanson | 943 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,229 | 23.7 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,259 | 72.6 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 20,592 | 51.1 | –2.6 | |
Liberal | Christopher Heyworth | 10,440 | 25.9 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Michael Hindley | 8,730 | 21.7 | –8.3 | |
National Front | Alvin Hanson | 514 | 1.3 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 10,152 | 25.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,276 | 70.0 | –2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Miscampbell | 20,680 | 48.0 | –3.1 | |
Labour | Eric Kirton | 13,359 | 31.0 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | Christopher Heyworth | 9,032 | 21.0 | –4.9 | |
Majority | 7,321 | 17.0 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,071 | 73.1 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Elletson | 21,501 | 47.7 | –0.3 | |
Labour | Eric Kirton | 18,461 | 41.0 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andre Lahiff | 4,786 | 10.6 | –10.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Guy Francis | 178 | 0.4 | New | |
Natural Law | Hugh Walker | 125 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,040 | 6.7 | –10.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,051 | 77.5 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –5.1 |
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1945. SI 1945/701". Statutory Rules and Orders 1945. Vol. I. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946. pp. 682–698.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
Sources
[edit]- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–73