Fylde South (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
53°46′52″N 2°55′23″W / 53.781°N 2.923°W
Fylde South | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1950–1983 | |
Created from | Fylde |
Replaced by | Fylde, South Ribble and Ribble Valley[1] |
Fylde South was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Lytham St Annes, the Urban District of Kirkham, the Rural District of Fylde, and part of the Rural District of Preston.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Claude Lancaster | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Sir Edward Gardner | Conservative |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Fylde |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 33,619 | 66.75 | N/A | |
Labour | James Brian O'Hara | 11,341 | 22.52 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Edward Gouldbourn | 5,402 | 10.73 | N/A | |
Majority | 22,278 | 44.24 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 83.60 | N/A | |||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 35,726 | 74.22 | ||
Labour | Lewis Holden Burgess | 12,408 | 25.78 | ||
Majority | 23,318 | 48.44 | |||
Turnout | 79.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 33,204 | 75.44 | ||
Labour | Reuben Christopher Jelley | 10,809 | 24.56 | ||
Majority | 22,395 | 50.88 | |||
Turnout | 72.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 36,988 | 74.71 | ||
Labour | Norman Holding | 12,521 | 25.29 | ||
Majority | 24,467 | 49.42 | |||
Turnout | 75.81 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 31,824 | 58.20 | ||
Liberal | John D Lees | 11,885 | 21.74 | ||
Labour | Brian Stevenson | 10,971 | 20.06 | ||
Majority | 19,939 | 36.46 | |||
Turnout | 77.00 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 29,779 | 54.37 | ||
Labour | David Owen | 13,455 | 24.57 | ||
Liberal | John D Lees | 11,532 | 21.06 | ||
Majority | 16,324 | 29.81 | |||
Turnout | 74.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 39,459 | 63.62 | ||
Labour | David Mahon | 13,354 | 21.53 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 9,214 | 14.85 | ||
Majority | 26,105 | 42.09 | |||
Turnout | 72.72 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 41,028 | 58.49 | ||
Liberal | Alan Lawson | 15,649 | 22.31 | ||
Labour | KE Knight | 13,474 | 19.21 | ||
Majority | 25,379 | 36.18 | |||
Turnout | 77.89 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 37,193 | 56.83 | ||
Liberal | Alan Lawson | 14,527 | 22.20 | ||
Labour | Terence A. Dillon | 13,724 | 20.97 | ||
Majority | 22,666 | 34.63 | |||
Turnout | 72.03 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lucas Gardner | 45,883 | 63.4 | ||
Labour | Graham Chadwick | 13,636 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal | John Stevens | 11,938 | 16.5 | ||
National Front | Mike Roberts | 941 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 32,247 | 44.54 | |||
Turnout | 76.75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |