Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)
Luton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Major settlements | Luton |
1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Luton |
Replaced by | Luton North and Luton South |
Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of the Luton constituency in 1974 and, with Luton West, divided into Luton North and Luton South in 1983.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Ivor Clemitson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1979 | Graham Bright | Conservative |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,137 | 40.15 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Simeons | 15,712 | 36.81 | N/A | |
Liberal | J Fisher | 9,680 | 22.68 | N/A | |
Independent | JM Bard | 155 | 0.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,425 | 3.34 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 80.47 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,877 | 45.46 | ||
Conservative | A Johnston | 14,200 | 36.11 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 6,947 | 17.67 | ||
Property Developer | L Byrne | 299 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | 3,677 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 73.43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Bright | 17,809 | 43.72 | ||
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 16,962 | 41.64 | ||
Liberal | D Franks | 5,285 | 12.98 | ||
National Front | MG Kerry | 461 | 1.13 | N/A | |
Communist | CT Mitchell | 107 | 0.26 | N/A | |
Committee for the Prevention of a Police State | JN Bardwaj | 61 | 0.15 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Lynn | 45 | 0.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 847 | 2.08 | |||
Turnout | 77.69 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | {{{swing}}} |