South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Bedfordshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | South West Bedfordshire, Luton North and Luton South[1] |
South Bedfordshire was a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Dunstable, the Urban District of Leighton Buzzard, the Municipal Borough of Luton wards of Leagrave and Limbury, and the Rural District of Luton.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Dunstable, the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade, and the Rural District of Luton.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Edward Moeran | Labour | |
1951 | Norman Cole | Conservative | |
1966 | Gwilym Roberts | Labour | |
1970 | David Madel | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Warner Moeran | 20,070 | 45.26 | N/A | |
Conservative (Liberal National) | William A Fearnley-Whittingstall | 18,546 | 41.83 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Stewart Knight | 5,725 | 12.91 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,524 | 3.44 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,341 | 86.88 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 51,039 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative (Liberal National) | Norman John Cole | 22,917 | 50.94 | +9.11 | |
Labour | Edward Warner Moeran | 22,068 | 49.06 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 849 | 1.89 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,985 | 86.70 | -0.18 | ||
Registered electors | 51,887 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.66 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative (Liberal National) | Norman John Cole | 23,365 | 52.79 | +1.85 | |
Labour | Edward Warner Moeran | 20,897 | 47.21 | -1.85 | |
Majority | 2,468 | 5.58 | +3.69 | ||
Turnout | 44,262 | 81.89 | -4.81 | ||
Registered electors | 54,051 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative (Liberal National) | Norman John Cole | 25,861 | 47.13 | -5.66 | |
Labour | Walter Hamlet Johnson | 21,102 | 38.45 | -8.76 | |
Liberal | Renee Rachel Soskin | 7,912 | 14.42 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,759 | 8.67 | +3.09 | ||
Turnout | 54,875 | 83.89 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 65,416 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.55 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman John Cole | 33,838 | 50.25 | +3.12 | |
Labour | Dennis John Nisbet | 33,499 | 49.75 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 339 | 0.50 | -8.17 | ||
Turnout | 67,337 | 80.83 | -3.06 | ||
Registered electors | 83,307 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.09 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts | 34,549 | 47.75 | -2.00 | |
Conservative | Norman John Cole | 30,319 | 41.90 | -8.35 | |
Liberal | Hamilton Simonds-Gooding | 7,484 | 10.34 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,230 | 5.85 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 72,352 | 83.74 | +2.91 | ||
Registered electors | 86,403 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.18 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William David Madel | 38,085 | 48.73 | +6.83 | |
Labour | Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts | 33,107 | 42.36 | -5.39 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Shocket | 6,956 | 8.90 | -1.44 | |
Majority | 4,978 | 6.37 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78,148 | 77.16 | -6.58 | ||
Registered electors | 101,284 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William David Madel | 21,380 | 39.70 | -9.03 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 16,622 | 30.87 | +21.97 | |
Labour | Paul Farnham Tinnion | 15,847 | 29.43 | -12.93 | |
Majority | 4,758 | 8.84 | +2.48 | ||
Turnout | 53,849 | 84.49 | +7.33 | ||
Registered electors | 63,700 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William David Madel | 20,794 | 41.31 | +1.61 | |
Labour | Raymond Alfred Little | 16,351 | 32.48 | +3.05 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 13,194 | 26.21 | -4.66 | |
Majority | 4,443 | 8.83 | -0.01 | ||
Turnout | 50,339 | 78.27 | -6.27 | ||
Registered electors | 64,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.72 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William David Madel | 32,988 | 56.37 | +15.06 | |
Labour | John Gardner | 16,505 | 28.20 | -4.28 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Alfred Turner | 8,402 | 14.36 | -11.85 | |
National Front | Laurence Anthony Smith | 626 | 1.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,483 | 28.17 | +19.34 | ||
Turnout | 58,521 | 79.9 | +1.65 | ||
Registered electors | 73,247 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.67 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "'Bedfordshire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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