Bristol_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Bristol North East
Bristol North East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Bristol Central (part); Bristol East; Bristol North
Replaced by	Bristol East; Bristol North West; Bristol West; Kingswood

Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

Bristol North East was a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts 1950–1983, Seats ...

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

The conduct of the 1951 election was the subject of an academic study, published as Straight Fight in 1954 by R. S. Milne and H.C Mackensie.^[2]

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.^[3]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	20,456	49.4
	National Liberal	Violet Bathurst	16,082	38.9
	Liberal	Isla Gwyn Woodcock	4,848	11.7
Majority			4,374	10.5
Turnout			41,386	84.4
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	21,910	53.0	+3.6
	National Liberal	George Nixon-Eckersall	19,410	47.0	+8.1
Majority			2,500	6.0	-4.5
Turnout			41,320	82.8	-1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	22,740	46.6	-6.6
	National Liberal	David WE Webster	21,864	44.8	-2.2
	Liberal	George W. Stevenson	4,236	8.7	New
Majority			876	1.8	-4.2
Turnout			48,840	78.0	-4.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	24,258	47.7	+2.9
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	21,574	42.4	-4.2
	Liberal	Alice M Pearce	5,030	9.9	+1.2
Majority			2,684	5.3	N/A
Turnout			50,862	79.1	+1.1
	National Liberal gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	22,423	46.7	-1.0
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	21,212	44.2	+1.8
	Independent Liberal	Alice M Pearce	4,346	9.1	New
Majority			1,211	2.5	-2.8
Turnout			47,981	77.1	-2.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol North East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Bristol Central (part) Bristol East Bristol North
Replaced by	Bristol East Bristol North West Bristol West^[1] Kingswood

Election		Member	Party
	1950	William Coldrick	Labour Co-operative
	1959	Alan Hopkins	Conservative & National Liberal
	1966	Raymond Dobson	Labour
	1970	Robert Adley	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Arthur Palmer	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	25,699	54.2	+10.0
	National Liberal	Alan Hopkins	21,727	45.8	-0.9
Majority			3,972	8.4	N/A
Turnout			47,426	77.1	0.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	23,254	50.5	+4.7
	Labour	Raymond Dobson	22,792	49.5	-4.7
Majority			462	1.0	N/A
Turnout			46,046	72.1	-5.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	18,625	47.4	-2.1
	Conservative	R.H.F. Cox	12,538	31.9	-18.6
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	8,127	20.7	New
Majority			6,087	15.5	N/A
Turnout			39,290	76.1	+4.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	19,647	53.1	+5.7
	Conservative	P.M.S. Hills	11,056	29.9	-2.0
	Liberal	W. Watts-Miller	6,303	17.0	-3.7
Majority			8,591	23.2	+7.7
Turnout			37,006	71.2	-4.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Arthur Palmer	19,337	51.6	-1.5
	Conservative	M.E. Mulvany	13,685	36.5	+6.6
	Liberal	N. Drinan	3,693	9.9	-7.1
	Ecology	Gundula Dorey	469	1.3	New
	National Front	K.D.C. Brown	320	0.9	New
Majority			5,652	15.1	-8.1
Turnout			37,604	73.5	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing