Fylde North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Fylde North | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Fylde North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
County | Lancashire |
Major settlements | Fleetwood, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall, Thornton Cleveleys and the Garstang Rural District |
1950–1983 | |
Created from | Fylde and Lancaster |
Replaced by | Fylde and Lancaster[1] |
Fylde North was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency was established in 1950, with the split of the Fylde constituency. It covered the borough of Fleetwood, the urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall and Thornton Cleveleys and the Garstang Rural District. It was largely replaced by the new Fylde constituency, although Garstang was added to Lancaster instead.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Richard Stanley | Conservative | |
1966 | Sir Walter Clegg | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Fylde |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stanley | 23,538 | 60.85 | ||
Labour | Philip Henry Couldry | 10,515 | 27.18 | ||
Liberal | John Wilcock Robinson | 4,631 | 11.97 | ||
Majority | 13,023 | 33.67 | |||
Turnout | 38,684 | 82.76 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stanley | 25,419 | 69.26 | ||
Labour | John B Morris | 11,284 | 30.74 | ||
Majority | 14,135 | 38.52 | |||
Turnout | 36,703 | 77.58 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stanley | 23,812 | 72.24 | ||
Labour | Leslie Spriggs | 9,152 | 27.76 | ||
Majority | 14,660 | 44.48 | |||
Turnout | 32,964 | 68.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stanley | 27,045 | 70.52 | ||
Labour | John Myerscough | 11,307 | 29.48 | ||
Majority | 15,738 | 41.04 | |||
Turnout | 38,352 | 71.20 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stanley | 27,801 | 65.29 | ||
Labour | Ronald G Truman | 14,777 | 34.71 | ||
Majority | 13,024 | 30.58 | |||
Turnout | 42,578 | 72.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Clegg | 24,217 | 53.64 | ||
Labour | Keith Bell | 14,045 | 31.11 | ||
Liberal | James Rafton Smallwood | 6,058 | 13.42 | New | |
Coalition Unity | Peter Lowe | 826 | 1.83 | New | |
Majority | 10,172 | 22.53 | |||
Turnout | 45,146 | 73.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Clegg | 33,667 | 68.9 | +15.3 | |
Labour | Raymond W. Hill | 15,235 | 31.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 18,432 | 37.7 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,902 | 68.3 | −5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Clegg | 36,577 | 68.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | David Hunter Sparks | 16,919 | 31.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 19,658 | 36.8 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,496 | 72.1 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Clegg | 29,661 | 55.5 | −12.9 | |
Labour | Humphry Berkeley | 12,522 | 23.4 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | Antony Perry | 11,254 | 21.1 | New | |
Majority | 17,139 | 32.1 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,437 | 71.4 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Clegg | 35,366 | 60.1 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Roland Fox | 14,376 | 24.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Peter Herbert | 8,630 | 14.7 | −6.4 | |
National Front | Kenneth Hugh Warbarton | 481 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 20,990 | 35.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,853 | 75.3 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Fylde North', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- UK General Election results May 1979, Political Science Resources