Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)


























Bristol East

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Bristol East in Avon for the 2010 general election.


Outline map
Location of Avon within England.

CountyCity of Bristol
Population95,368 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate69,347 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of parliament
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Number of membersOne
Created from
Bristol South East
Bristol South
Bristol North East[3]

1885–1950
Number of membersOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced by
Bristol South East, Bristol Central and Bristol South
Created fromBristol
Overlaps
European Parliament constituencySouth West England

Bristol East is a constituency[n 1] recreated in 1983 covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.[n 2] An earlier guise of the seat existed between 1885 and 1950.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 First creation



  • 2 Second creation


  • 3 Boundaries


  • 4 Members of Parliament

    • 4.1 MPs 1885–1950


    • 4.2 MPs 1983–present



  • 5 Elections

    • 5.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1940s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1930s


    • 5.7 Elections in the 1920s


    • 5.8 Elections in the 1910s



  • 6 Election results 1885-1918

    • 6.1 Elections in the 1880s


    • 6.2 Elections in the 1890s


    • 6.3 Elections in the 1900s


    • 6.4 Elections in the 1910s



  • 7 See also


  • 8 Notes and references


  • 9 External links




History



First creation


The seat was first created in 1885[n 3]. Boundaries were slightly altered in 1918 and Bristol East was abolished in a comprehensive review of the local seats for the 1950 general election.


Political history

The most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament and H.M. Government was Sir Stafford Cripps, MP (Lab) 1931-1950, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947-1950. The seat shifted from Liberal Party representation through to the Labour Party with the 1918-1923 period seeing a more centrist Liberal splinter group candidate elected.



Second creation


The seat was recreated in 1983 on much larger boundaries than before 1950, reflecting the lower occupation levels of the city centre and allocation of new seats elsewhere to reflect population expansion mainly in former rural and lightly-populated suburban areas.


Political history

The 1983 election, the first in the recreated East seat, was a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives following retention of the Falkland Islands in the Falklands War. Bristol East returned a Conservative MP, as Jonathan Sayeed defeated Tony Benn, the outgoing MP for Bristol South East and the leader of a large faction on the left-wing of the Labour Party. In 1992 Labour's Jean Corston gained the seat from Sayeed, which has been retained by Labour candidates at each general election since, whilst every election since except 2005, when the Liberal Democrats came second.[n 4] The 2015 result gave the seat the 42nd-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority;[4] however, in 2017, incumbent MP Kerry McCarthy more than tripled her majority, winning the largest share of the vote in the seat's history and by the biggest margin since 1997.


Turnout

Turnout has ranged between 80.3% in 1992 to 57.4% in 2001.


Other parties

Five parties' candidates achieved more than deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015. Liberal Democrat candidate Philip James won the largest third-party share of the vote to date, in the 2005 election — 25.2% of the vote.



Boundaries


1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George.


1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and parts of Easton, and Somerset wards.


1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood.


1997-2010: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.


2010–present: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.


The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol, from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to outer neighbourhoods (excluding surrounding settlements in local government administratively).



Members of Parliament



MPs 1885–1950













































ElectionMember[5]Party


1885

Handel Cossham

Liberal


1890

Sir Joseph Dodge Weston

Liberal


1895

Sir William Wills, Bt

Liberal


1900

Charles Hobhouse

Liberal


1918

George Bryant Britton

Coalition Liberal


1922

Harold Morris

National Liberal


1923

Walter Baker

Labour


1931
Sir Stafford Cripps

Labour


1939

Independent Labour


1945

Labour

1950

constituency abolished – see Bristol South East


MPs 1983–present

















ElectionMember[6]Party


1983

Jonathan Sayeed

Conservative


1992

Jean Corston

Labour


2005

Kerry McCarthy

Labour


Elections



Elections in the 2010s














































General Election 2017: Bristol East[7][8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry McCarthy

30,847

60.7

+21.5


Conservative
Theodora Clarke
17,453
34.4
+3.7


Liberal Democrat
Chris Lucas
1,389
2.7
-3.1


Green
Lorraine Francis
1,110
2.2
-6.1
Majority
13,394
26.4
+17.8

Turnout
50,799
70.2
+6.0


Labour hold

Swing
+8.9

























































General Election 2015: Bristol East[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry McCarthy

18,148

39.3

+2.7


Conservative
Theodora Clarke
14,168
30.7
+2.3


UKIP
James McMurray
7,152
15.5
+12.1


Green
Lorraine Francis[10]3,827
8.3
+6.5


Liberal Democrat
Abdul Malik
2,689
5.8
−18.6


TUSC
Matt Gordon[11]229
0.5
+0.1
Majority
3,980
8.6
+0.3

Turnout
46,213
64.2
−0.6


Labour hold

Swing
+0.2





































































General Election 2010: Bristol East[12][13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry McCarthy

16,471

36.6

−8.9


Conservative
Adeela Shafi
12,749
28.3
+0.2


Liberal Democrat
Mike Popham
10,993
24.4
+4.7


BNP
Brian Jenkins
1,960
4.4

N/A


UKIP
Philip Collins
1,510
3.4
+0.7


Green
Glenn Vowles
803
1.8
−0.9


English Democrat
Stephen Wright
347
0.8

N/A


TUSC
Rae Lynch
184
0.4

N/A
Majority
3,722
8.3


Turnout
45,017
64.8
+1.8


Labour hold

Swing
−4.5


Elections in the 2000s


























































General Election 2005: Bristol East[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry McCarthy

19,152

45.9

−9.1


Liberal Democrat
Philip James
10,531
25.2
+8.1


Conservative
Julia Manning
8,787
21.1
−0.7


Green
Arjuna Krishna-Das
1,586
3.8
+1.0


UKIP
Jean Smith
1,132
2.7
+1.3


Respect
Paulette North
532
1.3

N/A
Majority
8,621
20.7


Turnout
41,720
61.3
+3.9


Labour hold

Swing
−8.6































































General Election 2001: Bristol East[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Jean Corston

22,180

55.0

−1.9


Conservative

Jack Lopresti
8,788
21.8
−1.6


Liberal Democrat
Brian Niblett
6,915
17.1
+2.3


Green
Geoff Collard
1,110
2.8

N/A


UKIP
Roger Marsh
572
1.4

N/A


Socialist Labour
Michael Langley
438
1.1
-0.5


Socialist Alliance
Andrew Pryor
331
0.8

N/A
Majority
13,392
33.2
-0.3

Turnout
40,334
57.4



Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1990s


























































General Election 1997: Bristol East[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Jean Corston

27,418

56.9




Conservative

Ed Vaizey
11,259
23.4



Liberal Democrat
Peter Tyzack
7,121
14.8



Referendum
Gerry Philip
1,479
3.1



Socialist Labour
Paul Williams
766
1.6



Natural Law
John McLaggan
158
0.3

Majority
16,159
33.5


Turnout
48,201
69.7



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election 1992: Bristol East[17][18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Jean Corston

22,418

44.6

+9.1


Conservative

Jonathan Sayeed
19,726
39.2
−4.4


Liberal Democrat
John Francis Kiely
7,903
15.7
−4.7


National Front

Ian Anderson
270
0.5
−0.1
Majority
2,692
5.4

N/A

Turnout
50,317
80.3
+1.6


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.8


Elections in the 1980s














































General Election 1987: Bristol East[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jonathan Sayeed

21,906

43.6

+3.1


Labour
Ronald Thomas
17,783
35.4
−1.5


Liberal

Don Foster
10,247
20.4
−0.9


National Front
Philip Kingston
286
0.6
−0.1
Majority
4,123
8.2
+4.6

Turnout
50,222
78.7
+4.8


Conservative hold

Swing

















































General Election 1983: Bristol East[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jonathan Sayeed

19,844

40.5

N/A


Labour

Tony Benn
18,055
36.9

N/A


Liberal
Peter Tryer
10,404
21.3

N/A


National Front
Ernest Andrews
343
0.7

N/A


Ecology
Gundula Dorey
311
0.6

N/A
Majority
1,789
3.6

N/A

Turnout
48,957
73.9

N/A


Conservative win (new seat)


Elections in the 1940s


































General Election 1945: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stafford Cripps

27,975

73.5




Conservative
T.D. Corpe
10,073
26.5

Majority
12,550
47.1


Turnout

76.3



Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1930s


































General Election 1935: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stafford Cripps

22,009

59.3




National Labour

Archibald Church
15,126
40.7

Majority
6,883
18.5


Turnout

75.8



Labour hold

Swing


































General Election 1931: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stafford Cripps

19,435

50.6




Conservative
James Manly Spreull
19,006
49.4

Majority
429
1.1


Turnout

80.2



Labour hold

Swing








































Bristol East by-election, 1931
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stafford Cripps

19,261

61.7




Conservative
Peter John Feilding Chapman-Walker
7,937
25.4



Liberal
Edward Baker
4,010
12.8

Majority
11,324
36.3

N/A

Turnout





Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1920s






































General Election 1929: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Baker

24,197

65.8

+7.6


Liberal
Charles Gordon-Spencer
12,576
34.2
−7.6
Majority
11,621
31.6
+15.2

Turnout
36,773
78.2
−1.6

Registered electors
47,039




Labour hold

Swing
+7.6



W.J. Baker






































General Election 1924: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Baker

16,920

58.2

+4.5


Liberal
Herbert John Maggs
12,143
41.8
−4.5
Majority
4,777
16.4
+9.0

Turnout
29,063
79.8
+3.3

Registered electors
36,441




Labour hold

Swing
+4.5





































General Election 1923: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Baker

14,828

53.7

+4.0


Liberal

Harold Morris
12,788
46.3
−4.0
Majority
2,040
7.4

N/A

Turnout
27,616
76.5
−1.0

Registered electors
36,105




Labour gain from National Liberal

Swing
+4.0





































General Election 1922: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National Liberal

Harold Morris

13,910

50.3

N/A


Labour

Luke Bateman
13,759
49.7
+6.9
Majority
151
0.6

N/A

Turnout
27,669
77.5
+21.0

Registered electors
35,704




National Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1910s




Hobhouse




































General Election 1918: Bristol East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Coalition Liberal

George Bryant Britton

9,434

49.6




Labour

Luke Bateman
8,135
42.8



Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
1,447
7.6

Majority
1,299
6.8



Coalition Liberal gain from Liberal

Swing



Election results 1885-1918



Elections in the 1880s




Cossham



































General Election 1885: Bristol East [22][23][24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Handel Cossham
4,647
66.1

N/A


Conservative
James Broad Bissell
2,383
33.9

N/A
Majority
2,264
32.2

N/A

Turnout
7,030
74.0

N/A

Registered electors
9,506




Liberal win (new seat)




































General Election 1886: Bristol East [22][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Handel Cossham
3,672
65.5
-0.6


Conservative
James Inskip
1,936
34.5
+0.6
Majority
1,736
31.0
-1.2

Turnout
5,608
59.0
-15.0

Registered electors
9,506




Liberal hold

Swing
-0.6


Elections in the 1890s




Wilson












































Bristol East by-election, 1890 [22][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Joseph Dodge Weston
4,775
65.6
+0.1


Conservative
James Inskip
1,900
26.1
−8.4


Independent Labour

Havelock Wilson
602
8.3

N/A
Majority
2,875
39.5
+8.5

Turnout
7,277
70.6
+11.6

Registered electors
10,310




Liberal hold

Swing
+4.3














General Election 1892: Bristol East [22][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Joseph Dodge Weston

Unopposed


Liberal hold


Wills






































Bristol East by-election, 1895 [22][23][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Wills
3,740
51.2

N/A


Independent Labour
Hugh Holmes Gore[n 5]3,558
48.8

N/A
Majority
182
2.4

N/A

Turnout
7,298
64.8

N/A

Registered electors
11,254




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A



Hobson






































General Election 1895: Bristol East [22][23][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Wills
4,129
68.8

N/A


Ind. Labour Party

Samuel George Hobson
1,874
31.2

Majority
2,255
37.6

N/A

Turnout
6,003
53.3

N/A

Registered electors
11,254




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1900s




Hobhouse






































General Election 1900: Bristol East [22][23][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
4,979
56.4
−12.4


Conservative

Robert Sanders
3,848
43.6

N/A
Majority
1,131
12.8
−24.8

Turnout
8,827
67.0
+13.7

Registered electors
13,181




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A





































General Election 1906: Bristol East [22][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
7,935
71.7
+15.3


Liberal Unionist
Thomas Bertram Johnston
3,129
28.3
−15.3
Majority
4,806
43.4
+30.6

Turnout
11,064
76.1
+9.1

Registered electors
14,543




Liberal hold

Swing
+15.3


Elections in the 1910s












































General Election January 1910: Bristol East [22][26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
6,804
52.0
−19.7


Conservative
Thomas Henry Batten
4,033
30.8
+2.5


Labour

Frank Sheppard
2,255
17.2

N/A
Majority
2,771
21.2
-22.2

Turnout
13,092
86.9
+10.8

Registered electors
15,060




Liberal hold

Swing
−11.1





































General Election December 1910: Bristol East [22][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
7,229
62.9
+10.9


Conservative

Patrick Hannon
4,263
37.1
+6.3
Majority
2,966
25.8
+4.6

Turnout
11,492
76.9
−10.6

Registered electors
15,060




Liberal hold

Swing
−2.3





































Bristol East by-election, 1911 [22][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Hobhouse
4,913
62.8
-0.1


Independent
Walter Moore
2,913
37.2

N/A
Majority
2,000
25.6
-0.2

Turnout
7,826
52.3
-24.0

Registered electors
14,951




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A

General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;



  • Liberal: Charles Hobhouse


  • Unionist: Thomas Clarence Edward Goff[29]


  • Independent Labour Party: Walter Ayles


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon


Notes and references


Notes


  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.


  3. ^ See the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885


  4. ^ Including two re-elections of Corston, who was later elevated to the House of Lords as Baroness Corston


  5. ^ Supported by the Bristol Socialist Party and the Independent Labour Party



References


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  4. ^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29


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  6. ^ "Bristol East 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.


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  9. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  10. ^ http://www.swgreen.org.uk/swconmap.php?n=92


  11. ^ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf


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  13. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  15. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  17. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.


  18. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  19. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  20. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  21. ^ Cooke, Colin (1957) The Life of Richard Stafford Cripps, p.119


  22. ^ abcdefghijk British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig


  23. ^ abcdefgh The Liberal Year Book, 1907


  24. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886


  25. ^ abc Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901


  26. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916


  27. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916


  28. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916


  29. ^ Standard 21 June 1913



Sources

  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)


External links



  • nomis Constituency Profile for Bristol East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

  • Interviews with the 2005 parliamentary candidates








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