Fylde South (UK Parliament constituency)
53°46′52″N 2°55′23″W / 53.781°N 2.923°W
Fylde South | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1950–1983 | |
Created from | Fylde and Blackpool South |
Replaced by | Fylde, South Ribble and Ribble Valley[1] |
Fylde South 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
The Borough of Lytham St Annes, the Urban District of Kirkham, the Rural District of Fylde, and part of the Rural District of Preston.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Claude Lancaster | Conservative | |
1970 | Sir Edward Gardner | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Fylde |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 33,619 | 66.75 | ||
Labour | James Brian O'Hara | 11,341 | 22.52 | ||
Liberal | John Edward Gouldbourn | 5,402 | 10.73 | ||
Majority | 22,278 | 44.23 | |||
Turnout | 50,362 | 83.60 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 35,726 | 74.22 | ||
Labour | Lewis Holden Burgess | 12,408 | 25.78 | ||
Majority | 23,318 | 48.44 | |||
Turnout | 48,134 | 79.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 33,204 | 75.44 | ||
Labour | Reuben Christopher Jelley | 10,809 | 24.56 | ||
Majority | 22,395 | 50.88 | |||
Turnout | 44,013 | 72.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 36,988 | 74.71 | ||
Labour | Norman Holding | 12,521 | 25.29 | ||
Majority | 24,467 | 49.42 | |||
Turnout | 49,509 | 75.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 31,824 | 58.20 | ||
Liberal | John D Lees | 11,885 | 21.74 | New | |
Labour | Brian Stevenson | 10,971 | 20.06 | ||
Majority | 19,939 | 36.46 | |||
Turnout | 54,680 | 77.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 29,779 | 54.37 | ||
Labour | David Owen | 13,455 | 24.57 | ||
Liberal | John D Lees | 11,532 | 21.06 | ||
Majority | 16,324 | 29.80 | |||
Turnout | 54,766 | 74.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gardner | 39,459 | 63.62 | ||
Labour | David Mahon | 13,354 | 21.53 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 9,214 | 14.85 | ||
Majority | 26,105 | 42.09 | |||
Turnout | 62,027 | 72.72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gardner | 41,028 | 58.49 | ||
Liberal | Alan Lawson | 15,649 | 22.31 | ||
Labour | Kathleen E. Knight | 13,474 | 19.21 | ||
Majority | 25,379 | 36.18 | |||
Turnout | 70,151 | 77.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gardner | 37,193 | 56.83 | ||
Liberal | Alan Lawson | 14,527 | 22.20 | ||
Labour | Terence A. Dillon | 13,724 | 20.97 | ||
Majority | 22,666 | 34.63 | |||
Turnout | 65,444 | 72.03 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Gardner | 45,883 | 63.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Graham Chadwick | 13,636 | 18.8 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | John Stevens | 11,938 | 16.5 | −5.7 | |
National Front | Mike Roberts | 941 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 32,247 | 44.6 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 72,398 | 76.75 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "'Fylde South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973