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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Chislehurst | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
1918–1997 | |
Created from | Sevenoaks |
Replaced by | Bromley and Chislehurst |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.
1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.
1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Swanscombe, and the Rural District of Dartford.[1]
1950–1955: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington in the Rural District of Dartford.[2]
1955–1974: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup.[3]
1974–1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,761 | 58.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | R. Ian Wingfield | 9,485 | 22.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. William M. Hawthorne | 6,683 | 15.8 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | I Richmond | 849 | 2.0 | New | |
Green | Frances M. Speed | 652 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,276 | 36.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,430 | 78.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,165 | 57.62 | +1.90 | |
Liberal | Richard Younger-Ross | 9,658 | 23.03 | −2.29 | |
Labour | Selwyn Ward | 8,115 | 19.35 | +0.90 | |
Majority | 14,507 | 34.59 | |||
Turnout | 41,938 | 75.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 22,108 | 55.72 | +1.19 | |
Liberal | Philip Lingard | 10,047 | 25.32 | +12.81 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 7,320 | 18.45 | −13.18 | |
BNP | Alfred Waite | 201 | 0.51 | New | |
Majority | 12,061 | 30.40 | |||
Turnout | 39,676 | 72.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 23,259 | 54.53 | +8.21 | |
Labour | Christopher Howes | 13,494 | 31.64 | −5.15 | |
Liberal | Brian Harry Taylor | 5,335 | 12.51 | −4.38 | |
National Front | Raymond Frederick George Hoy | 564 | 1.32 | New | |
Majority | 9,765 | 22.89 | |||
Turnout | 42,652 | 78.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.68 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 18,926 | 46.32 | +0.38 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,032 | 36.79 | +3.10 | |
Liberal | John Martin Crowley | 6,900 | 16.89 | −3.47 | |
Majority | 3,894 | 9.53 | |||
Turnout | 40,858 | 76.11 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 20,595 | 45.95 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,102 | 33.69 | ||
Liberal | Robert Frank Webster | 9,127 | 20.36 | ||
Majority | 5,493 | 12.24 | |||
Turnout | 44,824 | 84.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,650 | 49.10 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 21,287 | 42.40 | ||
Liberal | Ron Coverson | 4,268 | 8.50 | ||
Majority | 3,363 | 6.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,205 | 75.43 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 22,757 | 45.09 | +3.85 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 21,947 | 43.49 | −0.77 | |
Liberal | Paul Hayden | 5,761 | 11.42 | −3.08 | |
Majority | 810 | 1.60 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,465 | 84.26 | +1.40 | ||
Registered electors | 59,895 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 22,251 | 44.26 | −6.05 | |
Labour | Ronald W Huzzard | 20,736 | 41.24 | +3.98 | |
Liberal | Sheilagh M Hobday | 7,291 | 14.50 | +2.06 | |
Majority | 1,515 | 3.02 | −10.07 | ||
Turnout | 50,278 | 82.86 | −2.95 | ||
Registered electors | 60,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,748 | 50.31 | +0.56 | |
Labour | Margaret Reid | 19,069 | 37.26 | −4.63 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 6,366 | 12.44 | +4.08 | |
Majority | 6,679 | 13.05 | +5.20 | ||
Turnout | 51,183 | 85.81 | +0.94 | ||
Registered electors | 59,646 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,514 | 49.75 | −1.04 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 20,644 | 41.89 | −7.32 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 4,120 | 8.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,870 | 7.88 | +6.28 | ||
Turnout | 49,278 | 84.87 | −3.10 | ||
Registered electors | 58,063 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 31,679 | 50.79 | +6.00 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 30,699 | 49.21 | +4.72 | |
Majority | 980 | 1.58 | +1.28 | ||
Turnout | 62,378 | 87.97 | +1.66 | ||
Registered electors | 70,906 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,215 | 44.79 | +7.49 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 25,048 | 44.49 | −4.98 | |
Liberal | David A Hughes | 6,039 | 10.73 | −2.50 | |
Majority | 167 | 0.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,302 | 86.31 | +13.90 | ||
Registered electors | 65,231 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wallace | 25,522 | 49.47 | +27.67 | |
Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 19,243 | 37.30 | −31.61 | |
Liberal | Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins | 6,824 | 13.23 | +3.90 | |
Majority | 6,279 | 12.17 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,589 | 72.41 | +6.35 | ||
Registered electors | 71,246 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +29.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 38,705 | 68.91 | −16.05 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 12,227 | 21.77 | +6.73 | |
Liberal | J. Alun Williams | 5,238 | 9.33 | New | |
Majority | 26,478 | 47.14 | −22.78 | ||
Turnout | 56,170 | 66.06 | −3.74 | ||
Registered electors | 85,024 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 32,371 | 84.96 | +31.20 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 5,731 | 15.04 | −2.36 | |
Majority | 26,640 | 69.92 | +44.92 | ||
Turnout | 38,102 | 69.80 | +0.20 | ||
Registered electors | 54,589 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 16,909 | 53.8 | −12.3 | |
Liberal | James Douglas Bateman | 9,025 | 28.8 | +12.1 | |
Labour | James Lamb Thomson | 5,445 | 17.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,884 | 25.0 | −23.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,379 | 69.6 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 45,116 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 14,440 | 66.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | John Lamb Thomson | 3,757 | 17.2 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 3,647 | 16.7 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 10,683 | 48.9 | +37.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,844 | 72.7 | +12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 30,020 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +19.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 9,725 | 55.5 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 7,806 | 44.5 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,919 | 11.0 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,531 | 60.5 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 28,961 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 11,801 | 65.4 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | David Marshall Mason | 6,256 | 34.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,545 | 30.8 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,057 | 63.7 | +23.3 | ||
Registered electors | 28,336 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Alfred Smithers | 8,314 | 76.8 | |
National | Alfred Edmunds | 2,507 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 5,807 | 53.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,821 | 40.4 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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