East Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Flintshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Preserved county | 1960–1974: Flintshire 1974–1983: Clwyd |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Alyn & Deeside and Delyn |
Created from | Flintshire |
East Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
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The constituency included all or most of Deeside, along with a substantial portion of the Flintshire coast up the Dee Estuary. It also included the detached portion of historic Flintshire to the South East of Wrexham.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Eirene White | Labour | |
1970 | Barry Jones | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 21,529 | 48.5 | ||
Conservative | George Boyle Hanna Currie | 14,832 | 33.4 | ||
Liberal | Stuart G Waterhouse | 8,010 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 6,697 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 44,371 | 88.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 23,959 | 53.8 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | George Boyle Hanna Currie | 20,580 | 46.2 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 3,379 | 7.6 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,371 | 86.4 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 22,828 | 52.6 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Kenneth G Knee | 20,554 | 47.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,274 | 5.2 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,382 | 84.1 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 22,776 | 50.1 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Fred Hardman | 22,701 | 49.9 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 75 | 0.2 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,477 | 86.4 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 |
In the 1959 general election Flintshire East had the 9th highest turnout of any UK constituency.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 25,469 | 54.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Fred Hardman | 21,513 | 45.8 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 3,956 | 8.4 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,982 | 86.9 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 |
In the 1964 general election Flintshire East had the 2nd highest turnout of any UK constituency.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eirene Lloyd White | 24,442 | 51.3 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Fred Hardman | 15,960 | 33.5 | -12.3 | |
Liberal | Dennis O Diamond | 6,348 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwilym Hughes | 902 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 8,482 | 17.8 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,652 | 86.5 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 |
In the 1966 general election Flintshire East had the 5th highest turnout of any UK constituency.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 24,227 | 46.1 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Rodney M Amyes | 20,145 | 38.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Dennis O Diamond | 5,888 | 11.2 | -2.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwilym Hughes | 2,332 | 4.4 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,082 | 7.8 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,592 | 81.1 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 27,663 | 47.5 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | MJA Penston | 18,811 | 32.3 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Charles Carlile | 10,653 | 18.3 | +7.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil Taylor | 1,135 | 2.0 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 8,852 | 15.2 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 58,262 | 84.9 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 27,002 | 48.9 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | MJA Penston | 17,416 | 31.6 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Alexander Charles Carlile | 8,986 | 16.3 | -2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil Taylor | 1,779 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 9,586 | 17.4 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 55,183 | 79.7 | -5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 29,339 | 48.3 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | P Warburton-Jones | 23,116 | 38.1 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Alexander Charles Carlile | 6,736 | 11.1 | -5.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | J Rogers | 1,198 | 2.0 | -1.2 | |
Communist | G Davies | 307 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 6,223 | 10.3 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,389 | 81.7 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 |
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F" [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ [1] East Flintshire boundary map
- ↑ [2] Political resources.net
- ↑ [3] Political resources.net
- ↑ [4] Political resources.net
- ↑ [5] Political resources.net
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 [6] Election Demon turnout records
- ↑ [7] Political resources.net
- ↑ [8] Political resources.net
- ↑ [9] Political resources.net
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- ↑ [11] Political resources.net
- ↑ [12] Political resources.net
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