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Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency) 

Bristol South East
Borough constituency
Created: 1950
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Bristol South East was a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, mainly from the Bristol East constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election. The last Member of Parliament to represent the constituency, Tony Benn, was not successful in winning a seat after his constituency was abolished.

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Boundaries

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Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1950 Sir Stafford Cripps Labour
1950 Tony Benn Labour
1961 Malcolm Archibald James St. Clair Conservative
1963 Tony Benn Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election Results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sir R. Stafford Cripps 29,393 62.6
Conservative R. E. Simms 12,590 26.8
Liberal F. J. Goudge 4,463 9.5
Communist J. F. Webb 524 1.1
Majority 16,803 35.8
Turnout 46,970 85.0
Bristol South East by-election, 30th Nov. 1950
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 19,367 56.7 −5.9
Conservative J. L. Lindsay 12,018 35.2 +8.4
Liberal D. M. Gorsky 2,752 8.1 −1.4
Majority 7,349 21.5 −14.3
Turnout 34,137 61.1 −23.9
Labour hold Swing −7.2
General Election 1951: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 30,811 65.0
Conservative J. L. Lindsay 16,555 35.0
Majority 14,256 30.0
Turnout 83.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 25,257 59.5
Conservative R. G. Cooke 17,210 40.5
Majority 8,047 19.0
Turnout 77.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1959: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 26,273 56.2
Conservative Malcolm St Clair 20,446 43.8
Majority 5,827 12.4
Turnout 81.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

  • The 1961 by-election was caused by Tony Benn inheriting an hereditary peerage thus making him ineligible to serve in parliament. Benn stood in the by-election anyway, but due to his ineligibility, the Conservative St Clair was declared the winner. St Clair promised to resign if Benn became eligible to take his seat again, which he did after renouncing his peerage in 1963. Benn was then elected in a further by-election.
Bristol South East by-election, 1961
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 23,275 69.5 +13.3
Conservative Malcolm St Clair 10,231 30.5 −13.3
Majority 13,044 39.0 +17.6
Turnout 33,506 56.7 −24.7
Bristol South East by-election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 20,313 79.7 +10.2
National Fellowship Conservative Edward Martell 4,834 19.0
Independent M. P. Lloyd 287 1.1
Independent G. Pearl 44 0.2
Majority 15,479 60.7 +21.7
Turnout 25,478 42.2 −14.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1964: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 29,117 60.2
Conservative R. S. O'Brien 19,282 39.8
Majority 9,835 20.4
Turnout 77.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 30,851 61.4
Conservative C. J. R. Pope 19,435 38.6
Majority 11,416 22.8
Turnout 76.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 29,176 55.4
Conservative N. G. Reece 23,488 44.6
Majority 5,688 10.8
Turnout 72.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 26,540 47.0
Conservative N. G. Reece 18,628 33.0
Liberal D. R. Grayson 9,870 17.5
National Front R. J. Bale 757 1.3
Social Democrat J. H. Robertson 668 1.2
Majority 7,912 15.0
Turnout 81.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 25,978 49.1
Conservative J. P. Godwin 16,605 31.4
Liberal R. S. Wardle 8,987 17.0
National Front R. J. Bale 775 1.5
World Middle Classes Party (WMPC) R. R. Goding 457 0.9
Marxist-Leninist (England) P. Rowe 79 0.2
Majority 9,373 17.7
Turnout 76.2
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Bristol South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Benn 24,878 45.4
Conservative J. P. Godwin 22,988 41.9
Liberal N. W. H. Tatam 6,371 11.6
National Front J. D. Dowler 523 1.0
Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain Tom Keen 66 0.1
Majority 1,890 3.5
Turnout 78.4
Labour hold Swing
  • Constituency abolished 1983, and absorbed into Bristol East constituency.

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