Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bristol Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bristol. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Thomas Inskip	Conservative
	1929	Joseph Herbert Alpass	Labour
	1931	Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley	Conservative
	1943	Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst	Conservative
	1945	Stanley Stephen Awbery	Labour
	1964	Arthur Montague Frank Palmer	Labour Co-operative
1974		constituency abolished

[edit] Election Results

• Constituency abolished 1974, absorbed into Bristol North East and Bristol South East

General Election 1970: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.M.F. Palmer	12,375	51.4
	Conservative	J.R.E. Taylor	9,130	37.9
	Liberal	A. Rider	2,569	10.7
Majority			3,245	13.5
Turnout				66.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.M.F. Palmer	15,399	58.9
	Conservative	J.R.E. Taylor	9,410	36.0
	Independent	D.H.R. Burgess	1,322	5.1
Majority			5,989	22.9
Turnout				70.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.M.F. Palmer	16,207	54.5
	Conservative	J.R.E. Taylor	11,616	39.0
	Independent	D.H.R. Burgess	1,936	6.5
Majority			4,591	15.5
Turnout				71.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S.S. Awbery	19,905	53.6
	Conservative	L.G. Pine	17,209	46.4
Majority			2,696	7.2
Turnout				75.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S.S. Awbery	25,158	60.5
	Conservative	K.A.P. Dalby	16,406	39.5
Majority			8,752	21.0
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S.S. Awbery	26,091	62.4
	Conservative	K.A.P. Dalby	15,725	37.6
Majority			10,366	24.8
Turnout				83.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S.S. Awbery	25,889	59.7
	Conservative	J.W.W. Peyton	13,461	31.0
	Liberal	D.D.O. Jones	4,042	9.3
Majority			12,428	28.7
Turnout				84.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S.S. Awbery	13,045	63.9
	Conservative	Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley	7,369	36.1
Majority			5,676	27.8
Turnout				70.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bristol Central by-election 1943
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Violet E.M. Bathurst, Lady Apsley	?
	Independent Socialist	Jennie Lee	?
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen A. Bathurst, Lord Apsley	15,774	52.5
	Labour	J.J. Taylor	14,258	47.5
Majority			1,516	5.0
Turnout				72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen A. Bathurst, Lord Apsley	22,311	59.6
	Labour	Joseph A. Alpass	15,143	40.4
Majority			7,168	19.1
Turnout				80.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1929: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph A. Alpass	20,749	55.7
	Conservative	Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip	16,524	44.3
Majority			4,225	11.3
Turnout				77.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1924: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip	17,177	55.1
	Labour		14,018	44.9
Majority			3,159	10.1
Turnout				77.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas W.H. Inskip	14,386	54.7
	Labour	S.E. Walters	11,932	45.3
Majority			2,454	9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas W.H. Inskip	15,568	55.9
	Labour	Brig.-Gen. Thompson	12,303	44.1
Majority			3,265	11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1918: Bristol Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Thomas W.H. Inskip	12,232	63.2
	Labour	Ernest Bevin	7,137	36.8
Majority			5,095	26.3

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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