Feltham (UK Parliament constituency)

Feltham
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1955–February 1974
Replaced by	Feltham and Heston
Created from	Heston and Isleworth and Spelthorne

Feltham is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament, using the first past the post electoral system from the United Kingdom general election, 1955 until the constituency was abolished in 1974.

Boundaries

The seat was named after Feltham, a town in the west of the historic county of Middlesex. The constituency was located to the south and east of Heathrow Airport. In 1965 the area became part of Greater London and the London Borough of Hounslow.

The constituency consisted of part of one and the whole of another local government areas. The Cranford and Hounslow Heath wards of the Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth were added to the Urban District of Feltham.

Before 1955 Feltham had been part of the Spelthorne seat. The rest of the new constituency had been part of the Heston and Isleworth seat.

In the redistribution which took effect in 1974, the seat was abolished. There had been changes in local government arrangements since 1955. The area became part of the new Feltham and Heston constituency, which also included Heston and part of Hounslow to the east of the old constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Albert Hunter	Labour
	1966	Russell Kerr	Labour
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished

Elections

The constituency returned one member, using the first past the post electoral system.

Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Feltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Hunter	21,521	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	J.A. Erskine-Shaw	18,171	45.8	N/A
Majority			3,350	8.4	N/A
Turnout			39,692	78.4	N/A
Registered electors			50,650
	Labour gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Feltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Hunter	20,320	47.3	-6.9
	Conservative	J.B.W. Turner	18,070	42.1	-3.7
	Liberal	L.A. De Pinna	4,533	10.6	N/A
Majority			2,250	5.2	-3.2
Turnout			42,923	80.4	+2.0
Registered electors			53,417
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Feltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Hunter	20,733	49.6	+2.3
	Conservative	J.B.W. Turner	14,927	35.7	-6.4
	Liberal	R. Roberts	6,141	14.7	+4.1
Majority			5,806	13.9	+8.7
Turnout			41,801	77.2	-3.2
Registered electors			54,147
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Feltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Whiston Kerr	22,389	54.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Miss B.L. Wallis	13,932	33.5	-2.2
	Liberal	W.G. Crauford	5,206	12.5	-2.2
Majority			8,457	20.5	+6.6
Turnout			41,527	77.3	+0.1
Registered electors			53,697
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Feltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Whiston Kerr	21,561	52.5	-1.5
	Conservative	Miss B.L. Wallis	16,006	33.5	-2.2
	Liberal	G.R. King	3,536	8.6	-3.9
Majority			5,555	13.6	-6.9
Turnout			41,103	68.2	-9.1
Registered electors			60,273
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituency abolished 1974

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"