Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)
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Swindon | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Wiltshire |
1918–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Swindon South, Swindon North |
Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1918 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
It was then replaced by the two new constituencies of North Swindon and South Swindon.
Contents
History
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Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Thamesdown wards of Central, Dorcan, Eastcott, Gorse Hill, Lawns, Moredon, Park, Toothill, Walcot, Western, and Whitworth.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rt Hon. Christopher Addison | 16,885 | 43.7 | ||
Unionist | Reginald Mitchell Banks | 14,724 | 38.1 | ||
Liberal | Frank Crane Thornborough | 7,060 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | 2,161 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Swindon by-election 1934 General Election 1935: Swindon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Reginald Mitchell Banks | 22,756 | 55.89 | ||
Labour | Christopher Addison | 17,962 | 44.11 | ||
Majority | 4,794 | 11.77 | |||
Turnout | 85.53 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher Addison | ||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Wavell Wakefield | 20,732 | 51.20 | ||
Labour | Christopher Addison | 19,757 | 48.80 | ||
Majority | 975 | 2.41 | |||
Turnout | 84.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Reid | 27,545 | 62.34 | ||
Conservative | AM Gibb | 16,641 | 37.66 | ||
Majority | 10,904 | 24.68 | |||
Turnout | 73.90 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Reid | 21,976 | 51.47 | ||
Conservative | GE Tritton | 13,697 | 32.08 | ||
Liberal | D Gorsky | 6,726 | 15.75 | ||
Communist | I Cradwell | 295 | 0.69 | ||
Majority | 8,279 | 19.39 | |||
Turnout | 87.19 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Reid | 23,980 | 57.02 | ||
Conservative | GE Tritton | 18,072 | 42.98 | ||
Majority | 5,908 | 14.05 | |||
Turnout | 89.00 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 21,926 | 54.93 | ||
Conservative | PW Medd | 17,987 | 45.07 | ||
Majority | 3,939 | 9.87 | |||
Turnout | 80.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 24,087 | 54.42 | ||
Conservative | GL Pears | 20,178 | 45.58 | ||
Majority | 3,909 | 8.83 | |||
Turnout | 79.99 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 26,464 | 60.06 | ||
Conservative | NG Reece | 16,651 | 37.79 | ||
Communist | I Gradwell | 944 | 2.14 | ||
Majority | 9,813 | 22.27 | |||
Turnout | 74.77 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Noel-Baker | 25,966 | 61.35 | ||
Conservative | NG Reece | 15,523 | 36.67 | ||
Communist | I Gradwell | 838 | 1.98 | ||
Majority | 10,443 | 24.67 | |||
Turnout | 73.51 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Ward | 16,843 | 41.73 | +5.06 | |
Labour | David Stoddart | 16,365 | 40.54 | -20.81 | |
Liberal | Christopher Layton | 6,193 | 15.34 | N/A | |
Communist | Judith Gradwell | 518 | 1.28 | -0.70 | |
Young Socialist | Frank Willis | 446 | 1.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 478 | 1.19 | |||
Turnout | 40,365 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stoddart | 25,731 | 55.52 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Ward | 20,155 | 43.49 | ||
Communist | Judith Gradwell | 456 | 0.98 | ||
Majority | 5,576 | 12.03 | |||
Turnout | 75.49 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stoddart | 24,093 | 47.92 | ||
Conservative | GCM Young | 15,384 | 30.60 | ||
Liberal | R Hubbard | 10,564 | 21.01 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | K Blakeney | 240 | 0.48 | ||
Majority | 8,709 | 17.32 | |||
Turnout | 80.89 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stoddart | 24,124 | 51.84 | ||
Conservative | JN Gripper | 13,854 | 29.77 | ||
Liberal | R Hubbard | 8,349 | 17.94 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | K Blakeney | 206 | 0.44 | ||
Majority | 10,270 | 22.07 | |||
Turnout | 73.98 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stoddart | 25,218 | 50.19 | ||
Conservative | N Hammond | 19,319 | 38.45 | ||
Liberal | G Collis | 5,709 | 11.36 | ||
Majority | 5,899 | 11.74 | |||
Turnout | 76.41 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Coombs | 22,310 | 39.16 | ||
Labour | David Stoddart | 20,915 | 36.71 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | DJ Scott | 13,743 | 24.12 | ||
Majority | 1,395 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 74.15 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Coombs | 29,385 | 43.84 | ||
Labour | G Johnston | 24,528 | 36.59 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | DJ Scott | 13,114 | 19.57 | ||
Majority | 4,857 | 7.25 | |||
Turnout | 77.80 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Coombs | 31,749 | 43.3 | −0.6 | |
Labour | JP D’Avila | 28,923 | 39.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | SR Cordon | 11,737 | 16.0 | −3.6 | |
Green | JV Hughes | 647 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Raving Loony Green Giant | CR Gillard | 236 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | VF Farrar | 78 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,826 | 3.9 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 73,370 | 81.5 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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