Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Luton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Major settlements | Luton |
1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Luton |
Replaced by | Luton North and Luton South |
Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolished Luton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency of Luton South.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Ivor Clemitson | Labour | |
1979 | Graham Bright | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,137 | 40.15 | ||
Conservative | Charles Simeons | 15,712 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 9,680 | 22.68 | ||
Independent | Jitendra Bard | 155 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,425 | 3.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,684 | 80.47 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,877 | 45.46 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 14,200 | 36.11 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 6,947 | 17.67 | ||
Irish Civil Rights Association | L Byrne | 299 | 0.76 | New | |
Majority | 3,677 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 39,323 | 73.43 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Bright | 17,809 | 43.72 | ||
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 16,962 | 41.64 | ||
Liberal | David Franks | 5,285 | 12.98 | ||
National Front | MG Kerry | 461 | 1.13 | New | |
Communist | Clayton Mitchell | 107 | 0.26 | New | |
Committee for the Prevention of a Police State | Jitendra Bardwaj | 61 | 0.15 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Lynn | 45 | 0.11 | New | |
Majority | 847 | 2.08 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,730 | 77.69 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Luton