Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Chislehurst | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
1918–1997 | |
Created from | Sevenoaks |
Replaced by | Bromley and Chislehurst |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.
Boundaries
edit1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.
1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Swanscombe, and the Rural District of Dartford.[1]
1950–1955: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington in the Rural District of Dartford.[2]
1955–1974: The Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup.[3]
1974–1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray.[4][5]
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Alfred Smithers | Unionist | |
1922 | Robert Nesbitt | Unionist | |
1924 | Sir Waldron Smithers | Conservative | |
1945 | George Wallace | Labour | |
1950 | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | Conservative | |
1966 | Alistair Macdonald | Labour | |
1970 | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Roger Sims | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
editElections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,761 | 58.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | R. Ian Wingfield | 9,485 | 22.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. William M. Hawthorne | 6,683 | 15.8 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | I Richmond | 849 | 2.0 | New | |
Green | Frances M. Speed | 652 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,276 | 36.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,430 | 78.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,165 | 57.62 | +1.90 | |
Liberal | Richard Younger-Ross | 9,658 | 23.03 | −2.29 | |
Labour | Selwyn Ward | 8,115 | 19.35 | +0.90 | |
Majority | 14,507 | 34.59 | |||
Turnout | 41,938 | 75.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 22,108 | 55.72 | +1.19 | |
Liberal | Philip Lingard | 10,047 | 25.32 | +12.81 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 7,320 | 18.45 | −13.18 | |
BNP | Alfred Waite | 201 | 0.51 | New | |
Majority | 12,061 | 30.40 | |||
Turnout | 39,676 | 72.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 23,259 | 54.53 | +8.21 | |
Labour | Christopher Howes | 13,494 | 31.64 | −5.15 | |
Liberal | Brian Harry Taylor | 5,335 | 12.51 | −4.38 | |
National Front | Raymond Frederick George Hoy | 564 | 1.32 | New | |
Majority | 9,765 | 22.89 | |||
Turnout | 42,652 | 78.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.68 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 18,926 | 46.32 | +0.38 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,032 | 36.79 | +3.10 | |
Liberal | John Martin Crowley | 6,900 | 16.89 | −3.47 | |
Majority | 3,894 | 9.53 | |||
Turnout | 40,858 | 76.11 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Sims | 20,595 | 45.95 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,102 | 33.69 | ||
Liberal | Robert Frank Webster | 9,127 | 20.36 | ||
Majority | 5,493 | 12.24 | |||
Turnout | 44,824 | 84.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,650 | 49.10 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 21,287 | 42.40 | ||
Liberal | Ron Coverson | 4,268 | 8.50 | ||
Majority | 3,363 | 6.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,205 | 75.43 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 22,757 | 45.09 | +3.85 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 21,947 | 43.49 | −0.77 | |
Liberal | Paul Hayden | 5,761 | 11.42 | −3.08 | |
Majority | 810 | 1.60 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,465 | 84.26 | +1.40 | ||
Registered electors | 59,895 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 22,251 | 44.26 | −6.05 | |
Labour | Ronald W Huzzard | 20,736 | 41.24 | +3.98 | |
Liberal | Sheilagh M Hobday | 7,291 | 14.50 | +2.06 | |
Majority | 1,515 | 3.02 | −10.07 | ||
Turnout | 50,278 | 82.86 | −2.95 | ||
Registered electors | 60,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.02 |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,748 | 50.31 | +0.56 | |
Labour | Margaret Reid | 19,069 | 37.26 | −4.63 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 6,366 | 12.44 | +4.08 | |
Majority | 6,679 | 13.05 | +5.20 | ||
Turnout | 51,183 | 85.81 | +0.94 | ||
Registered electors | 59,646 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,514 | 49.75 | −1.04 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 20,644 | 41.89 | −7.32 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 4,120 | 8.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,870 | 7.88 | +6.28 | ||
Turnout | 49,278 | 84.87 | −3.10 | ||
Registered electors | 58,063 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 31,679 | 50.79 | +6.00 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 30,699 | 49.21 | +4.72 | |
Majority | 980 | 1.58 | +1.28 | ||
Turnout | 62,378 | 87.97 | +1.66 | ||
Registered electors | 70,906 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,215 | 44.79 | +7.49 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 25,048 | 44.49 | −4.98 | |
Liberal | David A Hughes | 6,039 | 10.73 | −2.50 | |
Majority | 167 | 0.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,302 | 86.31 | +13.90 | ||
Registered electors | 65,231 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.24 |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wallace | 25,522 | 49.47 | +27.67 | |
Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 19,243 | 37.30 | −31.61 | |
Liberal | Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins | 6,824 | 13.23 | +3.90 | |
Majority | 6,279 | 12.17 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,589 | 72.41 | +6.35 | ||
Registered electors | 71,246 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +29.64 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 38,705 | 68.91 | −16.05 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 12,227 | 21.77 | +6.73 | |
Liberal | J. Alun Williams | 5,238 | 9.33 | New | |
Majority | 26,478 | 47.14 | −22.78 | ||
Turnout | 56,170 | 66.06 | −3.74 | ||
Registered electors | 85,024 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 32,371 | 84.96 | +31.20 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 5,731 | 15.04 | −2.36 | |
Majority | 26,640 | 69.92 | +44.92 | ||
Turnout | 38,102 | 69.80 | +0.20 | ||
Registered electors | 54,589 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.8 |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 16,909 | 53.8 | −12.3 | |
Liberal | James Douglas Bateman | 9,025 | 28.8 | +12.1 | |
Labour | James Lamb Thomson | 5,445 | 17.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,884 | 25.0 | −23.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,379 | 69.6 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 45,116 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 14,440 | 66.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | John Lamb Thomson | 3,757 | 17.2 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 3,647 | 16.7 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 10,683 | 48.9 | +37.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,844 | 72.7 | +12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 30,020 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +19.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 9,725 | 55.5 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 7,806 | 44.5 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,919 | 11.0 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,531 | 60.5 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 28,961 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 11,801 | 65.4 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | David Marshall Mason | 6,256 | 34.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,545 | 30.8 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,057 | 63.7 | +23.3 | ||
Registered electors | 28,336 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Alfred Smithers | 8,314 | 76.8 | |
National | Alfred Edmunds | 2,507 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 5,807 | 53.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,821 | 40.4 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (North Kent) Order 1955. SI 1955/13". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2155–2156.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (London Borough of Bromley) Order 1971. SI 1971/2112". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6228–6230.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1983/417, retrieved 5 March 2023
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