Preston North | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Preston North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
County | Lancashire |
Major settlements | Preston |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Preston |
Replaced by | Preston and Ribble Valley[1] |
Preston North was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 for the 1950 general election by division of the former two-seat Preston constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Some of the constituency's former territory was then incorporated within a new single-seat Preston constituency, and parts of Preston North became elements within Fylde and Ribble Valley.
The modern Preston is a safe seat for Labour, but historically Preston North was one of the most marginal constituencies in the country.
Boundaries
[edit]1950–1974: The County Borough of Preston wards of Deepdale, Fishwick, Moorbrook, Park, and Ribbleton, and the Urban District of Fulwood.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Preston wards of Deepdale, Fishwick, Moorbrook, Park, St Matthew's, and Ribbleton, and the Urban District of Fulwood. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Julian Amery | Conservative | |
1966 | Ronald Atkins | Labour | |
1970 | Mary Holt | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Ronald Atkins | Labour | |
1979 | Robert Atkins | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Preston |
- Ronald Atkins (Labour) and Robert Atkins (Conservative) are unrelated.
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Amery | 21,880 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Samuel Segal | 20,950 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal | Charles Joseph Hemelryk | 2,012 | 4.4 | ||
Communist | Pat Devine[2] | 366 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 938 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 45,208 | 86.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Amery | 23,598 | 51.2 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Thomas Hourigan | 22,490 | 48.8 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,108 | 2.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,088 | 87.5 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Amery | 22,310 | 53.5 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Edgar Hewitt | 19,407 | 46.5 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 2,903 | 7.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,717 | 81.4 | −6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Amery | 23,990 | 55.1 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Arthur Davidson | 19,529 | 44.9 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 4,461 | 10.2 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,519 | 83.4 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Amery | 20,566 | 50.0 | −5.1 | |
Labour | Russell Kerr | 20,552 | 50.0 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.0 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,118 | 78.7 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 21,539 | 53.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Julian Amery | 19,121 | 47.0 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 2,418 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,140 | 81.1 | +2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Holt | 20,102 | 50.6 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 17,140 | 43.2 | −9.8 | |
Liberal | Derrick Trevor Jones | 2,458 | 6.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,962 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,655 | 76.9 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 16,797 | 41.5 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Mary Holt | 16,542 | 40.9 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Gordon Payne | 7,099 | 17.6 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 255 | 0.63 | New | ||
Turnout | 50,885 | 79.4 | +2.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 18,044 | 45.8 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Mary Holt | 16,260 | 41.3 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Gordon Payne | 4,948 | 12.6 | −5.0 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 138 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,784 | 4.53 | +3.90 | ||
Turnout | 51,369 | 76.7 | −2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Atkins | 18,632 | 46.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 18,603 | 46.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Michael Paul Braham | 2,715 | 6.7 | −5.9 | |
National Front | John Farran Hetherington | 329 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 29 | 0.07 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,756 | 77.8 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "'Preston North', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Findlay, Gloria. "Pat Devine". Graham Stevenson. Retrieved 29 April 2017.