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Revision as of 08:48, 14 January 2011

West Flintshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county1960–1974: Flintshire
1974–1983: Clwyd
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromFlintshire
Replaced byDelyn

West Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member [1] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1950 Nigel Birch Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1970 Sir Anthony Meyer, Bt Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1966: West Flintshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 18,179 43.2 −2.5
Labour RT Ellis 15,137 36.0 +3.2
Liberal DM Thomas 7,137 17.0 −1.5
Plaid Cymru DA Lloyd 1,585 3.8 +0.8
Majority 3,042 7.2
Turnout 42,038 81.9 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing -2.9
General Election 1964: West Flintshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 18,515 45.7 −6.4
Labour WH Edwards 13,298 32.8 −0.1
Liberal DM Thomas 7,482 18.5 +7.5
Plaid Cymru ENC Williams 1,195 3.0 −1.1
Majority 5,217 12.9
Turnout 39,284 80.8 −1.9
Conservative hold Swing -3.2
General Election 1959: West Flintshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 20,446 52.1 −3.6
Labour RG Waterhouse 12,925 32.9 −0.6
Liberal LE Roberts 4,319 11.0 +0.2
Plaid Cymru ENC Williams 1,594 4.1 +4.1
Majority 7,521 19.2
Turnout 39,284 82.7 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
General Election 1955: West Flintshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 20,980 55.7 −5.1
Labour HJ Jones 12,628 33.5 −5.7
Liberal G Owen 4,060 10.8 +10.8
Majority 8,352 22.2
Turnout 37,668 81.0 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
General Election 1951: West Flintshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 23,433 60.8 +12.5
Labour DV Leadbeater 15,118 39.2 +7.9
Majority 8,315 21.6
Turnout 38,751 83.2 −3.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
General Election 1950: West Flintshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 19,088 48.3
Labour DV Leadbeater 12,369 31.3
Liberal WA Ellis 8,036 20.4
Majority 6,719 17.0
Turnout 39,493 86.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. ^ [1] Political resources.net
  3. ^ [2] Political resources.net
  4. ^ [3] Political resources.net
  5. ^ [4] Political resources.net
  6. ^ [5] Political resources.net
  7. ^ [6] Political resources.net


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