The seat was first created in 1885[n 3]. Boundaries were slightly altered in 1918 and Bristol East was abolished in a comprehensive review of the local seats for the 1950 general election.
Political history
The most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament and H.M. Government was Sir Stafford Cripps, MP (Lab) 1931–1950, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950. The seat shifted from Liberal Party representation through to the Labour Party with the 1918-1923 period seeing a more centrist Liberal splinter group candidate elected.
Second creationEdit
The seat was recreated in 1983 on much larger boundaries than before 1950, reflecting the lower occupation levels of the city centre and allocation of new seats elsewhere to reflect population expansion mainly in former rural and lightly populated suburban areas.
Political history
The 1983 election, the first in the recreated East seat, was a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives following retention of the Falkland Islands in the Falklands War. Bristol East returned a Conservative MP, as Jonathan Sayeed defeated Tony Benn, the outgoing MP for Bristol South East and the leader of a large faction on the left-wing of the Labour Party. In 1992 Labour's Jean Corston gained the seat from Sayeed, which has been retained by Labour candidates at each subsequent general election, the Conservatives coming second, except in 2005, when the Liberal Democrats did so.[n 4] The 2015 result gave the seat the 42nd-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority;[4] however, in 2017, incumbent MP Kerry McCarthy more than tripled her majority, winning the largest share of the vote in the seat's history and by the biggest margin since 1997.
Turnout
Turnout has ranged between 80.3% in 1992 to 57.4% in 2001.
Other parties
Five parties' candidates achieved more than the deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015. Liberal Democrat candidate Philip James won the largest third-party share of the vote to date, in the 2005 election — 25.2% of the vote.
BoundariesEdit
Map of present boundaries
Context of the 1931 landslide result. The seat was one of 16 won by Labour outside of Glamorgan, the London Docklands, Manchester and the North Midlands coalfield (including some in Sheffield) won by a Labour MP. Stafford Cripps was Solicitor-General and later more prominent government figure, after World War II serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer for some years. This excludes 13 National Labour MPs elected out of their 20 candidates.
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and parts of Easton, and Somerset wards.
1983–1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood.
1997–2010: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.
2010–present: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.
The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol, from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to outer neighbourhoods (excluding surrounding settlements in local government administratively).
General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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^ abcDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
SourcesEdit
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
External linksEdit
nomis Constituency Profile for Bristol East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
October 21, 2023
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Bristol East is a constituency n 1 recreated in 1983 covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party n 2 Bristol EastBorough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Bristol East in Avon for the 2010 general electionLocation of Avon within EnglandCountyCity of BristolPopulation95 368 2011 census 1 Electorate70 366 2018 2 Current constituencyCreated1983Member of ParliamentKerry McCarthy Labour SeatsOneCreated fromBristol South EastBristol SouthBristol North East 3 1885 1950SeatsOneType of constituencyBorough constituencyCreated fromBristolReplaced byBristol South East Bristol Central and Bristol South Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 History 2 1 First creation 3 Second creation 4 Boundaries 5 Members of Parliament 5 1 MPs 1885 1950 5 2 MPs 1983 present 6 Elections 6 1 Elections in the 2010s 6 2 Elections in the 2000s 6 3 Elections in the 1990s 6 4 Elections in the 1980s 6 5 Elections in the 1940s 6 6 Elections in the 1930s 6 7 Elections in the 1920s 6 8 Elections in the 1910s 7 Election results 1885 1918 7 1 Elections in the 1910s 7 2 Elections in the 1900s 7 3 Elections in the 1890s 7 4 Elections in the 1880s 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External linksConstituency profile EditBristol East covers Fishponds St Anne s and Brislington History EditFirst creation Edit The seat was first created in 1885 n 3 Boundaries were slightly altered in 1918 and Bristol East was abolished in a comprehensive review of the local seats for the 1950 general election Political historyThe most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament and H M Government was Sir Stafford Cripps MP Lab 1931 1950 who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950 The seat shifted from Liberal Party representation through to the Labour Party with the 1918 1923 period seeing a more centrist Liberal splinter group candidate elected Second creation EditThe seat was recreated in 1983 on much larger boundaries than before 1950 reflecting the lower occupation levels of the city centre and allocation of new seats elsewhere to reflect population expansion mainly in former rural and lightly populated suburban areas Political historyThe 1983 election the first in the recreated East seat was a landslide victory for Margaret Thatcher s Conservatives following retention of the Falkland Islands in the Falklands War Bristol East returned a Conservative MP as Jonathan Sayeed defeated Tony Benn the outgoing MP for Bristol South East and the leader of a large faction on the left wing of the Labour Party In 1992 Labour s Jean Corston gained the seat from Sayeed which has been retained by Labour candidates at each subsequent general election the Conservatives coming second except in 2005 when the Liberal Democrats did so n 4 The 2015 result gave the seat the 42nd smallest majority of Labour s 232 seats by percentage of majority 4 however in 2017 incumbent MP Kerry McCarthy more than tripled her majority winning the largest share of the vote in the seat s history and by the biggest margin since 1997 TurnoutTurnout has ranged between 80 3 in 1992 to 57 4 in 2001 Other partiesFive parties candidates achieved more than the deposit retaining threshold of 5 of the vote in 2015 Liberal Democrat candidate Philip James won the largest third party share of the vote to date in the 2005 election 25 2 of the vote Boundaries Edit nbsp Map of present boundaries nbsp nbsp Context of the 1931 landslide result The seat was one of 16 won by Labour outside of Glamorgan the London Docklands Manchester and the North Midlands coalfield including some in Sheffield won by a Labour MP Stafford Cripps was Solicitor General and later more prominent government figure after World War II serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer for some years This excludes 13 National Labour MPs elected out of their 20 candidates 1885 1918 The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South part of North ward and the local government district of St George 1918 1950 The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West and parts of Easton and Somerset wards 1983 1997 The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East Brislington West Easton Eastville Hengrove Lawrence Hill and Stockwood 1997 2010 The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East Brislington West Easton Eastville Lawrence Hill St George East St George West and Stockwood 2010 present The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East Brislington West Eastville Frome Vale Hillfields St George East St George West and Stockwood The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to outer neighbourhoods excluding surrounding settlements in local government administratively Members of Parliament EditMPs 1885 1950 Edit Election Member 5 Party1885 Handel Cossham Liberal1890 by election Sir Joseph Dodge Weston Liberal1895 by election Sir William Wills Bt Liberal1900 Charles Hobhouse Liberal1918 George Britton Coalition Liberal1922 Harold Morris National Liberal1923 Walter Baker Labour1931 by election Sir Stafford Cripps Labour1939 Independent Labour1945 Labour1950 constituency abolished see Bristol South EastMPs 1983 present Edit Election Member 6 Party1983 Jonathan Sayeed Conservative1992 Jean Corston Labour2005 Kerry McCarthy LabourElections EditElections in the 2010s Edit General election 2019 Bristol East 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kerry McCarthy 27 717 53 1 7 6Conservative Sarah Codling 16 923 32 4 2 0Liberal Democrats Nicholas Coombes 3 527 6 8 4 1Green Conan Connolly 2 106 4 0 1 8Brexit Party Tim Page 1 881 3 6 NewMajority 10 794 20 7 5 6Turnout 52 154 70 6 0 4Labour hold Swing 2 9General election 2017 Bristol East 8 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kerry McCarthy 30 847 60 7 21 4Conservative Theo Clarke 17 453 34 4 3 7Liberal Democrats Chris Lucas 1 389 2 7 3 1Green Lorraine Francis 1 110 2 2 6 1Majority 13 394 26 3 17 7Turnout 50 799 70 2 6 0Labour hold Swing 8 9General election 2015 Bristol East 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kerry McCarthy 18 148 39 3 2 7Conservative Theo Clarke 14 168 30 7 2 4UKIP James McMurray 7 152 15 5 12 1Green Lorraine Francis 11 3 827 8 3 6 5Liberal Democrats Abdul Malik 2 689 5 8 18 6TUSC Matt Gordon 12 229 0 5 0 1Majority 3 980 8 6 0 3Turnout 46 213 64 2 0 6Labour hold Swing 0 2General election 2010 Bristol East 13 14 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kerry McCarthy 16 471 36 6 8 9Conservative Adeela Shafi 12 749 28 3 0 2Liberal Democrats Mike Popham 10 993 24 4 4 7BNP Brian Jenkins 1 960 4 4 NewUKIP Philip Collins 1 510 3 4 0 7Green Glenn Vowles 803 1 8 0 9English Democrat Stephen Wright 347 0 8 NewTUSC Rae Lynch 184 0 4 NewMajority 3 722 8 3Turnout 45 017 64 8 1 8Labour hold Swing 4 5Elections in the 2000s Edit General election 2005 Bristol East 15 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kerry McCarthy 19 152 45 9 9 1Liberal Democrats Philip James 10 531 25 2 8 1Conservative Julia Manning 8 787 21 1 0 7Green Arjuna Krishna Das 1 586 3 8 1 0UKIP Jean Smith 1 132 2 7 1 3Respect Paulette North 532 1 3 NewMajority 8 621 20 7 12 5Turnout 41 720 61 3 3 9Labour hold Swing 8 6General election 2001 Bristol East 16 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jean Corston 22 180 55 0 1 9Conservative Jack Lopresti 8 788 21 8 1 6Liberal Democrats Brian Niblett 6 915 17 1 2 3Green Geoff Collard 1 110 2 8 NewUKIP Roger Marsh 572 1 4 NewSocialist Labour Michael Langley 438 1 1 0 5Socialist Alliance Andrew Pryor 331 0 8 NewMajority 13 392 33 2 0 3Turnout 40 334 57 4 12 3Labour hold SwingElections in the 1990s Edit General election 1997 Bristol East 17 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jean Corston 27 418 56 9 10 3Conservative Ed Vaizey 11 259 23 4 15 8Liberal Democrats Peter Tyzack 7 121 14 8 0 9Referendum Gerry Philip 1 479 3 1 NewSocialist Labour Paul Williams 766 1 6 NewNatural Law John McLaggan 158 0 3 NewMajority 16 159 33 5 28 1Turnout 48 201 69 7 11 6Labour hold Swing 13 0General election 1992 Bristol East 18 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jean Corston 22 418 44 6 9 2Conservative Jonathan Sayeed 19 726 39 2 4 4Liberal Democrats John Francis Kiely 7 903 15 7 4 7National Front Ian Anderson 270 0 5 0 1Majority 2 692 5 4 N ATurnout 50 317 80 3 1 6Labour gain from Conservative Swing 6 8Elections in the 1980s Edit General election 1987 Bristol East 20 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jonathan Sayeed 21 906 43 6 3 1Labour Ronald Thomas 17 783 35 4 1 5Liberal Don Foster 10 247 20 4 0 9National Front Philip Kingston 286 0 6 0 1Majority 4 123 8 2 4 6Turnout 50 222 78 7 4 8Conservative hold Swing 2 3General election 1983 Bristol East 21 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jonathan Sayeed 19 844 40 5Labour Tony Benn 18 055 36 9Liberal Peter Tryer 10 404 21 3National Front Ernest Andrews 343 0 7Ecology Gundula Dorey 311 0 6Majority 1 789 3 6Turnout 48 957 73 9Conservative win new seat Elections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Stafford Cripps 27 975 73 5 14 2Conservative T D Corpe 10 073 26 5 NewMajority 17 902 47 0 28 4Turnout 37 768 76 3 0 5Labour hold SwingElections in the 1930s Edit General election 1935 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Stafford Cripps 22 009 59 3 8 7National Labour Archibald Church 15 126 40 7 NewMajority 6 883 18 6 17 4Turnout 37 135 75 8 4 4Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1931 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Stafford Cripps 19 435 50 6 15 2Conservative James Spreull 19 006 49 4 N AMajority 429 1 2 30 4Turnout 38 441 80 2 2 0Labour hold Swing 22 1931 Bristol East by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Stafford Cripps 19 261 61 7 4 1Conservative Peter Chapman Walker 7 937 25 4 NewLiberal Edward Baker 4 010 12 8 21 4Majority 11 324 36 3 4 7Turnout 31 208Labour hold SwingElections in the 1920s Edit General election 1929 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Walter Baker 24 197 65 8 7 6Liberal Charles Gordon Spencer 12 576 34 2 7 6Majority 11 621 31 6 15 2Turnout 36 773 78 2 1 6Registered electors 47 039Labour hold Swing 7 6 nbsp W J BakerGeneral election 1924 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Walter Baker 16 920 58 2 4 5Liberal Herbert John Maggs 12 143 41 8 4 5Majority 4 777 16 4 9 0Turnout 29 063 79 8 3 3Registered electors 36 441Labour hold Swing 4 5General election 1923 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes Labour Walter Baker 14 828 53 7 4 0Liberal Harold Morris 12 788 46 3 4 0Majority 2 040 7 4 N ATurnout 27 616 76 5 1 0Registered electors 36 105Labour gain from National Liberal Swing 4 0General election 1922 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes National Liberal Harold Morris 13 910 50 3 0 7Labour Luke Bateman 13 759 49 7 6 9Majority 151 0 6 N ATurnout 27 669 77 5 21 0Registered electors 35 704National Liberal gain from National Liberal Swing N AElections in the 1910s Edit nbsp HobhouseGeneral election 1918 Bristol East Party Candidate Votes National Liberal George Britton 9 434 49 6 13 3Labour Luke Bateman 8 135 42 8 NewLiberal Charles Hobhouse 1 447 7 6 53 3Majority 1 299 6 8 N ATurnout 19 016 56 5 20 4National Liberal gain from Liberal SwingElection results 1885 1918 EditElections in the 1910s Edit General Election 1914 15 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Liberal Charles Hobhouse Unionist Thomas Clarence Edward Goff 23 Independent Labour Party Walter Ayles1911 Bristol East by election 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Hobhouse 4 913 62 8 0 1Independent Walter Moore 2 913 37 2 NewMajority 2 000 25 6 0 2Turnout 7 826 52 3 24 6Registered electors 14 951Liberal hold Swing N AGeneral election December 1910 Bristol East 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Hobhouse 7 229 62 9 10 9Conservative Patrick Hannon 4 263 37 1 6 3Majority 2 966 25 8 4 6Turnout 11 492 76 9 10 0Registered electors 15 060Liberal hold Swing 2 3General election January 1910 Bristol East 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Hobhouse 6 804 52 0 19 7Conservative Thomas Henry Batten 4 033 30 8 2 5Labour Frank Sheppard 2 255 17 2 NewMajority 2 771 21 2 22 2Turnout 13 092 86 9 10 8Registered electors 15 060Liberal hold Swing 11 1Elections in the 1900s Edit General election 1906 Bristol East 24 26 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Hobhouse 7 935 71 7 15 3Liberal Unionist Thomas Bertram Johnston 3 129 28 3 15 3Majority 4 806 43 4 30 6Turnout 11 064 76 1 9 1Registered electors 14 543Liberal hold Swing 15 3 nbsp HobhouseGeneral election 1900 Bristol East 24 26 27 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Hobhouse 4 979 56 4 12 4Conservative Robert Sanders 3 848 43 6 NewMajority 1 131 12 8 24 8Turnout 8 827 67 0 13 7Registered electors 13 181Liberal hold Swing N AElections in the 1890s Edit nbsp Wills nbsp HobsonGeneral election 1895 Bristol East 24 26 27 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Wills 4 129 68 8 17 6Ind Labour Party Samuel George Hobson 1 874 31 2 NewMajority 2 255 37 6 35 2Turnout 6 003 53 3 11 5Registered electors 11 254Liberal hold Swing N A1895 Bristol East by election 24 26 27 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Wills 3 740 51 2 N AIndependent Labour Hugh Holmes Gore n 5 3 558 48 8 NewMajority 182 2 4 N ATurnout 7 298 64 8 N ARegistered electors 11 254Liberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1892 Bristol East 24 26 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Dodge Weston UnopposedLiberal hold nbsp Wilson1890 Bristol East by election 24 26 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Dodge Weston 4 775 65 6 0 1Conservative James Inskip 1 900 26 1 8 4Independent Labour Havelock Wilson 602 8 3 NewMajority 2 875 39 5 8 5Turnout 7 277 70 6 11 6Registered electors 10 310Liberal hold Swing 4 3Elections in the 1880s Edit nbsp CosshamGeneral election 1886 Bristol East 24 26 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Handel Cossham 3 672 65 5 0 6Conservative James Inskip 1 936 34 5 0 6Majority 1 736 31 0 1 2Turnout 5 608 59 0 15 0Registered electors 9 506Liberal hold Swing 0 6General election 1885 Bristol East 24 26 28 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Handel Cossham 4 647 66 1Conservative James Broad Bissell 2 383 33 9Majority 2 264 32 2Turnout 7 030 74 0Registered electors 9 506Liberal win new seat See also EditList of parliamentary constituencies in AvonNotes Edit A borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer As with all constituencies the constituency elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election at least every five years See the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Including two re elections of Corston who was later elevated to the House of Lords as Baroness Corston Supported by the Bristol Socialist Party and the Independent Labour PartyReferences Edit Bristol East Usual Resident Population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Archived from the original on 4 February 2015 Retrieved 3 February 2015 England 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