The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It had three different sets of boundaries during its existence, and elected a new MP on each one of those occasions.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield, and the Rural Districts of Sodbury and Warmley.
1955–1974: The Rural Districts of Sodbury, Thornbury, and Warmley. Thornbury Rural District was added to the seat from the abolished Stroud and Thornbury constituency.[5]
1974–1983: The Rural Districts of Sodbury and Thornbury.[6]Warmley Rural District was transferred to the new Kingswood constituency.
Predecessor and successor constituencies
From 1885 to 1950 much of the area of the constituency was represented by the Thornbury constituency,[7] and from 1950 to 1955 by Stroud and Thornbury.[8]
When the constituency was abolished in 1983, 80.54% of it was transferred to the new constituency of Northavon, 14.75% to the redrawn Bristol North West and 4.70% to the redrawn Stroud.[1]
^"Boundary Map of Gloucestershire Thornbury PDivCon". Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^"Boundary Map of Stroud and Thornbury CCon". Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^Percentage change and swing for February 1974 is calculated relative to the BBC notional 1970 constituency result, not actual 1970 result. Notional 1970 results were rounded to the nearest hundred. Constituency data for 1974-83 including 1970 notionals, retrieved 18 July 2017
^ abcdeBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
^ abF W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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South Gloucestershire 2 3 also known as Gloucestershire South 4 was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom South GloucestershireFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsSouth Gloucestershire showing boundaries used from 1974 19831950 1983Number of membersoneReplaced byNorthavon Bristol North West Stroud 1 Created fromThornburyThe constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election It had three different sets of boundaries during its existence and elected a new MP on each one of those occasions Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Predecessor and successor constituencies 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1970s 4 2 Elections in the 1960s 4 3 Elections in the 1950s 5 ReferencesBoundaries Edit1950 1955 The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield and the Rural Districts of Sodbury and Warmley 1955 1974 The Rural Districts of Sodbury Thornbury and Warmley Thornbury Rural District was added to the seat from the abolished Stroud and Thornbury constituency 5 1974 1983 The Rural Districts of Sodbury and Thornbury 6 Warmley Rural District was transferred to the new Kingswood constituency Predecessor and successor constituencies EditFrom 1885 to 1950 much of the area of the constituency was represented by the Thornbury constituency 7 and from 1950 to 1955 by Stroud and Thornbury 8 When the constituency was abolished in 1983 80 54 of it was transferred to the new constituency of Northavon 14 75 to the redrawn Bristol North West and 4 70 to the redrawn Stroud 1 Members of Parliament EditElection Member Party1950 Anthony Crosland Labour1955 Sir Frederick Corfield ConservativeFeb 1974 John Cope Conservative1983 constituency abolished see NorthavonElections EditElections in the 1970s Edit General election 1979 South Gloucestershire Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Cope 35 627 51 2 9 2Labour MK Mullins 20 465 29 4 5 8Liberal G Conrad 12 850 18 5 4 3Ecology David Kerridge 695 1 0 NewMajority 15 162 21 8 15 0Turnout 69 637 82 1 2 5Registered electors 84 867 6 9Conservative hold Swing 7 4General election October 1974 South Gloucestershire Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Cope 26 581 42 0 0 2Labour Oonagh McDonald 22 235 35 2 3 2Liberal DC Short 14 412 22 8 3 4Majority 4 346 6 8 3 0Turnout 63 228 79 6 4 2Registered electors 79 419 0 8Conservative hold Swing 1 5General election February 1974 South Gloucestershire 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Cope 27 602 41 8 10 5Labour Oonagh McDonald 21 143 32 0 4 5Liberal DC Short 17 276 26 2 15 0Majority 6 459 9 8 6 1Turnout 66 021 83 8 5 6Registered electors 78 766 9 6Conservative hold Swing 3 0General election 1970 South Gloucestershire 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Corfield 35 045 50 9 5 7Labour Michael George Dalling 26 067 37 9 5 0Liberal Anthony Lambert 7 680 11 2 0 7Majority 8 978 13 0 10 7Turnout 68 792 78 6 5 8Registered electors 87 503 18 2Conservative hold Swing 5 4Elections in the 1960s Edit General election 1966 South Gloucestershire 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Corfield 28 224 45 2 0 6Labour Michael Cocks 26 800 42 9 3 5Liberal Eric Cleaton Hart 7 421 11 9 3 0Majority 1 424 2 3 4 1Turnout 62 445 84 4 0 2Registered electors 74 023 7 6Conservative hold Swing 2 1General election 1964 South Gloucestershire 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Corfield 26 504 45 8 9 0Labour Michael Cocks 22 790 39 4 5 8Liberal Brian S Sherriff 8 611 14 9 NewMajority 3 714 6 4 3 2Turnout 57 905 84 2 0 5Registered electors 68 781 20 6Conservative hold Swing 1 6Elections in the 1950s Edit General election 1959 South Gloucestershire 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Corfield 26 168 54 8 2 7Labour Joseph Holland 21 567 45 2 2 8Majority 4 601 9 6 4 9Turnout 47 735 83 7 2 0Registered electors 57 026 11 5Conservative hold Swing 2 8General election 1955 South Gloucestershire 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Frederick Corfield 21 760 52 1 7 4Labour Edward Bishop 20 034 47 4 7 4Majority 1 726 4 7 N ATurnout 41 794 81 7 4 6Registered electors 51 166 12 2Conservative gain from Labour Swing 7 4General election 1951 South Gloucestershire 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Anthony Crosland 27 808 55 3 6 5Conservative Marjorie Hickling 22 470 44 7 8 1Majority 5 338 10 6 4 0Turnout 50 278 86 2 0 6Registered electors 58 296 1 1Labour hold Swing 0 8General election 1950 South Gloucestershire 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Anthony Crosland 24 458 48 8Conservative B Davidson 18 320 36 6Liberal Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard 7 342 14 6Majority 6 138 12 2Turnout 50 120 86 9Registered electors 57 689Labour win new seat References Edit a b Gloucestershire South Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 22 March 2016 House of Commons debates Members Sworn Hansard 870 7 March 1974 Retrieved 10 May 2016 John Cope sworn in for South Gloucestershire List of Members Returned to Serve in Parliament at the General Election 1959 PDF The London Gazette 13 October 1959 Retrieved 11 May 2016 Gloucestershire South 1950 1983 Hansard Retrieved 9 May 2016 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES Hansard 16 December 1954 Hansard 14 July 1969 Boundary Map of Gloucestershire Thornbury PDivCon Vision of Britain Through Time Retrieved 13 May 2016 Boundary Map of Stroud and Thornbury CCon Vision of Britain Through Time Retrieved 13 May 2016 Percentage change and swing for February 1974 is calculated relative to the BBC notional 1970 constituency result not actual 1970 result Notional 1970 results were rounded to the nearest hundred Constituency data for 1974 83 including 1970 notionals retrieved 18 July 2017 a b c d e British parliamentary election results 1950 1973 by FWS Craig a b F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 1973 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with G part 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Gloucestershire UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1118565321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
