Bristol North East | |
Type: | Borough |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 2024 |
Previous: | Kingswood |
Electorate: | 69,793 (2023)[1] |
Party: | Labour |
Year2: | 1950 |
Abolished2: | 1983 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
Previous2: | Bristol Central (part) Bristol East Bristol North |
Next2: | Bristol East Bristol North West Bristol West[2] Kingswood |
Bristol North East is a borough constituency in the city of Bristol. It returns 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.
The conduct of the 1951 election was the subject of an academic study, published as Straight Fight in 1954 by R. S. Milne and H.C Mackensie.[3]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[4]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of District, Eastville, Hillfields, and Stapleton, and the Urban District of Mangotsfield.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Easton, Eastville, Hillfields, St Paul, St Philip and Jacob, and Stapleton.
2024–present: The re-established constituency comprises the following areas:
Election | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-operative | ||||
Conservative & National Liberal | ||||
Labour | ||||
Conservative | ||||
Labour Co-operative | ||||
1983 | constituency abolished | |||
Labour |
2019 notional result[8] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
24,598 | 50.3 | ||
19,134 | 39.1 | ||
2,494 | 5.1 | ||
1,948 | 4.0 | ||
731 | 1.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,905 | 70.1 | |
Electorate | 69,793 |
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