Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Bristol North East
Type:	Borough
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Previous:	Bristol East, Bristol North West, Kingswood and Filton and Bradley Stoke
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 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Damien Egan of the Labour Party. Egan had originally been elected at a byelection in February 2024 for the abolished constituency of Kingswood.

The constituency was originally 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]

Boundaries

1950–1983

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:

• The Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields wards of the City of Bristol, transferred from Bristol East
• The Lockleaze ward of Bristol, transferred from Bristol North West
• The town of Kingswood, comprising the Kingswood, New Cheltenham and Woodstock wards of the District of South Gloucestershire, previously part of the constituency of Kingswood, which was abolished
• The Staple Hill and Mangotsfield ward of South Gloucestershire, transferred partly from Kingswood and partly from Filton and Bradley Stoke^{[5] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
			Labour Co-operative
			Conservative & National Liberal
			Labour
			Conservative
			Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished
			Labour

Election results

Notional 2019 result

2019 notional result^[7]
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

Elections in the 1970s

• Constituency abolished 1983, and split between Bristol East, Bristol North West and Kingswood constituencies.

Elections in the 1950s

External links

• Bristol North East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West . Boundary Commission for England . 27 June 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: 'Bristol North East', Feb 1974 - May 1983. ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. 18 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326211036/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74107.htm. 26 March 2016.
3. Book: David Kynaston

   . Kynaston. David. David Kynaston. Family Britain 1951-7. 2009. Bloomsbury. London. 9780747583851. 36.

4. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-17 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
5. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
6. Web site: New Seat Details - Bristol North East . 2024-02-22 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
7. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.