Ravensbourne (UK Parliament constituency)
Ravensbourne | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Greater London |
February 1974–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bromley & Chislehurst, Beckenham and Orpington |
Created from | Bromley |
Ravensbourne was a borough constituency in south London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first-past-the-post system. It existed from the February 1974 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
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History
This was a safe Conservative seat held by Sir John Hunt for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries
The constituency was created as Bromley, Ravensbourne and was initially made up of five electoral wards of the London Borough of Bromley: Bromley Common; Keston and Hayes; Martins Hill and Town; West Wickham North; and West Wickham South.[1]
In 1983 the constituency was renamed Ravensbourne, and redefined as comprising seven wards: Biggin Hill; Bromley Common and Keston; Darwin; Hayes; Martins Hill and Town; West Wickham North; and West Wickham South.[2] Biggin Hill and Darwin wards had previously formed part of the Orpington constituency.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir John Hunt | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Bromley and Chislehurst, Beckenham & Orpington |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Hunt | 29,506 | 63.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | PJH Booth | 9,792 | 21.0 | −4.3 | |
Labour | EW Dyer | 6,182 | 13.3 | +2.0 | |
Green | IJ Mouland | 617 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | P White | 318 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | JW Shepheard | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,714 | 42.4 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,520 | 81.2 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hunt | 28,295 | 62.96 | -0.09 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | G Campbell | 11,376 | 25.31 | ||
Labour | M D'Arcy | 5,087 | 11.32 | ||
BNP | Alfred Waite | 184 | 0.41 | -0.15 | |
Majority | 16,919 | 37.65 | |||
Turnout | 44,939 | 75.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hunt | 27,143 | 63.05 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | CM Boston | 11,631 | 27.02 | ||
Labour | JR Holbrook | 4,037 | 9.38 | ||
BNP | AT Shotton | 242 | 0.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,512 | 36.03 | |||
Turnout | 43,055 | 73.21 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hunt | 22,501 | 60.92 | ||
Liberal | W Shipley | 7,111 | 19.25 | ||
Labour | JR Holbrook | 6,848 | 18.54 | ||
National Front | S Greene | 478 | 1.29 | ||
Majority | 15,390 | 41.66 | |||
Turnout | 36,938 | 77.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hunt | 18,318 | 51.01 | ||
Liberal | DEA Crowe | 9,813 | 27.33 | ||
Labour | C Howes | 7,204 | 20.06 | ||
National Front | I Stevens | 574 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 8,505 | 23.68 | |||
Turnout | 35,910 | 73.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hunt | 20,420 | 51.47 | ||
Liberal | D Crowe | 11,523 | 29.05 | ||
Labour | HA Hession | 6,943 | 17.5 | ||
National Front | G Parker | 786 | 1.98 | ||
Majority | 8,897 | 22.43 | |||
Turnout | 39,673 | 82.5 |
See also
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 No. 1674)
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 417)
- ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England, London, 1979
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- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i16.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i16.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i16.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i16.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i16.htm
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Politics of Bromley
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997