| Bristol North Borough constituency |
|
|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Bristol North was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Lewis Fry | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 | Charles Townsend | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Lewis Fry | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1900 | Sir Frederick Wills, Bt. | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1906 | Augustine Birrell | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Edwin Stanley Gange | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Christian Henry Charles Guest | National Liberal | |
| 1923 | Walter Henry Ayles | Labour | |
| 1924 | Frederick Edward Guest | Liberal | |
| 1929 | Walter Henry Ayles | Labour | |
| 1931 | Robert Hamilton Bernays | Liberal | |
| 1936 | National Liberal | ||
| 1945 | William Coldrick | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
| General Election 1918: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Liberal | E. Stanley Gange | 11,400 | 60.2 | ||
| Labour | J. Kayler | 5,007 | 26.5 | ||
| National Party | E.W. Petters | 2,520 | 13.3 | ||
| Majority | 6,393 | 33.8 | |||
| Coalition Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
| General Election 1922: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Henry C. Guest | 17,495 | 64.6 | ||
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 9,567 | 35.4 | ||
| Majority | 7,928 | 29.3 | |||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1923: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 10,433 | 37.5 | ||
| Liberal | Henry C. Guest | 8,770 | 31.5 | ||
| Conservative | E.W. Petters | 8,643 | 31.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,663 | 6.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1924: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Frederick E. Guest | 17,799 | 59.1 | ||
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 12,319 | 40.9 | ||
| Majority | 5,480 | 18.2 | |||
| Turnout | 79.6 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1929: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 18,619 | 48.7 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Frederick E. Guest | 12,932 | 33.8 | ||
| Liberal | J.O.M. Skelton | 6,713 | 17.5 | ||
| Majority | 5,687 | 14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 78.1 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| General Election 1931: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert H. Bernays | 27,040 | 66.2 | ||
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 13,826 | 33.8 | ||
| Majority | 13,214 | 32.3 | |||
| Turnout | 80.9 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert H. Bernays | 20,977 | 56.5 | ||
| Labour | Walter H. Ayles | 16,149 | 43.5 | ||
| Majority | 4,828 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 73.2 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| General Election 1945: Bristol North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | W. Coldrick | 22,819 | 57.8 | ||
| National Liberal | J.H. Britton | 16,648 | 42.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,171 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39,467 | 74.0 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
- Constituency abolished 1950, with the major part going to Bristol North East
References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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