Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Nantwich | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
1955–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Crewe & Nantwich, Eddisbury and Congleton[1] |
Nantwich was a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected using the first-past-the-post voting system.
History
It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the revived Eddisbury constituency, while the eponymous town became part of the new Crewe and Nantwich constituency.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Nantwich, and Winsford, and parts of the Rural Districts of Nantwich, Northwich, and Tarvin.
When created in 1955, the seat was a county constituency formed as the southernmost division of Cheshire in North East England. Nantwich itself had previously been part of the Crewe constituency. The rest of the new seat had been split off from the Northwich constituency.
The redistribution for the 1983 general election was based upon a new pattern of local authorities. The Nantwich constituency was abolished in 1983.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1955 | Robert Grant-Ferris | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | John Cockcroft | Conservative | |
1979 | Nicholas Bonsor | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Eddisbury & Crewe and Nantwich |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Bonsor | 25,624 | 50.3 | +6.6 | |
Labour | D. Shaw | 17,919 | 35.2 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | C. Walsh | 6,571 | 12.9 | -6.9 | |
National Front | J. Green | 814 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,705 | 15.1 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 79.3 | +3.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cockroft | 20,395 | 43.7 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Adrian Bailey | 17,021 | 36.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | H. Glidewell | 9,209 | 19.8 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 3,374 | 7.2 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 76.2 | -5.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cockroft | 21,474 | 43.4 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Adrian Bailey | 16,306 | 33.0 | -7.8 | |
Liberal | H. Glidewell | 11,668 | 23.6 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 5,168 | 10.5 | -1.5 | ||
Turnout | 81.5 | +4.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant-Ferris | 20,397 | 46.2 | +2.4 | |
Labour | D. Beetham | 15,124 | 34.3 | -4.6 | |
Liberal | Roger N. Cuss | 8,595 | 19.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 5,273 | 12.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 77.5 | -1.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant-Ferris | 16,543 | 43.8 | +0.4 | |
Labour | D. A. Kean | 14,310 | 37.9 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | D. A. R. Green | 6,950 | 18.4 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 2,233 | 5.9 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 79.3 | -2.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant-Ferris | 17,171 | 43.4 | -3.9 | |
Labour | J. Golding | 11,254 | 30.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | D. A. R. Green | 8,613 | 23.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 5,917 | 16.0 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 81.6 | -2.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant-Ferris | 17,613 | 48.3 | -12.8 | |
Labour | L. Knight | 10,876 | 29.8 | -9.1 | |
Liberal | Guy M Harvey | 7,983 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,737 | 18.5 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 83.6 | +6.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Grant-Ferris | 20,250 | 61.1 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Knight | 12,884 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,366 | 22.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 77.6 | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- ↑ "'Nantwich', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ UK General Election results May 1979
- ↑ UK General Election results October 1974
- ↑ UK General Election results February 1974
- ↑ UK General Election Results 1970
- ↑ UK General Election results March 1966
- ↑ UK General Election results October 1964
- ↑ UK General Election results October 1959
- ↑ UK General Election results May 1955
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications, 1972)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)