Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Bristol North
Type = Borough
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1950
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 results

Elections in the 1910s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1918: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Liberal
candidate = E. Stanley Gange
votes = 11,400
percentage = 60.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Kayler
votes = 5,007
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Party (UK, 1917)
candidate = E.W. Petters
votes = 2,520
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,393
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Liberal
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1922: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry C. Guest
votes = 17,495
percentage = 64.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 9,567
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,928
percentage = 29.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election 1923: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 10,433
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry C. Guest
votes = 8,770
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E.W. Petters
votes = 8,643
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,663
percentage = 6.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election 1924: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick E. Guest
votes = 17,799
percentage = 59.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 12,319
percentage = 40.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,480
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 79.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1929: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 18,619
percentage = 48.7
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent Liberal
candidate = Frederick E. Guest
votes = 12,932
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.O.M. Skelton
votes = 6,713
percentage = 17.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,687
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.1
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent Liberal
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1931: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Robert H. Bernays
votes = 27,040
percentage = 66.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 13,826
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 13,214
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 80.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election 1935: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Robert H. Bernays
votes = 20,977
percentage = 56.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter H. Ayles
votes = 16,149
percentage = 43.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,828
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1940s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1945: Bristol NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = W. Coldrick
votes = 22,819
percentage = 57.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.H. Britton
votes = 16,648
percentage = 42.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,171
percentage = 15.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 39,467
percentage = 74.0
change = +1.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

* Constituency abolished 1950, with the major part going to Bristol North East

References

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