- Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Nantwich Former County constituency for the House of Commons County Cheshire 1955–1983 Number of members One Replaced by Eddisbury, Crewe & Nantwich 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.
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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 constituency, when created from 1955, was a county constituency formed as the southernmost division of Cheshire in North East England. It comprised the urban districts for the towns of Middlewich, Nantwich and Winsford as well as parts of three rural districts (Nantwich, Northwich and Tarvin.
Nantwich itself had previously been part of the Crewe division. The rest of the new seat had been split off from the Northwich constituency.
There were only minor boundary changes at the redistribution which took effect from the February 1974 general election. The same local authorities were involved as in 1955. However the next redistribution, before the 1983 general election, was based upon a new pattern of local authorities. The Northwich constituency was not retained after the dissolution of Parliament in 1983.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1955 Sir Robert Grant-Ferris Conservative Feb 1974 John Cockcroft Conservative 1979 Sir Nicholas Bonsor Conservative 1983 constituency abolished: see Eddisbury & Crewe and Nantwich Elections
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Nantwich[1] 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 General Election October 1974: Nantwich[2] 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 General Election February 1974: Nantwich[3] 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 General Election 1970: Nantwich[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 20,397 46.2 +2.4 Labour D. Beetham 15,124 34.3 -4.6 Liberal R. 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
General Election 1966: Nantwich[5] 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 General Election 1964: Nantwich[6] 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
General Election 1959: Nantwich[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 17,613 48.3 -12.8 Labour L. Knight 10,876 29.8 -9.1 Liberal G. M. Harvey 7,983 21.9 N/A Majority 6,737 18.5 -3.7 Turnout 83.6 +6.0 Conservative hold Swing General Election 1955: Nantwich[8] 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
- ^ 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)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1955
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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