- Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)
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Chislehurst Former County constituency for the House of Commons County Kent 1918–1997 Replaced by Bromley and Chislehurst Created from Sevenoaks Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency.
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Boundaries
From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Sir Alfred Smithers Unionist 1922 Robert Nesbitt Unionist 1924 Sir Waldron Smithers Conservative 1945 George Wallace Labour 1950 Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 1966 Alistair Macdonald Labour 1970 Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative Feb 1974 Roger Sims Conservative 1997 constituency abolished Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Chislehurst[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roger Sims 24,761 58.4 +0.7 Labour RI Wingfield 9,485 22.4 +3.0 Liberal Democrat TWM Hawthorne 6,683 15.8 −7.3 Liberal I Richmond 849 2.0 −21.0 Green Mrs FM Speed 652 1.5 +1.5 Majority 15,276 36.0 +1.4 Turnout 42,430 78.9 +3.4 Conservative hold Swing −1.1 See also
References
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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