Preston South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Major settlements | Preston |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Preston |
Replaced by | Preston and South Ribble |
Preston South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Preston in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. From the 1983 election onwards, the areas covered by Preston South were moved to Preston and South Ribble.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Christ Church, Maudland, St. John's, St. Peters, and Trinity, and the urban district of Walton-le-Dale. [1]
1964–1974: The County Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Central, St. John's, Savick, and Tulketh, and the urban district of Walton-le-Dale. [2]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Edward Shackleton | Labour | |
1955 | Alan Green | Conservative | |
1964 | Peter Mahon | Labour | |
1970 | Alan Green | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Stan Thorne | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Preston |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Shackleton | 22,716 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Neil McLean | 22,567 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 149 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,283 | 85.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Shackleton | 22,760 | 50.0 | ―0.2 | |
Conservative | Neil McLean | 22,744 | 50.0 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 16 | 0.0 | ―0.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,504 | 86.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Green | 21,497 | 50.6 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Edward Shackleton | 21,023 | 49.4 | ―0.6 | |
Majority | 474 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,520 | 81.9 | ―4.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Green | 21,954 | 53.7 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Tom Bradley | 18,935 | 46.3 | ―3.1 | |
Majority | 3,019 | 7.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,889 | 82.1 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Mahon | 19,352 | 50.5 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Alan Green | 19,004 | 49.6 | ―4.1 | |
Majority | 348 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,356 | 78.8 | ―3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Mahon | 20,720 | 53.6 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Alan Green | 17,931 | 46.4 | ―3.2 | |
Majority | 2,789 | 7.2 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,651 | 80.0 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Green | 20,480 | 51.7 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Peter Mahon | 19,149 | 48.3 | ―5.3 | |
Majority | 1,331 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,629 | 75.9 | ―4.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stan Thorne | 17,354 | 42.5 | ―5.8 | |
Conservative | Alan Green | 15,467 | 37.9 | ―13.8 | |
Liberal | Ronald Philip Marshall | 7,974 | 19.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,887 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,795 | 79.8 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stan Thorne | 18,449 | 46.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Alan Green | 14,700 | 37.4 | ―0.5 | |
Liberal | Ronald Philip Marshall | 5,456 | 13.9 | ―5.7 | |
National Front | Edward Victor Harrison | 663 | 1.7 | New | |
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 87 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,749 | 9.5 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,355 | 76.4 | ―3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stan Thorne | 17,810 | 44.5 | ―2.4 | |
Conservative | Brian Hugh Tetlow | 17,189 | 43.0 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Ronald Philip Marshall | 4,625 | 11.6 | ―2.3 | |
National Front | Michael Sydney Carl Gibson | 258 | 0.7 | ―1.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Victor Anthony Stephens | 116 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 621 | 1.5 | ―8.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,998 | 77.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―4.0 | |||
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