BRISTOL EAST (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Bristol East' is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1950

MPs 1983-present

Election results

See also

External Links

Boundaries

The constituency covers the east of Bristol.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Bristol, Somerset and South Gloucestershire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a Bristol East constituency with minor changes from the current seat.
The electoral wards in the seat to be fought at the election in 2009 or 2010 are;

★ Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, Stockwood.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Handel Cossham
	1890	Sir Joseph Dodge Weston
	1895	Sir William Henry Wills
	1900	Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse	Liberal
	1918	George Bryant Britton	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Harold Spencer Morris	National Liberal
	1923	Walter John Baker	Labour
	1931	Sir Stafford Cripps	Labour
	''1939''		Independent Labour
	1945		Labour
1950		''constituency abolished''

MPs 1983-present

★ ''Constituency recreated'' (1983)

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Jonathan Sayeed	Conservative
	1987
	1992	Jean Corston	Labour
	1997
	2001
	2005	Kerry McCarthy	Labour

Election results

★ Constituency recreated 1983

★ Constituency abolished 1950 with the major part going to Bristol South East

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

External Links

★ Interviews with the 2005 parliamentary candidates