Blackburn East (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Blackburn East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Blackburn
Created from	Blackburn

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the former two-member Blackburn constituency was divided into Blackburn East and Blackburn West. It was abolished only five years later, for the 1955 general election, when it was partly replaced by a new single-member Blackburn constituency.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Blackburn wards of St John's, St Mary's, St Matthew's, St Michael's, St Stephen's, St Thomas's, and Trinity.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Barbara Castle	Labour
1955		constituency abolished: see Blackburn

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Blackburn East [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Castle	19,480	52.8	n/a
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	14,662	39.8	n/a
	Liberal	Harry Hague	2,743	7.4	n/a
Majority			4,818	13.0	n/a
Turnout				89.1	n/a
	Labour win

General election 1951: Blackburn East [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Castle	19,661	53.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	17,029	46.4	+6.6
Majority			2,632	7.2	-5.8
Turnout				88.9	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

References

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
3. British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)