Blackburn West (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn West 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 West
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 Park, St Andrew's, St Luke's, St Mark's, St Paul's, St Peter's, and St Silas's.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Ralph Assheton	Conservative
1955		constituency abolished: see Blackburn

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Blackburn West [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ralph Assheton	19,329	52.5	n/a
	Labour	John Edwards	17,450	47.5	n/a
Majority			1,879	5.0	n/a
Turnout				89.6	n/a
	Conservative win

General election 1951: Blackburn West[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ralph Assheton	19,695	53.7	+1.2
	Labour	Roland Casasola	16,996	46.3	-1.2
Majority			2,699	7.3	+2.4
Turnout				88.9	++0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

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)