County City of Bristol Electorate 69,347 (December 2010) Type of constituency Borough constituency Number of members 1 | Population 95,368 (2011 census) Created 1983 Member of parliament Kerry McCarthy | |
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Created from Bristol South East
Bristol South
Bristol North East Replaced by Bristol South East, Bristol South, Bristol North East | ||
Bristol East is a constituency covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.
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History
The seat is in its second period of existence, the first period was 1885–1950 and the present period started in 1983.
The most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament has been Sir Stafford Cripps, MP between 1931 and 1950, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950. The only Conservative Party MP to have represented Bristol East was Jonathan Sayeed (served 1983–1992), who won when he defeated Tony Benn, the sitting MP for Bristol South East (which made up the majority of the new seat). Benn was in effect the leader of his own large faction on the left of the Labour Party at the time.
The Liberal Democrats won the largest share of the vote for parties of the centre since 1929 at the 2005 election at 25.2% of the vote.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and part of Easton ward.
1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood.
1997-2010: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.
2010-present: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.
The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol, directly from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to its outer neighbourhoods however excluding surrounding settlements.
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;