Created from Bristol East | Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Bristol East, Bristol South, Kingswood | ||
Bristol South East was a constituency in the city of Bristol that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, mainly from the Bristol East constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election which saw the revival of Bristol East. In boundary changes for the February 1974 general election, part of the constituency's territory was transferred to the new seat of Kingswood.
Sir Stafford Cripps won the seat comfortably from holding its main predecessor in 1950 and continued in government with the new seat for just over six months (he was at the time Chancellor of the Exchequer) before resigning from Parliament on health grounds. The last Member of Parliament was Tony Benn who was a Secretary of State (for Industry from 1974-5 then for Energy from 1975-1979), in the latter role the country saw the Winter of Discontent and power shortages. Benn ran in the near-overlapping replacement seat, Bristol East in 1983 and was defeated by Conservative Jonathan Sayeed.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Hengrove, St George East, and St George West.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood, and the Urban District of Kingswood.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Brislington, Knowle, St George East, St George West, Stockwood, and Windmill Hill.