Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Nantwich
constituency
Created: 1955
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Nantwich was a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] History

It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the revived Eddisbury constituency, while the eponymous town became part of the new Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1955 Sir Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, later Baron Harvington Conservative
1974 John Hoyle Cockroft Conservative
1979 Sir Nicholas Bonsor Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Nantwich[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Bonsor 25,624 50.3 +6.6
Labour D. Shaw 17,919 35.2 -1.3
Liberal C. Walsh 6,571 12.9 -6.9
National Front J. Green 814 1.6 N/A
Majority 7,705 15.1 +7.9
Turnout 79.3 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Nantwich[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cockroft 20,395 43.7 +0.3
Labour A. E. Bailey 17,021 36.5 +3.5
Liberal H. Glidewell 9,209 19.8 -3.8
Majority 3,374 7.2 -3.3
Turnout 76.2 -5.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Nantwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cockroft 21,474 43.4 +2.8
Labour A. E. Bailey 16,306 33.0 -7.8
Liberal H. Glidewell 11,668 23.6 +4.1
Majority 5,168 10.5 -1.5
Turnout 81.5 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Nantwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 20,397 46.2 +2.4
Labour D. Beetham 15,124 34.3 -4.6
Liberal R. N. Cuss 8,595 19.5 +1.1
Majority 5,273 12.0 +6.1
Turnout 77.5 -1.8
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Nantwich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 16,543 43.8 +0.4
Labour D. A. Kean 14,310 37.9 +3.5
Liberal D. A. R. Green 6,950 18.4 -4.9
Majority 2,233 5.9 -11.1
Turnout 79.3 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Nantwich[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 17,171 43.4 -3.9
Labour J. Golding 11,254 30.4 +0.6
Liberal D. A. R. Green 8,613 23.3 +1.4
Majority 5,917 16.0 -2.5
Turnout 81.6 -2.0
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Nantwich[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 17,613 48.3 -12.8
Labour L. Knight 10,876 29.8 -9.1
Liberal G. M. Harvey 7,983 21.9 N/A
Majority 6,737 18.5 -3.7
Turnout 83.6 +6.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Nantwich[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Grant-Ferris 20,250 61.1 N/A
Labour L. Knight 12,884 38.9 N/A
Majority 7,366 22.2 N/A
Turnout 77.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

[edit] References

  1. ^ UK General Election results May 1979
  2. ^ UK General Election results October 1974
  3. ^ UK General Election results February 1974
  4. ^ UK General Election Results 1970
  5. ^ UK General Election results March 1966
  6. ^ UK General Election results October 1964
  7. ^ UK General Election results October 1959
  8. ^ UK General Election results May 1955
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