Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)




























Luton East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Bedfordshire
Major settlements Luton

1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by
Luton North and Luton South
Created from Luton

Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of the Luton constituency in 1974 and, with Luton West, divided into Luton North and Luton South in 1983.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Elections


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Boundaries


The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.



Members of Parliament

























Election Member Party


Feb 1974
 Ivor Clemitson
Labour


1979
 Graham Bright
Conservative


1983
Constituency abolished


Elections






























































General Election February 1974: Luton East
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Ivor Clemitson
 17,137
 40.15
N/A


Conservative
Charles Simeons
 15,712
 36.81
N/A


Liberal
 J Fisher
 9,680
 22.68
N/A


Independent
 Jitendra Bard
 155
 0.36
N/A
Majority
 1,425
 3.34
N/A

Turnout
80.47
N/A


Labour win (new seat)
































































General Election October 1974: Luton East
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Ivor Clemitson
 17,877
 45.46


Conservative
 A Johnston
 14,200
 36.11


Liberal
 J Fisher
 6,947
 17.67

Irish Civil Rights Association
 L Byrne
 299
 0.76
Majority
 3,677
 9.35

Turnout
73.43


Labour hold
Swing
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General Election, 1979: Luton East
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
Graham Bright
 17,809
 43.72


Labour
Ivor Clemitson
 16,962
 41.64


Liberal
 David Franks
 5,285
 12.98


National Front
 MG Kerry
 461
 1.13
N/A


Communist
 Clayton Mitchell
 107
 0.26
N/A

Committee for the Prevention of a Police State
 Jitendra Bardwaj
 61
 0.15
N/A


Workers Revolutionary
 Arthur Lynn
 45
 0.11
N/A
Majority
 847
 2.08

Turnout
77.69


Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
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See also


  • List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies


References


  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)



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