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Bexley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bexley district of what is now south-east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
Bexley in Kent, boundaries used 1955-74
The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, from parts of the Chislehurst and Dartford seats, and abolished for the 1974 general election and replaced by two new constituencies of Bexleyheath and Sidcup.
The constituency's boundaries were co-terminous with those of the Municipal Borough of Bexley.
The MP when the constituency was abolished, the then Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath, fought and won the new Sidcup constituency in 1974. He went on to represent the new seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 1983 until he retired from parliament in 2001 after being an MP for 50 years.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
| General election 1945: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jennie Adamson |
24,686 |
56.93 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Lockwood |
12,923 |
29.80 |
|
|
Liberal |
Ward Smith |
5,750 |
13.26 |
|
| Majority |
11,763 |
27.13 |
|
| Turnout |
43,359 |
76.65 |
|
|
Labour win (new seat) |
| 1946 Bexley by-election |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ashley Bramall |
19,759 |
52.46 |
-4.47 |
|
Conservative |
John Lockwood |
17,908 |
47.54 |
+17.74 |
| Majority |
1,851 |
4.92 |
-22.21 |
| Turnout |
37,667 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-11.1 |
|
Elections in the 1950s
| General election 1951: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edward Heath |
29,069 |
51.45 |
+4.57 |
|
Labour |
Ashley Bramall |
27,430 |
48.55 |
+2.82 |
| Majority |
1,639 |
2.99 |
+2.75 |
| Turnout |
56,499 |
87.80 |
-0.87 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+0.86 |
|
| General election 1955: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edward Heath |
28,610 |
54.27 |
+2.73 |
|
Labour |
Rubeigh James Minney |
24,111 |
45.73 |
-2.82 |
| Majority |
4,499 |
8.54 |
+5.55 |
| Turnout |
42,721 |
82.55 |
-5.25 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+2.76 |
|
| General election 1959: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edward Heath |
32,025 |
57.79 |
+3.52 |
|
Labour |
Ashley Bramall |
23,392 |
42.21 |
-3.52 |
| Majority |
8,633 |
15.58 |
+7.04 |
| Turnout |
55,517 |
85.38 |
-2.83 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+3.52 |
|
Elections in the 1960s
| General election 1964: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edward Heath |
25,716 |
47.4 |
-10.4 |
|
Labour |
Leslie Leonard Reeves |
21,127 |
38.9 |
-3.3 |
|
Liberal |
Peter L. MacArthur |
6,161 |
11.4 |
New |
|
Anti-Common Market League |
John Paul |
1,263 |
2.3 |
New |
| Majority |
4,589 |
8.5 |
-7.1 |
| Turnout |
54,227 |
84.5 |
-0.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
-3.6 |
|
| General election 1966: Bexley |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edward Heath |
26,377 |
48.1 |
+0.7 |
|
Labour |
Russell L. Butler |
24,044 |
43.9 |
+5.0 |
|
Liberal |
Richard Faulkner Lloyd |
4,405 |
8.0 |
−3.4 |
| Majority |
2,333 |
4.2 |
-4.3 |
| Turnout |
54,826 |
85.8 |
+1.3 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+2.1 |
|
Election in the 1970s
