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Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.
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Boundaries
1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.
1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Swanscombe, and the Rural District of Dartford.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and the parishes of Darenth, Stone, Sutton at Hone, and Wilmington in the Rural District of Dartford.
1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup.
1974–1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Alfred Smithers | Unionist | |
1922 | Robert Nesbitt | Unionist | |
1924 | Sir Waldron Smithers | Conservative | |
1945 | George Wallace | Labour | |
1950 | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | Conservative | |
1966 | Alistair Macdonald | Labour | |
1970 | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Roger Sims | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,761 | 58.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | R. Ian Wingfield | 9,485 | 22.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. William M. Hawthorne | 6,683 | 15.8 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | I Richmond | 849 | 2.0 | New | |
Green | Frances M. Speed | 652 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,276 | 36.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,430 | 78.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 24,165 | 57.62 | +1.90 | |
Liberal | Richard Younger-Ross | 9,658 | 23.03 | -2.29 | |
Labour | Selwyn Ward | 8,115 | 19.35 | +0.90 | |
Majority | 14,507 | 34.59 | |||
Turnout | 41,938 | 75.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General election 1983: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 22,108 | 55.72 | +1.19 | |
Liberal | Philip Lingard | 10,047 | 25.32 | +12.81 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 7,320 | 18.45 | -13.18 | |
BNP | Alfred Waite | 201 | 0.51 | New | |
Majority | 12,061 | 30.40 | |||
Turnout | 39,676 | 72.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 23,259 | 54.53 | +8.21 | |
Labour | Christopher Howes | 13,494 | 31.64 | -5.15 | |
Liberal | Brian Harry Taylor | 5,335 | 12.51 | -4.38 | |
National Front | Raymond Frederick George Hoy | 564 | 1.32 | New | |
Majority | 9,765 | 22.89 | |||
Turnout | 42,652 | 78.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.68 |
General election October 1974: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 18,926 | 46.32 | +0.38 | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,032 | 36.79 | +3.10 | |
Liberal | John Martin Crowley | 6,900 | 16.89 | -3.47 | |
Majority | 3,894 | 9.53 | |||
Turnout | 40,858 | 76.11 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.36 |
General election February 1974: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Sims | 20,595 | 45.95 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 15,102 | 33.69 | ||
Liberal | Robert Frank Webster | 9,127 | 20.36 | ||
Majority | 5,493 | 12.24 | |||
Turnout | 44,824 | 84.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General election 1970: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,650 | 49.10 | ||
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 21,287 | 42.40 | ||
Liberal | Ron Coverson | 4,268 | 8.50 | ||
Majority | 3,363 | 6.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,205 | 75.43 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 22,757 | 45.09 | +3.85 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 21,947 | 43.49 | -0.77 | |
Liberal | Paul Hayden | 5,761 | 11.42 | -3.08 | |
Majority | 810 | 1.60 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,465 | 84.26 | +1.40 | ||
Registered electors | 59,895 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.31 |
General election 1964: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 22,251 | 44.26 | -6.05 | |
Labour | Ronald W Huzzard | 20,736 | 41.24 | +3.98 | |
Liberal | Sheilagh M Hobday | 7,291 | 14.50 | +2.06 | |
Majority | 1,515 | 3.02 | -10.07 | ||
Turnout | 50,278 | 82.86 | -2.95 | ||
Registered electors | 60,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.02 |
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,748 | 50.31 | +0.56 | |
Labour | Margaret Reid | 19,069 | 37.26 | -4.63 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 6,366 | 12.44 | +4.08 | |
Majority | 6,679 | 13.05 | +5.20 | ||
Turnout | 51,183 | 85.81 | +0.94 | ||
Registered electors | 59,646 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.60 |
General election 1955: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 24,514 | 49.75 | -1.04 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 20,644 | 41.89 | -7.32 | |
Liberal | David C Blackburn | 4,120 | 8.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,870 | 7.88 | +6.28 | ||
Turnout | 49,278 | 84.87 | -3.10 | ||
Registered electors | 58,063 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.14 |
General election 1951: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 31,679 | 50.79 | +6.00 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 30,699 | 49.21 | +4.72 | |
Majority | 980 | 1.58 | +1.28 | ||
Turnout | 62,378 | 87.97 | +1.66 | ||
Registered electors | 70,906 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.64 |
General election 1950: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | 25,215 | 44.79 | +7.49 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 25,048 | 44.49 | -4.98 | |
Liberal | David A Hughes | 6,039 | 10.73 | -2.50 | |
Majority | 167 | 0.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,302 | 86.31 | +13.90 | ||
Registered electors | 65,231 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.24 |
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Wallace | 25,522 | 49.47 | +27.67 | |
Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 19,243 | 37.30 | -31.61 | |
Liberal | Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins | 6,824 | 13.23 | +3.90 | |
Majority | 6,279 | 12.17 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,589 | 72.41 | +6.35 | ||
Registered electors | 71,246 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +29.64 |
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1935: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 38,705 | 68.91 | -16.05 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 12,227 | 21.77 | +6.73 | |
Liberal | J. Alun Williams | 5,238 | 9.33 | New | |
Majority | 26,478 | 47.14 | -22.78 | ||
Turnout | 56,170 | 66.06 | -3.74 | ||
Registered electors | 85,024 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.39 |
General election 1931: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Waldron Smithers | 32,371 | 84.96 | +31.20 | |
Labour | Tom Colyer | 5,731 | 15.04 | -2.36 | |
Majority | 26,640 | 69.92 | +44.92 | ||
Turnout | 38,102 | 69.80 | +0.20 | ||
Registered electors | 54,589 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.8 |
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1929: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 16,909 | 53.8 | −12.3 | |
Liberal | James Douglas Bateman | 9,025 | 28.8 | +12.1 | |
Labour | James Lamb Thomson | 5,445 | 17.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,884 | 25.0 | −23.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,379 | 69.6 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 45,116 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −12.2 |
General election 1924: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Waldron Smithers | 14,440 | 66.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | John Lamb Thomson | 3,757 | 17.2 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 3,647 | 16.7 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 10,683 | 48.9 | +37.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,844 | 72.7 | +12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 30,020 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +19.2 |
General election 1923: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 9,725 | 55.5 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Charles Reginald Nevill | 7,806 | 44.5 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,919 | 11.0 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,531 | 60.5 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 28,961 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.9 |
General election 1922: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Robert Chancellor Nesbitt | 11,801 | 65.4 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | David Marshall Mason | 6,256 | 34.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,545 | 30.8 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,057 | 63.7 | +23.3 | ||
Registered electors | 28,336 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Chislehurst | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
C | Unionist | Alfred Smithers | 8,314 | 76.8 | |
National | Alfred Edmunds | 2,507 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 5,807 | 53.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,821 | 40.4 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |