Preston South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Preston South Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Preston South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Preston in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. From the 1983 election onwards, the areas covered by Preston South were moved to Preston and South Ribble
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Edward Shackleton | Labour | |
| 1955 | Alan Green | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Peter Mahon | Labour | |
| 1970 | Alan Green | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Stanley Thorne | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Preston | ||
[edit] Election Results
| General Election 1970: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Green | 20,480 | 51.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Mahon | 19,149 | 48.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,331 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 75.9 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Mahon | 20,720 | 53.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Green | 17,931 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,789 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 79.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Mahon | 19,352 | 50.5 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Green | 19,004 | 49.5 | ||
| Majority | 348 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 78.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1959: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Green | 21,954 | 53.7 | ||
| Labour | T G Bradley | 18,935 | 46.3 | ||
| Majority | 3,019 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 82.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Green | 21,497 | 50.6 | ||
| Labour | E Shackleton | 21,023 | 49.4 | ||
| Majority | 474 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 81.9 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1951: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | E Shackleton | 22,760 | 50.0 | ||
| Conservative | N McLean | 20,744 | 50.0 | ||
| Majority | 16 | 0.0 | |||
| Turnout | 86.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1950: Preston South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | E Shackleton | 22,716 | 50.2 | ||
| Conservative | N McLean | 22,567 | 49.8 | ||
| Majority | 149 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 85.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
