Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)

{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2024}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Kingswood

|parliament = uk

|map1 = Kingswood2007

|map2 = EnglandAvon

|map_entity = Avon

|map_year =

|year = 1974

|abolished = 2024

|type = Borough

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Bristol South East and South Gloucestershire

|next = Bristol North East
Filton and Bradley Stoke
North East Somerset and Hanham

|electorate = 65,543 (2023){{cite web |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/England-Parliamentary-electorates-for-2023.xlsx |title=England Parliamentary electorates 2010–2023 |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date= 2024-02-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240207143742/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/England-Parliamentary-electorates-for-2023.xlsx | archive-date = 2024-02-07}}

|mp = Damien Egan

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|region = England

|county = 1974–1997 Avon
1997–present South Gloucestershire

|european = South West England

|towns = Kingswood

}}

Kingswood was a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election.{{cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-west/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}

History

The constituency existed from the February 1974 general election. It had been held by the Conservative and Labour parties. Before the 2010 election, when the seat was held by Labour, it was 135th on the Conservative Party target seats list{{cite web|url=http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2010/05/hits-and-misses-on-the-tory-target-list-at-the-2010-general-election-.html|title=ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Hits and misses on the Tory target list at the 2010 general election|website=conservativehome.blogs.com}} and in the 2015 election it was 41st on the Labour Party's target seats.{{cite web|url=http://labourlist.org/2013/01/labours-106-battleground-target-seats-for-2015/|title=Labour's 106 battleground target seats for 2015 – LabourList|date=8 January 2013}}

On 26 November 2022, the previous MP, Conservative Chris Skidmore, announced that he would not seek re-election at the next election.{{cite web |title=Tory MP Chris Skidmore to step down at next general election |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mp-chris-skidmore-to-step-down-at-next-general-election-12756199 |access-date=2022-11-27 |publisher=Sky News}}{{cite web |author=PA |date=2022-11-26 |title=Chris Skidmore ninth Tory MP to set exit plan as party hit with dire opinion polls |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/26/chris-skidmore-ninth-tory-mp-to-set-exit-plan-as-party-hit-with-dire-opinion-polls |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Guardian|location=London}} On 5 January 2024, Skidmore announced he would resign from parliament "as soon as possible" in protest at the introduction of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill.https://twitter.com/CSkidmoreUK/status/1743324376479486007 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/05/chris-skidmore-resigns-conservative-whip-over-sunaks-oil-and-gas-licence-plan |title=Chris Skidmore resigns Conservative whip over Sunak's oil and gas licence plan |work=The Guardian|location=London | date = 5 January 2024 | first = Helena | last= Horton | access-date= 5 January 2024}} On 8 January 2024, he formally resigned as an MP which triggered a by-election.{{cite news |title=Conservative MP Chris Skidmore formally resigns triggering by-election in Kingswood |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-01-08/conservative-mp-quits-over-oil-and-gas-drilling-triggering-by-election |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=ITV |publisher=ITV |date=8 January 2024}} Labour's Damien Egan won the by-election, and would sit for it for the last four months of the constituency's existence before its abolition at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=220|frame-height=230|text=Map of boundaries 2019–2024}}

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield, alongside the Rural District of Warmley.

1983–1997: The District of Kingswood wards of Chase, Chiphouse, Downend, Forest, Hanham, Mangotsfield, New Cheltenham, Soundwell, Staple Hill, Woodstock, alongside the City of Bristol wards of Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West.

1997–2010: The Borough of Kingswood wards of Badminton, Blackhorse, Bromley Heath, Chase, Chiphouse, Downend, Forest, Hanham, Mangotsfield, New Cheltenham, Oldland Barrs Court, Oldland Cadbury Heath, Oldland Longwell Green, Siston, Soundwell, Springfield, Staple Hill, Woodstock, alongside the City of Bristol wards of Frome Vale and Hillfields.

2010–2019: The District of South Gloucestershire wards of Bitton, Hanham, Kings Chase, Longwell Green, Oldland Common, Parkwall, Rodway, Siston, Woodstock.

2019 to 2024: The District of South Gloucestershire wards of Bitton and Oldland Common, Hanham, Kingswood, New Cheltenham, Woodstock, Longwell Green, Parkwall and Warmley.

The constituency covered part of the South Gloucestershire unitary authority, consisting of the eastern suburbs of Bristol and commuter villages outside of the city boundary, including the town of Kingswood. It largely corresponded to the former Borough of Kingswood.

The Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies prompted the boundary changes with effect from the 2010 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/southGlouc.shtml|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100221151902/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/southGlouc.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2010|title=Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucesterhire|format=MS Word|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|date=14 November 2001|access-date=1 October 2010}} In particular, all wards in the constituency were now from the South Gloucestershire authority. Prior to 2010, the Frome Vale and Hillfields wards of the City of Bristol were part of the Kingswood constituency, but were transferred to Bristol East. Within South Gloucestershire, the Kingswood seat gained Hanham, Bitton and Oldland Common from the former Wansdyke constituency, but lost Downend and Staple Hill to the new Filton and Bradley Stoke seat.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:

Southern areas, comprising the District of South Gloucestershire wards of Bitton and Oldland Common, Hanham, Longwell Green, and Parkwall and Warmley, included with the majority of North East Somerset to form the new constituency of North East Somerset and Hanham
The town of Kingswood, comprising the Kingswood, New Cheltenham and Woodstock wards of South Gloucestershire, included in the re-established seat of Bristol North East
Emersons Green transferred to Filton and Bradley Stoke

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member{{cite web\|title=Members 1979–2010\|url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP10-33/RP10-33.pdf\|publisher=House of Commons Library\|access-date=12 December 2015}}	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| Feb 1974 \| Terry Walker \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \| 1979 \| Jack Aspinwall \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \| 1983 \| Robert Hayward \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| 1992 \| Roger Berry \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \| 2010 \| rowspan="2"\|Chris Skidmore \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent}}"\| \| 2024 \| Independent
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}"\| \| 2024 by-election \| Damien Egan \| Labour
colspan="2" align="center"\|2024 \|colspan="2"\| constituency abolished

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member{{cite web|title=Members 1979–2010|url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP10-33/RP10-33.pdf|publisher=House of Commons Library|access-date=12 December 2015}}

Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| Feb 1974

| Terry Walker

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 1979

| Jack Aspinwall

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 1983

| Robert Hayward

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| 1992

| Roger Berry

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 2010

| rowspan="2"|Chris Skidmore

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

| 2024

| Independent

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| 2024 by-election

| Damien Egan

| Labour

colspan="2" align="center"|2024

|colspan="2"| constituency abolished

Elections

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=2024 Kingswood by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Damien Egan

|votes = 11,176

|percentage = 44.9

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sam Bromiley

|votes = 8,675

|percentage = 34.9

|change = –21.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Rupert Lowe

|votes = 2,578

|percentage = 10.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Lorraine Francis

|votes = 1,459

|percentage = 5.8

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Brown

|votes = 861

|percentage = 3.5

|change = –3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Nicholas Wood

|votes = 129

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,501

|percentage = 10.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,905

|percentage = 37.1

|change = –21.8

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +17.5

}}

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Kingswood{{cite news |title=Kingswood Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000774 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=5 January 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Skidmore

|votes = 27,712

|percentage = 56.2

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Nicola Bowden-Jones

|votes = 16,492

|percentage = 33.4

|change = –6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dine Romero

|votes = 3,421

|percentage = 6.9

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Joseph Evans

|votes = 1,200

|percentage = 2.4

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Animal Welfare Party

|candidate = Angelika Cowell

|votes = 489

|percentage = 1.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,220

|percentage = 22.8

|change = +7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,314

|percentage = 71.5

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 68,972

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.7

}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Kingswood{{cite news|title=Election 2017: Kingswood parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000774|access-date=11 June 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=House of Commons Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019}}|

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Skidmore

|votes = 26,754

|percentage = 54.9

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mhairi Threlfall

|votes = 19,254

|percentage = 39.5

|change = +9.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Karen Wilkinson

|votes = 1,749

|percentage = 3.6

|change = –0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Matt Furey-King

|votes = 984

|percentage = 2.0

|change = –0.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,500

|percentage = 15.4

|change = –3.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,741

|percentage = 70.2

|change = –0.6

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =69,426

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = –1.7

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 2015: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Skidmore

|votes = 23,252

|percentage = 48.3

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jo McCarron{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingswoodlabour.org.uk/ |title=Kingswood Labour |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903132222/http://www.kingswoodlabour.org.uk/ |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}

|votes = 14,246

|percentage = 29.6

|change = –5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Duncan Odgers{{cite web |title=Kingswood – 2015 Election Results |url=http://geo.digiminster.com/election/2015-05-07/results/Location/Constituency/Kingswood |publisher=General Elections Online |access-date=19 August 2018}}

|votes = 7,133

|percentage = 14.8

|change = +11.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Adam Boyden{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South_West |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413190745/http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates |archive-date=13 April 2014 |title=General Election 2015 Candidates – Liberal Democrats}}

|votes = 1,827

|percentage = 3.8

|change = –13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Cezara Nanu{{cite web|url=https://www.fundsurfer.com/project/a-green-mp-for-kingswood-bristol|title=A Green MP for Kingswood, Bristol|date=4 February 2015}}

|votes = 1,370

|percentage = 2.8

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Julie Lake{{cite web |url=http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/bristol-and-exeter-raise-appeal |title=Bristol and Exeter Raise Appeal | Regional News | British National Party |access-date=2015-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330001005/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/bristol-and-exeter-raise-appeal |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}

|votes = 164

|percentage = 0.3

|change = –2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Richard Worth{{Cite web |url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |title=TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015 |date=4 February 2015 |website=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |archive-date=2015-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207020421/http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |url-status=live }}

|votes = 84

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate minor party

|party = Vapers in Power

|color = black

|candidate = Liam Bryan

|votes = 49

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,006

|percentage = 18.7

|change = +13.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,125

|percentage = 70.8

|change = –1.4

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =67,992

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +6.8

}}

{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Kingswood}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 2010: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}{{Cite web

|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c47.stm|title= Election 2010: Kingswood|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 May 2010}}

Percentage change and swing for 2010 is calculated relative to the PA (Rallings and Thrasher) 2005 notional result, not actual 2005 result {{cite web |title=Press Association Elections |url=http://election.pressassociation.com/Constituencies/general.php |publisher=Press Association |access-date=17 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613160529/http://election.pressassociation.com/Constituencies/general.php |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Skidmore

|votes = 19,362

|percentage = 40.4

|change = +8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 16,917

|percentage = 35.3

|change = –10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sally Fitzharris

|votes = 8,072

|percentage = 16.8

|change = –1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Neil Dowdney

|votes = 1,528

|percentage = 3.2

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Michael Carey

|votes = 1,311

|percentage = 2.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nick Foster

|votes = 383

|percentage = 0.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = English Democrats

|candidate = Michael Blundell

|votes = 333

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,445

|percentage = 5.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,906

|percentage = 72.2

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =66,361

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +9.4

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 2005: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 26,491

|percentage = 47.0

|change = –7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Owen Inskip

|votes = 18,618

|percentage = 33.1

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Geoff Brewer

|votes = 9,089

|percentage = 16.1

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = John Knight

|votes = 1,444

|percentage = 2.6

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = David Burnside

|votes = 669

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,873

|percentage = 13.9

|change = –12.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 56,311

|percentage = 66.7

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =88,400

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = –6.3

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 2001: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 28,903

|percentage = 54.9

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Marven

|votes = 14,941

|percentage = 28.4

|change = –1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Greenfield

|votes = 7,747

|percentage = 14.7

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = David Smith

|votes = 1,085

|percentage = 2.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,962

|percentage = 26.5

|change =+2.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,676

|percentage = 65.4

|change = –12.3

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =80,531

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +1.4

}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin|

|title= General election 1997: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/161.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=1 May 1997|work=Election 1997|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=7 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073544/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/161.htm|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.106 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)The 1997 swings are calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.Boundary changes meant that Kingswood was notionally a Conservative seat in 1992, which is why this is described as a Labour gain despite the fact that Roger Berry was the incumbent Labour MP.}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 32,181

|percentage = 53.7

|change = +13.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jon Howard

|votes = 17,928

|percentage = 29.9

|change = –15.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jeanne B. Pinkerton

|votes = 7,672

|percentage = 12.9

|change = –0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Alexandra Reather

|votes = 1,463

|percentage = 2.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Peter Hart

|votes = 290

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Andrew Harding

|votes = 238

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Andrew Nicolson

|votes = 115

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,253

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +18.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 59,884

|percentage = 77.7

|change = –6.8

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =77,026

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =+14.5

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1992: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 26,774

|percentage = 44.5

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Hayward

|votes = 24,404

|percentage = 40.6

|change = –4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jeanne B. Pinkerton

|votes = 8,967

|percentage = 14.9

|change = –2.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,370

|percentage = 3.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 60,145

|percentage = 83.8

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =71,727

|percentage = 100.0

|change = –1.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.7

}}

= Elections in the 1980s =

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1987: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Hayward

|votes = 26,300

|percentage = 44.9

|change =+4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Berry

|votes = 21,907

|percentage = 37.4

|change =+0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Pamela Whittle

|votes = 10,382

|percentage = 17.7

|change = –4.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,393

|percentage = 7.5

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =58,589

|percentage = 80.2

|change =+2.7

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =73,089

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =+2.1

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1983: Kingswood{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

Percentage change and swing for 1983 is calculated relative to the BBC/ITN 1979 notional constituency result, not actual 1979 result. See British Broadcasting Corporation; Independent Television News. The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services 1983)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Hayward

|votes = 22,573

|percentage = 40.4

|change = –0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Terry Walker

|votes = 20,776

|percentage = 37.1

|change = –10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Martyn Gilbert

|votes = 12,591

|percentage = 22.5

|change =+12.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,797

|percentage = 3.3

|change = –3.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =55,940

|percentage = 77.5

|change = –3.5

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =72,159

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =+5.0

}}

= Elections in the 1970s =

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1979: Kingswood}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jack Aspinwall

|votes = 23,553

|percentage = 45.4

|change =+6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Terry Walker

|votes = 23,250

|percentage = 44.8

|change =+0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A Wilson

|votes = 4,852

|percentage = 9.3

|change =–8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = R Bale

|votes = 258

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 303

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =51,913

|percentage = 86.2

|change =+2.0

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =60,229

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +7.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =+3.0

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election October 1974: Kingswood}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Terry Walker

|votes = 20,703

|percentage = 44.0

|change =+5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Hunt

|votes = 18,137

|percentage = 38.6

|change =+3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jack Aspinwall

|votes = 8,216

|percentage = 17.4

|change =–8.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,566

|percentage = 5.4

|change =+2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =47,092

|percentage = 84.2

|change =–2.5

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =55,952

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =+1.0

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election February 1974: Kingswood

Percentage change and swing for February 1974 is calculated relative to the BBC notional 1970 constituency result, not actual 1970 result. Notional 1970 results were rounded to the nearest hundred. {{citation|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFu-8ySI0cVN-wiv2H2txidUw6hduZecbMMZ9Lwleno/edit?usp=sharing|title=Constituency data for 1974–83 including 1970 notionals|access-date=18 July 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Terry Walker

|votes = 18,616

|percentage = 38.7

|change =–8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Irving

|votes = 16,975

|percentage = 35.3

|change =–17.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jack Aspinwall

|votes = 12,471

|percentage = 25.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,641

|percentage = 3.4

|change =–2.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =48,062

|percentage = 86.7

|change =+12.7

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors =55,462

|percentage = 100.0

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =+4.5

}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13178.html Kingswood UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66053.html Kingswood UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Avon (historic)

Category:Kingswood, South Gloucestershire

Category:Politics of South Gloucestershire District

Category:South Gloucestershire District

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024