Fylde South (UK Parliament constituency)

Fylde South was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Fylde South
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Fylde South in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County	Lancashire
1950–1983
Replaced by	Fylde, South Ribble and Ribble Valley[1]
Created from	Fylde and Blackpool South

Boundaries

The Borough of Lytham St Annes, the Urban District of Kirkham, the Rural District of Fylde, and part of the Rural District of Preston.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Claude Lancaster	Conservative
	1970	Sir Edward Gardner	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Fylde

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	33,619	66.75
	Labour	James Brian O'Hara	11,341	22.52
	Liberal	John Edward Gouldbourn	5,402	10.73
Majority			22,278	44.23
Turnout			50,362	83.60
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	35,726	74.22
	Labour	Lewis Holden Burgess	12,408	25.78
Majority			23,318	48.44
Turnout			48,134	79.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	33,204	75.44
	Labour	Reuben Christopher Jelley	10,809	24.56
Majority			22,395	50.88
Turnout			44,013	72.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	36,988	74.71
	Labour	Norman Holding	12,521	25.29
Majority			24,467	49.42
Turnout			49,509	75.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	31,824	58.20
	Liberal	John D Lees	11,885	21.74	New
	Labour	Brian Stevenson	10,971	20.06
Majority			19,939	36.46
Turnout			54,680	77.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claude Lancaster	29,779	54.37
	Labour	David Owen	13,455	24.57
	Liberal	John D Lees	11,532	21.06
Majority			16,324	29.80
Turnout			54,766	74.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Fylde South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	39,459	63.62
	Labour	David Mahon	13,354	21.53
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	9,214	14.85
Majority			26,105	42.09
Turnout			62,027	72.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Fylde South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	41,028	58.49
	Liberal	Alan Lawson	15,649	22.31
	Labour	KE Knight	13,474	19.21
Majority			25,379	36.18
Turnout			70,151	77.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Fylde South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	37,193	56.83
	Liberal	Alan Lawson	14,527	22.20
	Labour	Terence A. Dillon	13,724	20.97
Majority			22,666	34.63
Turnout			65,444	72.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Fylde South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gardner	45,883	63.4	+6.6
	Labour	Graham Chadwick	13,636	18.8	-2.2
	Liberal	John Stevens	11,938	16.5	-5.7
	National Front	Mike Roberts	941	1.3	New
Majority			32,247	44.6	+10.0
Turnout			72,398	76.75	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

1. "'Fylde South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
2. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973