Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingswood is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Skidmore, a Conservative.[n 2]

Kingswood
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingswood in Avon
Location of Avon within England
County	1974–1997 Avon 1997–present South Gloucestershire
Electorate	65,061 (2018)[1]
Major settlements	Kingswood, South Gloucestershire
Current constituency
Created	February 1974
Member of Parliament	Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bristol South East and South Gloucestershire

History

The constituency has existed since the February 1974 general election. This marginal constituency has been held by the Conservative and Labour parties to date. Before the 2010 election, when the seat was held by Labour, it was 135th on the Conservative Party target seats list[2] and in the 2015 election it was 41st on the Labour Party's target seats.[3]

Boundaries

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

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

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

The constituency covers 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 corresponds 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.[4] In particular, all wards in the constituency are 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 have been transferred to Bristol East. Within South Gloucestershire, the Kingswood seat has 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	Feb 1974	Terry Walker	Labour
	1979	Jack Aspinwall	Conservative
	1983	Robert Hayward	Conservative
	1992	Roger Berry	Labour
	2010	Chris Skidmore	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Kingswood[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Skidmore	27,712	56.2	+1.3
	Labour	Nicola Bowden-Jones	16,492	33.4	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dine Romero	3,421	6.9	+3.3
	Green	Joseph Evans	1,200	2.4	+0.4
	Animal Welfare	Angelika Cowell	489	1.0	+1.0
Majority			11,220	22.8	+7.4
Turnout			49,314	71.5	+1.3
Registered electors			68,972
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2017: Kingswood[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Skidmore	26,754	54.9	+6.6
	Labour	Mhairi Threlfall	19,254	39.5	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Wilkinson	1,749	3.6	-0.2
	Green	Matt Furey-King	984	2.0	-0.8
Majority			7,500	15.4	-3.3
Turnout			48,741	70.2	-0.6
Registered electors			69,426		+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

General election 2015: Kingswood[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Skidmore	23,252	48.3	+7.9
	Labour	Jo McCarron[9]	14,246	29.6	-5.7
	UKIP	Duncan Odgers[10]	7,133	14.8	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Boyden[11]	1,827	3.8	-13.1
	Green	Cezara Nanu[12]	1,370	2.8	+2.0
	BNP	Julie Lake[13]	164	0.3	-2.4
	TUSC	Richard Worth[14]	84	0.2	–
	Vapers In Power	Liam Bryan	49	0.1	–
Majority			9,006	18.7	+13.6
Turnout			48,125	70.8	-1.4
Registered electors			67,992		+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.8

General election 2010: Kingswood[15][16] [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Skidmore	19,362	40.4	+8.3
	Labour	Roger Berry	16,917	35.3	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Fitzharris	8,072	16.8	−1.2
	UKIP	Neil Dowdney	1,528	3.2	+0.8
	BNP	Michael Carey	1,311	2.7	–
	Green	Nick Foster	383	0.8	–
	English Democrat	Michael Blundell	333	0.7	–
Majority			2,445	5.1	-8.7
Turnout			47,906	72.2	+4.5
Registered electors			66,361		+0.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Kingswood[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	26,491	47.0	−7.8
	Conservative	Owen Inskip	18,618	33.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Brewer	9,089	16.1	+1.4
	UKIP	John Knight	1,444	2.6	+0.5
	Independent	David Burnside	669	1.2	–
Majority			7,873	14.0	−12.5
Turnout			56,311	66.7	+1.3
Registered electors			88,400		+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.3

General election 2001: Kingswood[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	28,903	54.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Robert Marven	14,941	28.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Greenfield	7,747	14.7	+1.9
	UKIP	David Smith	1,085	2.1	–
Majority			13,962	26.5	+2.7
Turnout			52,676	65.4	−12.3
Registered electors			80,531		+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Kingswood[20][21][22][23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	32,181	53.7	+13.1
	Conservative	Jon Howard	17,928	29.9	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanne B. Pinkerton	7,672	12.9	−0.8
	Referendum	Alexandra Reather	1,463	2.4	–
	BNP	Peter Hart	290	0.5	–
	Natural Law	Andrew Harding	238	0.4	–
	Independent	Andrew Nicolson	115	0.2	–
Majority			14,253	23.8	+18.6
Turnout			59,884	77.7	-6.8
Registered electors			77,026		+0.9
	Labour win

General election 1992: Kingswood[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	26,774	44.5	+7.1
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	24,404	40.6	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanne B. Pinkerton	8,967	14.9	−2.8
Majority			2,370	3.9	N/A
Turnout			60,145	83.8	+3.7
Registered electors			71,727		-1.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Kingswood[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	26,300	44.9	+4.5
	Labour	Roger Berry	21,907	37.4	+0.3
	SDP	Pamela Whittle	10,382	17.7	-4.8
Majority			4,393	7.5	+4.3
Turnout			58,589	80.2	+2.6
Registered electors			73,089		+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General election 1983: Kingswood[28] [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	22,573	40.4	-0.8
	Labour	Terry Walker	20,776	37.1	-10.8
	SDP	M Gilbert	12,591	22.5	+12.6
Majority			1,797	3.2	-3.6
Turnout			55,940	77.5	-3.5
Registered electors			72,159		+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Kingswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Aspinwall	23,553	45.4	+6.8
	Labour	Terry Walker	23,250	44.8	+0.8
	Liberal	A Wilson	4,852	9.3	-8.1
	National Front	R Bale	258	0.5	-
Majority			303	0.6	-4.8
Turnout			51,913	86.2	+2.0
Registered electors			60,229		+7.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.0

General election October 1974: Kingswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Walker	20,703	44.0	+5.2
	Conservative	David Hunt	18,173	38.6	+3.3
	Liberal	Jack Aspinwall	8,216	17.4	-8.5
Majority			2,566	5.4	+2.0
Turnout			47,092	84.2	-2.5
Registered electors			55,952		+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

General election February 1974: Kingswood [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Walker	18,616	38.7	-8.4
	Conservative	Charles Irving	16,975	35.3	-17.5
	Liberal	Jack Aspinwall	12,471	25.9	-
Majority			1,641	3.4	-2.3
Turnout			48,062	86.7	+12.7
Registered electors			55,462		+1.2
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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17. Percentage change and swing for 2010 is calculated relative to the PA (Rallings and Thrasher) 2005 notional result, not actual 2005 result "Press Association Elections". Press Association. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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23. The 1997 swings are calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
24. 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.
25. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
26. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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28. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
29. 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)
30. 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. Constituency data for 1974–83 including 1970 notionals, retrieved 18 July 2017