Bristol North

Bristol North
Bristol North
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Bristol
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	Bristol (abolished)
Replaced by	Bristol North East (majority); Bristol Central (part)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Bristol Central (1918)

Bristol North was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Major settlementsBristol

SeatsOne

Created fromBristol (abolished)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lewis Fry	4,110	57.4
	Conservative	Charles Edward Hungerford Athol Colston	3,046	42.6
Majority			1,064	14.8
Turnout			7,156	79.5
Registered electors			9,002
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Lewis Fry	3,587	56.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Alfred Carpenter	2,737	43.3	−14.1
Majority			850	13.4	N/A
Turnout			6,324	70.3	−9.2
Registered electors			9,002
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Townsend	4,409	52.0	+8.7
	Liberal Unionist	Lewis Fry	4,064	48.0	−8.7
Majority			345	4.0	N/A
Turnout			8,473	78.0	+7.7
Registered electors			10,862
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Lewis Fry	4,702	51.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Charles Townsend	4,464	48.7	−3.3
Majority			238	2.6	N/A
Turnout			9,166	79.8	+1.8
Registered electors			11,490
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.3

History

Bristol North
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Bristol
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	Bristol (abolished)
Replaced by	Bristol North East (majority) Bristol Central (part)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of	Bristol Central (1918)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Frederick Wills	4,936	54.1	+2.8
	Liberal	Sir Clarence Smith	4,182	45.9	−2.8
Majority			754	8.2	+5.6
Turnout			9,118	75.0	−4.8
Registered electors			12,157
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Augustine Birrell	6,953	63.4	+17.5
	Liberal Unionist	John Alderson Foote	4,011	36.6	−17.5
Majority			2,942	26.8	N/A
Turnout			10,964	83.9	+8.9
Registered electors			13,061
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+17.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Augustine Birrell	6,805	55.5	−7.9
	Liberal Unionist	Maurice Henry Woods	5,459	44.5	+7.9
Majority			1,346	11.0	−15.8
Turnout			12,264	87.7	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Augustine Birrell	6,410	55.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Laurie Magnus	5,084	44.2	−0.3
Majority			1,326	11.6	+0.6
Turnout			11,494	82.2	−5.5
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	National Liberal	Stanley Gange	11,400	60.2
	Labour	James Kaylor	5,007	26.5
	National	Ernest Petter	2,520	13.3
Majority			6,393	33.7
Turnout			18,927	54.6
Registered electors			34,657
	National Liberal win (new boundaries)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Henry Guest	17,495	64.6	+4.4
	Labour	Walter Ayles	9,567	35.4	+8.9
Majority			7,928	29.2	N/A
Turnout			27,062	73.2	+18.5
Registered electors			36,985
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Ayles	10,432	37.5	+2.1
	Liberal	Henry Guest	8,770	31.5	−33.1
	Unionist	Ernest Petter	8,643	31.0	New
Majority			1,663	6.0	N/A
Turnout			27,845	74.4	+1.2
Registered electors			37,424
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	+17.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Conservative)	Freddie Guest^[a]	17,799	59.1	+27.6
	Labour	Walter Ayles	12,319	40.9	+3.4
Majority			5,480	18.2	N/A
Turnout			30,118	79.6	+5.2
Registered electors			37,821
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+12.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Ayles	18,619	48.7	+7.8
	Independent Liberal	Freddie Guest	12,932	33.8	New
	Liberal	John Osborne Marshall Skelton	6,713	17.5	−41.6
Majority			5,687	14.9	N/A
Turnout			38,264	78.1	−1.5
Registered electors			49,014
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1935: Bristol North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Bernays	20,977	56.5	−9.7
	Labour	Walter Ayles	16,149	43.5	+9.7
Majority			4,828	13.0	−19.4
Turnout			37,126	73.2	−7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.7

General election 1945: Bristol North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Coldrick	22,819	57.8	+14.3
	National Liberal	John Britton	16,648	42.2	−14.3
Majority			6,171	15.6	N/A
Turnout			39,467	74.0	+1.8
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Bernays	27,040	66.2	+48.7
	Labour	Walter Ayles	13,826	33.8	−14.9
Majority			13,214	32.4	N/A
Turnout			40,866	80.9	+2.8
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+31.8