Blackburn West (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Number of members one
Replaced by Blackburn
Created from Blackburn

Blackburn West was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the former two-member Blackburn constituency was divided into Blackburn East and Blackburn West. It was abolished only five years later, for the 1955 general election, when it was partly replaced by a new single-member Blackburn constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Ralph Assheton Conservative
1955 constituency abolished: see Blackburn

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Blackburn West [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ralph Assheton 19,329 52.55
Labour Lewis John Edwards 17,450 47.45
Majority 1,879 5.11
Turnout 89.56
Conservative win
General Election 1951: Blackburn West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ralph Assheton 19,695 53.68
Labour Roland Casasola 16,996 46.32
Majority 2,699 7.36
Turnout 88.87
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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