Luton East | |
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Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Luton East inBedfordshire, boundaries 1974-83 | |
County | Bedfordshire |
Major settlements | Luton |
1974 (1974)–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Luton |
Replaced by | Luton North andLuton South |
Luton East is a formerUnited KingdomParliamentaryconstituency. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolishedLuton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency ofLuton South.
The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.[1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ivor Clemitson | Labour | |
1979 | Graham Bright | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,137 | 40.15 | ||
Conservative | Charles Simeons | 15,712 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 9,680 | 22.68 | ||
Independent | Jitendra Bard | 155 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,425 | 3.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,684 | 80.47 | |||
Labourwin (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 17,877 | 45.46 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 14,200 | 36.11 | ||
Liberal | J Fisher | 6,947 | 17.67 | ||
Irish Civil Rights Association | L Byrne | 299 | 0.76 | New | |
Majority | 3,677 | 9.35 | |||
Turnout | 39,323 | 73.43 | |||
Labourhold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Bright | 17,809 | 43.72 | ||
Labour | Ivor Clemitson | 16,962 | 41.64 | ||
Liberal | David Franks | 5,285 | 12.98 | ||
National Front | MG Kerry | 461 | 1.13 | New | |
Communist | Clayton Mitchell | 107 | 0.26 | New | |
Committee for the Prevention of a Police State | Jitendra Bardwaj | 61 | 0.15 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Lynn | 45 | 0.11 | New | |
Majority | 847 | 2.08 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,730 | 77.69 | |||
Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing |