Blackburn East (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn East
Blackburn East
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Seats	one
Created from	Blackburn
Replaced by	Blackburn

Blackburn East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Blackburn wards of St John's, St Mary's, St Matthew's, St Michael's, St Stephen's, St Thomas's, and Trinity.^[1]

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Barbara Castle	Labour
1955		constituency abolished: see Blackburn

General election 1950: Blackburn East ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Castle	19,480	52.8
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	14,662	39.8
	Liberal	Harry Hague	2,743	7.4
Majority			4,818	13.0
Turnout			36,885	89.1
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: Blackburn East ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Castle	19,661	53.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	17,029	46.4	+6.6
Majority			2,632	7.2	−5.8
Turnout			36,690	88.9	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
^ British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
^ British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig