Stroud_and_Thornbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955

Stroud and Thornbury was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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The constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the 1955 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Thornbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton-on-Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.

Members of Parliament

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Election results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  2. [2]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  3. [3]
    British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. [4]
    British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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