Bebington and Ellesmere Port (UK Parliament constituency)

Bebington and Ellesmere Port
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Wirral South and Ellesmere Port and Neston[1]
Created from	Bebington

Bebington and Ellesmere Port was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, which 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. It existed from Feb 1974 to 1983.

The constituency was centred on the towns of Bebington and Ellesmere Port on the Wirral Peninsula in England.

History

Created for the February 1974 election, it ceased to exist with the implementation of the 1983 boundary changes and was replaced for the 1983 election by the constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Neston and Wirral South.

Boundaries

The Municipal Boroughs of Bebington and Ellesmere Port.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Alf Bates	Labour
	1979	Barry Porter	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Results

General Election Feb 1974: Bebington and Ellesmere Port^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Bates	31, 850	44.5
	Conservative	Eric Cockeram	27,388	38.3
	Liberal	P Handley	12,372	17.3
Majority			4,462	6.2
Turnout				83.5
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election Oct 1974: Bebington and Ellesmere Port^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Bates	32,310	47.5
	Conservative	Eric Cockeram	25,819	37.9
	Liberal	N Thomas	9,947	14.6
Majority			6,491	9.5
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Bebington and Ellesmere Port^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Porter	32,488	43.9
	Labour	Alfred Bates	32,002	43.2
	Liberal	Philip Gilchrist	9,591	13.0
Majority			486	0.7
Turnout				80.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

See also

• Bebington Constituency
• Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency

References

1. "'Bebington and Ellesmere Port', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
• Election results, 1950 - 1979