Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolished Luton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency of Luton South.

Luton East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Luton East in Bedfordshire, boundaries 1974-83
County	Bedfordshire
Major settlements	Luton
1974 (1974)–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Luton
Replaced by	Luton North and Luton South

Boundaries

The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Ivor Clemitson	Labour
	1979	Graham Bright	Conservative
	1983	Constituency abolished

Elections

General election February 1974: Luton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Labour win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Luton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Luton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)