East Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)
# East Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

## Boundaries

The Borough of Flint, the Urban Districts of Buckley, Connah's Quay, and Holywell, and the Rural Districts of Hawarden and Overton.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1950 | Eirene White | Labour |
| | 1970 | Barry Jones | Labour |
| 1983 | 1983 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 21,529 | 48.5 | |
| | Conservative | George Currie | 14,832 | 33.4 | |
| | Liberal | Stuart G Waterhouse | 8,010 | 18.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,697 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,371 | 88.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

General election 1951: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 23,959 | 53.8 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | George Currie | 20,580 | 46.2 | +12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,379 | 7.6 | -7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,371 | 86.4 | -1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.8 | |

General election 1955: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 22,828 | 52.6 | -1.2 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth G Knee | 20,554 | 47.4 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,274 | 5.2 | -2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,382 | 84.1 | -2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

General election 1959: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 22,776 | 50.1 | -2.5 |
| | Conservative | Fred Hardman | 22,701 | 49.9 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 0.2 | -5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,477 | 86.4 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |

In the 1959 general election Flintshire East had the 9th highest turnout of any UK constituency.

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 25,469 | 54.2 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Fred Hardman | 21,513 | 45.8 | -4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,956 | 8.4 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,982 | 86.9 | +0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |

In the 1964 general election Flintshire East had the 2nd highest turnout of any UK constituency.

General election 1966: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eirene White | 24,442 | 51.3 | -2.9 |
| | Conservative | Fred Hardman | 15,960 | 33.5 | -12.3 |
| | Liberal | Dennis O Diamond | 6,348 | 13.3 | New |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwilym Hughes | 902 | 1.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,482 | 17.8 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,652 | 86.5 | -0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |

In the 1966 general election Flintshire East had the 5th highest turnout of any UK constituency.

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 24,227 | 46.1 | -5.2 |
| | Conservative | Rodney M. Amyes | 20,145 | 38.3 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal | Dennis O Diamond | 5,888 | 11.2 | -2.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwilym Hughes | 2,332 | 4.4 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,082 | 7.8 | -10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,592 | 81.1 | -5.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |

General election February 1974: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 27,663 | 47.5 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | MJA Penston | 18,811 | 32.3 | -6.0 |
| | Liberal | Alex Carlile | 10,653 | 18.3 | +7.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Neil Taylor | 1,135 | 2.0 | -2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,852 | 15.2 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,262 | 84.9 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |

General election October 1974: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 27,002 | 48.9 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | MJA Penston | 17,416 | 31.6 | -0.7 |
| | Liberal | R.J.S. Fairley | 8,986 | 16.3 | -2.0 |
| | Plaid Cymru | F. Evans | 1,779 | 3.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,586 | 17.3 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,183 | 79.7 | -5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

General election 1979: East Flintshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Barry Jones | 29,339 | 48.3 | -0.6 |
| | Conservative | P Warburton-Jones | 23,116 | 38.1 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal | Alex Carlile | 6,736 | 11.1 | -5.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru | J Rogers | 1,198 | 2.0 | -1.2 |
| | Communist | G Davies | 307 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,223 | 10.2 | -6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,389 | 81.7 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |
