Portsmouth Langstone (UK Parliament constituency)

Portsmouth Langstone
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	Portsmouth Central, Portsmouth South, Portsmouth North and Fareham
Replaced by	Havant and Waterloo and Portsmouth North

Portsmouth Langstone was a borough constituency in Portsmouth. 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham and Meredith, and the Urban District of Havant and Waterloo.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, and Paulsgrove, and the Urban District of Havant and Waterloo.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Geoffrey Stevens	Conservative
	1964	Ian Lloyd	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1950: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	29,477	58.97
	Labour	Percy Knight	17,691	35.39
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jones	2,821	5.64
Majority			11,786	23.58
Turnout			49,989	83.72
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	31,752	63.00
	Labour	John O'Neill Ryan	18,647	37.00
Majority			13,105	26.00
Turnout			50,399	81.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	32,014	64.19
	Labour	Stanley Clinton Davis	17,859	35.81
Majority			14,155	28.38
Turnout			49,873	73.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Stevens	38,834	65.39
	Labour	Douglas G Reynolds	20,553	34.61
Majority			18,281	30.78
Turnout			59,387	74.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	33,208	48.28
	Labour	Terence Albert Molloy	23,365	33.97
	Liberal	Rex Collings	12,212	17.75	new
Majority			9,843	14.31
Turnout			68,785	75.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	34,446	48.39
	Labour	Terence Albert Molloy	25,197	36.80
	Liberal	David Julian Hardy Griffiths	10,540	14.82
Majority			8,249	11.59
Turnout			70,183	74.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Portsmouth Langstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd	43,733	54.36
	Labour Co-op	Roger Ronald Kenward	26,492	32.93
	Liberal	Roger Hilary Anstey	10,226	12.71
Majority			17,241	21.43
Turnout			80,451	71.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)