Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)

Sidcup was a parliamentary constituency centred on Sidcup, an outer suburb of London in the London Borough of Bexley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Sidcup
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyGreater London
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of membersOne
Replaced byOld Bexley and Sidcup[1]
Created fromBexley

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency. It was represented by the Prime Minister for four days in 1974, between the indecisive February general election and Edward Heath's resignation as Prime Minister on 4 March.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Bexley wards of Lamorbey East, Lamorbey West, North Cray, St Mary's, Sidcup East, and Sidcup West.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974Rt Hon Edward HeathConservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results
General election February 1974: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 20,448 49.1
Labour Colin Frances Hargrave 10,750 25.8
Liberal Oliver Moxon 9,847 23.6
Anti-EEC Don Bennett 613 1.5
Majority 9,698 23.3
Turnout 41,658 84.9
Conservative win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 18,991 50.5 +1.4
Labour William John Jennings 11,448 30.4 +4.6
Liberal Ian Richard Philip Josephs 6,954 18.5 -5.1
Independent Douglas Hartley Jones 174 0.5 New
Independent Marcus John Norton 61 0.2 New
Majority 7,543 20.1 -3.2
Turnout 37,628 75.9 -9.0
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General election 1979: Sidcup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Heath 23,692 59.8 +9.3
Labour F. Keohane 10,236 25.8 -4.6
Liberal Peter Vickers 4,908 12.4 -6.1
National Front A. Webb 774 2.0 New
Majority 13,456 34.0 +13.9
Turnout 39,610 79.3 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing +6.9

References
  1. "'Sidcup', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bexley		 Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
28 February – 4 March 1974		 Succeeded by
Huyton
Preceded by
Huyton		 Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition
1974–1975		 Succeeded by
Finchley
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