Blackburn East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. 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.
| Blackburn East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1950–1955 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Blackburn |
| Created from | Blackburn |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the former two-member Blackburn constituency was divided into Blackburn East and Blackburn West. It was abolished only five years later, for the 1955 general election, when it was partly replaced by a new single-member Blackburn constituency.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Blackburn wards of St John's, St Mary's, St Matthew's, St Michael's, St Stephen's, St Thomas's, and Trinity.[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished: see Blackburn | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Castle | 19,480 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Leavey | 14,662 | 39.8 | ||
| Liberal | Harry Hague | 2,743 | 7.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,818 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 36,885 | 89.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Castle | 19,661 | 53.6 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Tony Leavey | 17,029 | 46.4 | +6.6 | |
| Majority | 2,632 | 7.2 | -5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 36,690 | 88.9 | -0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||