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Bristol North — UK General Election Results

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Bristol North was won by Labour at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 6,171 votes over National Liberal. This page covers every general election in Bristol North from 1885 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1885–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Lewis Fry (Liberal) 4,110 57.4% Charles Edward Hungerford Atholl Colston (Conservative) 1,064 (14.9 pts) 79.5%
1886 Lewis Fry (Liberal Unionist) 3,587 56.7% Alfred Carpenter (Liberal) 850 (13.4 pts) 70.3%
1892 Charles Townsend (Liberal) 4,409 52.0% Lewis Fry (Liberal Unionist) 345 (4.1 pts) 78.0%
1895 Lewis Fry (Liberal Unionist) 4,702 51.3% Charles Townsend (Liberal) 238 (2.6 pts) 79.8%
1900 Frederick Wills (Liberal Unionist) 4,936 54.1% Clarence Smith (Liberal) 754 (8.3 pts) 75.0%
1906 Augustine Birrell (Liberal) 6,953 63.4% John Alderson Foote (Liberal Unionist) 2,942 (26.8 pts) 83.9%
Dec 1910 Augustine Birrell (Liberal) 6,410 55.8% Laurie Magnus (Conservative) 1,326 (11.5 pts) 82.2%
Jan 1910 Augustine Birrell (Liberal) 6,805 55.5% Maurice Henry Woods (Liberal Unionist) 1,346 (11.0 pts) 87.7%
1918 Edwin Stanley Gange (Liberal) 11,400 60.2% James Kaylor (Labour) 6,393 (33.8 pts) 54.6%
1922 Christian Henry Charles Guest (National Liberal) 17,495 64.6% Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 7,928 (29.3 pts) 73.2%
1923 Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 10,432 37.5% Christian Henry Charles Guest (Liberal) 1,662 (6.0 pts) 74.4%
1924 Frederick Edward Guest (Liberal) 17,799 59.1% Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 5,480 (18.2 pts) 79.6%
1929 Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 18,619 48.7% Frederick Edward Guest (Independent Liberal) 5,687 (14.9 pts) 78.1%
1931 Robert Hamilton Bernays (Liberal) 27,040 66.2% Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 13,214 (32.3 pts) 80.9%
1935 Robert Hamilton Bernays (Liberal) 20,977 56.5% Walter Henry Ayles (Labour) 4,828 (13.0 pts) 73.2%
1945 William Coldrick (Labour) 22,819 57.8% John Henshaw Britton (National Liberal) 6,171 (15.6 pts) 73.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis Fry Liberal 4,11057.4% Yes
Charles Edward Hungerford Atholl Colston Conservative 3,04642.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis Fry Liberal Unionist 3,58756.7% Yes
Alfred Carpenter Liberal 2,73743.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Townsend Liberal 4,40952.0% Yes
Lewis Fry Liberal Unionist 4,06448.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis Fry Liberal Unionist 4,70251.3% Yes
Charles Townsend Liberal 4,46448.7% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Wills Liberal Unionist 4,93654.1% Yes
Clarence Smith Liberal 4,18245.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Augustine Birrell Liberal 6,95363.4% Yes
John Alderson Foote Liberal Unionist 4,01136.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Augustine Birrell Liberal 6,41055.8% Yes
Laurie Magnus Conservative 5,08444.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Augustine Birrell Liberal 6,80555.5% Yes
Maurice Henry Woods Liberal Unionist 5,45944.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edwin Stanley Gange Liberal 11,40060.2% Yes
James Kaylor Labour 5,00726.5% No
Ernest Willoughby Petter National Party 2,52013.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christian Henry Charles Guest National Liberal 17,49564.6% Yes
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 9,56735.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 10,43237.5% Yes
Christian Henry Charles Guest Liberal 8,77031.5% No
Ernest Willoughby Petter Unionist 8,64331.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Edward Guest Liberal 17,79959.1% Yes
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 12,31940.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 18,61948.7% Yes
Frederick Edward Guest Independent Liberal 12,93233.8% No
John Osborne Marshall Skelton Liberal 6,71317.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hamilton Bernays Liberal 27,04066.2% Yes
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 13,82633.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hamilton Bernays Liberal 20,97756.5% Yes
Walter Henry Ayles Labour 16,14943.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coldrick Labour 22,81957.8% Yes
John Henshaw Britton National Liberal 16,64842.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 14.9 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 13.4 pts 1892: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 2.6 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 8.3 pts 1906: Liberal margin 26.8 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 11.5 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 11.0 pts 1918: Liberal margin 33.8 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 29.3 pts 1923: Labour margin 6.0 pts 1924: Liberal margin 18.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 14.9 pts 1931: Liberal margin 32.3 pts 1935: Liberal margin 13.0 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.6 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

Bristol North has been contested at 16 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Liberal Unionist, National Liberal, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bristol North in the 1945 general election?

Labour won Bristol North in 1945 with 22,819 votes (57.8%), a majority of 6,171 votes over National Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Bristol North since 1885?

Since 1885, Bristol North has been won by: Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, National Liberal.

What was the closest result in Bristol North?

The closest result on record for Bristol North was 1895, when Liberal Unionist beat Liberal by just 238 votes (2.6 percentage points).

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