# Fylde South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Fylde South was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

## Boundaries

The Borough of Lytham St Annes, the Urban District of Kirkham, the Rural District of Fylde, and part of the Rural District of Preston.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1950 | Claude Lancaster | Conservative |
| | 1970 | Sir Edward Gardner | Conservative |
| 1983 | 1983 | constituency abolished: see Fylde | constituency abolished: see Fylde |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 33,619 | 66.75 | |
| | Labour | James Brian O'Hara | 11,341 | 22.52 | |
| | Liberal | John Edward Gouldbourn | 5,402 | 10.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,278 | 44.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,362 | 83.60 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 35,726 | 74.22 |
| | Labour | Lewis Holden Burgess | 12,408 | 25.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,318 | 48.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,134 | 79.95 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 33,204 | 75.44 |
| | Labour | Reuben Christopher Jelley | 10,809 | 24.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,395 | 50.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,013 | 72.60 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 36,988 | 74.71 |
| | Labour | Norman Holding | 12,521 | 25.29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,467 | 49.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,509 | 75.81 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 31,824 | 58.20 | |
| | Liberal | John D Lees | 11,885 | 21.74 | New |
| | Labour | Brian Stevenson | 10,971 | 20.06 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,939 | 36.46 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,680 | 77.00 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Claude Lancaster | 29,779 | 54.37 |
| | Labour | David Owen | 13,455 | 24.57 |
| | Liberal | John D Lees | 11,532 | 21.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,324 | 29.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,766 | 74.55 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Gardner | 39,459 | 63.62 |
| | Labour | David Mahon | 13,354 | 21.53 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 9,214 | 14.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,105 | 42.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,027 | 72.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election February 1974: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Gardner | 41,028 | 58.49 |
| | Liberal | Alan Lawson | 15,649 | 22.31 |
| | Labour | Kathleen E. Knight | 13,474 | 19.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,379 | 36.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,151 | 77.89 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Gardner | 37,193 | 56.83 |
| | Liberal | Alan Lawson | 14,527 | 22.20 |
| | Labour | Terence A. Dillon | 13,724 | 20.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,666 | 34.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,444 | 72.03 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1979: Fylde South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Gardner | 45,883 | 63.4 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Graham Chadwick | 13,636 | 18.8 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal | John Stevens | 11,938 | 16.5 | −5.7 |
| | National Front | Mike Roberts | 941 | 1.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,247 | 44.6 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 72,398 | 76.75 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |