Luton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton East
Luton East
	Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Luton East in Bedfordshire, boundaries 1974-83
County	Bedfordshire
Major settlements	Luton
1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Luton North and Luton South
Created from	Luton

Luton East is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created in 1974 from the bulk of abolished Luton constituency. It was abolished in 1983 when it was absorbed into the new Borough Constituency of Luton South.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Luton wards of Central, Crawley, High Town, South, Stopsley, and Wardown.[1]

General election February 1974: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	17,137	40.15	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Simeons	15,712	36.81	N/A
	Liberal	J Fisher	9,680	22.68	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Bard	155	0.36	N/A
Majority			1,425	3.34	N/A
Turnout				80.47	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	17,877	45.46
	Conservative	A Johnston	14,200	36.11
	Liberal	J Fisher	6,947	17.67
	Irish Civil Rights Association	L Byrne	299	0.76
Majority			3,677	9.35
Turnout				73.43
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General election 1979: Luton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Bright	17,809	43.72
	Labour	Ivor Clemitson	16,962	41.64
	Liberal	David Franks	5,285	12.98
	National Front	MG Kerry	461	1.13	N/A
	Communist	Clayton Mitchell	107	0.26	N/A
	Committee for the Prevention of a Police State	Jitendra Bardwaj	61	0.15	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Arthur Lynn	45	0.11	N/A
Majority			847	2.08
Turnout				77.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

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