Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bristol East in Avon for the 2010 general election.
Location of Avon within England.
County	City of Bristol
Population	95,368 (2011 census)
Electorate	69,347 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bristol South East Bristol South Bristol North East
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Bristol South East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Bristol East is a constituency covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.

The seat is in its second period of existence, the first period was 1885–1950 and the present period started in 1983.

The most powerful representative of Bristol East in Parliament has been Sir Stafford Cripps, MP between 1931-1950, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947-1950. The only Conservative Party MP to have represented Bristol East was Jonathan Sayeed (served 1983–1992), who won when he defeated Tony Benn, the incumbent MP for Bristol South East (which had been abolished after the constituency boundaries were redrawn). Benn was effectively the leader of his own large faction on the left-wing of the Labour Party at the time.

The Liberal Democrats won the largest share of the vote for parties of the centre since 1929 at the 2005 election receiving 25.2% of the vote.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and part of Easton ward.

1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill, and Stockwood.

1997-2010: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Lawrence Hill, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.

2010–present: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West, and Stockwood.

The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Bristol, directly from neighbourhoods of the City Centre to its outer neighbourhoods however excluding surrounding settlements.