Stroud and Thornbury was a
county constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system of election.
The constituency was created for the
1950 general election and abolished for the
1955 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Thornbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton-on-Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.
Members of Parliament
Election results
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stroud (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Stroud District
Parliamentary constituencies in South West England (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955
Politics of Gloucestershire
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