Elections in The 1950s
| General Election 1959: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roland Robinson | 25,767 | 65.9 | −0.5 | |
| Labour | P.P. Hall | 13,373 | 34.1 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 12,430 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 39,140 | 73.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
| General Election 1955: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roland Robinson | 24,773 | 66.4 | −0.8 | |
| Labour | A. Davidson | 12,548 | 33.6 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 12,225 | 32.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,321 | 67.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
| General Election 1951: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roland Robinson | 28,171 | 67.2 | +9.3 | |
| Labour | K. Lomas | 13,750 | 32.8 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 14,421 | 34.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,921 | 75.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| General Election 1950: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roland Robinson | 26,800 | 57.9 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | E.A. Machin | 14,190 | 30.7 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal | M.H. Woodward | 5,295 | 11.4 | −7.6 | |
| Majority | 12,610 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,285 | 82.1 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | − | |||
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