Bristol North

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Bristol North was a UK parliamentary constituency in Bristol that elected one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1950. It never elected a Conservative and Unionist MP. In its early years three Liberal Unionists were elected, aligned with the Conservatives because the Conservatives did not stand in those elections.

From 1918 to 1950, Labour won three times. A Unionist candidate stood once but was not elected. Four splinter Liberal candidates stood once each: a Lloyd George Coalition Liberal, a National Liberal, a Liberal National, and an Independent Liberal who had been Liberal MP since 1924 and challenged the official Liberal candidate in 1929 (losing). In two of these four splinter contests, a centrist Liberal candidate may have won. The Liberal MP Bernays defected in 1936 to the National Liberal Party, despite being re-elected as a Liberal in 1935.

Geography
1885–1918: the Municipal Borough wards of District, St James's, St Paul's, part of North, and Stapleton. 1918–1950: the County Borough wards of District, St Philip and Jacob North, Stapleton, and part of Easton.

Abolition
The seat was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by Bristol North East (majority) and Bristol Central (part).