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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		53,817/73,896	72.83
Rt Hon Cecil Edward Parkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,628	53.20
Zerbanoo Gifford	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,758	25.56
Ian David Derek Reed	Labour Party	10,315	19.17
Ronald William Parkinson	Independent Communist	1,116	2.07
Majority		14,870	27.63

11 June 1987		55,285/74,142	74.57
Rt Hon Cecil Edward Parkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,278	56.58
Laurence Stephen Brass	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,172	23.83
Francis Ward	Labour Party	10,835	19.60
Majority		18,106	32.75

9 April 1992		56,585/69,951	80.89
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,133	56.79
Dr David Norman Souter	Labour Party	13,398	23.68
Zerbanoo Gifford	Liberal Democrats	10,681	18.88
Diana Muriel Harding	Natural Law Party	373	0.66
Majority		18,735	33.11

1 May 1997		50,348/68,011	74.03
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,305	44.30
Elizabeth Mary Kelly	Labour Party	19,230	38.19
Ann Gray	Liberal Democrats	6,466	12.84
Jeremy James Marlow	Referendum Party	1,703	3.38
Rodney Anton Saunders	UK Independence Party	453	0.90
Nigel David Kahn	Natural Law Party	191	0.38
Majority		3,075	6.11

7 June 2001		41,505/68,780	60.34
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,855	47.84
Hilary Janet Broderick	Labour Party	14,953	36.03
Paul Gerard Thompson	Liberal Democrats	6,300	15.18
James Douglas Dry	Socialist Labour	397	0.96
Majority		4,902	11.81

5 May 2005		42,572/67,572	63.00
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,665	53.24
Kelly Liza Tebb	Labour Party	11,572	27.18
Jonathan Maurice Davies	Liberal Democrats	7,817	18.36
James Douglas Dry	Socialist Labour	518	1.22
Majority		11,093	26.06

6 May 2010		47,270/69,843	67.68
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,476	56.01
Sam Russell	Labour Party	8,871	18.77
Anthony Francis Rowlands	Liberal Democrats	8,210	17.37
David Rutter	UK Independence Party	1,712	3.62
Danny Seabrook	British National Party	1,397	2.96
Arjuna Krishna-Das	Green Party	604	1.28
Majority		17,605	37.24

7 May 2015		50,091/73,753	67.92
Oliver James Dowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,696	59.28
Richard Raymond Butler	Labour Party	11,235	22.43
Francis Ward	UK Independence Party	6,383	12.74
Sophie Bowler	Liberal Democrats	2,777	5.54
Majority		18,461	36.85

8 June 2017		52,253/73,561	71.03
Oliver James Dowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,928	61.10
Fiona Smith	Labour Party	14,977	28.66
Joseph Francis Patrick Jordan	Liberal Democrats	2,794	5.35
David Hoy	UK Independence Party	1,564	2.99
Sophie Summerhayes	Green Party	990	1.89
Majority		16,951	32.44

12 December 2019		52,203/73,971	70.57
Rt Hon Oliver James Dowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,651	62.55
Holly Sue Kai-Weiss	Labour Party	11,338	21.72
Stephen James Barrett	Liberal Democrats	6,561	12.57
John Humphries	Green Party	1,653	3.17
Majority		21,313	40.83

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		48,007/73,518	65.30
Rt Hon Oliver James Dowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,451	44.68
Joshua Daniel Tapper	Labour Party	13,459	28.04
Darren Bruce Selkus	Reform UK	6,584	13.71
Emma Lillian Matanle	Liberal Democrats	3,710	7.73
John Humphries	Green Party	2,267	4.72
Raymond Bolster	Independent	536	1.12
Majority		7,992	16.65