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25 November 1885 | 9,934/12,058 | 82.39 | |
Liberal Party | 6,130 | 61.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,804 | 38.29 | |
Majority | 2,326 | 23.41 | |
2 July 1886 | 8,196/12,058 | 67.97 | |
Liberal Party | 5,226 | 63.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,970 | 36.24 | |
Majority | 2,256 | 27.53 | |
7 July 1892 | 11,595/13,510 | 85.83 | |
Liberal Party | 5,974 | 51.52 | |
Conservative Party | 5,621 | 48.48 | |
Majority | 353 | 3.04 | |
1894 Appointment of Rt Hon Herbert Gladstone as the First Commissioner of Works. | |||
16 March 1894 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 July 1895 | 12,532/14,358 | 87.28 | |
Liberal Party | 6,314 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 6,218 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 96 | 0.77 | |
4 October 1900 | 13,565/16,867 | 80.42 | |
Liberal Party | 7,043 | 51.92 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 6,522 | 48.08 | |
Majority | 521 | 3.84 | |
15 January 1906 | 13,908/18,518 | 75.11 | |
Liberal Party | 9,258 | 66.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,650 | 33.43 | |
Majority | 4,608 | 33.13 | |
17 January 1910 | 16,623/18,868 | 88.10 | |
Liberal Party | 9,969 | 59.97 | |
Conservative Party | 6,654 | 40.03 | |
Majority | 3,315 | 19.94 | |
5 December 1910 | 13,160/18,868 | 69.75 | |
Liberal Party | 8,715 | 66.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,445 | 33.78 | |
Majority | 4,270 | 32.45 | |
14 December 1918 | 20,419/38,766 | 52.67 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 12,642 | 61.91 | |
Labour Party | 6,020 | 29.48 | |
Independent | 1,138 | 5.57 | |
Independent Liberal | 619 | 3.03 | |
Majority | 6,622 | 32.43 | |
Joseph Chapman was supported by the local branches of the three ex-servicemen organisations: the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldier, the National Federation of Demobilised and Discharged Sailors and Soldiers and the Comrades of the Great War. | |||
15 November 1922 | 25,878/38,259 | 67.64 | |
Liberal Party | 13,391 | 51.75 | |
Labour Party | 12,487 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 904 | 3.49 | |
6 December 1923 | 28,066/39,175 | 71.64 | |
Labour Party | 11,434 | 40.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,432 | 33.61 | |
Liberal Party | 7,200 | 25.65 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 7.13 | |
29 October 1924 | 30,708/39,644 | 77.46 | |
Labour Party | 13,057 | 42.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,054 | 42.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,597 | 14.97 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.01 | |
30 May 1929 | 39,788/50,107 | 79.41 | |
Labour Party | 18,765 | 47.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,129 | 33.00 | |
Liberal Party | 7,894 | 19.84 | |
Majority | 5,636 | 14.17 | |
27 October 1931 | 39,055/50,907 | 76.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,701 | 63.25 | |
Labour Party | 14,354 | 36.75 | |
Majority | 10,347 | 26.49 | |
14 November 1935 | 37,856/53,727 | 70.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,545 | 54.27 | |
Labour Party | 17,311 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 3,234 | 8.54 | |
5 July 1945 | 45,058/59,940 | 75.17 | |
Labour Party | 26,593 | 59.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,457 | 27.65 | |
Liberal Party | 6,008 | 13.33 | |
Majority | 14,136 | 31.37 | |
30 May 1949 Death of Thomas Stamford. | |||
21 July 1949 | 39,761/61,112 | 65.06 | |
Labour Party | 21,935 | 55.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,826 | 44.83 | |
Majority | 4,109 | 10.33 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 41,372/47,873 | 86.42 | |
Labour Party | 21,339 | 51.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,824 | 40.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,209 | 7.76 | |
Majority | 4,515 | 10.91 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
25 October 1951 | 41,314/48,082 | 85.92 | |
Labour Party | 22,357 | 54.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,957 | 45.89 | |
Majority | 3,400 | 8.23 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 46,587/60,202 | 77.38 | |
Labour Party | 24,576 | 52.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,312 | 39.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,699 | 7.94 | |
Majority | 6,264 | 13.45 | |
8 October 1959 | 47,163/60,269 | 78.25 | |
Labour Party | 25,878 | 54.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,285 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 4,593 | 9.74 | |
15 October 1964 | 45,452/60,973 | 74.54 | |
Labour Party | 22,968 | 50.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,697 | 34.54 | |
Liberal Party | 6,787 | 14.93 | |
Majority | 7,271 | 16.00 | |
31 March 1966 | 43,334/60,176 | 72.01 | |
Labour Party | 24,391 | 56.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,881 | 32.03 | |
Liberal Party | 5,062 | 11.68 | |
Majority | 10,510 | 24.25 | |
18 June 1970 | 41,708/63,442 | 65.74 | |
Labour Party | 21,618 | 51.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,749 | 35.36 | |
Liberal Party | 5,341 | 12.81 | |
Majority | 6,869 | 16.47 | |
28 February 1974 | 46,133/59,918 | 76.99 | |
Labour Party | 19,436 | 42.13 | |
Liberal Party | 15,451 | 33.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,246 | 24.38 | |
Majority | 3,985 | 8.64 | |
10 October 1974 | 41,638/60,388 | 68.95 | |
Labour Party | 20,669 | 49.64 | |
Liberal Party | 13,062 | 31.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,907 | 18.99 | |
Majority | 7,607 | 18.27 | |
3 May 1979 | 43,116/58,798 | 73.33 | |
Labour Party | 21,290 | 49.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,626 | 26.96 | |
Liberal Party | 9,734 | 22.58 | |
National Front | 466 | 1.08 | |
Majority | 9,664 | 22.41 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 46,617/68,311 | 68.24 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 17,908 | 38.42 | |
Labour Party | 15,860 | 34.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,515 | 26.85 | |
British National Party | 334 | 0.72 | |
Majority | 2,048 | 4.39 | |
11 June 1987 | 48,648/67,005 | 72.60 | |
Labour Party | 21,032 | 43.23 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 16,340 | 33.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,276 | 23.18 | |
Majority | 4,692 | 9.64 | |
9 April 1992 | 47,725/67,084 | 71.14 | |
Labour Party | 26,310 | 55.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,482 | 26.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,252 | 8.91 | |
Official Liberal Party | 3,980 | 8.34 | |
Green Party | 569 | 1.19 | |
National Front | 132 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 13,828 | 28.97 | |
1 May 1997 | 40,220/63,965 | 62.88 | |
Labour Party | 26,819 | 66.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,048 | 17.52 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,622 | 9.01 | |
Referendum Party | 1,210 | 3.01 | |
Green Party | 896 | 2.23 | |
Official Liberal Party | 625 | 1.55 | |
Majority | 19,771 | 49.16 | |
7 June 2001 | 32,094/64,218 | 49.98 | |
Labour Party | 19,943 | 62.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,008 | 15.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,350 | 10.44 | |
Green Party | 2,573 | 8.02 | |
UK Independence Party | 758 | 2.36 | |
Official Liberal Party | 462 | 1.44 | |
Majority | 14,935 | 46.54 | |
5 May 2005 | 33,718/62,882 | 53.62 | |
Labour Party | 18,704 | 55.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,894 | 17.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,807 | 14.26 | |
Green Party | 2,519 | 7.47 | |
British National Party | 1,166 | 3.46 | |
UK Independence Party | 628 | 1.86 | |
Majority | 12,810 | 37.99 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 38,752/67,468 | 57.44 | |
Labour Party | 16,389 | 42.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,373 | 24.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,641 | 19.72 | |
British National Party | 2,377 | 6.13 | |
Green Party | 1,832 | 4.73 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,140 | 2.94 | |
Majority | 7,016 | 18.10 | |
7 May 2015 | 38,423/64,950 | 59.16 | |
Labour Party | 18,456 | 48.03 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,729 | 20.12 | |
UK Independence Party | 7,104 | 18.49 | |
Green Party | 3,217 | 8.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,495 | 3.89 | |
CISTA | 217 | 0.56 | |
Trades Union & Socialist Coalition | 205 | 0.53 | |
Majority | 10,727 | 27.92 | |
8 June 2017 | 42,229/67,955 | 62.14 | |
Labour Party | 27,013 | 63.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,048 | 26.16 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,815 | 4.30 | |
Green Party | 1,023 | 2.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | 905 | 2.14 | |
Yorkshire | 378 | 0.90 | |
Alliance for Green Soc | 47 | 0.11 | |
Majority | 15,965 | 37.81 | |
12 December 2019 | 40,281/67,727 | 59.48 | |
Labour Party | 22,186 | 55.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,622 | 28.85 | |
Brexit Party | 2,685 | 6.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,787 | 4.44 | |
Green Party | 1,274 | 3.16 | |
Yorkshire | 650 | 1.61 | |
Social Democratic Party | 46 | 0.11 | |
Alliance for Green Soc | 31 | 0.08 | |
Majority | 10,564 | 26.23 | |