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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		26,917/40,634	66.24
Joseph Frederick Green	National Democratic Party - Coalition	20,570	76.42
James Ramsay MacDonald	Labour Party	6,347	23.58
Majority		14,223	52.84

15 November 1922		28,697/39,604	72.46
Alfred Hill	Labour Party	12,929	45.05
Joseph Frederick Green	National Democratic Party	8,137	28.35
Dr George Ernest Spero	Liberal Party	7,631	26.59
Majority		4,792	16.70

6 December 1923		30,566/40,244	75.95
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	Labour Party	13,634	44.61
Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	Liberal Party	9,236	30.22
Alfred Instone	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,696	25.18
Majority		4,398	14.39

29 October 1924		31,357/41,207	76.10
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	Labour Party	16,047	51.18
Prof Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl	Liberal Party	15,310	48.82
Majority		737	2.35

30 May 1929		40,943/52,318	78.26
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	Labour Party	22,635	55.28
Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,691	26.11
Charles William Hartshorn	Liberal Party	7,617	18.60
Majority		11,944	29.17

27 October 1931		39,749/53,252	74.64
Ernest Harold Pickering	Liberal Party	26,826	67.49
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	Labour Party	12,923	32.51
Majority		13,903	34.98

14 November 1935		36,176/54,134	66.83
Hon Harold George Nicolson	National Labour	15,821	43.73
John Morgan	Labour Party	15,734	43.49
Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	Liberal Party	4,621	12.77
Majority		87	0.24

5 July 1945		38,550/50,312	76.62
Barnett Janner	Labour Party	20,563	53.34
Hon Harold George Nicolson	Nationalist	13,348	34.63
Joseph Arnold Kirby	Liberal Party	4,639	12.03
Majority		7,215	18.72

New
28 February 1974		48,317/64,067	75.42
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	27,195	56.28
Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,543	38.38
William John Newcombe	National Front	2,579	5.34
Majority		8,652	17.91

10 October 1974		44,240/64,632	68.45
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	23,406	52.91
Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,446	30.39
John Windram	Liberal Party	5,135	11.61
William John Newcombe	National Front	2,253	5.09
Majority		9,960	22.51

3 May 1979		48,566/67,209	72.26
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	26,032	53.60
Alastair Ross Goobey	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,194	35.40
Alan Evelyn Lycett	Liberal Party	4,032	8.30
Peter Ash	National Front	1,308	2.69
Majority		8,838	18.20

9 June 1983		46,542/68,551	67.89
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	20,837	44.77
Robert Keith Meacham	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,125	41.09
Sumal Creasey Fernando	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,935	12.75
Raymond Hill	British National Party	469	1.01
Brian James Prangle	Workers Revolutionary Party	176	0.38
Majority		1,712	3.68

11 June 1987		49,819/68,667	72.55
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	22,156	44.47
James Sidney William Cooper	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,955	42.06
William Edgar	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,708	13.46
Majority		1,201	2.41

9 April 1992		48,260/65,510	73.67
Hon Greville Ewan Janner	Labour Party	22,574	46.78
John Alexander Guthrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,596	38.53
Geoffrey Francis Walker	Liberal Democrats	6,402	13.27
Claire Diane Wintram	Green Party	517	1.07
Jennifer Mary Rosta	Natural Law Party	171	0.35
Majority		3,978	8.24

1 May 1997		40,914/64,570	63.36
Patricia Hope Hewitt	Labour Party	22,580	55.19
Richard Hugh Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,716	23.75
Mark David Jones	Liberal Democrats	5,795	14.16
William Kenneth Shooter	Referendum Party	970	2.37
Geoffrey Jack Forse	Green Party	586	1.43
David Paul Roberts	Socialist Labour	452	1.10
Josephine Nicholls	Socialist	327	0.80
Adrian Paul Belshaw	British National Party	302	0.74
Clive Barrie Potter	Nat Dem	186	0.45
Majority		12,864	31.44

7 June 2001		33,219/65,267	50.90
Patricia Hope Hewitt	Labour Party	18,014	54.23
Thomas Christopher Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,375	25.21
Andrew Kenneth Vincent	Liberal Democrats	5,085	15.31
Matthew James Charles Gough	Green Party	1,074	3.23
Sean Alan Kirkpatrick	Socialist Labour	350	1.05
Stephen Derek Score	Socialist Alliance	321	0.97
Majority		9,639	29.02

5 May 2005		33,224/62,389	53.25
Rt Hon Patricia Hope Hewitt	Labour Party	17,184	51.72
Sarah Lucy Richardson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,114	24.42
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	5,803	17.47
Geoffrey Jack Forse	Green Party	1,571	4.73
Stephen Derek Score	Socialist Alternative	552	1.66
Majority		9,070	27.30

22 March 2010 The Labour Whip is removed from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt following allegations that she was willing to lobby government ministers for money breaking the code of conduct that applied to ex-ministers.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		35,819/65,367	54.80
Elizabeth Louise Kendall	Labour Party	13,745	38.37
Celia Jane Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,728	27.16
Peter Coley	Liberal Democrats	8,107	22.63
Gary Reynolds	British National Party	2,158	6.02
Stephen Michael Ingall	UK Independence Party	883	2.47
Geoffrey Jack Forse	Green Party	639	1.78
Steven Huggins	Independent	181	0.51
Stephen Derek Score	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	157	0.44
Shaun Dyer	Pirate	113	0.32
David John Bowley	Independent	108	0.30
Majority		4,017	11.21

7 May 2015		34,522/63,204	54.62
Elizabeth Louise Kendall	Labour Party	16,051	46.49
Paul Bessant	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,848	25.63
Stuart Ian Eric Young	UK Independence Party	5,950	17.24
Peter Richard Hague	Green Party	1,878	5.44
Ian Carmichael Bradwell	Liberal Democrats	1,507	4.37
Heather Rawling	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	288	0.83
Majority		7,203	20.86

8 June 2017		37,512/64,843	57.85
Elizabeth Louise Kendall	Labour Party	22,823	60.84
Jack Hickey	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,763	31.36
Stuart Ian Eric Young	UK Independence Party	1,406	3.75
Ian Carmichael Bradwell	Liberal Democrats	792	2.11
Mel Gould	Green Party	607	1.62
David John Bowley	Independent	121	0.32
Majority		11,060	29.48

12 December 2019		34,775/64,918	53.57
Elizabeth Louise Kendall	Labour Party	17,291	49.72
Amanda Victoria Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,079	37.61
Ian Carmichael Bradwell	Liberal Democrats	1,808	5.20
Jack Leonard Collier	Brexit Party	1,620	4.66
Anika Sophia Goddard	Green Party	977	2.81
Majority		4,212	12.11

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		35,397/74,102	47.77
Elizabeth Louise Kendall	Labour Party	15,798	44.63
Mahesh Max Chauhan	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,021	19.84
Ian Edward Hayes	Reform UK	5,666	16.01
Aasiya Bora	Green Party	4,089	11.55
Benjamin Feist	Liberal Democrats	2,179	6.16
Rahoul Naik	One Leicester	327	0.92
Stephen Derek Score	TUSC	317	0.90
Majority		8,777	24.80