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1 December 1885 | 7,896/8,572 | 92.11 | |
Liberal Party | 4,621 | 58.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,275 | 41.48 | |
Majority | 1,346 | 17.05 | |
8 July 1886 | 7,431/8,572 | 86.69 | |
Liberal Party | 4,297 | 57.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,134 | 42.17 | |
Majority | 1,163 | 15.65 | |
15 July 1892 | 8,894/9,839 | 90.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,899 | 55.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,995 | 44.92 | |
Majority | 904 | 10.16 | |
25 July 1895 | 9,583/10,763 | 89.04 | |
Liberal Party | 5,130 | 53.53 | |
Conservative Party | 4,453 | 46.47 | |
Majority | 677 | 7.06 | |
10 October 1900 | 10,358/11,907 | 86.99 | |
Liberal Party | 5,239 | 50.58 | |
Conservative Party | 5,119 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 120 | 1.16 | |
22 January 1906 | 12,344/13,380 | 92.26 | |
Liberal Party | 7,175 | 58.13 | |
Conservative Party | 5,169 | 41.87 | |
Majority | 2,006 | 16.25 | |
26 January 1910 | 13,239/14,150 | 93.56 | |
Liberal Party | 5,325 | 40.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,646 | 35.09 | |
Labour Party | 3,268 | 24.68 | |
Majority | 679 | 5.13 | |
13 December 1910 | 12,297/14,150 | 86.90 | |
Liberal Party | 6,790 | 55.22 | |
Conservative Party | 5,507 | 44.78 | |
Majority | 1,283 | 10.43 | |
14 December 1918 | 24,038/35,912 | 66.94 | |
Liberal Party | 12,892 | 53.63 | |
Labour Party | 11,146 | 46.37 | |
Majority | 1,746 | 7.26 | |
Peter Raffan was issued with the Coalition "coupon" but repudiated it. | |||
15 November 1922 | 33,297/37,050 | 89.87 | |
Labour Party | 15,006 | 45.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,279 | 33.87 | |
Liberal Party | 7,012 | 21.06 | |
Majority | 3,727 | 11.19 | |
6 December 1923 | 32,507/37,597 | 86.46 | |
Labour Party | 13,989 | 43.03 | |
Liberal Party | 9,854 | 30.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,664 | 26.65 | |
Majority | 4,135 | 12.72 | |
29 October 1924 | 33,509/38,010 | 88.16 | |
Labour Party | 17,262 | 51.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,247 | 48.49 | |
Majority | 1,015 | 3.03 | |
30 May 1929 | 45,012/50,982 | 88.29 | |
Labour Party | 25,635 | 56.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,942 | 24.31 | |
Liberal Party | 8,435 | 18.74 | |
Majority | 14,693 | 32.64 | |
27 October 1931 | 45,802/52,415 | 87.38 | |
Labour Party | 23,965 | 52.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,837 | 47.68 | |
Majority | 2,128 | 4.65 | |
14 November 1935 | 54,274 | ||
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 46,536/57,476 | 80.97 | |
Labour Party | 32,447 | 69.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,089 | 30.28 | |
Majority | 18,358 | 39.45 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 54,040/61,804 | 87.44 | |
Labour Party | 34,320 | 63.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,720 | 36.49 | |
Majority | 14,600 | 27.02 | |
25 October 1951 | 53,466/62,182 | 85.98 | |
Labour Party | 33,881 | 63.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,585 | 36.63 | |
Majority | 14,296 | 26.74 | |
26 May 1955 | 48,240/60,256 | 80.06 | |
Labour Party | 30,098 | 62.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,142 | 37.61 | |
Majority | 11,956 | 24.78 | |
8 October 1959 | 48,569/58,911 | 82.44 | |
Labour Party | 31,672 | 65.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,897 | 34.79 | |
Majority | 14,775 | 30.42 | |
15 October 1964 | 44,580/57,470 | 77.57 | |
Labour Party | 30,102 | 67.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,478 | 32.48 | |
Majority | 15,624 | 35.05 | |
31 March 1966 | 43,042/57,930 | 74.30 | |
Labour Party | 29,552 | 68.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,490 | 31.34 | |
Majority | 16,062 | 37.32 | |
18 June 1970 | 45,715/64,149 | 71.26 | |
Labour Party | 26,625 | 58.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,314 | 33.50 | |
Independent | 3,776 | 8.26 | |
Majority | 11,311 | 24.74 | |
28 February 1974 | 51,567/64,520 | 79.92 | |
Labour Party | 26,310 | 51.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,663 | 24.56 | |
Liberal Party | 12,594 | 24.42 | |
Majority | 13,647 | 26.46 | |
10 October 1974 | 48,077/65,037 | 73.92 | |
Labour Party | 27,036 | 56.23 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,401 | 25.79 | |
Liberal Party | 8,640 | 17.97 | |
Majority | 14,635 | 30.44 | |
3 May 1979 | 51,245/66,603 | 76.94 | |
Labour Party | 27,736 | 54.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,713 | 36.52 | |
Liberal Party | 4,796 | 9.36 | |
Majority | 9,023 | 17.61 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 49,108/68,764 | 71.42 | |
Labour Party | 25,477 | 51.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,163 | 26.80 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 10,468 | 21.32 | |
Majority | 12,314 | 25.08 | |
11 June 1987 | 51,267/69,925 | 73.32 | |
Labour Party | 30,064 | 58.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,458 | 26.25 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 7,745 | 15.11 | |
Majority | 16,606 | 32.39 | |
9 April 1992 | 52,564/70,064 | 75.02 | |
Labour Party | 32,225 | 61.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,398 | 25.49 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,621 | 12.60 | |
Natural Law Party | 320 | 0.61 | |
Majority | 18,827 | 35.82 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 45,920/69,908 | 65.69 | |
Labour Party | 31,652 | 68.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,156 | 15.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,163 | 11.24 | |
Referendum Party | 1,949 | 4.24 | |
Majority | 24,496 | 53.34 | |
7 June 2001 | 35,298/71,054 | 49.68 | |
Labour Party | 22,783 | 64.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,421 | 18.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,524 | 12.82 | |
Socialist Labour | 820 | 2.32 | |
UK Independence Party | 750 | 2.12 | |
Majority | 16,362 | 46.35 | |
5 May 2005 | 36,488/72,473 | 50.35 | |
Labour Party | 23,097 | 63.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,825 | 15.96 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,962 | 13.60 | |
Community Action | 2,189 | 6.00 | |
Legalise Cannabis Alliance | 415 | 1.14 | |
Majority | 17,272 | 47.34 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 47,332/75,702 | 62.52 | |
Labour Party | 24,295 | 51.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,284 | 19.61 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,049 | 17.01 | |
British National Party | 2,724 | 5.76 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,535 | 3.24 | |
Independent | 988 | 2.09 | |
Independent | 320 | 0.68 | |
Christian | 137 | 0.29 | |
Majority | 15,011 | 31.71 | |
7 May 2015 | 45,123/75,907 | 59.45 | |
Labour Party | 24,312 | 53.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,216 | 22.64 | |
UK Independence Party | 8,903 | 19.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,150 | 2.55 | |
Trades Union & Socialist Coalition | 542 | 1.20 | |
Majority | 14,096 | 31.24 | |
8 June 2017 | 46,874/76,202 | 61.51 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 26,347 | 56.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,793 | 35.83 | |
UK Independence Party | 2,783 | 5.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | 951 | 2.03 | |
Majority | 9,554 | 20.38 | |
12 December 2019 | 46,979/77,417 | 60.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,266 | 45.27 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,301 | 41.08 | |
Brexit Party | 3,161 | 6.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,252 | 4.79 | |
Independent | 551 | 1.17 | |
UK Independence Party | 448 | 0.95 | |
Majority | 1,965 | 4.18 | |