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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		50,472/60,641	83.23
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,317	54.12
Robert Alexander Symes-Schutzmann	Liberal Party	15,162	30.04
Margaret Rosemary Fraser	Labour Party	7,993	15.84
Majority		12,155	24.08

10 October 1974		46,709/61,061	76.50
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,176	53.90
Robert Alexander Symes-Schutzmann	Liberal Party	13,129	28.11
Margaret Rosemary Fraser	Labour Party	8,404	17.99
Majority		12,047	25.79

3 May 1979		53,210/68,232	77.98
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,548	61.17
John MacIntosh Campbell	Liberal Party	11,705	22.00
Desmond Stanley Turner	Labour Party	8,260	15.52
John Henry M Haslett	Independent Conservative	697	1.31
Majority		20,843	39.17

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		57,542/78,059	73.72
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,310	61.36
John MacIntosh Campbell	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,566	32.27
Patricia Ann Hawkes	Labour Party	3,470	6.03
John Bray	Independent	196	0.34
Majority		16,744	29.10

11 June 1987		61,843/81,134	76.22
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,781	61.09
Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,489	31.51
Robert Stephen Edwin Hughes	Labour Party	4,573	7.39
Majority		18,292	29.58

9 April 1992		66,970/80,827	82.86
Rt Hon Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,524	59.02
Margaret Etty Collins	Liberal Democrats	18,996	28.36
Linda Caroline Gregory	Labour Party	6,951	10.38
Hugh Geoffrey Stevens	Green Party	772	1.15
Peter Brian Berry	Monster Raving Loony Party	392	0.59
Peter David Hodkin	PR	246	0.37
Dr Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey	Natural Law Party	89	0.13
Majority		20,528	30.65

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		53,463/68,784	77.73
Hon Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,231	43.45
Margaret Etty Collins	Liberal Democrats	16,377	30.63
Mervyn Francis Mary Michael Hamilton	Labour Party	9,969	18.65
Lawrence Herbert Tamerlane Large	Referendum Party	3,146	5.88
John Vincent Barnett	UK Independence Party	606	1.13
Ernest Richard Tudway	Independent	134	0.25
Majority		6,854	12.82

Ernest Tudway sought election for the "Justice and Renewal Independent Party".

7 June 2001		45,822/70,632	64.87
Hon Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,150	46.16
Irene Lesley Wilkins	Liberal Democrats	14,252	31.10
Paul Nigel James Mitchell	Labour Party	8,693	18.97
Petrina Alexandra Holdsworth	UK Independence Party	1,126	2.46
Peter Brian Berry	Monster Raving Loony Party	601	1.31
Majority		6,898	15.05

5 May 2005		49,494/72,114	68.63
Hon Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,765	48.02
Serena Anne Tierney	Liberal Democrats	17,875	36.12
Robert James Fromant	Labour Party	6,280	12.69
Hon Ald Harold Ebenezer Piggott	UK Independence Party	1,574	3.18
Majority		5,890	11.90

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,855/76,324	73.18
Hon Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,329	50.72
Serena Anne Tierney	Liberal Democrats	20,927	37.47
David Boot	Labour Party	3,689	6.60
Marc Montgomery	UK Independence Party	1,423	2.55
Paul Brown	Green Party	645	1.15
Stuart Minihane	British National Party	583	1.04
Baron von Thunderclap	Monster Raving Loony Party	259	0.46
Majority		7,402	13.25

7 May 2015		57,492/81,034	70.95
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,268	56.13
Greg Mountain	Labour Party	7,982	13.88
Martin Toby Brothers	UK Independence Party	6,898	12.00
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrats	6,604	11.49
Miranda Diboll	Green Party	2,453	4.27
Beki Adam	Independent	958	1.67
Baron von Thunderclap	Monster Raving Loony Party	329	0.57
Majority		24,286	42.24

8 June 2017		61,632/84,170	73.22
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,082	56.92
Greg Mountain	Labour Party	15,409	25.00
Sarah Osborne	Liberal Democrats	7,855	12.75
Chris Jerrey	Green Party	1,571	2.55
Martin Toby Brothers	UK Independence Party	1,251	2.03
Baron von Thunderclap	Monster Raving Loony Party	464	0.75
Majority		19,673	31.92

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames.

29 October 2019 The Conservative whip is restored to Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames.

12 December 2019		62,762/85,146	73.71
Miriam Jane Alice Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,455	53.30
Robert Liam Eggleston	Liberal Democrats	15,258	24.31
Gemma Nadia Bolton	Labour Party	11,218	17.87
Deanna Wendy Nicholson	Green Party	2,234	3.56
Baron von Thunderclap	Monster Raving Loony Party	550	0.88
Brett David Mortensen	Advance Together	47	0.07
Majority		18,197	28.99

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		53,328/75,969	70.20
Alison Elizabeth Bennett	Liberal Democrats	21,136	39.63
Kristy Lyn Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,474	27.14
David Alexander de Horne Rowntree	Labour Party	9,397	17.62
Gary Peter Johnson	Reform UK	5,921	11.10
Deanna Wendy Nicholson	Green Party	2,048	3.84
Peter Brian Berry	Monster Raving Loony Party	352	0.66
Majority		6,662	12.49