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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,695/43,381	52.32
Albert Smith	Labour Party	14,072	62.00
Fred Greenwood	Liberal Party	8,623	38.00
Majority		5,449	24.01

2 June 1920 Resignation of Albert Smith. (Northstead)

17 June 1920		28,516/43,757	65.17
Robinson Graham	Labour Party	14,134	49.57
Frederick Norman Wainwright	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,577	30.08
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	5,805	20.36
Majority		5,557	19.49

15 November 1922		36,542/43,914	83.21
Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	17,714	48.48
James Henry Sutherland Aitken	Liberal Party	11,542	31.59
Frederick Norman Wainwright	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,286	19.94
Majority		6,172	16.89

6 December 1923		37,047/44,432	83.38
Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	17,083	46.11
James Henry Sutherland Aitken	Liberal Party	10,103	27.27
Sir Amos Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,861	26.62
Majority		6,980	18.84

29 October 1924		38,401/44,871	85.58
Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	19,922	51.88
James Henry Sutherland Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,479	48.12
Majority		1,443	3.76

30 May 1929		46,769/56,465	82.83
Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	28,533	61.01
Linton Theodore Thorp	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,236	38.99
Majority		10,297	22.02

27 October 1931		49,810/56,733	87.80
Linton Theodore Thorp	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,747	57.71
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	21,063	42.29
Majority		7,684	15.43

14 November 1935		47,707/56,307	84.73
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	26,011	54.52
Linton Theodore Thorp	Independent Conservative	21,696	45.48
Majority		4,315	9.04

5 July 1945		43,094/52,830	81.57
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	25,610	59.43
Harmar Nicholls	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,484	40.57
Majority		8,126	18.86

23 February 1950		46,474/52,450	88.61
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	25,358	54.56
Alan Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,116	45.44
Majority		4,242	9.13

25 October 1951		46,822/52,614	88.99
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	25,611	54.70
Alan Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,211	45.30
Majority		4,400	9.40

23 November 1954 The Labour whip was withdrawn from Sidney Silverman.

26 May 1955		41,979/50,355	83.37
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	22,135	52.73
Mary Elaine Kellett	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,844	47.27
Majority		2,291	5.46

8 October 1959		41,439/48,472	85.49
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	20,407	49.25
John Crabtree	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,143	46.20
Thomas Clifford Emmott	Lancastrian Party	1,889	4.56
Majority		1,264	3.05

15 October 1964		37,766/46,718	80.84
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	20,205	53.50
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,561	46.50
Majority		2,644	7.00

31 March 1966		37,352/46,144	80.95
Samuel Sidney Silverman	Labour Party	18,406	49.28
Peter Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,829	37.02
Patrick John Downey	Independent	5,117	13.70
Majority		4,577	12.25

Patrick Downey was the nominee of the 1965 Committee for the Return of Capital Punishment, a committee that had been formed by a group of Manchester businessmen.

9 February 1968 Death of Sidney Silverman.

27 June 1968		33,681/45,420	74.15
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,466	48.89
Beatrice Boothroyd	Labour Party	12,944	38.43
David Chadwick	Liberal Party	3,016	8.95
M Brian P Tattersall	English Nationalist	1,255	3.73
Majority		3,522	10.46

18 June 1970		38,352/49,051	78.19
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,881	51.84
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	18,471	48.16
Majority		1,410	3.68

28 February 1974		40,375/47,961	84.18
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,694	38.87
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	15,515	38.43
Anthony Robert Greaves	Liberal Party	9,166	22.70
Majority		179	0.44

10 October 1974		39,191/48,344	81.07
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	17,505	44.67
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,836	42.96
Anthony Robert Greaves	Liberal Party	4,850	12.38
Majority		669	1.71

3 May 1979		38,930/47,739	81.55
John Robert Louis Lee	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,522	45.01
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	17,086	43.89
David John Hewitt	Liberal Party	4,322	11.10
Majority		436	1.12