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Data Last Updated: 9 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 December 1885		10,402/11,989	86.76
Briggs Priestley	Liberal Party	6,363	61.17
Surr William Duncan	Conservative Party	4,039	38.83
Majority		2,324	22.34

7 July 1886		9,243/11,989	77.10
Briggs Priestley	Liberal Party	5,207	56.33
Arthur William Rucker	Liberal Unionist Party	4,036	43.67
Majority		1,171	12.67

14 July 1892		10,451/13,954	74.90
Briggs Priestley	Liberal Party	5,527	52.88
Edwin Woodhouse	Liberal Unionist Party	4,924	47.12
Majority		603	5.77

23 July 1895		10,610/13,774	77.03
Briggs Priestley	Liberal Party	5,540	52.21
Sir Andrew Fairbairn	Liberal Unionist Party	5,070	47.79
Majority		470	4.43

10 October 1900		11,397/14,573	78.21
George Whiteley	Liberal Party	5,973	52.41
Edmund Beckett Faber	Conservative Party	5,424	47.59
Majority		549	4.82

20 January 1906		10,584/15,069	70.24
George Whiteley	Liberal Party	7,043	66.54
Charles W Ford	Liberal Unionist Party	3,541	33.46
Majority		3,502	33.09

18 June 1908 Resignation of Rt Hon George Whiteley. (Northstead)

20 June 1908		12,066/15,410	78.30
John James Oddy	Conservative Party	5,444	45.12
Frederick Ogden	Liberal Party	5,331	44.18
Joseph Benson	Independent Labour	1,291	10.70
Majority		113	0.94

22 January 1910		13,292/15,071	88.20
Frederick Ogden	Liberal Party	7,358	55.36
John James Oddy	Conservative Party	5,934	44.64
Majority		1,424	10.71

10 December 1910		12,406/15,071	82.32
Frederick Ogden	Liberal Party	6,518	52.54
John James Oddy	Conservative Party	5,888	47.46
Majority		630	5.08

New
23 February 1950		44,205/49,729	88.89
Cyril Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,269	41.33
Arthur Geoffrey Collings	Labour Party	18,205	41.18
Richard Scurrah Wainwright	Liberal Party	7,731	17.49
Majority		64	0.14

25 October 1951		44,920/50,521	88.91
Cyril Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,138	53.74
Arthur Geoffrey Collings	Labour Party	20,782	46.26
Majority		3,356	7.47

26 May 1955		42,852/50,175	85.41
Cyril Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,445	47.71
Barry Arnold Payton	Labour Party	15,881	37.06
Richard Scurrah Wainwright	Liberal Party	6,526	15.23
Majority		4,564	10.65

8 October 1959		43,115/52,285	82.46
Joseph Hiley	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,445	47.42
Vincent Phipps Richardson	Labour Party	16,241	37.67
Joseph Stanley Snowden	Liberal Party	6,429	14.91
Majority		4,204	9.75

15 October 1964		46,413/54,939	84.48
Joseph Hiley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,581	46.50
Bernard Peter Atha	Labour Party	16,100	34.69
John Trevor Wilson	Liberal Party	8,732	18.81
Majority		5,481	11.81

31 March 1966		46,545/55,860	83.32
Joseph Hiley	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,782	44.65
Eric Brierley	Labour Party	18,410	39.55
Robert Henry Jenkins Rhodes	Liberal Party	7,353	15.80
Majority		2,372	5.10

18 June 1970		49,375/62,335	79.21
Joseph Hiley	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,308	49.23
James Mann	Labour Party	18,313	37.09
Garth Victor Jones Pratt	Liberal Party	6,754	13.68
Majority		5,995	12.14

28 February 1974		55,032/64,815	84.91
John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,750	39.52
Stephen John Cooksey	Liberal Party	18,015	32.74
Kenneth Targett	Labour Party	15,267	27.74
Majority		3,735	6.79

10 October 1974		51,072/65,338	78.17
John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,180	39.51
Stephen John Cooksey	Liberal Party	15,599	30.54
Kenneth Targett	Labour Party	15,293	29.94
Majority		4,581	8.97

3 May 1979		54,510/67,853	80.34
John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,591	45.11
Stephen John Cooksey	Liberal Party	15,852	29.08
Peter Daniel McBride	Labour Party	13,727	25.18
Peter Russell Lewenz	Ecology Party	340	0.62
Majority		8,739	16.03

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		53,525/71,461	74.90
John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,455	45.69
Julian Peter Francis Cummins	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,141	35.76
Susan Margaret Price	Labour Party	9,542	17.83
Ronald Smith	Independent	387	0.72
Majority		5,314	9.93

11 June 1987		55,939/72,531	77.12
John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,457	45.51
Julian Peter Francis Cummins	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,021	34.00
Neil Taggart	Labour Party	11,461	20.49
Majority		6,436	11.51

9 April 1992		57,381/70,847	80.99
Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,067	43.69
Arthur Giles	Labour Party	16,695	29.09
David Trevor Shutt	Liberal Democrats	15,153	26.41
Jean Lesley Wynne	Green Party	466	0.81
Majority		8,372	14.59

1 May 1997		52,731/70,922	74.35
Paul Anthony Truswell	Labour Party	25,370	48.11
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,163	36.34
Dr Jonathan Michael Brown	Liberal Democrats	7,375	13.99
David William Crabtree	Referendum Party	823	1.56
Majority		6,207	11.77

7 June 2001		45,175/71,405	63.27
Paul Anthony Truswell	Labour Party	21,717	48.07
John Michael Procter	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,091	35.62
Stephen Paul Boddy	Liberal Democrats	6,423	14.22
David Sewards	UK Independence Party	944	2.09
Majority		5,626	12.45

5 May 2005		46,444/70,411	65.96
Paul Anthony Truswell	Labour Party	21,261	45.78
Pamela Anne Singleton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,391	33.14
James Francis Keeley	Liberal Democrats	8,551	18.41
David Daniel	UK Independence Party	1,241	2.67
Majority		5,870	12.64

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,083/69,483	70.64
Stuart James Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,874	38.45
Jamie Hanley	Labour Party	17,215	35.07
Jamie Matthews	Liberal Democrats	10,224	20.83
Ian Gibson	British National Party	1,549	3.16
David Alan Dews	UK Independence Party	1,221	2.49
Majority		1,659	3.38

7 May 2015		50,927/70,533	72.20
Stuart James Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,637	46.41
Jamie Edmund Hanley	Labour Party	19,136	37.58
Roger Tattersall	UK Independence Party	4,689	9.21
Ryk Downes	Liberal Democrats	1,926	3.78
Claire Elizabeth Allen	Green Party	1,539	3.02
Majority		4,501	8.84

8 June 2017		53,959/72,622	74.30
Stuart James Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,550	47.35
Ian Joseph McCargo	Labour and Co-operative Party	25,219	46.74
Allen Douglas Nixon	Liberal Democrats	1,761	3.26
Bob Buxton	Yorkshire	1,138	2.11
Michael Wharton	Independent	291	0.54
Majority		331	0.61

12 December 2019		54,215/73,212	74.05
Stuart James Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,453	48.79
Jane Aitchison	Labour Party	22,936	42.31
Ian George Dowling	Liberal Democrats	3,088	5.70
Quinn Alexis Daley	Green Party	894	1.65
Bob Buxton	Yorkshire	844	1.56
Majority		3,517	6.49