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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		47,521/68,350	69.53
Dr Gerard Folliott Vaughan	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,516	51.59
Christopher Murray Paul Huhne	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,008	27.37
Kevin John Boyle	Labour Party	9,218	19.40
Geoffrey Darnton	Ecology Party	519	1.09
Philip Baker	British National Party	147	0.31
Arthur Brian Shone	Independent	113	0.24
Majority		11,508	24.22

11 June 1987		52,976/75,470	70.19
Sir Gerard Folliott Vaughan	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,515	53.83
Susan Mary Baring	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,298	23.21
Martin John Salter	Labour Party	11,371	21.46
Philip John Unsworth	Green Party	667	1.26
Arthur Brian Shone	CSOSMG	125	0.24
Majority		16,217	30.61

9 April 1992		54,130/72,151	75.02
Sir Gerard Folliott Vaughan	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,148	53.85
Gill Parker	Labour Party	14,593	26.96
Denis Arthur Thair	Liberal Democrats	9,528	17.60
Anne Margaret McCubbin	Green Party	861	1.59
Majority		14,555	26.89

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,220/71,586	70.15
Jane Patricia Griffiths	Labour Party	21,461	42.73
John Arthur Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,666	35.18
Robert Morrison Samuel	Liberal Democrats	9,307	18.53
Peter David Harmer	Referendum Party	1,042	2.07
John Charles Buckley	Natural Law Party	254	0.51
Amy Louise Thornton	UK Independence Party	252	0.50
Barbara Muriel Packer	British National Party	238	0.47
Majority		3,795	7.56

7 June 2001		43,625/74,637	58.45
Jane Patricia Griffiths	Labour Party	19,538	44.79
Barry John Tanswell	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,943	31.96
Thomas Dobashian	Liberal Democrats	8,078	18.52
Miriam Frances Kennett	Green Party	1,053	2.41
Amy Louise Thornton	UK Independence Party	525	1.20
Darren James Williams	Socialist Alliance	394	0.90
Peter Roy Hammerson	Independent	94	0.22
Majority		5,595	12.83

5 May 2005		43,912/72,806	60.31
Robert Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,557	35.43
Antony William Page	Labour Party	15,082	34.35
Prof John Orrell Howson	Liberal Democrats	10,619	24.18
Robert James White	Green Party	1,548	3.53
David Lamb	UK Independence Party	849	1.93
Joan Rose Lloyd	Independent	135	0.31
Rex Antony Desmond Hora	Independent	122	0.28
Majority		475	1.08

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,985/75,249	66.43
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,269	42.55
Gareth Daniel Epps	Liberal Democrats	13,664	27.34
Anneliese Jane Dodds	Labour Party	12,729	25.47
Adrian Bruce William Pitfield	UK Independence Party	1,086	2.17
Robert James White	Green Party	1,069	2.14
Joan Rose Lloyd	Independent	111	0.22
Michael Jeffrey Turberville	Independent	57	0.11
Majority		7,605	15.21

7 May 2015		50,494/74,651	67.64
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,217	45.98
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda	Labour Party	16,697	33.07
Jenny Claire Woods	Liberal Democrats	3,719	7.37
Christine Forrester	UK Independence Party	3,647	7.22
Robert James White	Green Party	3,214	6.37
Majority		6,520	12.91

8 June 2017		55,238/75,537	73.13
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda	Labour Party	27,093	49.05
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,344	42.26
Jenny Claire Woods	Liberal Democrats	3,378	6.12
Kizzi Miranda Johannessen	Green Party	1,093	1.98
Michael Jeffrey Turberville	Independent	188	0.34
Andrew Cleverdon Kirkwood	Movement for Active	142	0.26
Majority		3,749	6.79

12 December 2019		55,918/77,152	72.48
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda	Labour Party	27,102	48.47
Craig Alexander Morley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,178	37.87
Imogen Lisa Shepherd-Dubey	Liberal Democrats	5,035	9.00
David James McElroy	Green Party	1,549	2.77
Mitchell Bruce Feierstein	Brexit Party	852	1.52
Yemi Awolola	Christian Peoples Alliance	202	0.36
Majority		5,924	10.59