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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		14,764/30,710	48.08
Murrough John Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,857	66.76
William Parlour	Agriculturalist	4,907	33.24
Majority		4,950	33.53

William Parlour was the nominee of the National Farmers' Union.

15 November 1922		30,880
Murrough John Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		31,183
Murrough John Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		31,897
Murrough John Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		34,397/43,314	79.41
Thomas Lionel Dugdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,763	57.46
John Dixon Hinks	Liberal Party	14,634	42.54
Majority		5,129	14.91

27 October 1931		45,951
Thomas Lionel Dugdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		32,457/47,658	68.10
Thomas Lionel Dugdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,088	77.30
Alfred Jonathan Best	Labour Party	7,369	22.70
Majority		17,719	54.59

5 July 1945		34,676/50,836	68.21
Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,332	52.87
Maurice William Darwin	Liberal Party	9,427	27.19
George Henry Metcalfe	Labour Party	6,104	17.60
Roy Norman Chesterton	Common Wealth Movement	813	2.34
Majority		8,905	25.68

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		38,850/48,723	79.74
Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,999	59.20
Frederick William Beaton	Labour Party	8,694	22.38
Douglas Eugene Moore	Liberal Party	7,157	18.42
Majority		14,305	36.82

25 October 1951		37,146/49,954	74.36
Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,231	70.62
Richard Hoyle	Labour Party	10,915	29.38
Majority		15,316	41.23

26 May 1955		33,953/50,490	67.25
Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,979	73.57
Richard Hoyle	Labour Party	8,974	26.43
Majority		16,005	47.14

15 July 1959 Elevation of Sir Thomas Dugdale, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Crathorne.

8 October 1959		37,473/52,416	71.49
Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,270	75.44
Mabel McMillan	Labour Party	9,203	24.56
Majority		19,067	50.88

15 October 1964		43,040/56,926	75.61
Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,345	58.89
Gordon Anderson Knott	Labour Party	8,908	20.70
Keith Clifford Wain Schellenberg	Liberal Party	8,787	20.42
Majority		16,437	38.19

31 March 1966		41,575/58,315	71.29
Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,541	56.62
William Patrick Lisle	Labour Party	10,210	24.56
Keith Clifford Wain Schellenberg	Liberal Party	7,824	18.82
Majority		13,331	32.06

18 June 1970		48,527/70,908	68.44
Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,471	62.79
Michael John Aldrich	Labour Party	12,702	26.18
John Ralph Smithson	Liberal Party	5,354	11.03
Majority		17,769	36.62

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		46,380/61,473	75.45
Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,994	58.20
Elizabeth May Graham	Liberal Party	11,727	25.28
Edward Robin Pearce	Labour Party	7,659	16.51
Majority		15,267	32.92

10 October 1974		40,709/61,986	65.67
Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,156	56.88
Pamela Waudby	Liberal Party	9,528	23.41
Ian Andrew Wilkie	Labour Party	8,025	19.71
Majority		13,628	33.48

3 May 1979		47,095/65,319	72.10
Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,958	61.49
Gerald Seymour Hodgson	Liberal Party	9,964	21.16
Kenneth Raymond Bratton	Labour Party	8,173	17.35
Majority		18,994	40.33