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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 May 1955		45,728/56,990	80.24
Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,077	52.65
John Arthur Ford Ennals	Labour Party	21,651	47.35
Majority		2,426	5.31

8 October 1959		52,160/62,804	83.05
Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,471	58.42
John Arthur Ford Ennals	Labour Party	21,689	41.58
Majority		8,782	16.84

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		57,134/72,216	79.12
Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,602	57.06
Bryan Capewell Stanley	Labour Party	24,532	42.94
Majority		8,070	14.12

31 March 1966		56,441/73,083	77.23
Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,161	53.44
Robert Geoffrey Drake	Labour Party	26,280	46.56
Majority		3,881	6.88

18 June 1970		59,741/81,965	72.89
Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,545	59.50
Graham Stanley Rea	Labour Party	24,196	40.50
Majority		11,349	19.00

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		46,008/58,798	78.25
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	20,775	45.16
Herbert Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,195	41.72
David Hains	Liberal Party	6,038	13.12
Majority		1,580	3.43

10 October 1974		43,579/59,228	73.58
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	20,917	48.00
Herbert Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,255	37.30
George Frederick Alan Hooper	Liberal Party	5,031	11.54
Joseph Charles Parker	National Front	1,226	2.81
Thomas Leslie Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	150	0.34
Majority		4,662	10.70

3 May 1979		44,285/57,709	76.74
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	22,539	50.90
Alma Marie Elizabeth Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,951	47.31
Violet Parker	National Front	795	1.80
Majority		1,588	3.59

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,986/68,097	73.40
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	21,735	43.48
David John Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,033	42.08
Bernard Silver	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,586	13.18
Joseph Charles Parker	British National Party	632	1.26
Majority		702	1.40

11 June 1987		50,383/67,659	74.47
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	22,629	44.91
Graham Eric Postles	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,513	42.70
Lionel Arthur King	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,241	12.39
Majority		1,116	2.22

9 April 1992		50,060/65,642	76.26
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	24,133	48.21
Laurence Cresswell Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,955	41.86
Grant Edward Williams	Liberal Democrats	4,132	8.25
Richard John Clarke	Green Party	673	1.34
John David Oldbury	Natural Law Party	167	0.33
Majority		3,178	6.35

1 May 1997		43,240/64,221	67.33
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	25,024	57.87
Leslie Graham Leek	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,712	31.71
Harry Robert Harris	Liberal Democrats	2,698	6.24
Dr Thomas Francis Dent	Referendum Party	1,662	3.84
Linda Patricia Meads	Natural Law Party	144	0.33
Majority		11,312	26.16

7 June 2001		34,899/62,657	55.70
Rt Hon Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	20,574	58.95
Michael Arthur Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,643	30.50
William Edward Tomlinson	Liberal Democrats	2,365	6.78
Derek Madden Bennett	UK Independence Party	974	2.79
Peter Edward Smith	Socialist Alliance	343	0.98
Majority		9,931	28.46

5 May 2005		35,315/60,370	58.50
Rt Hon Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	17,633	49.93
Kabir Sabar	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,687	27.43
Mohamed Hanif Asmal	Liberal Democrats	3,240	9.17
Derek Madden Bennett	UK Independence Party	1,833	5.19
Kevin Royston Smith	British National Party	1,776	5.03
Nadia Fazal	Respect the Unity Coalition	1,146	3.25
Majority		7,946	22.50

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		40,882/65,010	62.89
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz	Labour Party	16,211	39.65
Richard Hunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,456	35.36
Dr Murli Sinha	Liberal Democrats	5,880	14.38
Derek Madden Bennett	UK Independence Party	3,449	8.44
Gulzaman Khan	Christian	482	1.18
Mohammed Masum Mulla	Independent	404	0.99
Majority		1,755	4.29

7 May 2015		41,838/67,743	61.76
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz	Labour Party	19,740	47.18
Sue Arnold	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,733	32.82
Derek Madden Bennett	UK Independence Party	6,540	15.63
Charlotte Fletcher	Green Party	1,149	2.75
Joel Kenrick	Liberal Democrats	676	1.62
Majority		6,007	14.36

8 June 2017		44,072/67,417	65.37
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz	Labour Party	25,286	57.37
James Andrew Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,394	37.20
Derek Madden Bennett	UK Independence Party	1,805	4.10
Anna Wellings Purvis	Liberal Democrats	587	1.33
Majority		8,892	20.18

12 December 2019		42,472/68,024	62.44
Rt Hon Valerie Carol Marian Vaz	Labour Party	20,872	49.14
Gurjit Kaur Bains	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,416	41.01
Gary Timothy Hughes	Brexit Party	1,660	3.91
Paul Harris	Liberal Democrats	1,602	3.77
John Dell Macefield	Green Party	634	1.49
Akheil Mehboob	Independent	288	0.68
Majority		3,456	8.14