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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		36,269/43,202	83.95
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,771	51.75
Cambreth John Kane	Labour Party	11,967	33.00
Colin James Grant Cameron	Liberal Party	5,531	15.25
Majority		6,804	18.76

25 October 1951		36,047/43,900	82.11
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,739	60.31
Cambreth John Kane	Labour Party	14,308	39.69
Majority		7,431	20.61

26 May 1955		35,251/44,026	80.07
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,007	59.59
Leslie William King	Labour Party	14,244	40.41
Majority		6,763	19.19

8 October 1959		36,133/44,109	81.92
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,747	54.65
Leslie William King	Labour Party	11,536	31.93
John Henry Goodden	Liberal Party	4,850	13.42
Majority		8,211	22.72

15 October 1964		36,714/44,951	81.68
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,841	48.59
Leslie William King	Labour Party	10,631	28.96
Michael Azariah Pinney	Liberal Party	8,242	22.45
Majority		7,210	19.64

31 March 1966		37,142/45,452	81.72
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,709	47.68
Francis Donald Shirreff	Labour Party	11,757	31.65
Michael Azariah Pinney	Liberal Party	7,676	20.67
Majority		5,952	16.02

18 June 1970		38,921/50,651	76.84
Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,081	54.16
George Sakwa	Labour Party	10,526	27.04
Allan Noel Wedderburn Percival	Liberal Party	7,314	18.79
Majority		10,555	27.12

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,150/53,138	83.09
James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,634	49.00
Roger Mildon Angus	Liberal Party	14,183	32.12
Martin Francis Cross	Labour Party	8,333	18.87
Majority		7,451	16.88

10 October 1974		41,699/53,556	77.86
James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,517	49.20
Roger Mildon Angus	Liberal Party	11,832	28.37
Peter John Dawe	Labour Party	9,350	22.42
Majority		8,685	20.83

3 May 1979		44,762/56,658	79.00
James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,281	58.71
David Trevor Jones	Liberal Party	9,776	21.84
Hubert John Skevington	Labour Party	7,999	17.87
James Tillotson	National Front	514	1.15
Gwendoline Mary McEwen	Wessex Regiment	192	0.43
Majority		16,505	36.87

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		45,276/61,737	73.34
James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,030	59.70
David Trevor Jones	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,078	28.89
Derek Cash	Labour Party	5,168	11.41
Majority		13,952	30.82

11 June 1987		50,369/65,064	77.41
James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,305	56.20
David Trevor Jones	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,941	31.65
John David Watson	Labour Party	6,123	12.16
Majority		12,364	24.55

9 April 1992		54,604/67,256	81.19
Sir James Wilton Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,766	50.85
Robin Andrew Shane Legg	Liberal Democrats	19,756	36.18
Jonathan Paul Bost Mann	Labour Party	7,082	12.97
Majority		8,010	14.67

1 May 1997		53,552/70,369	76.10
Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,036	41.15
Robin Andrew Shane Legg	Liberal Democrats	20,196	37.71
Robert James Bygraves	Labour Party	9,491	17.72
Peter Jenkins	UK Independence Party	1,590	2.97
Mark Roderick Francis Griffiths	Natural Law Party	239	0.45
Majority		1,840	3.44

7 June 2001		49,571/74,016	66.97
Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,126	44.63
Simon Peter Green	Liberal Democrats	20,712	41.78
Richard John Hyde	Labour Party	6,733	13.58
Majority		1,414	2.85

5 May 2005		53,225/69,764	76.29
Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,763	46.53
Justine McGuinness	Liberal Democrats	22,302	41.90
David Kevin Righton Roberts	Labour Party	4,124	7.75
Linda Ruth Guest	UK Independence Party	1,084	2.04
Jenny Susan Greene	Green Party	952	1.79
Majority		2,461	4.62

6 May 2010		57,337/77,255	74.22
Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,287	47.59
Sue Farrant	Liberal Democrats	23,364	40.75
Dr Steve Bick	Labour Party	3,815	6.65
Oliver Marshall Chisholm	UK Independence Party	2,196	3.83
Jenny Susan Greene	Green Party	675	1.18
Majority		3,923	6.84

7 May 2015		56,458/78,000	72.38
Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,329	50.18
Rosamund Catherine Kayes	Liberal Democrats	12,199	21.61
David Glossop	UK Independence Party	7,055	12.50
Rachel Rogers	Labour Party	5,633	9.98
Peter John Barton	Green Party	3,242	5.74
Majority		16,130	28.57

8 June 2017		59,598/82,277	72.44
Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,081	55.51
Andrew James Canning	Liberal Democrats	13,990	23.47
Lee Rhodes	Labour Party	10,896	18.28
Kelvin Clayton	Green Party	1,631	2.74
Majority		19,091	32.03

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin.

12 December 2019		60,925/80,963	75.25
Christopher Lionel John Loder	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,589	55.13
Edward Morello	Liberal Democrats	19,483	31.98
Claudia Catherine Sorin	Labour Party	5,729	9.40
Kelvin Charles Clayton	Green Party	2,124	3.49
Majority		14,106	23.15

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		52,605/75,998	69.22
Robin Edward Charles Morello	Liberal Democrats	26,999	51.32
Christopher Lionel John Loder	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,210	36.52
Donna Rowena Marie Lumsden	Labour Party	3,086	5.87
Kelvin Charles Clayton	Green Party	2,288	4.35
Oliver Marshall Amede Chisholm	Independent	733	1.39
Marcus Daniel Terence White	Independent	289	0.55
Majority		7,789	14.81