UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		184,911/526,254	35.14
Richard John Cottrell	Conservative & Unionist Party	100,160	54.17
John Douglas Naysmith	Labour Party	59,443	32.15
James Philip Heppell	Liberal Party	25,308	13.69
Majority		40,717	22.02

14 June 1984		205,358/569,765	36.04
Richard John Cottrell	Conservative & Unionist Party	94,652	46.09
Roger Leslie Berry	Labour Party	77,008	37.50
Peter John Farley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	33,698	16.41
Majority		17,644	8.59

15 June 1989		222,286/562,277	39.53
Ian James White	Labour Party	87,753	39.48
Richard John Cottrell	Conservative & Unionist Party	77,771	34.99
Derek Norman Wall	Green Party	39,436	17.74
Charles Robert Boney	Liberal Democrats	16,309	7.34
G McEwen	Wessex Regiment	1,017	0.46
Majority		9,982	4.49

9 June 1994		205,856/503,218	40.91
Ian James White	Labour Party	90,790	44.10
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, Earl of Stockton	Conservative & Unionist Party	60,835	29.55
James Andrew William Barnard	Liberal Democrats	40,394	19.62
John Howard Boxall	Green Party	7,163	3.48
T H Whittingham	UK Independence Party	5,798	2.82
Thomas William Starkings Dyball	Natural Law Party	876	0.43
Majority		29,955	14.55