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Data Last Updated: 2 August 2023
Application Last Amended: 6 September 2022
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7 June 1979		145,480/501,477	29.01
Thomas Megahy	Labour Party	75,473	51.88
Julia Frances Chambers	Conservative & Unionist Party	52,157	35.85
Pamela Waudby	Liberal Party	17,850	12.27
Majority		23,316	16.03

14 June 1984		159,719/518,423	30.81
Thomas Megahy	Labour Party	88,464	55.39
Adrian John Armitage Lodge	Conservative & Unionist Party	44,291	27.73
James Francis Crossley	Liberal Party in Alliance	26,964	16.88
Majority		44,173	27.66

15 June 1989		187,016/523,322	35.74
Thomas Megahy	Labour Party	108,444	57.99
Gavin Tobias Alexander Winterbottom Horton	Conservative & Unionist Party	42,543	22.75
Mrs S Leyland	Green Party	25,677	13.73
John Anthony David Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	10,352	5.54
Majority		65,901	35.24

9 June 1994		158,920/547,469	29.03
Thomas Megahy	Labour Party	94,025	59.16
Christine M J M A Adamson	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,463	21.69
John Anthony David Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	21,595	13.59
Andrew Varah Cooper	Green Party	7,163	4.51
Geoffrey Stewart Mead	Natural Law Party	1,674	1.05
Majority		59,562	37.48