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23 February 1950 | 40,820/49,038 | 83.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,767 | 58.22 | |
Labour Party | 13,885 | 34.02 | |
Liberal Party | 3,168 | 7.76 | |
Majority | 9,882 | 24.21 | |
25 October 1951 | 39,490/50,358 | 78.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,792 | 65.31 | |
Labour Party | 13,698 | 34.69 | |
Majority | 12,094 | 30.63 | |
26 May 1955 | 36,700/50,392 | 72.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,851 | 64.99 | |
Labour Party | 12,849 | 35.01 | |
Majority | 11,002 | 29.98 | |
8 October 1959 | 38,423/50,825 | 75.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,726 | 56.54 | |
Labour Party | 9,346 | 24.32 | |
Liberal Party | 7,351 | 19.13 | |
Majority | 12,380 | 32.22 | |
15 October 1964 | 37,901/53,388 | 70.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,587 | 62.23 | |
Labour Party | 14,314 | 37.77 | |
Majority | 9,273 | 24.47 | |
31 March 1966 | 38,526/54,059 | 71.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,964 | 59.61 | |
Labour Party | 15,562 | 40.39 | |
Majority | 7,402 | 19.21 | |
18 June 1970 | 42,022/61,067 | 68.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,031 | 64.33 | |
Labour Party | 13,772 | 32.77 | |
Independent | 1,219 | 2.90 | |
Majority | 13,259 | 31.55 | |
28 February 1974 | 49,702/64,308 | 77.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,400 | 47.08 | |
Liberal Party | 14,890 | 29.96 | |
Labour Party | 11,412 | 22.96 | |
Majority | 8,510 | 17.12 | |
10 October 1974 | 45,322/64,701 | 70.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,930 | 46.18 | |
Liberal Party | 12,488 | 27.55 | |
Labour Party | 11,639 | 25.68 | |
Independent | 265 | 0.58 | |
Majority | 8,442 | 18.63 | |
3 May 1979 | 48,147/66,297 | 72.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,837 | 55.74 | |
Liberal Party | 10,817 | 22.47 | |
Labour Party | 10,015 | 20.80 | |
National Front | 478 | 0.99 | |
Majority | 16,020 | 33.27 | |
9 June 1983 | 47,870/68,602 | 69.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,261 | 56.95 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 15,591 | 32.57 | |
Labour Party | 4,700 | 9.82 | |
Independent | 318 | 0.66 | |
Majority | 11,670 | 24.38 | |
11 June 1987 | 50,424/65,083 | 77.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,915 | 55.36 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 18,789 | 37.26 | |
Labour Party | 3,720 | 7.38 | |
Majority | 9,126 | 18.10 | |
9 April 1992 | 52,434/65,856 | 79.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,437 | 52.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | 18,527 | 35.33 | |
Labour Party | 6,347 | 12.10 | |
Natural Law Party | 123 | 0.23 | |
Majority | 8,910 | 16.99 | |
1 May 1997 | 52,050/71,153 | 73.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,313 | 39.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,981 | 26.86 | |
Labour Party | 12,939 | 24.86 | |
Referendum Party | 4,188 | 8.05 | |
UK Independence Party | 378 | 0.73 | |
Socialist | 182 | 0.35 | |
Independent | 69 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 6,332 | 12.17 | |
Raymond Saint sought election as a "Country Field and Shooting Sports" candidate. | |||
7 June 2001 | 45,855/71,503 | 64.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,645 | 45.02 | |
Liberal Democrats | 14,738 | 32.14 | |
Labour Party | 9,260 | 20.19 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,212 | 2.64 | |
Majority | 5,907 | 12.88 | |
6 November 2003 Rt Hon Michael Howard unanimously elected Leader of the Conservative Party. No other candidates had come forward by the time nominations closed. | |||
5 May 2005 | 48,503/70,914 | 68.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,161 | 53.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | 14,481 | 29.86 | |
Labour Party | 6,053 | 12.48 | |
Green Party | 688 | 1.42 | |
UK Independence Party | 619 | 1.28 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 175 | 0.36 | |
Independent | 153 | 0.32 | |
Senior Citizens | 151 | 0.31 | |
Peace and Progress | 22 | 0.05 | |
Majority | 11,680 | 24.08 | |
Rodney Hylton-Potts sought election for the Get Britain Back party. | |||
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 52,800/77,861 | 67.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,109 | 49.45 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15,987 | 30.28 | |
Labour Party | 5,719 | 10.83 | |
UK Independence Party | 2,439 | 4.62 | |
British National Party | 1,662 | 3.15 | |
Green Party | 637 | 1.21 | |
Independent | 247 | 0.47 | |
Majority | 10,122 | 19.17 | |
7 May 2015 | 55,010/83,651 | 65.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,323 | 47.85 | |
UK Independence Party | 12,526 | 22.77 | |
Labour Party | 7,939 | 14.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,882 | 8.87 | |
Green Party | 2,956 | 5.37 | |
Trades Union & Socialist Coalition | 244 | 0.44 | |
Young People's | 72 | 0.13 | |
Socialist Party of Great Britain | 68 | 0.12 | |
Majority | 13,797 | 25.08 | |
8 June 2017 | 58,875/86,272 | 68.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,197 | 54.69 | |
Labour Party | 16,786 | 28.51 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,222 | 7.17 | |
UK Independence Party | 2,565 | 4.36 | |
Green Party | 2,498 | 4.24 | |
Independent | 493 | 0.84 | |
Independent | 114 | 0.19 | |
Majority | 15,411 | 26.18 | |
12 December 2019 | 59,005/88,272 | 66.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,483 | 60.14 | |
Labour Party | 14,146 | 23.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,755 | 9.75 | |
Green Party | 2,706 | 4.59 | |
Independent | 576 | 0.98 | |
Social Democratic Party | 190 | 0.32 | |
Young Peoples Party | 80 | 0.14 | |
Socialist Party of Great Britain | 69 | 0.12 | |
Majority | 21,337 | 36.16 | |