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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		26,754/47,189	56.70
Thomas George Tickler	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	13,688	51.16
Charles Edwin Franklin	Labour Party	9,015	33.70
James William Eason	Independent	2,791	10.43
Harry James Frederick Crosby	Independent	1,260	4.71
Majority		4,673	17.47

Harry Crosby was supported by and possibly the nominee of the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers.

15 November 1922		37,953/52,496	72.30
Tom Sutcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,726	62.51
Charles Edwin Franklin	Labour Party	14,227	37.49
Majority		9,499	25.03

6 December 1923		33,536/53,880	62.24
Tom Sutcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,577	52.41
Charles Edwin Franklin	Labour Party	15,959	47.59
Majority		1,618	4.82

29 October 1924		41,803/54,724	76.39
Walter James Womersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,487	51.40
Charles Edwin Franklin	Labour Party	14,874	35.58
Thomas Edward Wing	Liberal Party	5,442	13.02
Majority		6,613	15.82

30 May 1929		49,255/68,465	71.94
Walter James Womersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,001	54.82
Ernest Marklew	Labour Party	22,254	45.18
Majority		4,747	9.64

27 October 1931		49,849/71,897	69.33
Walter James Womersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,725	67.65
George Edward Farmery	Labour Party	16,124	32.35
Majority		17,601	35.31

14 November 1935		49,213/72,599	67.79
Sir Walter James Womersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,470	51.75
Henry Brinton	Labour Party	23,743	48.25
Majority		1,727	3.51

5 July 1945		47,325/69,378	68.21
Hon Kenneth Gilmour Younger	Labour Party	28,484	60.19
Rt Hon Sir Walter James Womersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,841	39.81
Majority		9,643	20.38

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		51,400/62,140	82.72
Hon Kenneth Gilmour Younger	Labour Party	28,906	56.24
Frederick John Frank Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,494	43.76
Majority		6,412	12.47

25 October 1951		52,073/63,498	82.01
Hon Kenneth Gilmour Younger	Labour Party	29,462	56.58
Charles William Hewson	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,611	43.42
Majority		6,851	13.16

26 May 1955		46,330/63,176	73.33
Hon Kenneth Gilmour Younger	Labour Party	24,926	53.80
Hon John Edward Pelham, Lord Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,404	46.20
Majority		3,522	7.60

8 October 1959		49,357/64,350	76.70
Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	24,729	50.10
Wilfrid Pearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,628	49.90
Majority		101	0.20

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		47,252/62,263	75.89
Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	25,675	54.34
Wilfrid Pearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,577	45.66
Majority		4,098	8.67

31 March 1966		45,450/61,270	74.18
Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	26,788	58.94
Patrick Thomas Cormack	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,662	41.06
Majority		8,126	17.88

18 June 1970		44,881/65,581	68.44
Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	23,571	52.52
Michael Fabian Spungin	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,460	38.90
Dilwyn John Hardwidge	Liberal Party	3,850	8.58
Majority		6,111	13.62

28 February 1974		50,399/65,713	76.70
Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	21,585	42.83
Keith Charles Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,914	31.58
Derek Malcolm Rigby	Liberal Party	12,084	23.98
Peter Henry Kale	Independent Conservative	816	1.62
Majority		5,671	11.25

10 October 1974		45,979/66,284	69.37
Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	Labour Party	21,657	47.10
Keith Charles Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,675	31.92
Derek Malcolm Rigby	Liberal Party	9,481	20.62
John Brennan McElrea	Independent Labour	166	0.36
Majority		6,982	15.19

19 February 1977 Death of Rt Hon Tony Crosland.

28 April 1977		46,697/66,525	70.19
Austin Vernon Mitchell	Labour Party	21,890	46.88
Robert Blair	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,370	45.76
Andrew de Freitas	Liberal Party	3,128	6.70
Michael Stanton	Socialist Workers Party	215	0.46
Peter Harold Howard Bishop	Sunshine	64	0.14
Leonard Maxwell Nottingham	Independent	30	0.06
Majority		520	1.11

Max Nottingham sought election as the "Malcolm Muggeridge Fan Club".

3 May 1979		50,511/66,644	75.79
Austin Vernon Mitchell	Labour Party	26,282	52.03
Robert Blair	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,041	39.68
Derek Malcolm Rigby	Liberal Party	3,837	7.60
Jack Lennard	Mod LAB	214	0.42
Ernest James Hayes	National Front	137	0.27
Majority		6,241	12.36