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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		14,592/25,137	58.05
John Guest	Labour Party	8,102	55.52
Joshua Scholefield	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	6,490	44.48
Majority		1,612	11.05

15 November 1922		22,612/29,643	76.28
John Guest	Labour Party	14,295	63.22
Dr Frank William Crossley-Holland	National Liberal Party	8,317	36.78
Majority		5,978	26.44

6 December 1923		18,783/30,644	61.29
John Guest	Labour Party	13,159	70.06
Huw Conway-Jones	Liberal Party	5,624	29.94
Majority		7,535	40.12

29 October 1924		22,495/32,257	69.74
John Guest	Labour Party	15,593	69.32
Henry Rhodes Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,902	30.68
Majority		8,691	38.64

30 May 1929		32,653/43,100	75.76
John Guest	Labour Party	26,075	79.85
Ralph Armitage Broughton	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,578	20.15
Majority		19,497	59.71

6 October 1931 Death of John Guest.

27 October 1931		33,476/45,914	72.91
Gabriel Price	Labour Party	23,609	70.53
William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,867	29.47
Majority		13,742	41.05

24 March 1934 Death of Gabriel Price.

17 May 1934
George Arthur Griffiths	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		35,330/48,863	72.30
George Arthur Griffiths	Labour Party	28,298	80.10
Francis Howard Collier	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,032	19.90
Majority		21,266	60.19

5 July 1945		41,762/51,684	80.80
George Arthur Griffiths	Labour Party	33,984	81.38
Robert William Palliser Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,778	18.62
Majority		26,206	62.75

15 December 1945 Death of George Griffiths.

21 February 1946
Horace Edwin Holmes	Labour Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		58,188/65,968	88.21
Horace Edwin Holmes	Labour Party	47,934	82.38
Jean Patricia Asquith	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,254	17.62
Majority		37,680	64.76

25 October 1951		57,313/67,370	85.07
Horace Edwin Holmes	Labour Party	47,402	82.71
George Wilfred Proudfoot	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,911	17.29
Majority		37,491	65.41

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		51,164/64,060	79.87
Horace Edwin Holmes	Labour Party	42,603	83.27
William Henry Leay	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,561	16.73
Majority		34,042	66.54

8 October 1959		54,941/65,705	83.62
Alan Beaney	Labour Party	45,153	82.18
William Henry Leay	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,788	17.82
Majority		35,365	64.37

15 October 1964		51,196/64,957	78.82
Alan Beaney	Labour Party	42,528	83.07
John Rankin MacDonald Keatley	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,668	16.93
Majority		33,860	66.14

31 March 1966		49,052/64,521	76.02
Alan Beaney	Labour Party	41,887	85.39
Charles William Richards Pickthorn	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,165	14.61
Majority		34,722	70.79

18 June 1970		49,547/69,059	71.75
Alan Beaney	Labour Party	40,013	80.76
Michael Cameron Tucker	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,534	19.24
Majority		30,479	61.52

28 February 1974		53,245/69,068	77.09
Alec Woodall	Labour Party	44,093	82.81
Richard Forster Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,152	17.19
Majority		34,941	65.62

10 October 1974		48,969/69,788	70.17
Alec Woodall	Labour Party	37,467	76.51
Paul Murray Carvis	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,895	12.04
Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor	Liberal Party	5,607	11.45
Majority		31,572	64.47

3 May 1979		52,449/71,581	73.27
Alec Woodall	Labour Party	36,509	69.61
John Whitfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,466	19.95
Antony Fussey	Liberal Party	5,474	10.44
Majority		26,043	49.65

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		37,263/55,031	67.71
Alec Woodall	Labour Party	22,081	59.26
John David Wooffindin	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,891	21.18
David Robert Williamson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,291	19.57
Majority		14,190	38.08

11 June 1987		41,586/55,767	74.57
George James Buckley	Labour Party	27,859	66.99
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,159	17.21
John David Wooffindin	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,568	15.79
Majority		20,700	49.78

14 September 1991 Death of George Buckley.

7 November 1991		23,971/55,767	42.98
Derek Anthony Enright	Labour Party	15,895	66.31
Valerie Megson	Liberal Democrats	4,808	20.06
Garnet Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,512	10.48
Paul Anthony Ablett	Independent Labour	648	2.70
Timothy John Smith	Corrective	108	0.45
Majority		11,087	46.25

9 April 1992		42,268/55,679	75.91
Derek Anthony Enright	Labour Party	29,942	70.84
Garnet Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,867	18.61
Valerie Megson	Liberal Democrats	4,459	10.55
Majority		22,075	52.23

31 October 1995 Death of Derek Enright.

1 February 1996		21,993/55,678	39.50
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	15,817	71.92
Norman Joseph Hazell	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,942	8.83
John Anthony David Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	1,516	6.89
Brenda Denise Nixon	Socialist Labour	1,193	5.42
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	652	2.96
Peter Davies	UK Independence Party	455	2.07
Peggy Alexander	Green Party	157	0.71
Mark Clifford Thomas	Independent	122	0.55
Michael Parkin Cooper	Nat Dem	111	0.50
Dianne Jennifer Leighton	Natural Law Party	28	0.13
Majority		13,875	63.09

Mark Thomas sought election as "Mark Thomas Friday Nights Channel Four". He was publicising a television programme.

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		45,477/66,964	67.91
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	32,088	70.56
Norman Joseph Hazell	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,096	17.80
Jacqueline Dorothy Kirby	Liberal Democrats	4,033	8.87
Derek Michael Irvine	Referendum Party	1,260	2.77
Majority		23,992	52.76

7 June 2001		35,227/67,948	51.84
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	23,036	65.39
Mary Elizabeth Truss	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,400	21.01
Edgar Joseph Waller	Liberal Democrats	3,990	11.33
Paul Walter Turek	Socialist Labour	801	2.27
Majority		15,636	44.39

5 May 2005		36,792/67,339	54.64
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	21,630	58.79
Jonathan Nicholas Mortimer	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,149	22.15
David Nicolas John Hall-Matthews	Liberal Democrats	5,766	15.67
Howard John Burdon	Veritas	1,247	3.39
Majority		13,481	36.64

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		43,840/73,907	59.32
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	20,506	46.77
Ann Elizabeth Myatt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,662	24.32
Alan Belmore	Liberal Democrats	5,667	12.93
Ian Womersley	Independent	3,946	9.00
Ian Ashley Kitchen	British National Party	3,059	6.98
Majority		9,844	22.45

7 May 2015		42,406/72,714	58.32
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	21,772	51.34
Christopher James Pearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,694	22.86
Steve Ashton	UK Independence Party	8,565	20.20
Joan Mary MacQueen	Liberal Democrats	1,357	3.20
Martin Paul Roberts	Yorkshire First	1,018	2.40
Majority		12,078	28.48

8 June 2017		45,944/71,870	63.93
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	25,740	56.02
Mike Jordan	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,566	33.88
David Alan Dews	UK Independence Party	2,591	5.64
Martin Paul Roberts	Yorkshire	1,135	2.47
Joan Mary MacQueen	Liberal Democrats	912	1.99
Majority		10,174	22.14

12 December 2019		43,907/73,726	59.55
Jon Hedley Trickett	Labour Party	16,460	37.49
Louise Roberta Daisy Calland	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,280	34.80
Wajid Mohammed Ali	Brexit Party	5,930	13.51
Ian Womersley	Independent	2,458	5.60
James John Monaghan	Liberal Democrats	1,734	3.95
Martin Paul Roberts	Yorkshire	964	2.20
Lyn Morton	Green Party	916	2.09
Peter Wilks	Independent	165	0.38
Majority		1,180	2.69