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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		38,336/51,196	74.88
Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	Labour Party	18,251	47.61
Edwin William Conquest Flavell	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,607	35.49
Frederic Aked Sellers	Liberal Party	6,478	16.90
Majority		4,644	12.11

23 February 1950		46,748/54,153	86.33
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,755	44.40
Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	Labour Party	18,500	39.57
Edward Drewett Martell	Liberal Party	6,575	14.06
Marjorie Edna Pollitt	Communist Party	918	1.96
Majority		2,255	4.82

25 October 1951		47,386/54,913	86.29
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,329	49.23
Hon Findlay Russell Rea	Labour Party	20,738	43.76
Kenneth Graham Jupp	Liberal Party	3,319	7.00
Majority		2,591	5.47

26 May 1955		43,275/53,653	80.66
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,934	50.69
Elizabeth Margaret Monkhouse	Labour Party	17,874	41.30
Donald Barrington-Hudson	Liberal Party	3,467	8.01
Majority		4,060	9.38

8 October 1959		43,062/52,729	81.67
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,898	50.85
Cecil Harold Genese	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,566	38.47
Lady Mary Grace Hills	Liberal Party	4,598	10.68
Majority		5,332	12.38

15 October 1964		40,163/51,137	78.54
Sir Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,784	44.28
Alan Reginald Jinkinson	Labour Party	16,660	41.48
John Hubert Holmes	Liberal Party	5,719	14.24
Majority		1,124	2.80

31 March 1966		39,839/49,784	80.02
Sir Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,468	46.36
Ernest Wistrich	Labour Party	17,868	44.85
Morris Gerald Cass	Liberal Party	3,503	8.79
Majority		600	1.51

18 June 1970		36,909/51,999	70.98
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,192	49.29
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine	Labour Party	15,013	40.68
Morris Gerald Cass	Liberal Party	3,704	10.04
Majority		3,179	8.61

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		40,543/50,142	80.86
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,285	42.63
John Stanley Champion	Labour Party	14,673	36.19
David Hugh Edwards	Liberal Party	8,585	21.18
Majority		2,612	6.44

10 October 1974		36,670/50,744	72.26
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,299	44.45
John Stanley Champion	Labour Party	14,549	39.68
Ian Stanley Temple Senior	Liberal Party	5,822	15.88
Majority		1,750	4.77

3 May 1979		39,891/54,036	73.82
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,766	52.06
Frank Arthur Cooper	Labour Party	14,374	36.03
Christopher Perkin	Liberal Party	4,113	10.31
Bernard Frederick Franklin	National Front	638	1.60
Majority		6,392	16.02

9 June 1983		37,019/55,173	67.10
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,449	49.84
Kenneth Allen Craig	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,474	25.59
Anthony Michael Williams	Labour Party	8,786	23.73
Bernard Frederick Franklin	Nationalist	194	0.52
Rolf Crowther Clayton	Independent Democrat	116	0.31
Majority		8,975	24.24

11 June 1987		36,237/55,534	65.25
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,155	55.62
Jenny Rachel Manson	Labour Party	9,223	25.45
Elisabeth Jean Davies	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,859	18.93
Majority		10,932	30.17

9 April 1992		38,677/51,513	75.08
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,569	53.18
David John Hill	Labour Party	13,447	34.77
Peter Kemp	Liberal Democrats	4,136	10.69
Patricia Anne Duncan	Green Party	430	1.11
Patricia Ann Orr	Natural Law Party	95	0.25
Majority		7,122	18.41

6 December 1996 Sir John Gorst announces that, whilst not resigning the Conservative whip, the Government could no longer count on his vote in the House of Commons.