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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,063/40,004	55.15
William Stapleton Royce	Labour Party	8,788	39.83
Ernest A C Belcher	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	7,718	34.98
Hon Arthur George Villiers Peel	Liberal Party	5,557	25.19
Majority		1,070	4.85

15 November 1922		31,922/41,516	76.89
William Stapleton Royce	Labour Party	12,489	39.12
Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,898	37.27
Ewan Siegfried Agnew	Liberal Party	7,535	23.60
Majority		591	1.85

6 December 1923		29,028/42,220	68.75
William Stapleton Royce	Labour Party	15,697	54.08
Arthur Wellesley Dean	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,331	45.92
Majority		2,366	8.15

23 June 1924 Death of William Royce.

31 July 1924		32,604/42,220	77.22
Arthur Wellesley Dean	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,907	39.59
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	12,101	37.12
Richard Pattinson Winfrey	Liberal Party	7,596	23.30
Majority		806	2.47

29 October 1924		32,561/42,929	75.85
Arthur Wellesley Dean	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,459	47.48
George Rivers Blanco White	Labour Party	10,689	32.83
Richard Pattinson Winfrey	Liberal Party	6,413	19.70
Majority		4,770	14.65

7 February 1929 Death of Arthur Dean.

21 March 1929		34,092/45,079	75.63
James Blindell	Liberal Party	13,000	38.13
George Rivers Blanco White	Labour Party	9,294	27.26
Frederick John van den Berg	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,257	24.22
F W Dennis	Agriculturalist	3,541	10.39
Majority		3,706	10.87

30 May 1929		45,225/55,522	81.45
James Blindell	Liberal Party	19,792	43.76
Frederick John van den Berg	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,877	35.11
Charles Edward Snook	Labour Party	9,556	21.13
Majority		3,915	8.66

27 October 1931		39,215/57,246	68.50
James Blindell	National Liberal Party	30,375	77.46
Herbert John Harvey Parker	Labour Party	8,840	22.54
Majority		21,535	54.92

14 November 1935		38,426/60,384	63.64
James Blindell	National Liberal Party	25,162	65.48
Ernest Edwin Reynolds	Labour Party	13,264	34.52
Majority		11,898	30.96

10 May 1937 Death of Sir James Blindell.

24 June 1937		36,402/61,333	59.35
Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal Party	21,846	60.01
Ernest Edwin Reynolds	Labour Party	14,556	39.99
Majority		7,290	20.03

5 July 1945		48,202/66,136	72.88
Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal Party	26,939	55.89
Arthur Ernest Monks	Labour Party	21,263	44.11
Majority		5,676	11.78

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		56,210/68,411	82.17
Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal and Conservative Party	30,336	53.97
Horace Waterton Lee	Labour Party	22,374	39.80
Raymond Derek Blankley	Liberal Party	3,500	6.23
Majority		7,962	14.16

25 October 1951		54,677/69,453	78.73
Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal and Conservative Party	31,683	57.95
Janet Agnes Walters	Labour Party	22,994	42.05
Majority		8,689	15.89

26 May 1955		53,322/70,040	76.13
Sir Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal and Conservative Party	28,412	53.28
William Alfred Rippon	Labour Party	19,329	36.25
Cyril Valentine	Liberal Party	5,581	10.47
Majority		9,083	17.03

8 October 1959		54,186/70,588	76.76
Sir Herbert Walter Butcher	National Liberal and Conservative Party	29,013	53.54
John Denis Telford Williamson	Labour Party	17,839	32.92
Cyril Valentine	Liberal Party	7,334	13.53
Majority		11,174	20.62

15 October 1964		52,533/71,064	73.92
Sir Herbert Walter Butcher, Bt	National Liberal and Conservative Party	29,082	55.36
Walter Long	Labour Party	23,451	44.64
Majority		5,631	10.72

31 March 1966		53,050/70,765	74.97
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,683	50.30
Robert Henry Hickman	Labour Party	26,367	49.70
Majority		316	0.60

18 June 1970		57,821/77,184	74.91
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,580	58.08
Robert Neil Humphries Sackur	Labour Party	24,241	41.92
Majority		9,339	16.15

28 February 1974		64,207/79,808	80.45
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,561	47.60
Michael David Cornish	Labour Party	18,180	28.31
George Raymond Stephenson	Liberal Party	15,466	24.09
Majority		12,381	19.28

10 October 1974		58,082/80,435	72.21
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,145	48.46
Michael David Cornish	Labour Party	19,461	33.51
George Raymond Stephenson	Liberal Party	10,476	18.04
Majority		8,684	14.95

3 May 1979		63,828/85,578	74.58
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,440	55.52
Malcolm Francis Fox	Labour Party	17,908	28.06
John Charles Wright	Liberal Party	10,480	16.42
Majority		17,532	27.47

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		45,158/64,321	70.21
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,962	55.28
Carole le Brun	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,226	29.29
John Frederick Arthur Moore	Labour Party	6,970	15.43
Majority		11,736	25.99

11 June 1987		47,368/66,291	71.45
Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,412	57.87
Carole le Brun	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,817	20.72
John Duncomb Hough	Labour Party	9,734	20.55
David James	Local	405	0.86
Majority		17,595	37.15

9 April 1992		52,921/67,900	77.94
Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,159	55.10
John Duncomb Hough	Labour Party	15,328	28.96
Nigel Joseph Ley	Liberal Democrats	8,434	15.94
Majority		13,831	26.14

29 November 1994 Sir Richard Body resigns the Conservative whip.

17 January 1996 Sir Richard Body reaccepts the Conservative whip on a "temporary basis".