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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		47,995/66,529	72.14
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing	Labour Party	26,856	55.96
John Theodore de Home Vaizey	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,100	31.46
Norman Clarke Jones	Liberal Party	5,807	12.10
Violet Anne van der Elst	Independent	232	0.48
Majority		11,756	24.49

Violet van der Elst advocated abolishing capital punishment.

23 February 1950		61,812/72,146	85.68
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing	Labour Party	28,463	46.05
James Wentworth-Day	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,696	43.19
Beatrice Nancy Seear	Liberal Party	6,653	10.76
Majority		1,767	2.86

25 October 1951		63,457/73,680	86.13
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing	Labour Party	30,010	47.29
James Wentworth-Day	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,976	45.66
Beatrice Nancy Seear	Liberal Party	4,471	7.05
Majority		1,034	1.63

26 May 1955		63,155/77,041	81.98
Godfrey William Lagden	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,205	46.24
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing	Labour Party	27,833	44.07
Donald Stuart Paterson	Liberal Party	6,117	9.69
Majority		1,372	2.17

8 October 1959		73,438/87,544	83.89
Godfrey William Lagden	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,852	47.46
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	27,530	37.49
Lyndon Hamer Jones	Liberal Party	11,056	15.05
Majority		7,322	9.97

15 October 1964		74,357/90,828	81.87
Godfrey William Lagden	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,933	41.60
Samuel Trevor Williams	Labour Party	30,699	41.29
Ralph Salize Taylor	Liberal Party	12,725	17.11
Majority		234	0.31

31 March 1966		73,779/90,969	81.10
Allan Lee Williams	Labour Party	38,406	52.06
Godfrey William Lagden	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,373	47.94
Majority		3,033	4.11

18 June 1970		72,645/99,643	72.91
John Warren Loveridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,124	49.73
Allen Lee Williams	Labour Party	30,294	41.70
Bryan Geoffrey Sell	Liberal Party	6,227	8.57
Majority		5,830	8.03

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,340/59,893	80.71
Allen Lee Williams	Labour Party	21,763	45.02
Henry John Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,567	32.20
Brian George McCarthy	Liberal Party	10,391	21.50
Benjamin Percy-Davis	People	619	1.28
Majority		6,196	12.82

10 October 1974		43,952/60,407	72.76
Allen Lee Williams	Labour Party	21,336	48.54
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,535	33.07
Brian George McCarthy	Liberal Party	7,284	16.57
Benjamin Percy-Davis	People	797	1.81
Majority		6,801	15.47

3 May 1979		47,562/60,865	78.14
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,340	44.87
Allen Lee Williams	Labour Party	20,571	43.25
Christopher Peter Lewcock	Liberal Party	4,657	9.79
Alfred Francis Harris	National Front	994	2.09
Majority		769	1.62

9 June 1983		45,474/62,559	72.69
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,393	47.04
Alan Ronald Williams	Labour Party	12,209	26.85
John Martin	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,251	24.74
Audrey Mabel Joyce	National Front	402	0.88
Michael Crowson	Ecology Party	219	0.48
Majority		9,184	20.20

11 June 1987		46,993/63,129	74.44
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,039	51.15
Alan Ronald Williams	Labour Party	13,345	28.40
Mark Leonard Christopher Long	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,609	20.45
Majority		10,694	22.76

9 April 1992		48,288/60,522	79.79
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,817	53.46
Leonie Alison Cooper	Labour Party	16,652	34.48
Barry John Oddy	Liberal Democrats	5,366	11.11
Terence Frank Matthews	Social Democratic Party	453	0.94
Majority		9,165	18.98

1 May 1997		43,941/60,775	72.30
John Robert Cryer	Labour Party	22,066	50.22
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,386	37.29
Rabinder Filomino Martins	Liberal Democrats	3,446	7.84
Rhoderick Edward Boyd Kilkhoff-Boulding	Referendum Party	1,595	3.63
Jeannie Trueman	Third Way	259	0.59
Joseph Sowerby	Pro-Life Alliance	189	0.43
Majority		5,680	12.93

7 June 2001		35,557/61,008	58.28
John Robert Cryer	Labour Party	16,514	46.44
Robin Clifford Squire	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,032	42.28
Sarah E Lea	Liberal Democrats	2,928	8.23
Lawrence James Webb	UK Independence Party	893	2.51
David Warren Durant	Third Way	190	0.53
Majority		1,482	4.17

5 May 2005		38,169/59,773	63.86
James Peter Brokenshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,355	42.85
John Robert Cryer	Labour Party	15,875	41.59
Nathaniel Jacob Green	Liberal Democrats	2,894	7.58
Ian Moore	British National Party	1,313	3.44
Lawrence James Webb	UK Independence Party	1,033	2.71
Malvin Paul Brown	Residents Assocn	395	1.03
Graham Keith Williamson	Third Way	304	0.80
Majority		480	1.26