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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,983/43,036	53.40
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, Viscount Curzon	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	15,670	68.18
Arthur Alfred Lynch	Labour Party	3,383	14.72
Joseph William Molden	Liberal Party	2,273	9.89
John Ernest Philip Jenkin	Independent	1,657	7.21
Majority		12,287	53.46

John Jenkin 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		28,735/43,891	65.47
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, Viscount Curzon	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,685	61.55
Albert Winfield	Labour Party	11,050	38.45
Majority		6,635	23.09

6 December 1923		27,998/44,062	63.54
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, Viscount Curzon	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,558	52.00
Albert Winfield	Labour Party	13,440	48.00
Majority		1,118	3.99

29 October 1924		33,959/44,369	76.54
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, Viscount Curzon	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,588	57.68
Albert Winfield	Labour Party	14,371	42.32
Majority		5,217	15.36

10 January 1929 Succession of Viscount Curzon to the Peerage - 5th Earl Howe.

7 February 1929		25,860/44,786	57.74
William Bennett	Labour Party	11,789	45.59
Harry Ralph Selley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,213	43.36
Vivian Claude Albu	Liberal Party	2,858	11.05
Majority		576	2.23

30 May 1929		41,324/57,018	72.48
William Bennett	Labour Party	18,113	43.83
Harry Ralph Selley	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,695	42.82
William James West	Liberal Party	5,516	13.35
Majority		418	1.01

27 October 1931		41,588/57,197	72.71
Harry Ralph Selley	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,857	66.98
William Bennett	Labour Party	12,822	30.83
Leslie Charles Cuming	New Party	909	2.19
Majority		15,035	36.15

14 November 1935		37,089/55,546	66.77
Harry Ralph Selley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,268	57.34
Herbert George Romeril	Labour Party	15,821	42.66
Majority		5,447	14.69

5 July 1945		31,325/42,987	72.87
Caroline Selina Ganley	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,275	61.53
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,050	38.47
Majority		7,225	23.06

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		34,865/40,721	85.62
Caroline Selina Ganley	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,142	46.30
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,774	45.24
Clifford Henry Tyers	Liberal Party	2,949	8.46
Majority		368	1.06

25 October 1951		34,968/40,848	85.61
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,731	50.71
Caroline Selina Ganley	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,237	49.29
Majority		494	1.41

26 May 1955		31,628/39,239	80.60
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,044	47.57
Eric Kenneth Isaac Hurst	Labour Party	14,365	45.42
Alan Abraham Cooper-Smith	Liberal Party	2,219	7.02
Majority		679	2.15

8 October 1959		29,428/37,320	78.85
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,203	48.26
Geoffrey William Rhodes	Labour Party	12,451	42.31
William Broderick Mattinson	Liberal Party	2,774	9.43
Majority		1,752	5.95

15 October 1964		26,162/36,186	72.30
Ernest George Perry	Labour Party	12,253	46.84
Ernest Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,615	40.57
David Layton	Liberal Party	3,294	12.59
Majority		1,638	6.26

31 March 1966		25,788/35,350	72.95
Ernest George Perry	Labour Party	13,651	52.94
Dr Ian Norman Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,861	38.24
Basil Weekley	Liberal Party	2,276	8.83
Majority		3,790	14.70

18 June 1970		22,051/34,649	63.64
Ernest George Perry	Labour Party	10,925	49.54
Dr Ian Norman Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,227	41.84
Raymond Arthur Philip Benad	Liberal Party	1,183	5.36
Thomas Lamb	National Front	716	3.25
Majority		1,698	7.70

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		33,925/46,461	73.02
Ernest George Perry	Labour Party	14,441	42.57
Anthony Vincent Bradbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,778	37.67
Gerard Anthony Mulholland	Liberal Party	5,919	17.45
John Michael Clifton	National Front	787	2.32
Majority		1,663	4.90

10 October 1974		30,008/46,716	64.23
Ernest George Perry	Labour Party	14,334	47.77
Wellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,483	38.27
Jennifer Margaret Ware	Liberal Party	4,021	13.40
Thomas Leslie Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	170	0.57
Majority		2,851	9.50

3 May 1979		30,999/43,712	70.92
Alfred Max Dubs	Labour Party	13,984	45.11
Wellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,652	44.04
Jennifer Margaret Ware	Liberal Party	2,802	9.04
Anthony William Perry	National Front	561	1.81
Majority		332	1.07