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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		43,974/61,619	71.36
Mabel Ridealgh	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,833	42.83
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,013	36.41
Lady Juliet Evangeline Rhys-Williams	Liberal Party	9,128	20.76
Majority		2,820	6.41

23 February 1950		57,344/66,720	85.95
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,950	52.23
Mabel Ridealgh	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,385	37.29
Stanley Walter Alexander	Liberal Party	6,009	10.48
Majority		8,565	14.94

25 October 1951		57,479/67,796	84.78
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,905	55.51
Mabel Ridealgh	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,865	38.04
Henry Edward Pollard	Liberal Party	3,709	6.45
Majority		10,040	17.47

1953 Resignation of Geoffrey Hutchinson on appointment as Chairman of the National Assistance Board.

3 February 1954		30,711/67,689	45.37
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,354	59.76
Thomas William Richardson	Labour and Co-operative Party	9,927	32.32
George Edward Thornton	Liberal Party	2,430	7.91
Majority		8,427	27.44

26 May 1955		51,699/67,496	76.60
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,749	55.61
Reginald Groves	Labour Party	18,248	35.30
Paul Lawrence Rose	Liberal Party	4,702	9.09
Majority		10,501	20.31

8 October 1959		53,486/67,208	79.58
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,609	55.36
Cecil Frederick Herbert Green	Labour Party	15,962	29.84
David Kincaid Mills	Liberal Party	7,915	14.80
Majority		13,647	25.52

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		51,351/66,769	76.91
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,096	46.92
John Arthur Punshon	Labour Party	16,563	32.25
David Kincaid Mills	Liberal Party	10,692	20.82
Majority		7,533	14.67

31 March 1966		51,081/66,569	76.73
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,736	46.47
John Arthur Punshon	Labour Party	20,392	39.92
Jack Arthur Harris	Liberal Party	6,953	13.61
Majority		3,344	6.55

18 June 1970		47,919/69,722	68.73
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,142	52.47
Christopher William Sewell	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,352	36.21
Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson	Liberal Party	5,425	11.32
Majority		7,790	16.26

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,464/64,675	79.57
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,843	38.56
Millie Miller	Labour Party	19,558	38.00
Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson	Liberal Party	12,063	23.44
Majority		285	0.55

10 October 1974		48,544/65,179	74.48
Millie Miller	Labour Party	20,621	42.48
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,843	40.88
Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson	Liberal Party	8,080	16.64
Majority		778	1.60

29 October 1977 Death of Millie Miller.

2 March 1978		44,819/64,815	69.15
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,548	50.31
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell	Labour Party	17,051	38.04
John Freeman	Liberal Party	2,248	5.02
John Reginald Hughes	National Front	2,126	4.74
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Independent Conservative	671	1.50
Carole Rowe	Independent	89	0.20
Alfred T Burr	New Britain	48	0.11
William George Boaks	Independent	38	0.08
Majority		5,497	12.26

Carole Rowe was the nominee of the East London People's Front, an anti-fascist and anti-racist organisation.

Thomas Iremonger had failed to secure re-adoption as the Conservative Party candidate following his defeat in October 1974.

Alfred Burr withdrew 6 days before polling when it was reported in the local press that he was on two years probation for sexually assaulting two children in 1977.

Bill Boaks sought election as "Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident".

3 May 1979		51,391/65,052	79.00
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,381	51.33
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell	Labour Party	19,186	37.33
John Freeman	Liberal Party	4,568	8.89
John Reginald Hughes	National Front	804	1.56
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Independent Conservative	452	0.88
Majority		7,195	14.00

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,935/60,802	70.61
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,042	51.34
Michael John Gapes	Labour and Co-operative Party	10,841	25.25
Ian Walter Roxburgh	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,052	23.41
Majority		11,201	26.09

11 June 1987		43,887/60,970	71.98
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,110	54.94
Paul Francis Jeater	Labour Party	12,020	27.39
Graham Tobbell	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,757	17.67
Majority		12,090	27.55

9 April 1992		45,755/58,670	77.99
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,698	53.98
Lesley Rosamund Hilton	Labour Party	15,627	34.15
Ralph John R Scott	Liberal Democrats	5,430	11.87
Majority		9,071	19.83

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		48,845/68,218	71.60
Linda A Perham	Labour Party	23,135	47.36
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,911	40.76
Alan Dean	Liberal Democrats	5,049	10.34
Paul Wilson	British National Party	750	1.54
Majority		3,224	6.60

7 June 2001		40,234/68,893	58.40
Linda A Perham	Labour Party	18,428	45.80
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,313	40.55
Gavin Paul Stollar	Liberal Democrats	4,717	11.72
Martin Levin	UK Independence Party	776	1.93
Majority		2,115	5.26

5 May 2005		43,000/70,718	60.80
Lee Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,781	43.68
Linda A Perham	Labour Party	17,128	39.83
Mark Adrian Gayler	Liberal Democrats	5,896	13.71
Andrew Geoffrey Cross	UK Independence Party	902	2.10
Martin Levin	Independent	293	0.68
Majority		1,653	3.84

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		46,976/73,003	64.35
Lee Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,506	45.78
Sonia Nabila Klein	Labour Party	16,102	34.28
Alex Berhanu	Liberal Democrats	5,924	12.61
Danny Warville	British National Party	1,545	3.29
Henri van der Stighelen	UK Independence Party	871	1.85
Caroline Jane Allen	Green Party	572	1.22
Robert Edward Hampson	Christian Alliance	456	0.97
Majority		5,404	11.50

7 May 2015		48,932/75,294	64.99
Wesley Paul William Streeting	Labour Party	21,463	43.86
Lee Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,874	42.66
Philip Joseph Hyde	UK Independence Party	4,355	8.90
Richard Clare	Liberal Democrats	1,130	2.31
David Ian Reynolds	Green Party	1,023	2.09
Doris Deborah Osen	Independent	87	0.18
Majority		589	1.20

8 June 2017		52,941/70,791	74.78
Wesley Paul William Streeting	Labour Party	30,589	57.78
Lee Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,950	39.57
Richard Clare	Liberal Democrats	1,034	1.95
Doris Deborah Osen	Independent	368	0.70
Majority		9,639	18.21

12 December 2019		50,114/72,973	68.67
Wesley Paul William Streeting	Labour Party	25,323	50.53
Howard Jeffery Berlin	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,105	40.12
Mark Andrew Johnson	Liberal Democrats	2,680	5.35
Neil Philip Anderson	Brexit Party	960	1.92
David Ian Reynolds	Green Party	845	1.69
Donald Omoarebun Akhigbe	Christian Peoples Alliance	201	0.40
Majority		5,218	10.41

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,888/77,835	60.24
Wesley Paul William Streeting	Labour Party	15,647	33.37
Leanne Mohamad	Independent	15,119	32.24
Syed Mohammed Kazim Rizvi	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,619	20.51
Alexander James Wilson	Reform UK	3,621	7.72
Rachel Anne Collinson	Green Party	1,794	3.83
Fraser Kingsley Coppin	Liberal Democrats	1,088	2.32
Majority		528	1.13