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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		27,737/42,001	66.04
George Cunningham	Labour Party	15,064	54.31
John Szemerey	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,473	23.34
Robin George Adams	Liberal Party	5,415	19.52
Marie Betteridge	Communist Party	492	1.77
Alan Ernest Lomas	Independent Liberal	293	1.06
Majority		8,591	30.97

Alan Lomas described himself on his nomination paper as the Official Liberal Party Candidate. The Liberal Party was granted an injunction by the High Court, and the returning officer deleted the description.

10 October 1974		23,668/42,244	56.03
George Cunningham	Labour Party	14,544	61.45
Patricia Anne Hodgson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,951	20.92
Robin George Adams	Liberal Party	3,661	15.47
Marie Betteridge	Communist Party	512	2.16
Majority		9,593	40.53

3 May 1979		24,177/38,427	62.92
George Cunningham	Labour Party	12,581	52.04
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,237	34.07
Antony John Dean	Liberal Party	1,991	8.24
Paul Terence Kavanagh	National Front	824	3.41
Marie Betteridge	Communist Party	330	1.36
Dennis William Delderfield	New Britain	136	0.56
Ralph Owen Critchfield	Socialist Party of Great Britain	78	0.32
Majority		4,344	17.97

30 November 1981 George Cunningham resigns the Labour whip.

16 June 1982 George Cunningham accepts the SDP whip.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		37,073/60,120	61.67
Christopher Robert Smith	Labour Party	13,460	36.31
George Cunningham	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,097	35.33
Arthur Johnston	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,894	26.69
John Berchman Donegan	National Front	341	0.92
John Patrick Murphy	Independent	102	0.28
David Iven Stentiford	British National Party	94	0.25
Clifford Murray Slapper	Socialist	85	0.23
Majority		363	0.98

11 June 1987		41,218/58,255	70.75
Christopher Robert Smith	Labour Party	16,511	40.06
George Cunningham	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,706	38.10
Andrew Robert Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,482	20.58
Peter Carlton Powell	Green Party	382	0.93
Stephen Dowsett	Socialist Party of Great Britain	81	0.20
Judith Helen Earley	Humanist	56	0.14
Majority		805	1.95

9 April 1992		40,281/55,541	72.52
Christopher Robert Smith	Labour Party	20,586	51.11
Mark Vincent Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,934	24.66
Christopher John Pryce	Liberal Democrats	9,387	23.30
Rhona Gwendoline Hersey	JBR	149	0.37
Maria Avino	Monster Raving Loony Party	142	0.35
Michael John Spinks	Natural Law Party	83	0.21
Majority		10,652	26.44

Minor Boundary Change
1 May 1997		35,316/55,467	63.67
Christopher Robert Smith	Labour Party	22,079	62.52
Sarah Ann Ludford	Liberal Democrats	7,516	21.28
David Anthony Berens	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,587	12.99
Jane Alexandra Bryett	Referendum Party	741	2.10
Alan James Laws	Independent Labour	171	0.48
Martin Raymond Creese	Natural Law Party	121	0.34
Erol Basarik	Independent	101	0.29
Majority		14,563	41.24

Alan Laws sought election as an "Anti Child Abuse" candidate.

7 June 2001		28,206/59,515	47.39
Rt Hon Christopher Robert Smith	Labour Party	15,217	53.95
Keith Sharp	Liberal Democrats	7,937	28.14
Nicola Ann Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,860	13.69
Janine Sandra Booth	Socialist Alliance	817	2.90
Thomas John McCarthy	Independent	267	0.95
Charles Geoffrey Thomson	Independent	108	0.38
Majority		7,280	25.81

Charles Thomson was the candidate of the Stuckist Party which he had formed. He opposed the way the Arts Council distributed grants.

Thomas McCarthy sought election as an English Independence candidate.

5 May 2005		30,961/57,748	53.61
Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	12,345	39.87
Bridget Caroline Fox	Liberal Democrats	11,861	38.31
Melanie Lylla McLean	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,594	14.84
James William Humphries	Green Party	1,471	4.75
Patricia Theresa Theophanides	UK Independence Party	470	1.52
Andrew James Elton Gardner	Monster Raving Loony Party	189	0.61
Chris Gidden	Independent	31	0.10
Majority		484	1.56

6 May 2010		43,555/66,659	65.34
Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	18,407	42.26
Bridget Caroline Fox	Liberal Democrats	14,838	34.07
Antonia Mary Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,449	19.40
James William Humphreys	Green Party	710	1.63
Rose-Marie McDonald	UK Independence Party	701	1.61
John Dodds	English Democrats Party	301	0.69
Richard James Deboo	Animals Count	149	0.34
Majority		3,569	8.19

7 May 2015		44,270/68,127	64.98
Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	22,547	50.93
Mark Chern Yenn Lim	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,839	22.22
Terry Stacy	Liberal Democrats	4,829	10.91
Peter Spencer Muswell	UK Independence Party	3,375	7.62
Charlie Kiss	Green Party	3,371	7.61
Jay Marvin Kirton	CISTA	309	0.70
Majority		12,708	28.71

8 June 2017		48,049/69,536	69.10
Rt Hon Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	30,188	62.83
Jason Theo George Charalambous	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,925	20.66
Alain Desmier	Liberal Democrats	5,809	12.09
Benali Hamdache	Green Party	1,198	2.49
Peter Spencer Muswell	UK Independence Party	929	1.93
Majority		20,263	42.17

12 December 2019		47,816/70,489	67.83
Rt Hon Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	26,897	56.25
Kate Elizabeth Pothalingam	Liberal Democrats	9,569	20.01
Jason Theo George Charalambous	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,045	16.82
Talia Hussain	Green Party	1,987	4.16
Paddy Hannam	Brexit Party	1,136	2.38
Lord Sandys of Bunhill	Monster Raving Loony Party	182	0.38
Majority		17,328	36.24

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,754/74,122	57.68
Rt Hon Emily Anne Thornberry	Labour Party	22,946	53.67
Carne William Ross	Green Party	7,491	17.52
Terry Stacy	Liberal Democrats	4,045	9.46
Imogen Alice Sinclair	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,584	8.38
Max Jefferson Nelson	Reform UK	3,388	7.92
Andrew Parry	Independent	569	1.33
Lesley Woodburn	Party of Women	354	0.83
Ethan Saunders	TUSC	215	0.50
Jake Painter	Social Democratic Party	162	0.38
Majority		15,455	36.15