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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,549/34,624	65.13
Alfred Edward Waterson	Co-operative Party	10,299	45.67
Leland William W Buxton	Liberal Party - Coalition	7,761	34.42
Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson	National Party	4,489	19.91
Majority		2,538	11.26

15 November 1922		28,357/35,024	80.96
Owen Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,333	50.54
Alfred Edward Waterson	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,024	49.46
Majority		309	1.09

6 December 1923		29,203/35,899	81.35
Samuel Frederick Perry	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,718	43.55
Owen Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,212	34.97
Sir Alfred William Yeo	Liberal Party	6,273	21.48
Majority		2,506	8.58

29 October 1924		30,843/36,574	84.33
Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,042	52.01
Samuel Frederick Perry	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,801	47.99
Majority		1,241	4.02

30 May 1929		41,694/48,588	85.81
Samuel Frederick Perry	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,253	43.78
John Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,469	37.10
Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle	Liberal Party	7,972	19.12
Majority		2,784	6.68

27 October 1931		42,906/50,064	85.70
John Francis Eastwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,811	60.16
Samuel Frederick Perry	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,095	39.84
Majority		8,716	20.31

14 November 1935		43,927/56,850	77.27
John Francis Eastwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,885	52.10
Joseph Rainbow Sadler	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,042	47.90
Majority		1,843	4.20

1940 Resignation of John Eastwood on appointment as a Metropolitan Police Magistrate.

6 March 1940		24,530/64,838	37.83
John Dennis Profumo	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,914	73.03
William Ross	Independent	6,616	26.97
Majority		11,298	46.06

William Ross was a steelworker and a Labour councillor, but he was disowned by both the local Labour Party and the Labour Party's National Executive. He stood as a "Workers' and Pensioners' Anti-War" candidate.

5 July 1945		55,673/74,091	75.14
Gilbert Richard Mitchison	Labour Party	29,868	53.65
John Dennis Profumo	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,424	42.07
John Chamberlain Dempsey	Christian Pacifist	2,381	4.28
Majority		6,444	11.57

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		57,652/65,236	88.37
Gilbert Richard Mitchison	Labour Party	30,423	52.77
Sir Gyles Isham, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,169	38.45
Ian Thomas Morrow	Liberal Party	4,692	8.14
Luke Patrick O'Connor	Communist Party	368	0.64
Majority		8,254	14.32

25 October 1951		58,381/66,985	87.16
Gilbert Richard Mitchison	Labour Party	32,604	55.85
Charles Peter Boulstridge Bailey	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,777	44.15
Majority		6,827	11.69

26 May 1955		56,893/69,764	81.55
Gilbert Richard Mitchison	Labour Party	31,398	55.19
John Frederick Nash	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,495	44.81
Majority		5,903	10.38

8 October 1959		62,381/74,696	83.51
Gilbert Richard Mitchison	Labour Party	32,933	52.79
John Hedley Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,448	47.21
Majority		3,485	5.59

5 October 1964 Elevation of G Mitchison to the Peerage - Baron Mitchison.

15 October 1964		65,615/80,469	81.54
Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	36,210	55.19
John Hedley Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,405	44.81
Majority		6,805	10.37

31 March 1966		67,117/82,509	81.35
Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	35,337	52.65
Dr Trevor Edmund Thomas Weston	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,877	35.58
Anthony Thomas Smith	Liberal Party	7,903	11.77
Majority		11,460	17.07

18 June 1970		72,111/94,882	76.00
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	34,803	48.26
John Charles Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,613	42.45
Anthony James Whiteley Haigh	Liberal Party	6,695	9.28
Majority		4,190	5.81

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		68,924/85,021	81.07
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	31,659	45.93
George Donald Reed	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,872	31.73
Anthony James Whiteley Haigh	Liberal Party	15,393	22.33
Majority		9,787	14.20

10 October 1974		62,808/85,779	73.22
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	30,970	49.31
George Donald Reed	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,800	31.52
Anthony James Whiteley Haigh	Liberal Party	12,038	19.17
Majority		11,170	17.78

3 May 1979		70,104/88,396	79.31
William Dennis Homewood	Labour Party	31,579	45.05
Rupert William Simon Allason	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,101	42.94
Gerrard Norman Raven	Liberal Party	8,424	12.02
Majority		1,478	2.11

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,979/63,660	75.37
Roger Norman Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,223	48.40
Celia McClare Goodhart	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	14,637	30.51
Alexander Gordon	Labour Party	10,119	21.09
Majority		8,586	17.90

11 June 1987		51,966/66,790	77.81
Roger Norman Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,532	51.06
Celia McClare Goodhart	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,205	29.26
Ashley Mark Minto	Labour Party	10,229	19.68
Majority		11,327	21.80

9 April 1992		56,038/67,853	82.59
Roger Norman Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,115	51.96
Philip Ian Hope	Labour Party	17,961	32.05
Richard David Denton-White	Liberal Democrats	8,962	15.99
Majority		11,154	19.90

1 May 1997		56,957/75,153	75.79
Philip Andrew Sawford	Labour Party	24,650	43.28
Rt Hon Roger Norman Freeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,461	42.95
Roger Joseph Aron	Liberal Democrats	6,098	10.71
Arthur Edward Smith	Referendum Party	1,551	2.72
Rosemary le Carpentier	Natural Law Party	197	0.35
Majority		189	0.33

7 June 2001		53,752/79,697	67.45
Philip Andrew Sawford	Labour Party	24,034	44.71
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,369	43.48
Roger Joseph Aron	Liberal Democrats	5,469	10.17
Barry Joseph Mahoney	UK Independence Party	880	1.64
Majority		665	1.24

5 May 2005		55,646/81,887	67.95
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,401	45.65
Philip Andrew Sawford	Labour Party	22,100	39.72
Roger Joseph Aron	Liberal Democrats	6,882	12.37
Rosemary Jane Clark	UK Independence Party	1,263	2.27
Majority		3,301	5.93

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,328/69,144	68.45
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,247	49.12
Philip Andrew Sawford	Labour Party	14,153	29.90
Christopher Robert Nelson	Liberal Democrats	7,498	15.84
Clive Richard Skinner	British National Party	1,366	2.89
Derek John Hilling	English Democrats Party	952	2.01
David Laurence Bishop	Bus-Pass Elvis	112	0.24
Majority		9,094	19.21

7 May 2015		47,218/70,155	67.31
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,467	51.82
Rhea Ann Keehn	Labour Party	11,877	25.15
Jonathan Deryck Bullock	UK Independence Party	7,600	16.10
Robert James Reeves	Green Party	1,633	3.46
Christopher George McGlynn	Liberal Democrats	1,490	3.16
Derek John Hilling	English Democrats Party	151	0.32
Majority		12,590	26.66

8 June 2017		49,404/71,440	69.15
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,616	57.92
Michael Scrimshaw	Labour Party	18,054	36.54
Suzanna Marie Austin	Liberal Democrats	1,618	3.28
Robert James Reeves	Green Party	1,116	2.26
Majority		10,562	21.38

12 December 2019		49,361/73,164	67.47
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,787	60.35
Clare Patricia Meechan Pavitt	Labour Party	13,022	26.38
Christopher Robert Nelson	Liberal Democrats	3,367	6.82
James Charles Hakewill	Independent	1,642	3.33
Jamie Paul Wildman	Green Party	1,543	3.13
Majority		16,765	33.96

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		50,231/79,390	63.27
Rosie May Wrighting	Labour Party	18,009	35.85
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,189	28.25
Crispian George Besley	Reform UK	8,468	16.86
Emily-Rose Fedorowycz	Green Party	7,004	13.94
Sarah Ryan	Liberal Democrats	1,357	2.70
James Charles Hakewill	Independent	1,057	2.10
Matthew Peter Murphy	Social Democratic Party	85	0.17
Jehad Soliman Aburamadan	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	62	0.12
Majority		3,820	7.60