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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		63,659/73,605	86.49
Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,102	59.85
Alexander Bain	Labour Party	18,723	29.41
Hubert Holmes Monroe	Liberal Party	6,834	10.74
Majority		19,379	30.44

25 October 1951		61,264/74,370	82.38
Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	41,282	67.38
Dr Alexander Philip Magonet	Labour Party	19,982	32.62
Majority		21,300	34.77

26 May 1955		55,541/73,177	75.90
Rt Hon Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,164	68.71
Charles Frederick Albert Culling	Labour Party	17,377	31.29
Majority		20,787	37.43

15 February 1957 Elevation of Rt Hon Patrick Buchan-Hepburn to the Peerage - Baron Hailes.

21 March 1957		47,066/73,177	64.32
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,621	62.94
Neville Devonshire Sandelson	Labour Party	17,445	37.06
Majority		12,176	25.87

8 October 1959		59,288/73,421	80.75
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,528	61.61
Herbert Ferguson	Labour Party	13,395	22.59
Hubert Holmes Monroe	Liberal Party	9,365	15.80
Majority		23,133	39.02

15 October 1964		56,229/72,692	77.35
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,070	53.48
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	13,338	23.72
Hubert Holmes Monroe	Liberal Party	12,821	22.80
Majority		16,732	29.76

31 March 1966		55,964/71,952	77.78
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,837	51.53
John Douglas Grant	Labour Party	14,972	26.75
Philip Alan Golding	Liberal Party	12,155	21.72
Majority		13,865	24.77

18 June 1970		53,198/77,385	68.74
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,763	57.83
Inigo Geoffrey Bing	Labour Party	13,031	24.50
Philip Alan Golding	Liberal Party	9,404	17.68
Majority		17,732	33.33

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		46,815/58,995	79.35
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,976	49.08
Graham Donald Mitchell	Liberal Party	12,821	27.39
Nicholas John Sharp	Labour Party	11,018	23.54
Majority		10,155	21.69

10 October 1974		41,516/59,497	69.78
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,798	47.69
Nicholas John Sharp	Labour Party	11,140	26.83
Graham Donald Mitchell	Liberal Party	10,578	25.48
Majority		8,658	20.85

3 May 1979		43,281/57,939	74.70
Sir Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,607	56.85
Jonathan Watkin Mordecai	Labour Party	10,856	25.08
Christina Maria Forrest	Liberal Party	6,450	14.90
Wilfred Vernon	Ecology Party	762	1.76
Nigel Vernon Dickson	National Front	606	1.40
Majority		13,751	31.77

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		41,131/59,384	69.26
Sir Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,606	57.39
Christina Maria Forrest	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,936	26.59
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	6,386	15.53
Geoffrey Watt Younger	British National Party	203	0.49
Majority		12,670	30.80

11 June 1987		44,230/60,718	72.84
Sir Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,903	56.30
Colin Gordon Darracott	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,439	25.86
Kenneth Gordon Ritchie	Labour Party	7,888	17.83
Majority		13,464	30.44

9 April 1992		46,285/59,440	77.87
Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,323	56.87
Kenneth George Ritchie	Labour Party	11,038	23.85
Mary Christine Williams	Liberal Democrats	8,038	17.37
Gerald Alan Williams	Official Liberal Party	643	1.39
Patrick Johnston Shaw	Natural Law Party	243	0.53
Majority		15,285	33.02

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		54,350/72,807	74.65
Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,084	42.47
Robert Nigel Hughes	Labour Party	18,131	33.36
Rosemary Elizabeth Vetterlein	Liberal Democrats	9,858	18.14
Leonard Francis Mead	Referendum Party	1,663	3.06
Philip Hocknell Rimmer	Official Liberal Party	720	1.32
Christopher Norman Pratt	UK Independence Party	506	0.93
John Charles McAuley	National Front	388	0.71
Majority		4,953	9.11

27 October 1997 Resignation of Piers Merchant following a repeated allegation of sexual impropriety. (Northstead)

20 November 1997		31,908/73,127	43.63
Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,162	41.25
Robert Nigel Hughes	Labour Party	11,935	37.40
Rosemary Elizabeth Vetterlein	Liberal Democrats	5,864	18.38
Philip Hocknell Rimmer	Official Liberal Party	330	1.03
John Charles McAuley	National Front	267	0.84
Leonard Francis Mead	New Britain	237	0.74
Dr Terence John Campion	Independent	69	0.22
John Douglas Small	Natural Law Party	44	0.14
Majority		1,227	3.85

7 June 2001		45,562/72,241	63.07
Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,618	45.25
Richard Frederick Watts	Labour Party	15,659	34.37
Alexander David Feakes	Liberal Democrats	7,308	16.04
Karen Anne Moran	Green Party	961	2.11
Christopher Norman Pratt	UK Independence Party	782	1.72
Rif Winfield	Official Liberal Party	234	0.51
Majority		4,959	10.88

5 May 2005		48,964/74,738	65.51
Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,183	45.30
Liam Kieran Curran	Labour Party	13,782	28.15
Jeffrey William Foulger	Liberal Democrats	10,862	22.18
James D'Arcy Cayley Cartwright	UK Independence Party	1,301	2.66
Roderick Andrew Reed	Independent	836	1.71
Majority		8,401	17.16

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,686/66,219	72.01
Robert Alexander Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,597	57.87
Steve Jenkins	Liberal Democrats	9,813	20.58
Damien James Egan	Labour Party	6,893	14.45
Owen Gerard Matthew Brolly	UK Independence Party	1,551	3.25
Roger William Tonks	British National Party	1,001	2.10
Ann Christine Garrett	Green Party	608	1.28
Dan Eastgate	English Democrats Party	223	0.47
Majority		17,784	37.29

7 May 2015		48,803/67,436	72.37
Robert Alexander Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,955	57.28
Marina Masuma Ahmad	Labour Party	9,484	19.43
Robert Michael Bryant	UK Independence Party	6,108	12.52
Anuja Prashar	Liberal Democrats	3,378	6.92
Ruth Fabricant	Green Party	1,878	3.85
Majority		18,471	37.85

8 June 2017		51,630/67,925	76.01
Robert Alexander Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,632	59.33
Marina Masuma Ahmad	Labour Party	15,545	30.11
Julie Mary Ireland	Liberal Democrats	4,073	7.89
Ruth Fabricant	Green Party	1,380	2.67
Majority		15,087	29.22

12 December 2019		50,555/68,662	73.63
Robert Alexander Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,282	53.96
Marina Masuma Bin Kabir	Labour Party	13,024	25.76
Chloe-Jane Ross	Liberal Democrats	8,194	16.21
Ruth Fabricant	Green Party	2,055	4.06
Majority		14,258	28.20

4 November 2023 Bob Stewart resigns the Conservative whip following a conviction for a racially aggravated public order offence.

23 May 2024 The Conservative whip was restored to Bob Stewart.