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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		62,544/73,375	85.24
John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,886	58.98
Dr Nora Maitland Johns	Labour Party	21,229	33.94
Donald George Maskrey	Liberal Party	4,429	7.08
Majority		15,657	25.03

25 October 1951		60,633/74,803	81.06
John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,516	63.52
Raymond Hesketh	Labour Party	22,117	36.48
Majority		16,399	27.05

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		47,173/61,762	76.38
Rt Hon John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,069	65.86
George Henry Loman	Labour Party	16,104	34.14
Majority		14,965	31.72

8 October 1959		47,057/60,403	77.91
Rt Hon John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,649	67.26
Thomas Braddock	Labour Party	15,408	32.74
Majority		16,241	34.51

15 October 1964		45,411/58,884	77.12
Rt Hon John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,973	52.79
Thomas Braddock	Labour Party	13,611	29.97
Dr Stanley Rundle	Liberal Party	7,827	17.24
Majority		10,362	22.82

31 March 1966		44,418/57,705	76.97
Rt Hon John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,781	51.29
James Stewart Cook	Labour Party	14,915	33.58
Michael Francis Burns	Liberal Party	6,722	15.13
Majority		7,866	17.71

18 June 1970		41,338/59,737	69.20
Rt Hon John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,426	56.67
Robin Henry Crockett	Labour Party	13,090	31.67
Stephen John Elliot Lawrence Wells	Liberal Party	4,822	11.66
Majority		10,336	25.00

1972 Resignation of Rt Hon John Boyd-Carpenter on appointment as Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority.

4 May 1972		31,877/59,449	53.62
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,679	52.32
Anthony Robert Judge	Labour Party	9,892	31.03
Stephen John Elliot Lawrence Wells	Liberal Party	3,601	11.30
Edgar Scruby	Independent Conservative	1,705	5.35
Majority		6,787	21.29

Edgar Scruby was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market.

9 June 1983		40,842/57,460	71.08
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,094	54.10
Roger Mark Hayes	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,222	32.37
Peter John Smith	Labour Party	4,977	12.19
Alexandra Presant-Collins	Ecology Party	290	0.71
Peter Dodd	Monster Raving Loony Party	259	0.63
Majority		8,872	21.72

11 June 1987		43,061/55,411	77.71
Rt Hon Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,198	56.19
Roger Mark Hayes	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,012	30.22
Robert Harold Markless	Labour Party	5,676	13.18
Jack Baker	CPWSML	175	0.41
Majority		11,186	25.98

9 April 1992		40,051/51,077	78.41
Rt Hon Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,675	51.62
Derek Richard Osbourne	Liberal Democrats	10,522	26.27
Robert Harold Markless	Labour Party	7,748	19.35
Adrian Charles Amer	Official Liberal Party	771	1.93
David John Beaupre	Monster Raving Loony Party	212	0.53
Graham Douglas Woollcombe	Natural Law Party	81	0.20
Anthony John Edward Scholefield	Anti-Fed	42	0.10
Majority		10,153	25.35