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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		8,864/11,135	79.60
Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	4,589	51.77
John Barran	Liberal Party	4,275	48.23
Majority		314	3.54

2 July 1886		8,437/11,135	75.77
Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	4,225	50.08
James Kitson	Liberal Party	4,212	49.92
Majority		13	0.15

7 July 1892		8,783/10,215	85.98
Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	4,448	50.64
John Lawson Walton	Liberal Party	4,335	49.36
Majority		113	1.29

17 July 1895		8,608/10,353	83.14
Rt Hon Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	4,631	53.80
Leifchild Stratten Jones	Liberal Party	3,977	46.20
Majority		654	7.60

4 October 1900		7,186/9,820	73.18
Rt Hon Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	4,144	57.67
Sir Samuel Montagu, Bt	Liberal Party	3,042	42.33
Majority		1,102	15.34

15 January 1906		7,307/8,893	82.17
Robert Armitage	Liberal Party	4,188	57.31
Rt Hon Gerald William Balfour	Conservative Party	3,119	42.69
Majority		1,069	14.63

17 January 1910		7,353/8,369	87.86
Robert Armitage	Liberal Party	3,987	54.22
John Gordon	Conservative Party	3,366	45.78
Majority		621	8.45

5 December 1910		6,688/8,369	79.91
Robert Armitage	Liberal Party	3,519	52.62
John Gordon	Conservative Party	3,169	47.38
Majority		350	5.23

14 December 1918		16,254/43,496	37.37
Robert Armitage	Liberal Party - Coalition	11,474	70.59
Ernest Terry	Independent	2,634	16.21
Joseph Smith	Co-operative Party	2,146	13.20
Majority		8,840	54.39

Ernest Terry was supported by the local branches of the three ex-servicemen organisations: the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, the National Federation of Demobilised and Discharged Sailors and Soldiers and the Comrades of the Great War.

15 November 1922		28,241/42,738	66.08
Arthur Wellesley Willey	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,137	50.06
Henry Herman Slesser	Labour Party	7,844	27.78
Robert Armitage	Liberal Party	6,260	22.17
Majority		6,293	22.28

2 July 1923 Death of Arthur Willey.

26 July 1923		27,470/42,738	64.28
Sir Charles Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,085	47.63
Henry Herman Slesser	Labour Party	11,359	41.35
Gilbert Stone	Liberal Party	3,026	11.02
Majority		1,726	6.28

6 December 1923		26,427/43,972	60.10
Sir Charles Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,853	56.20
Henry Herman Slesser	Labour Party	11,574	43.80
Majority		3,279	12.41

29 October 1924		27,157/44,532	60.98
Sir Charles Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,182	59.59
Edward John Cecil Neep	Labour Party	10,975	40.41
Majority		5,207	19.17

30 May 1929		38,887/56,417	68.93
Hon Richard Douglas Denman	Labour Party	17,322	44.54
Sir Charles Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,958	41.04
Myer Jack Landa	Liberal Party	5,607	14.42
Majority		1,364	3.51

27 October 1931		37,129/56,082	66.20
Hon Richard Douglas Denman	National Labour	26,496	71.36
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	10,633	28.64
Majority		15,863	42.72

14 November 1935		31,448/51,182	61.44
Hon Richard Douglas Denman	National Labour	17,747	56.43
Frederic William Lindley	Labour Party	13,701	43.57
Majority		4,046	12.87

5 July 1945		23,398/36,830	63.53
George Porter	Labour Party	13,370	57.14
Charles Spencer Denman	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,011	34.24
Basil Mayer Sandelson	Liberal Party	2,017	8.62
Majority		5,359	22.90

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,557/50,544	78.26
George Porter	Labour Party	24,030	60.75
William Barford	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,351	33.75
Victor Louis Raymond Delepine	Liberal Party	2,176	5.50
Majority		10,679	27.00

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		38,442/49,858	77.10
George Porter	Labour Party	23,967	62.35
William Barford	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,475	37.65
Majority		9,492	24.69

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9 June 1983		39,027/63,877	61.10
Derek John Fatchett	Labour Party	18,706	47.93
Peter Wrigley	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,484	26.86
Michael Ashley Ashley-Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,192	23.55
Gordon Cummings	British National Party	331	0.85
James Martin Rodgers	Communist Party	314	0.80
Majority		8,222	21.07

11 June 1987		38,243/59,493	64.28
Derek John Fatchett	Labour Party	21,270	55.62
David Schofield	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,765	25.53
Dr Karen Elizabeth Lee	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,853	17.92
William Henry Innes	Communist Party	355	0.93
Majority		11,505	30.08

9 April 1992		38,039/62,058	61.30
Derek John Fatchett	Labour Party	23,673	62.23
Tessa Christine Holdroyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,653	22.75
David Pratt	Liberal Democrats	5,713	15.02
Majority		15,020	39.49

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		37,009/67,664	54.70
Derek John Fatchett	Labour Party	25,766	69.62
William Edward Wild	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,077	13.72
David Robert Freeman	Liberal Democrats	4,164	11.25
Philip Myers	Referendum Party	1,042	2.82
Michael David Rix	Socialist Labour	656	1.77
Chris Hill	Socialist	304	0.82
Majority		20,689	55.90

9 May 1999 Death of Rt Hon Derek Fatchett.

10 June 1999		13,187/67,280	19.60
Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	6,361	48.24
Peter Wild	Liberal Democrats	4,068	30.85
William Edward Wild	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,618	12.27
David Blackburn	Green Party	478	3.62
Raymond Hargreaves	UK Independence Party	353	2.68
Chris Hill	Left Alliance	258	1.96
Julian Fitzgerald	Equal Parenting	51	0.39
Majority		2,293	17.39

7 June 2001		27,306/65,497	41.69
Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	18,277	66.93
Victoria May Richmond	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,896	14.27
Stewart David Arnold	Liberal Democrats	3,607	13.21
David Burgess	UK Independence Party	775	2.84
Stephen Johnson	Socialist Alliance	751	2.75
Majority		14,381	52.67

5 May 2005		29,186/62,939	46.37
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	17,526	60.05
Christine Ruth Coleman	Liberal Democrats	5,660	19.39
Brian Andrew Cattell	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,865	13.24
Mark Adrian Collett	British National Party	1,201	4.11
Peter Sewards	UK Independence Party	494	1.69
Michael Dear	Independent	189	0.65
Oluwole Taiwo	Independent	126	0.43
Julian Fitzgerald	Alliance for Change	125	0.43
Majority		11,866	40.66

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		37,394/79,912	46.79
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	18,434	49.30
Michael Francis Taylor	Liberal Democrats	7,789	20.83
Alan James Lamb	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,541	20.17
Kevin Meeson	British National Party	3,066	8.20
Dave Procter	Independent	409	1.09
We Beat the Scum One-Nil	Independent	155	0.41
Majority		10,645	28.47

7 May 2015		45,048/81,799	55.07
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	24,758	54.96
Nicola Jayne Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,791	17.29
Luke Senior	UK Independence Party	7,082	15.72
Michael Hayton	Green Party	3,558	7.90
Emma Janet Spriggs	Liberal Democrats	1,529	3.39
Liz Kitching	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	330	0.73
Majority		16,967	37.66

8 June 2017		47,673/89,537	53.24
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	33,453	70.17
Gareth Mark Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,755	20.46
Bill Palfreyman	UK Independence Party	2,056	4.31
Ed Carlisle	Green Party	1,189	2.49
Andy Nash	Liberal Democrats	1,063	2.23
Alex Coetzee	Christian Alliance	157	0.33
Majority		23,698	49.71

12 December 2019		49,284/90,971	54.18
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	30,413	61.71
Peter Timothy Fortune	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,143	22.61
Paul Thomas	Brexit Party	2,999	6.09
Jack Holland	Liberal Democrats	2,343	4.75
Ed Carlisle	Green Party	2,105	4.27
William Stuart James Clouston	Social Democratic Party	281	0.57
Majority		19,270	39.10