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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		8,077/10,931	73.89
Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	5,208	64.48
Stuart Cunningham Macaskie	Conservative Party	2,869	35.52
Majority		2,339	28.96

5 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair as the Vice-President of the Commission of Council on Education.

12 February 1886		10,931
Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	Unopposed

2 July 1886		7,589/10,931	69.43
Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	4,665	61.47
Thomas Hirst Bracken	Conservative Party	2,924	38.53
Majority		1,741	22.94

7 July 1892		8,123/11,290	71.95
Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	4,829	59.45
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	3,294	40.55
Majority		1,535	18.90

5 September 1892 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair to the Peerage - Baron Playfair.

22 September 1892		7,880/11,290	69.80
John Lawson Walton	Liberal Party	4,414	56.02
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	3,466	43.98
Majority		948	12.03

17 July 1895		9,677/11,921	81.18
John Lawson Walton	Liberal Party	4,608	47.62
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	4,447	45.95
Alfred Shaw	Independent Labour Party	622	6.43
Majority		161	1.66

4 October 1900		9,670/13,442	71.94
John Lawson Walton	Liberal Party	4,952	51.21
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	4,718	48.79
Majority		234	2.42

15 January 1906		12,356/15,119	81.72
Sir John Lawson Walton	Liberal Party	6,200	50.18
Albert Fox	Labour Party	4,030	32.62
Sir Henry William Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, Bt	Conservative Party	2,126	17.21
Majority		2,170	17.56

19 January 1908 Death of Sir Lawson Walton.

13 February 1908		12,640/15,321	82.50
William Middlebrook	Liberal Party	5,274	41.72
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	4,915	38.88
Albert Fox	Labour Party	2,451	19.39
Majority		359	2.84

17 January 1910		13,335/15,723	84.81
William Middlebrook	Liberal Party	8,969	67.26
William Nicholson	Conservative Party	4,366	32.74
Majority		4,603	34.52

5 December 1910		12,074/15,723	76.79
William Middlebrook	Liberal Party	6,064	50.22
William Nicholson	Conservative Party	3,804	31.51
John Badlay	Labour Party	2,206	18.27
Majority		2,260	18.72

14 December 1918		17,496/35,843	48.81
Sir William Middlebrook	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,609	60.64
Frank Fountain	Labour Party	5,510	31.49
James A Brook	Independent	1,377	7.87
Majority		5,099	29.14

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

15 November 1922		24,590/35,252	69.75
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	13,210	53.72
Sir William Middlebrook	Liberal Party	11,380	46.28
Majority		1,830	7.44

6 December 1923		26,467/35,719	74.10
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	11,705	44.22
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,679	29.01
Charles Granville Gibson	Liberal Party	7,083	26.76
Majority		4,026	15.21

29 October 1924		27,608/36,085	76.51
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	12,799	46.36
Benjamin Thomas Graham Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,008	39.87
Frank Geary	Liberal Party	3,801	13.77
Majority		1,791	6.49

30 May 1929		34,360/45,084	76.21
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	18,043	52.51
Benjamin Thomas Graham Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,433	27.45
Ernest Kilburn Scott	Liberal Party	6,884	20.03
Majority		8,610	25.06

27 October 1931		35,328/45,548	77.56
Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,881	42.12
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	14,156	40.07
Frederick L Boult	Liberal Party	6,291	17.81
Majority		725	2.05

14 November 1935		33,072/44,886	73.68
Henry Charles Charleton	Labour Party	15,223	46.03
Borras Noel Hamilton Whiteside	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,207	42.96
Wilfred Townend	Social Credit	3,642	11.01
Majority		1,016	3.07

5 July 1945		29,329/38,970	75.26
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell	Labour Party	17,899	61.03
Arthur Maxwell Ramsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,497	25.56
William Barford	Liberal Party	3,933	13.41
Majority		10,402	35.47

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,756/57,625	84.61
Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell	Labour Party	29,795	61.11
Bernard Hargreaves Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,436	29.61
Edgar Meeks	Liberal Party	4,525	9.28
Majority		15,359	31.50

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		47,205/57,436	82.19
Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell	Labour Party	30,712	65.06
Winifred Doris Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,493	34.94
Majority		14,219	30.12

26 May 1955		39,650/54,424	72.85
Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell	Labour Party	25,833	65.15
Winifred Doris Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,817	34.85
Majority		12,016	30.31

14 December 1955 Rt Hon Hugh Gaitskell elected Leader of the Labour Party.

8 October 1959		41,738/52,822	79.02
Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell	Labour Party	24,442	58.56
John Francis William Addey	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,956	31.04
John Brian Meeks	Liberal Party	4,340	10.40
Majority		11,486	27.52

18 January 1963 Death of Rt Hon Hugh Gaitskell.

20 June 1963		29,850/49,313	60.53
Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	18,785	62.93
John O Udal	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,996	20.09
Brian Walsh	Liberal Party	4,399	14.74
Baruch Ramelson	Communist Party	670	2.24
Majority		12,789	42.84

15 October 1964		35,390/49,151	72.00
Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	22,339	63.12
Percival Arthur Woodward	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,123	34.26
Baruch Ramelson	Communist Party	928	2.62
Majority		10,216	28.87

31 March 1966		33,698/49,474	68.11
Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	23,171	68.76
Percival Arthur Woodward	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,813	29.12
Baruch Ramelson	Communist Party	714	2.12
Majority		13,358	39.64

18 June 1970		32,657/49,490	65.99
Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	19,536	59.82
Gavin Kennedy MacPherson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,311	28.51
Stephen John Cooksey	Liberal Party	3,810	11.67
Majority		10,225	31.31

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		38,680/52,326	73.92
Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	21,365	55.24
Denis Pedder	Liberal Party	9,505	24.57
Peter David Harmer	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,810	20.19
Majority		11,860	30.66

10 October 1974		33,604/52,689	63.78
Rt Hon Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	21,653	64.44
Thomas Neil Metcalfe Stow	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,388	19.01
John Adams	Liberal Party	5,563	16.55
Majority		15,265	45.43

3 May 1979		34,520/50,119	68.88
Rt Hon Merlyn Rees	Labour Party	22,388	64.86
Richard John Marshall Ratcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,058	23.34
Fred Hurst	Liberal Party	3,658	10.60
Brian Gerald Spink	National Front	416	1.21
Majority		14,330	41.51

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		31,678/75,953	41.71
Rt Hon Hilary James Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	17,117	54.03
Ed Carlisle	Green Party	5,838	18.43
Karen Cooksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,172	13.17
Daniel Paul Whetstone	Social Democratic Party	1,874	5.92
George Sykes	Liberal Democrats	1,340	4.23
Muhammad Azeem	Workers Britain	719	2.27
Janet Bickerdike	Christian Peoples Alliance	341	1.08
Nikolas Omilana	Independent	277	0.87
Majority		11,279	35.61