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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		23,961/35,909	66.73
Thomas Andrew Blane	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	18,498	77.20
Frederick Fox Riley	Labour Party	5,463	22.80
Majority		13,035	54.40

15 November 1922		24,959/34,789	71.74
William George Waterhouse Reynolds	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,534	50.22
Ronald Wilberforce Allen	Liberal Party	12,425	49.78
Majority		109	0.44

6 December 1923		25,366/35,710	71.03
Ronald Wilberforce Allen	Liberal Party	14,692	57.92
William George Waterhouse Reynolds	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,674	42.08
Majority		4,018	15.84

29 October 1924		29,996/36,805	81.50
Charles Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,005	50.02
Herbert Brough Usher	Labour Party	8,912	29.71
Ronald Wilberforce Allen	Liberal Party	6,079	20.27
Majority		6,093	20.31

30 May 1929		43,352/53,890	80.45
Charles Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,343	42.31
Herbert Brough Usher	Labour Party	16,198	37.36
Henry George Purchase	Liberal Party	8,811	20.32
Majority		2,145	4.95

27 October 1931		42,659/54,208	78.70
Charles Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,767	76.81
John Dugdale	Labour Party	9,892	23.19
Majority		22,875	53.62

14 November 1935		38,263/54,500	70.21
Charles Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,868	64.99
Herbert Leslie Maddock	Labour Party	13,395	35.01
Majority		11,473	29.98

5 July 1945		43,423/57,608	75.38
Herbert William Bowden	Labour Party	19,541	45.00
Rt Hon Charles Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,373	42.31
Thomas Allan Pratt	Liberal Party	5,509	12.69
Majority		1,168	2.69

New
28 February 1974		54,907/71,927	76.34
Thomas Gray Boardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,943	41.79
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	21,177	38.57
Gordon Willey	Liberal Party	9,148	16.66
John Edward Kynaston	National Front	1,639	2.99
Majority		1,766	3.22

10 October 1974		49,960/72,539	68.87
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	21,588	43.21
Thomas Gray Boardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,455	40.94
Henry Young	Liberal Party	5,709	11.43
Anthony Rex Cartwright	National Front	2,072	4.15
George Henry Rousseau	Communist Party of England	136	0.27
Majority		1,133	2.27

3 May 1979		52,894/70,714	74.80
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	24,548	46.41
Raymond Alfred Godsall	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,550	42.63
John Barclay Pick	Liberal Party	4,856	9.18
Anthony Rex Cartwright	National Front	940	1.78
Majority		1,998	3.78

9 June 1983		53,187/74,484	71.41
Derek Harold Spencer	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,424	40.28
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	21,417	40.27
Robert Charles Renold	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,410	17.69
Christopher John Davies	Ecology Party	495	0.93
Colin Pickard	British National Party	280	0.53
David Paul Roberts	Workers Party	161	0.30
Majority		7	0.01

11 June 1987		56,376/74,074	76.11
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	24,901	44.17
Derek Harold Spencer	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,024	40.84
Robert Hugh Pritchard	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,773	13.79
Brian Fewster	Green Party	390	0.69
Mian Mohammed Mayat	Independent Labour	192	0.34
Roberta Frances Manners	Workers Revolutionary Party	96	0.17
Majority		1,877	3.33

9 April 1992		53,457/71,120	75.16
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	27,984	52.35
Michael Dutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,494	34.60
Anne Crumbie	Liberal Democrats	6,271	11.73
John McWhirter	Green Party	554	1.04
Patricia Anne Saunders	Natural Law Party	154	0.29
Majority		9,490	17.75

1 May 1997		48,114/71,750	67.06
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	27,914	58.02
Christopher Heaton-Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,421	23.74
Barry Coles	Liberal Democrats	6,654	13.83
John Norman David Hancock	Referendum Party	1,184	2.46
Jim Dooher	Socialist Labour	634	1.32
Kevin John Sills	Nat Dem	307	0.64
Majority		16,493	34.28

7 June 2001		42,140/72,671	57.99
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	22,956	54.48
Richard David Hoile	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,715	23.05
Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrats	7,243	17.19
Margaret Jean Layton	Green Party	1,217	2.89
Arnold Gardner	Socialist Labour	676	1.60
Kirti Ladwa	UK Independence Party	333	0.79
Majority		13,241	31.42

27 May 2004 Death of Dr Jim Marshall.

15 July 2004		29,408/70,692	41.60
Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrats	10,274	34.94
Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby	Labour Party	8,620	29.31
Christopher Heaton-Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,796	19.71
Yvonne Anne Ridley	Respect the Unity Coalition	3,724	12.66
David Paul Roberts	Socialist Labour	263	0.89
R U Seerius	Monster Raving Loony Party	225	0.77
Patrick Joseph Kennedy	Independent	204	0.69
Paul Anthony Lord	Independent	186	0.63
Mark Edwin Benson	Independent	55	0.19
Jitendra Jewl Nim Bardwaj	Independent	36	0.12
Alan Gordon Barrett	Independent	25	0.09
Majority		1,654	5.62

5 May 2005		42,411/72,310	58.65
Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby	Labour Party	16,688	39.35
Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrats	12,971	30.58
Martin John McElwee	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,549	17.80
Yvonne Anne Ridley	Respect the Unity Coalition	2,720	6.41
Matthew Aiden Follett	Green Party	1,379	3.25
Kenneth George Roseblade	Veritas	573	1.35
David Paul Roberts	Socialist Labour	315	0.74
Paul Anthony Lord	Independent	216	0.51
Majority		3,717	8.76

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,124/77,515	60.79
Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby	Labour Party	21,479	45.58
Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrats	12,671	26.89
Ross Ian Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,066	21.36
Adrian Waudby	British National Party	1,418	3.01
Dave Dixey	Green Party	770	1.63
Christopher John Lucas	UK Independence Party	720	1.53
Majority		8,808	18.69

1 April 2011 Resignation of Sir Peter Soulsby. (Northstead)

5 May 2011		34,180/77,880	43.89
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth	Labour Party	19,771	57.84
Zuffar Haq	Liberal Democrats	7,693	22.51
Jane Marion Hunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,169	15.12
Abhijit Pradip Gajanan Pandya	UK Independence Party	994	2.91
Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	553	1.62
Majority		12,078	35.34

7 May 2015		45,942/73,518	62.49
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth	Labour Party	27,473	59.80
Leon Hadji-Nikolaou	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,628	20.96
Peter Bryan Stone	UK Independence Party	3,832	8.34
Gabriella Annalisa Garcia	Green Party	2,533	5.51
Anita Prabhakar	Liberal Democrats	2,127	4.63
Andrew John Walton	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	349	0.76
Majority		17,845	38.84

8 June 2017		50,517/75,534	66.88
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth	Labour and Co-operative Party	37,157	73.55
Meera Sonecha	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,896	21.57
Doarkanathsing Harrish Bisnauthsing	Liberal Democrats	1,287	2.55
Margaret Lewis	Green Party	1,177	2.33
Majority		26,261	51.98

12 December 2019		50,147/77,665	64.57
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth	Labour Party	33,606	67.01
Natalie Anne Neale	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,931	21.80
Christopher Austin Francis Coghlan	Liberal Democrats	2,754	5.49
Margaret Lewis	Green Party	1,669	3.33
James Dalgliesh Potter	Brexit Party	1,187	2.37
Majority		22,675	45.22

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		41,847/70,867	59.05
Shockat Hussain Adam Patel	Independent	14,739	35.22
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth	Labour Party	13,760	32.88
Geraldine Rae Hickton	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,820	11.52
Sharmen Rahman	Green Party	3,826	9.14
Craig Stanton Harwood	Reform UK	2,470	5.90
Carol Weaver	Liberal Democrats	1,425	3.41
Osman Ghani Admani	Independent	339	0.81
Ann Waltrina Green	Communist Party of Great Britain	279	0.67
Amaar Suliman	Monster Raving Loony Party	189	0.45
Majority		979	2.34