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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918 | 22,202/42,507 | 52.23 | |
Liberal Party | 10,338 | 46.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 7,613 | 34.29 | |
Labour Party | 4,251 | 19.15 | |
Majority | 2,725 | 12.27 | |
15 November 1922 | 27,910/39,048 | 71.48 | |
Liberal Party | 13,971 | 50.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,372 | 26.41 | |
Labour Party | 6,567 | 23.53 | |
Majority | 6,599 | 23.64 | |
6 December 1923 | 23,271/39,385 | 59.09 | |
Liberal Party | 15,004 | 64.48 | |
Labour Party | 8,267 | 35.52 | |
Majority | 6,737 | 28.95 | |
29 October 1924 | 27,819/39,480 | 70.46 | |
Liberal Party | 16,569 | 59.56 | |
Labour Party | 11,250 | 40.44 | |
Majority | 5,319 | 19.12 | |
15 February 1927 Resignation of William Wedgewood Benn before he joined the Labour Party. (Northstead) | |||
23 March 1927 | 29,418/39,795 | 73.92 | |
Liberal Party | 12,461 | 42.36 | |
Labour Party | 12,350 | 41.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,607 | 15.66 | |
Majority | 111 | 0.38 | |
30 May 1929 | 36,328/50,801 | 71.51 | |
Liberal Party | 20,613 | 56.74 | |
Labour Party | 15,715 | 43.26 | |
Majority | 4,898 | 13.48 | |
27 October 1931 | 38,247/50,979 | 75.03 | |
National Liberal Party | 24,847 | 64.96 | |
Labour Party | 13,400 | 35.04 | |
Majority | 11,447 | 29.93 | |
14 November 1935 | 32,707/49,933 | 65.50 | |
National Liberal Party | 18,888 | 57.75 | |
Labour Party | 13,819 | 42.25 | |
Majority | 5,069 | 15.50 | |
5 July 1945 | 32,180/46,581 | 69.08 | |
Labour Party | 19,571 | 60.82 | |
National Liberal Party | 10,116 | 31.44 | |
Independent | 2,493 | 7.75 | |
Majority | 9,455 | 29.38 | |
John Cormack was the founder of the Protestant Action Party which he had formed in Edinburgh during 1932. | |||