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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		41,424
Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		29,034/45,377	63.98
Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,726	57.61
Ernest Wesley Wilton	Labour Party	8,402	28.94
John Christian Langenmayr Zorn	Liberal Party	3,906	13.45
Majority		8,324	28.67

6 December 1923		30,561/48,812	62.61
Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,560	44.37
Ernest Wesley Wilton	Labour Party	9,604	31.43
Sir Edward Penton	Liberal Party	7,397	24.20
Majority		3,956	12.94

29 October 1924		37,463/50,019	74.90
Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,842	63.64
John Charles Wilmot	Labour Party	13,621	36.36
Majority		10,221	27.28

30 May 1929		54,743/76,562	71.50
Sir Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,208	42.39
John Charles Wilmot	Labour Party	22,806	41.66
Sir Edward Penton	Liberal Party	8,729	15.95
Majority		402	0.73

27 October 1931		61,839/82,606	74.86
Sir Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	41,354	66.87
John Charles Wilmot	Labour Party	20,485	33.13
Majority		20,869	33.75

14 November 1935		59,299/87,178	68.02
Sir Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,874	55.44
Freda Künzlen Corbet	Labour Party	26,425	44.56
Majority		6,449	10.88

5 July 1945		60,434/79,318	76.19
Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	37,361	61.82
Sir Assheton Pownall	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,142	36.64
Frederick Russell	Independent	931	1.54
Majority		15,219	25.18

New
28 February 1974		53,387/68,896	77.49
Roland Dunstan Moyle	Labour Party	24,339	45.59
John Leslie Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,033	33.78
Michael Alan Minter	Liberal Party	10,543	19.75
Charles Edward Joseph Carey	Independent	269	0.50
Dr Frank Herbert Hansford-Miller	JHNFP	203	0.38
Majority		6,306	11.81

10 October 1974		47,817/69,521	68.78
Roland Dunstan Moyle	Labour Party	24,350	50.92
David Arthur Mahoney	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,398	32.20
Michael Alan Minter	Liberal Party	8,069	16.87
Majority		8,952	18.72

3 May 1979		49,862/67,066	74.35
Rt Hon Roland Dunstan Moyle	Labour Party	22,916	45.96
Humfrey Jonathan Malins	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,323	42.76
James Smith Forrest	Liberal Party	4,265	8.55
Michael William Ellis	National Front	1,168	2.34
Grantley Herbert Augustus Harewood	Workers Revolutionary Party	190	0.38
Majority		1,593	3.19

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,542/61,800	68.84
Hon Colin Berkeley Moynihan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,168	40.36
Rt Hon Roland Dunstan Moyle	Labour Party	15,259	35.87
Polly Toynbee	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,351	21.98
Richard Charles Edmonds	British National Party	288	0.68
Alan James Hassard	Ecology Party	270	0.63
Geoffrey Roberts	Communist Party	135	0.32
Peter Charles Gibson	Workers Revolutionary Party	71	0.17
Majority		1,909	4.49

11 June 1987		44,050/60,150	73.23
Hon Colin Berkeley Moynihan	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,873	45.11
Michael Russell Profitt	Labour Party	15,059	34.19
Vivienne Wendy Stone	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,118	20.70
Majority		4,814	10.93

9 April 1992		43,130/57,674	74.78
Bridget Therese Prentice	Labour Party	19,576	45.39
Hon Colin Berkeley Moynihan	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,481	42.85
Julian Alexander Hawkins	Liberal Democrats	4,877	11.31
Gilda Elizabeth Mansour	Natural Law Party	196	0.45
Majority		1,095	2.54

1 May 1997		37,408/56,333	66.41
Bridget Therese Prentice	Labour Party	21,821	58.33
Philip Thomas Hollobone	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,694	25.91
David Colleton Buxton	Liberal Democrats	4,178	11.17
Spencer Drury	Referendum Party	910	2.43
Robert Charles Croucher	National Front	431	1.15
Peter White	Official Liberal Party	277	0.74
Captain Rizz	Dream	97	0.26
Majority		12,127	32.42

7 June 2001		30,040/58,302	51.52
Bridget Therese Prentice	Labour Party	16,116	53.65
David James McInnes	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,157	23.82
David Colleton Buxton	Liberal Democrats	4,937	16.43
Barry John Roberts	British National Party	1,005	3.35
Jean Kysow	Socialist Alliance	464	1.54
Maurice Andrew James Link	UK Independence Party	361	1.20
Majority		8,959	29.82

5 May 2005		31,127/59,135	52.64
Bridget Therese Prentice	Labour Party	14,263	45.82
James Spencer Cleverly	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,512	24.13
Richard Knight Thomas	Liberal Democrats	6,787	21.80
Anna Louise Baker	Green Party	1,243	3.99
Arnold Edwin Tarling	UK Independence Party	697	2.24
Bernard Frederick Franklin	National Front	625	2.01
Majority		6,751	21.69

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		41,719/65,151	64.03
Heidi Alexander	Labour Party	17,966	43.06
Pete Pattisson	Liberal Democrats	11,750	28.16
Jonathan Charles William da Silva Clamp	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,850	23.61
Roderick Andrew Reed	UK Independence Party	771	1.85
Priscilla Marie Cotterell	Green Party	624	1.50
James Hugh Sjoerd Rose	English Democrats Party	426	1.02
George Hallam	Independent	332	0.80
Majority		6,216	14.90

7 May 2015		42,923/66,913	64.15
Heidi Alexander	Labour Party	23,907	55.70
Peter Timothy Fortune	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,574	22.31
Anna Maria Waters	UK Independence Party	3,886	9.05
Julia Elizabeth Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	2,455	5.72
St?rm S Poorun	Green Party	2,429	5.66
Nicholas Reginald Long	People Before Profit	390	0.91
Maureen Maud Martin	Christian Peoples Alliance	282	0.66
Majority		14,333	33.39

8 June 2017		47,201/68,124	69.29
Heidi Alexander	Labour Party	32,072	67.95
Peter Timothy Fortune	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,859	23.01
Emily Frith	Liberal Democrats	2,086	4.42
Störm S Poorun	Green Party	803	1.70
Keith Forster	UK Independence Party	798	1.69
Willow Winston	Independent	355	0.75
Maureen Maud Martin	Christian Alliance	228	0.48
Majority		21,213	44.94

8 May 2018 Resignation of Heidi Alexander. on appointment as London Deputy Mayor for Transport. (Northstead)

14 June 2018		21,979/66,140	33.23
Janet Jessica Daby	Labour Party	11,033	50.20
Lucy V Salek	Liberal Democrats	5,404	24.59
Ross Kenneth Archer	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,161	14.38
Rosamund Addo-Kissi-Debrah	Green Party	788	3.59
Mandu Kate Reid	Women's Equality	506	2.30
David Michael Kurten	UK Independence Party	380	1.73
Anna Maria Waters	For Britain	266	1.21
Maureen Maud Martin	Christian Peoples Alliance	168	0.76
Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	93	0.42
Massimo James Dimambro	Democrats and Veterans	67	0.30
Sean Edward Finch	Libertarian	38	0.17
Charles Edward Carey	Independent	37	0.17
Patrick Hugo Gray	Radical	20	0.09
Thomas Bartholomew Hall	Young People's Party	18	0.08
Majority		5,629	25.61

12 December 2019		44,815/67,857	66.04
Janet Jessica Daby	Labour Party	26,661	59.49
Sam Thurgood	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,653	21.54
Ade Fatukasi	Liberal Democrats	5,039	11.24
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah	Green Party	1,706	3.81
Wesley Derek Bruce Pollard	Brexit Party	1,234	2.75
Maureen Maud Martin	Christian Peoples Alliance	277	0.62
Mark Barber	Independent	152	0.34
Richard Paul Galloway	Young Peoples Party	50	0.11
Elder Roger N M Mighton	Independent	43	0.10
Majority		17,008	37.95

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,637/73,376	55.38
Janet Jessica Daby	Labour Party	23,646	58.19
Michael Francis Herron	Green Party	5,573	13.71
Louise Elizabeth Brice	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,401	10.83
Ruth Elisabeth Handyside	Reform UK	3,469	8.54
Callum James Littlemore	Liberal Democrats	2,471	6.08
Guy Ange Stephane Koffi	Workers Britain	577	1.42
Maureen Maud Martin	Christian Peoples Alliance	404	0.99
Richard Paul Galloway	Shared Ground	96	0.24
Majority		18,073	44.47