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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		39,798
Sir Edward Feetham Coates, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 August 1921 Death of Sir Edward Coates, Bt.

13 September 1921		24,218/40,919	59.19
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,427	38.93
Walter George Windham	Anti-Waste League	8,580	35.43
Frank Walter Raffety	Liberal Party	6,211	25.65
Majority		847	3.50

15 November 1922		24,685/42,455	58.14
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,216	65.69
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	Liberal Party	8,469	34.31
Majority		7,747	31.38

Sir Philip Dawson was supported by the Anti-Waste League.

6 December 1923		24,457/42,940	56.96
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,448	50.90
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	Liberal Party	12,009	49.10
Majority		439	1.79

29 October 1924		33,260/44,078	75.46
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,723	59.30
Barbara Drake	Labour Party	6,781	20.39
Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	Liberal Party	6,756	20.31
Majority		12,942	38.91

30 May 1929		42,378/61,191	69.26
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,830	49.15
Catherine Mary Wadham	Labour Party	10,958	25.86
Arthur Reginald Newsom Roberts	Liberal Party	10,590	24.99
Majority		9,872	23.30

27 October 1931		44,245/63,946	69.19
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,289	77.50
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart	Labour Party	9,956	22.50
Majority		24,333	55.00

14 November 1935		41,976/65,679	63.91
Sir Philip Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,173	64.73
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart	Labour Party	14,803	35.27
Majority		12,370	29.47

24 September 1938 Death of Sir Philip Dawson.

24 November 1938		39,526/67,641	58.43
Henry Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,587	57.14
Arthur Massey Skeffington	Labour Party	16,939	42.86
Majority		5,648	14.29

5 July 1945		37,500/50,918	73.65
Arthur Massey Skeffington	Labour Party	20,008	53.35
Henry Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,492	46.65
Majority		2,516	6.71

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,000/56,007	85.70
Henry Alfred Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,628	49.23
Arthur Massey Skeffington	Labour Party	21,433	44.65
Alfred Edward G Pritchard	Liberal Party	2,939	6.12
Majority		2,195	4.57

25 October 1951		48,262/56,214	85.85
Henry Alfred Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,449	52.73
Arthur Massey Skeffington	Labour Party	22,813	47.27
Majority		2,636	5.46

26 May 1955		43,807/55,056	79.57
Henry Alfred Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,066	54.94
Thomas Sargant	Labour Party	19,741	45.06
Majority		4,325	9.87

8 October 1959		43,420/54,069	80.30
Henry Alfred Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,466	51.74
Richard Clive Edmonds	Labour Party	16,233	37.39
Trevor Arthur Smith	Liberal Party	4,721	10.87
Majority		6,233	14.36

15 October 1964		40,571/54,227	74.82
Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,167	44.78
Joan Lestor	Labour Party	17,281	42.59
Alan Bernard Mountain	Liberal Party	5,123	12.63
Majority		886	2.18

31 March 1966		40,002/52,858	75.68
James McCulloch York Dickens	Labour Party	21,018	52.54
Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,984	47.46
Majority		2,034	5.08

18 June 1970		38,592/56,625	68.15
John Selwyn Gummer	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,676	50.98
James McCulloch York Dickens	Labour Party	18,916	49.02
Majority		760	1.97

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,808/61,894	78.86
Christopher Price	Labour Party	21,118	43.27
John Selwyn Gummer	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,716	38.35
James Douglas Eagle	Liberal Party	7,974	16.34
Peter Claude Williams	National Front	1,000	2.05
Majority		2,402	4.92

10 October 1974		43,741/62,419	70.08
Christopher Price	Labour Party	21,102	48.24
Margaret Christine Macrae Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,573	35.60
James Douglas Eagle	Liberal Party	5,952	13.61
Peter Claude Williams	National Front	1,114	2.55
Majority		5,529	12.64

3 May 1979		45,065/59,292	76.01
Christopher Price	Labour Party	20,932	46.45
Noel Bernard Jacques Peter Picarda-Kemp	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,882	44.12
Godfrey Arthur Payne	Liberal Party	3,350	7.43
Peter Claude Williams	National Front	901	2.00
Majority		1,050	2.33

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,342/63,663	69.65
John Cradock Maples	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,521	44.02
Christopher Price	Labour Party	17,015	38.37
Hugh Peter Mooney	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,470	16.85
Ramon Frederick George Hoy	British National Party	336	0.76
Majority		2,506	5.65

11 June 1987		45,465/63,473	71.63
John Cradock Maples	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,995	46.18
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	17,223	37.88
Sarah Caroline Titley	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,247	15.94
Majority		3,772	8.30

9 April 1992		43,367/59,317	73.11
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	20,378	46.99
John Cradock Maples	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,569	42.82
Eileen Neale	Liberal Democrats	4,295	9.90
Paul Coulam	Anti-Fed	125	0.29
Majority		1,809	4.17

1 May 1997		37,544/58,659	64.00
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	23,273	61.99
Clare Robina Whelan	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,936	23.80
Kathleen Marion Blake McGrath	Liberal Democrats	3,672	9.78
Anthony Ronald Graham Leese	Referendum Party	1,098	2.92
Nicholas Reginald Long	Socialist Labour	398	1.06
Elizabeth Amelia Oram	Official Liberal Party	167	0.44
Majority		14,337	38.19

7 June 2001		30,815/60,947	50.56
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	18,816	61.06
Gareth Alan Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,896	22.38
Richard Knight Thomas	Liberal Democrats	4,146	13.45
Frederick George Pearson	UK Independence Party	485	1.57
Nicholas Reginald Long	Independent Labour	472	1.53
Majority		11,920	38.68

5 May 2005		31,923/58,349	54.71
James Patrick Dowd	Labour Party	16,611	52.03
Alexander David Feakes	Liberal Democrats	6,679	20.92
Evett McAnuff	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,396	20.04
Nicholas Reginald Long	Green Party	1,464	4.59
Jens George Winton	UK Independence Party	773	2.42
Majority		9,932	31.11