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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 December 1885		8,067/10,956	73.63
Sir Savile Brinton Crossley, Bt	Liberal Party	4,324	53.60
Heneage Charles Bagot-Chester	Conservative Party	3,743	46.40
Majority		581	7.20

6 July 1886		10,956
Sir Savile Brinton Crossley, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

11 July 1892		9,008/11,827	76.16
Harry Seymour Foster	Conservative Party	5,099	56.61
James Judd	Liberal Party	3,909	43.39
Majority		1,190	13.21

26 July 1895		9,009/12,153	74.13
Harry Seymour Foster	Conservative Party	5,199	57.71
Alfred Sington	Liberal Party	3,810	42.29
Majority		1,389	15.42

12 October 1900		8,425/12,678	66.45
Francis Alfred Lucas	Conservative Party	5,077	60.26
Adam Adams	Liberal Party	3,348	39.74
Majority		1,729	20.52

23 January 1906		11,415/14,002	81.52
Edward Beauchamp	Liberal Party	6,510	57.03
Francis Alfred Lucas	Conservative Party	4,905	42.97
Majority		1,605	14.06

22 January 1910		12,824/15,084	85.02
Harry Seymour Foster	Conservative Party	6,530	50.92
Edward Beauchamp	Liberal Party	6,294	49.08
Majority		236	1.84

9 December 1910		12,231/15,084	81.09
Edward Beauchamp	Liberal Party	6,248	51.08
Harry Seymour Foster	Conservative Party	5,983	48.92
Majority		265	2.17

14 December 1918		32,657
Sir Edward Beauchamp, Bt	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		24,870/35,012	71.03
Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,154	56.91
Brograve Campbell Beauchamp	National Liberal Party	6,205	24.95
Robert Arthur Mellanby	Labour Party	4,511	18.14
Majority		7,949	31.96

6 December 1923		24,253/35,881	67.59
Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,103	45.78
Frederick Graham Paterson	Liberal Party	8,362	34.48
Robert Arthur Mellanby	Labour Party	4,788	19.74
Majority		2,741	11.30

29 October 1924		26,524/36,321	73.03
Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,422	50.60
Robert Arthur Mellanby	Labour Party	6,570	24.77
Frederick Graham Paterson	Liberal Party	6,532	24.63
Majority		6,852	25.83

30 May 1929		34,234/46,359	73.85
Sir Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,624	39.80
Albert Edward Owen-Jones	Liberal Party	10,707	31.28
Basil William Reid Hall	Labour Party	9,903	28.93
Majority		2,917	8.52

27 October 1931		33,780/47,737	70.76
Sir Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,886	67.75
Edward John Cecil Neep	Labour Party	10,894	32.25
Majority		11,992	35.50

7 January 1934 Resignation of Sir Gervaise Rentoul on appointment as a Metropolitan Police Magistrate.

15 February 1934		33,208/48,900	67.91
Pierse Creagh Loftus	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,912	47.92
Rev Reginald William Sorensen	Labour Party	13,992	42.13
William Smith	Liberal Party	3,304	9.95
Majority		1,920	5.78

14 November 1935		34,412/49,871	69.00
Pierse Creagh Loftus	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,064	61.21
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	13,348	38.79
Majority		7,716	22.42

5 July 1945		30,300/44,764	67.69
Edward Evans	Labour Party	12,759	42.11
Pierse Creagh Loftus	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,996	36.29
Matthew Philip Crosse	Liberal Party	6,545	21.60
Majority		1,763	5.82

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,486/55,456	83.83
Edward Evans	Labour Party	20,838	44.83
Philip Geoffrey Whitefoord	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,516	37.68
Ruth Crisp English	Liberal Party	8,132	17.49
Majority		3,322	7.15

25 October 1951		46,335/56,582	81.89
Edward Evans	Labour Party	23,591	50.91
Alfred Henry Willetts	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,744	49.09
Majority		847	1.83

26 May 1955		45,259/56,850	79.61
Edward Evans	Labour Party	23,587	52.12
James Turner Griffiths	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,672	47.88
Majority		1,915	4.23

8 October 1959		47,159/57,814	81.57
James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,324	51.58
Edward Evans	Labour Party	22,835	48.42
Majority		1,489	3.16

15 October 1964		50,159/60,775	82.53
James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,976	47.80
Ronald Henry Atkins	Labour Party	21,272	42.41
Charles Gordon Alexander Steele	Liberal Party	4,911	9.79
Majority		2,704	5.39

31 March 1966		52,281/62,881	83.14
James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,063	46.03
Michael David Cornish	Labour Party	23,705	45.34
David Robert Crome	Liberal Party	4,513	8.63
Majority		358	0.68

18 June 1970		56,898/72,458	78.53
James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,842	50.69
Douglas Arthur Baker	Labour Party	23,319	40.98
David Robert Crome	Liberal Party	4,737	8.33
Majority		5,523	9.71

28 February 1974		63,971/76,378	83.76
Rt Hon James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,157	40.89
Douglas Arthur Baker	Labour Party	22,553	35.26
Peter James Hancock	Liberal Party	15,261	23.86
Majority		3,604	5.63

10 October 1974		60,123/76,919	78.16
Rt Hon James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,510	42.43
Douglas Arthur Baker	Labour Party	23,448	39.00
Peter James Hancock	Liberal Party	11,165	18.57
Majority		2,062	3.43

3 May 1979		66,149/82,733	79.95
Rt Hon James Michael Leathes Prior	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,376	50.46
John Alan Lark	Labour Party	25,555	38.63
Barrie William Skelcher	Liberal Party	6,783	10.25
John Timothy Pye	Ecology Party	435	0.66
Majority		7,821	11.82

Renamed with no Boundary Change
4 July 2024		41,824/74,332	56.27
Jessica Redmond-Withey Asato	Labour Party	14,464	34.58
Peter James Guy Aldous	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,448	29.76
June Alison Mummery	Reform UK	10,328	24.69
Toby Alexander Hammond	Green Party	3,095	7.40
Adam Robertson	Liberal Democrats	1,489	3.56
Majority		2,016	4.82