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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		17,616/34,569	50.96
Sir John Scurrah Randles	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,290	69.77
Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth, Bt	Liberal Party	5,326	30.23
Majority		6,964	39.53

15 November 1922		24,067/39,343	61.17
Sir Edwin Forsyth Stockton	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,919	57.83
Sir Andrew William Barton	Liberal Party	10,148	42.17
Majority		3,771	15.67

6 December 1923		22,697/38,218	59.39
Robert Noton Barclay	Liberal Party	12,248	53.96
Sir Edwin Forsyth Stockton	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,449	46.04
Majority		1,799	7.93

29 October 1924		23,893/40,487	59.01
Edward Brocklehurst Fielden	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,200	55.25
Robert Noton Barclay	Liberal Party	10,693	44.75
Majority		2,507	10.49

30 May 1929		34,303/48,836	70.24
Edward Brocklehurst Fielden	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,691	39.91
Robert Noton Barclay	Liberal Party	11,112	32.39
Arthur Moss	Labour Party	9,500	27.69
Majority		2,579	7.52

27 October 1931		32,988/49,868	66.15
Edward Brocklehurst Fielden	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,261	73.54
Eric Ainslie Gower	Labour Party	8,727	26.46
Majority		15,534	47.09

14 November 1935		29,497/46,606	63.29
Peter Thorp Eckersley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,956	54.09
Eric Isadore Mendel	Labour Party	8,313	28.18
Sir George Paish	Liberal Party	5,228	17.72
Majority		7,643	25.91

13 August 1940 Death of Peter Eckersley.

21 September 1940
Thomas Henry Hewlett	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		20,135/28,697	70.16
Norman Harold Lever	Labour Party	11,067	54.96
Thomas Henry Hewlett	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,050	35.01
Heric Kenyon	Liberal Party	2,018	10.02
Majority		4,017	19.95

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		33,863/45,285	74.78
William Griffiths	Labour Party	18,335	54.14
Richard Stephenson Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,716	40.50
John Cooper	Liberal Party	1,812	5.35
Majority		4,619	13.64

25 October 1951		33,356/46,448	71.81
William Griffiths	Labour Party	18,475	55.39
Idris Wyn Owen	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,881	44.61
Majority		3,594	10.77

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		33,125/52,376	63.24
William Griffiths	Labour Party	20,203	60.99
Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,922	39.01
Majority		7,281	21.98

8 October 1959		29,932/46,072	64.97
William Griffiths	Labour Party	19,328	64.57
Leonard Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,604	35.43
Majority		8,724	29.15

15 October 1964		20,194/36,175	55.82
William Griffiths	Labour Party	13,952	69.09
Beata Ann Brookes	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,242	30.91
Majority		7,710	38.18

31 March 1966		14,186/26,400	53.73
William Griffiths	Labour Party	10,425	73.49
John Stuart-Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,761	26.51
Majority		6,664	46.98

18 June 1970		12,015/21,080	57.00
William Griffiths	Labour Party	8,234	68.53
William Joseph Loftus	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,341	27.81
Gordon Edward Spencer	Independent	440	3.66
Majority		4,893	40.72

14 April 1973 Death of William Griffiths.

27 June 1973		9,665/22,125	43.68
Frank Hatton	Labour Party	5,348	55.33
Michael Steed	Liberal Party	3,525	36.47
William Joseph Loftus	Conservative & Unionist Party	683	7.07
Ruth Pushkin	Communist Party of England	109	1.13
Majority		1,823	18.86