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14 December 1918		19,352/33,382	57.97
Rt Hon John Hodge	Labour Party	13,047	67.42
Henry White	Independent Conservative	5,005	25.86
John Thomas Murphy	Socialist Labour	1,300	6.72
Majority		8,042	41.56

15 November 1922		28,115/35,567	79.05
Rt Hon John Hodge	Labour Party	15,058	53.56
William Heap	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,057	46.44
Majority		2,001	7.12

6 December 1923		26,782/35,963	74.47
Joseph Compton	Labour Party	16,080	60.04
William Heap	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,702	39.96
Majority		5,378	20.08

29 October 1924		29,281/36,378	80.49
Joseph Compton	Labour Party	16,383	55.95
Barratt Carrington Sellars	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,898	44.05
Majority		3,485	11.90

30 May 1929		36,105/44,300	81.50
Joseph Compton	Labour Party	22,056	61.09
Alfred Cecil Critchley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,664	29.54
Beatrice Anne Bayfield	Liberal Party	3,385	9.38
Majority		11,392	31.55

27 October 1931		38,544/47,062	81.90
Eric Alfred George Shackleton Bailey	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,228	55.07
Joseph Compton	Labour Party	16,316	42.33
Christopher Flanagan	Communist Party	1,000	2.59
Majority		4,912	12.74

14 November 1935		35,872/46,157	77.72
Joseph Compton	Labour Party	20,039	55.86
Eric Alfred George Shackleton Bailey	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,833	44.14
Majority		4,206	11.73

18 January 1937 Death of Joseph Compton.

18 February 1937		30,940/46,337	66.77
Rt Hon William Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	17,849	57.69
Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,091	42.31
Majority		4,758	15.38

12 January 1942 Elevation of Rt Hon William Wedgewood Benn to the Peerage - Viscount Stansgate.

11 March 1942
William Henry Oldfield	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		34,894/46,220	75.50
William Henry Oldfield	Labour Party	24,095	69.05
Harry Sharp	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,799	30.95
Majority		13,296	38.10

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		50,902/59,541	85.49
William Henry Oldfield	Labour Party	28,088	55.18
James Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,564	36.47
Abram Maxwell Caplin	Liberal Party	3,377	6.63
Sydney Abbott	Communist Party	873	1.72
Majority		9,524	18.71

25 October 1951		49,578/60,722	81.65
William Henry Oldfield	Labour Party	28,763	58.02
Squire Horace Garlick	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,815	41.98
Majority		7,948	16.03

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		41,935/54,824	76.49
Konni Zilliacus	Labour Party	21,102	50.32
Keith Bruce Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,833	49.68
Majority		269	0.64

8 October 1959		45,817/55,846	82.04
Konni Zilliacus	Labour Party	23,337	50.94
Henry Donald Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,480	49.06
Majority		857	1.87

15 October 1964		43,360/56,721	76.44
Konni Zilliacus	Labour Party	23,895	55.11
Edwin Hodson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,465	44.89
Majority		4,430	10.22

31 March 1966		41,144/56,706	72.56
Konni Zilliacus	Labour Party	24,726	60.10
Ian Keith Paley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,418	39.90
Majority		8,308	20.19

6 July 1967 Death of Konni Zilliacus.

2 November 1967		41,972/57,980	72.39
Kenneth Marks	Labour Party	19,259	45.89
Winston Spencer Churchill	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,682	44.51
Terry J Lacey	Liberal Party	2,471	5.89
John Creasey	All Party Alliance	1,123	2.68
Victor T Eddisford	Communist Party	437	1.04
Majority		577	1.37

18 June 1970		44,256/61,563	71.89
Kenneth Marks	Labour Party	23,679	53.50
John Augustine Kevill	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,564	39.69
James Matthew Ashley	Liberal Party	3,013	6.81
Majority		6,115	13.82

28 February 1974		43,482/55,522	78.31
Kenneth Marks	Labour Party	22,276	51.23
Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,300	30.59
Robert Frederick Brooks	Liberal Party	7,906	18.18
Majority		8,976	20.64

10 October 1974		39,694/55,942	70.96
Kenneth Marks	Labour Party	21,287	53.63
Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,423	31.30
Antony Richard Cottam	Liberal Party	5,984	15.08
Majority		8,864	22.33

3 May 1979		41,638/53,943	77.19
Kenneth Marks	Labour Party	22,293	53.54
Michael Nicholson Lord	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,009	38.45
Graham Shaw	Liberal Party	2,867	6.89
Richard Chadfield	National Front	469	1.13
Majority		6,284	15.09

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		43,867/65,394	67.08
Rt Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	22,460	51.20
John Kershaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,495	28.48
Keith Arthur Whitmore	Liberal Party in Alliance	8,348	19.03
Malcolm Cowle	Communist Party	333	0.76
Leslie Charles Andrews	British National Party	231	0.53
Majority		9,965	22.72

11 June 1987		45,248/65,221	69.38
Rt Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	24,615	54.40
John Kershaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,550	23.32
Keith Arthur Whitmore	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,830	21.72
Pamela Lawrence	Red Front	253	0.56
Majority		14,065	31.08

9 April 1992		37,974/62,410	60.85
Rt Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	23,671	62.33
Jonathan Deryck Bullock	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,392	19.47
Charles Phillip Harris	Liberal Democrats	5,327	14.03
Terence Henderson	Official Liberal Party	767	2.02
Michael John Daw	Green Party	595	1.57
Pamela Lawrence	Revolutionary Communist Party	108	0.28
Philip Douglas Mitchell	Natural Law Party	84	0.22
Colleen Elizabeth Smith	Communist Party	30	0.08
Majority		16,279	42.87

1 May 1997		36,311/64,349	56.43
Rt Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	23,704	65.28
Dr Jacqueline Pearcey	Liberal Democrats	6,362	17.52
John Guy Brent Senior	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,249	11.70
Kevin James Hartley	Referendum Party	812	2.24
Dr Spencer Stuart Fitz-Gibbon	Green Party	683	1.88
Trevor Eugene Wongsam	Socialist Labour	501	1.38
Majority		17,342	47.76

7 June 2001		27,229/63,834	42.66
Rt Hon Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	17,099	62.80
Dr Jacqueline Pearcey	Liberal Democrats	5,795	21.28
Christopher George Causer	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,705	9.93
Bruce Simon Bingham	Green Party	835	3.07
Rashid Ahmed Bhatti	UK Independence Party	462	1.70
Kirsty Muir	Socialist Labour	333	1.22
Majority		11,304	41.51

5 May 2005		29,123/64,696	45.02
Rt Hon Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	15,480	53.15
Qassim Hussain Afzal	Liberal Democrats	9,672	33.21
Amanda Louise Byrne	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,848	9.78
Gregory Ronald Beaman	UK Independence Party	783	2.69
Dan Alaric Waller	Workers Revolutionary Party	181	0.62
Matthew Red Kay	Resolutionist	159	0.55
Majority		5,808	19.94

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		38,325/72,745	52.68
Rt Hon Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	19,211	50.13
Qassim Hussain Afzal	Liberal Democrats	12,508	32.64
Caroline Frances Healy	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,224	11.02
Justine Michelle Hall	Green Party	1,048	2.73
Mohammed Zulfikar	Respect the Unity Coalition	507	1.32
Karen Joanna Reissmann	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	337	0.88
Peter Harrison	Christian	254	0.66
Tim Dobson	Pirate	236	0.62
Majority		6,703	17.49

7 May 2015		42,019/72,992	57.57
Rt Hon Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	28,187	67.08
Laura Alice Bannister	Green Party	4,108	9.78
Mohammed Afzal	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,063	9.67
Phil Eckersley	UK Independence Party	3,434	8.17
Dave Page	Liberal Democrats	1,782	4.24
Simon Paul Hickman	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	264	0.63
Cristian Chesha	Pirate	181	0.43
Majority		24,079	57.31

26 February 2017 Death of Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman.

8 June 2017		45,953/75,362	60.98
Mohammed Afzal Khan	Labour Party	35,085	76.35
Shaden Jaradat	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,355	7.30
George Galloway	Independent	2,615	5.69
Dr Jacqueline Pearcey	Liberal Democrats	2,597	5.65
Jessica Mayo	Green Party	1,038	2.26
Phil Eckersley	UK Independence Party	952	2.07
Kemi Abidogun	Christian Alliance	233	0.51
David Hopkins	Independent	51	0.11
Peter Clifford	Communist League	27	0.06
Majority		31,730	69.05

12 December 2019		44,545/76,419	58.29
Mohammed Afzal Khan	Labour Party	34,583	77.64
Sebastian Michael Lowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,244	9.53
Dr Jacqueline Pearcey	Liberal Democrats	2,448	5.50
Eliza Kate Tyrrell	Green Party	1,697	3.81
Lesley Barbara Kaya	Brexit Party	1,573	3.53
Majority		30,339	68.11