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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		16,843/27,601	61.02
Rev Alfred Deakin Carter	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,677	69.33
George Frederick Burditt	Liberal Party	5,166	30.67
Majority		6,511	38.66

15 November 1922		22,686/29,311	77.40
Dr Thomas Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,678	51.48
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	Liberal Party	11,008	48.52
Majority		670	2.95

6 December 1923		23,970/30,731	78.00
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	Liberal Party	13,944	58.17
Dr Thomas Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,026	41.83
Majority		3,918	16.35

29 October 1924		26,771/32,712	81.84
Dr Thomas Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,633	50.92
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	Liberal Party	10,435	38.98
Edgar Whiteley	Labour Party	2,467	9.22
Kenneth Burke	Anti-Socialist	236	0.88
Majority		3,198	11.95

30 May 1929		47,864/61,494	77.84
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	Liberal Party	20,948	43.77
Sir Thomas Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,063	39.83
Dr Joseph Robinson	Labour Party	7,853	16.41
Majority		1,885	3.94

27 October 1931		57,476/75,782	75.84
Edward Lascelles Fleming	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,097	62.80
Philip Guedalla	Liberal Party	21,379	37.20
Majority		14,718	25.61

14 November 1935		57,110/80,561	70.89
Edward Lascelles Fleming	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,564	62.27
David Scott Morton	Labour Party	12,248	21.45
William Charles Ross	Liberal Party	9,298	16.28
Majority		23,316	40.83

5 July 1945		66,622/89,806	74.18
Edward Lascelles Fleming	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,881	46.35
Reginald Edwards	Labour Party	22,634	33.97
Leonard Frederick Behrens	Liberal Party	13,107	19.67
Majority		8,247	12.38

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,614/51,124	85.31
Frederick William Cundiff	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,817	52.32
Lewis Tatham Wright	Labour Party	14,206	32.57
Leonard Frederick Behrens	Liberal Party	6,591	15.11
Majority		8,611	19.74

25 October 1951		41,408/52,017	79.60
Sir Robert Archibald Cary	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,804	64.73
James Clough	Labour Party	14,604	35.27
Majority		12,200	29.46

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		43,838/60,941	71.94
Sir Robert Archibald Cary	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,707	58.64
John Bernard Hayes	Labour Party	13,054	29.78
Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	Liberal Party	5,077	11.58
Majority		12,653	28.86

8 October 1959		44,321/59,457	74.54
Sir Robert Archibald Cary, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,170	52.28
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	13,476	30.41
Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	Liberal Party	7,675	17.32
Majority		9,694	21.87

15 October 1964		41,236/56,996	72.35
Sir Robert Archibald Cary, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,259	44.28
Keith Openshaw	Labour Party	13,117	31.81
Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	Liberal Party	9,860	23.91
Majority		5,142	12.47

31 March 1966		38,855/54,385	71.44
Sir Robert Archibald Cary, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,676	42.92
David George Clark	Labour Party	16,029	41.25
Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	Liberal Party	6,150	15.83
Majority		647	1.67

18 June 1970		38,759/57,088	67.89
Sir Robert Archibald Cary, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,854	48.64
Michael Alfred Noble	Labour Party	15,365	39.64
James Clarney	Liberal Party	4,540	11.71
Majority		3,489	9.00

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		42,458/57,733	73.54
Frederick John Silvester	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,997	42.39
Sholto Norman Morrison Moxley	Labour Party	13,584	31.99
Ian Hugh McWilliam Fowler	Liberal Party	10,877	25.62
Majority		4,413	10.39

10 October 1974		39,428/58,186	67.76
Frederick John Silvester	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,937	42.96
Peter James Hildrew	Labour Party	14,936	37.88
Annie Butcher Davies	Liberal Party	7,555	19.16
Majority		2,001	5.08

3 May 1979		39,916/53,408	74.74
Frederick John Silvester	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,862	47.25
Geoffrey Martin Hodgson	Labour Party	15,510	38.86
John Tannock Mitchell	Liberal Party	5,387	13.50
Michael George Gibson	Feudal	157	0.39
Majority		3,352	8.40

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		46,700/65,354	71.46
Frederick John Silvester	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,329	39.25
Frances Winifred Done	Labour Party	15,956	34.17
Bernard Lewis Lever	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,231	26.19
Michael George Gibson	Feudal	184	0.39
Majority		2,373	5.08

11 June 1987		50,411/66,295	76.04
Keith John Charles Bradley	Labour Party	21,650	42.95
Frederick John Silvester	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,259	36.22
Audrey Jones	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,978	19.79
Michael Terence Abberton	Green Party	524	1.04
Majority		3,391	6.73

9 April 1992		45,499/63,838	71.27
Keith John Charles Bradley	Labour Party	23,962	52.66
Eric Noel Farthing	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,227	31.27
Peter Gordon Hennell	Liberal Democrats	6,457	14.19
Brian Arthur Candleland	Green Party	725	1.59
Clive Nicholas Menhinick	Natural Law Party	128	0.28
Majority		9,735	21.40

Minor Boundary Change
1 May 1997		44,027/66,116	66.59
Keith John Charles Bradley	Labour Party	27,103	61.56
Jonathan Michael Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,522	19.36
Dr Yasmin Zalzala	Liberal Democrats	6,000	13.63
Mark Brian Birch Sheppard	Referendum Party	1,079	2.45
Simon Paul Caldwell	Pro-Life Alliance	614	1.39
Julie White	Socialist	376	0.85
Stephen Kingston	Dream	181	0.41
Mark Edward John Gaskell	Natural Law Party	152	0.35
Majority		18,581	42.20

7 June 2001		35,050/67,480	51.94
Rt Hon Keith John Charles Bradley	Labour Party	19,239	54.89
Dr Yasmin Zalzala	Liberal Democrats	7,715	22.01
Julian Patrick Edward Samways	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,349	15.26
Michelle Valentine	Green Party	1,539	4.39
John Anthony Clegg	Socialist Alliance	1,208	3.45
Majority		11,524	32.88

5 May 2005		37,458/67,781	55.26
John Leech	Liberal Democrats	15,872	42.37
Rt Hon Keith John Charles Bradley	Labour Party	15,205	40.59
Karen Anne Bradley	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,919	10.46
Brian Arthur Candeland	Green Party	1,595	4.26
Dr Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	UK Independence Party	424	1.13
Ivan John Benett	Independent	243	0.65
Dr Yasmin Zalzala	Independent	153	0.41
Richard John Anthony Reed	Their Party	47	0.13
Majority		667	1.78

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,075/72,704	62.00
John Leech	Liberal Democrats	20,110	44.61
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour Party	18,260	40.51
Christopher Patrick James Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,005	11.10
Brian Arthur Candeland	Green Party	798	1.77
Dr Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	UK Independence Party	698	1.55
Dr Yasmin Zalzala	Independent	147	0.33
Marcus Jonathan Farmer	Independent	57	0.13
Majority		1,850	4.10

7 May 2015		49,966/74,102	67.43
Jeffrey Smith	Labour Party	26,843	53.72
John Leech	Liberal Democrats	11,970	23.96
Robert George Manning	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,872	9.75
Lucy Jane Bannister	Green Party	4,048	8.10
Mark Davies	UK Independence Party	2,172	4.35
Marcus Jonathan Farmer	Independent	61	0.12
Majority		14,873	29.77

8 June 2017		53,602/74,654	71.80
Jeffrey Smith	Labour Party	38,424	71.68
John Leech	Liberal Democrats	8,549	15.95
Sarah Heald	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,530	10.32
Laura Alice Bannister	Green Party	865	1.61
Sally Carr	Women's Equality	234	0.44
Majority		29,875	55.73

12 December 2019		52,995/76,530	69.25
Jeffrey Smith	Labour Party	35,902	67.75
John Leech	Liberal Democrats	7,997	15.09
Shengke Zhi	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,820	10.98
Lucy Jane Bannister	Green Party	1,968	3.71
Stephen Patrick Ward	Brexit Party	1,308	2.47
Majority		27,905	52.66

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		41,731/70,549	59.15
Jeffrey Smith	Labour Party	22,066	52.88
Samuel Gideon Easterby-Smith	Green Party	8,084	19.37
Richard Kilpatrick	Liberal Democrats	5,412	12.97
Sarah Louise Garcia de Bustos	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,280	5.46
Kaine Keith Williams	Reform UK	1,961	4.70
Elizabeth Rose Greenwood	Workers Britain	1,774	4.25
Wendy Andrew	Social Democratic Party	154	0.37
Majority		13,982	33.51