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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 May 1955		44,487/54,596	81.48
Reginald Moss	Labour Party	22,796	51.24
William John Peel	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,691	48.76
Majority		1,105	2.48

8 October 1959		52,733/62,449	84.44
Gordon Richards Matthews	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,498	50.25
Reginald Moss	Labour Party	26,235	49.75
Majority		263	0.50

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		58,487/70,085	83.45
Christopher John Salter Rowland	Labour Party	29,425	50.31
Gordon Richards Matthews	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,062	49.69
Majority		363	0.62

31 March 1966		63,081/73,621	85.68
Christopher John Salter Rowland	Labour Party	33,831	53.63
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,250	46.37
Majority		4,581	7.26

5 November 1967 Death of Christopher Rowland.

28 March 1968		51,425/77,889	66.02
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,344	64.84
Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar	Labour Party	18,081	35.16
Majority		15,263	29.68

18 June 1970		75,430/99,666	75.68
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,077	53.13
Norman Peter Lister	Labour Party	35,353	46.87
Majority		4,724	6.26

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		76,597/96,428	79.43
John Edward Tomlinson	Labour Party	40,541	52.93
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,056	47.07
Majority		4,485	5.86

10 October 1974		73,098/97,336	75.10
John Edward Tomlinson	Labour Party	34,641	47.39
Christopher Frederic Horne	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,675	35.12
Dennis George Minnis	Liberal Party	12,782	17.49
Majority		8,966	12.27

3 May 1979		76,173/98,914	77.01
Iain Campbell Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,151	48.77
John Edward Tomlinson	Labour Party	33,024	43.35
David John Spurling	Liberal Party	4,966	6.52
Alfred Parkes	National Front	1,032	1.35
Majority		4,127	5.42

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		53,064/75,212	70.55
Iain Campbell Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,474	53.66
Eric John Sever	Labour Party	13,456	25.36
Pamela Mary Dunbar	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,674	20.12
Clifford Leslie Collins	National Front	460	0.87
Majority		15,018	28.30

11 June 1987		57,946/79,436	72.95
Iain Campbell Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,935	55.11
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	15,115	26.08
Christine Edna Parkinson	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,896	18.80
Majority		16,820	29.03

9 April 1992		60,714/76,994	78.86
Iain Campbell Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,462	55.11
Nicholas John Stephens	Labour Party	18,763	30.90
Judy Audrey Morris	Liberal Democrats	8,489	13.98
Majority		14,699	24.21

13 January 1997 Death of Iain Mills.

1 May 1997		54,718/76,287	71.73
Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,997	42.03
Brian Ronald Seymour-Smith	Labour Party	22,415	40.96
Anthony Robert Dupont	Liberal Democrats	7,098	12.97
Paul Richard Gilbert	Referendum Party	2,208	4.04
Majority		582	1.06

7 June 2001		44,559/74,439	59.86
Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,246	47.68
Christine Linda Shawcroft	Labour Party	17,462	39.19
Nigel Stuart Hicks	Liberal Democrats	4,941	11.09
Richard William Adams	UK Independence Party	910	2.04
Majority		3,784	8.49

5 May 2005		46,503/77,342	60.13
Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,416	48.20
James Edward Brown	Labour Party	15,407	33.13
William James P Laitinen	Liberal Democrats	7,113	15.30
Denis Vernon Brookes	UK Independence Party	1,567	3.37
Majority		7,009	15.07

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		52,162/82,803	63.00
Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,956	51.68
Ed Williams	Labour Party	10,703	20.52
Simon Slater	Liberal Democrats	9,278	17.79
Frank O'Brien	British National Party	2,511	4.81
Barry Stephen Allcock	UK Independence Party	1,378	2.64
Elly Stanton	Green Party	678	1.30
Nicole Caroline Sinclaire	Independent	658	1.26
Majority		16,253	31.16

7 May 2015		52,603/81,079	64.88
Rt Hon Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,791	54.73
Tom McNeil	Labour Party	9,996	19.00
Michael Gee	UK Independence Party	8,908	16.93
Adekunie Nurudeen Adeyemo	Liberal Democrats	2,638	5.01
Alison Natasha Gavin	Green Party	2,170	4.13
Christopher Jonathan Booth	Independence from EU	100	0.19
Majority		18,795	35.73

8 June 2017		54,643/81,443	67.09
Rt Hon Dame Caroline Alice Spelman	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,873	61.99
Tom McNeil	Labour Party	14,675	26.86
Antony Rogers	Liberal Democrats	2,663	4.87
Leslie Kaye	UK Independence Party	2,016	3.69
Alison Natasha Gavin	Green Party	1,416	2.59
Majority		19,198	35.13

12 December 2019		54,161/85,368	63.44
Mohammad Saqib Bhatti	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,358	63.44
Teresa Frances Beddis	Labour Party	11,522	21.27
Laura Helen McCarthy	Liberal Democrats	5,614	10.37
Steve Caudwell	Green Party	2,667	4.92
Majority		22,836	42.16