UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		49,128/55,749	88.12
Robert Edward Dudley Ryder	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,938	48.73
Arthur Montague Frank Palmer	Labour Party	21,135	43.02
Roy Ian Douglas	Liberal Party	4,055	8.25
Majority		2,803	5.71

25 October 1951		48,574/56,049	86.66
Robert Edward Dudley Ryder	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,488	54.53
Arthur Montague Frank Palmer	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,086	45.47
Majority		4,402	9.06

26 May 1955		44,356/54,332	81.64
Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,373	57.20
Robert John Edwards	Labour Party	18,983	42.80
Majority		6,390	14.41

8 October 1959		43,047/52,178	82.50
Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,603	59.48
Russell Whiston Kerr	Labour Party	17,444	40.52
Majority		8,159	18.95

15 October 1964		41,047/49,854	82.33
Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,032	46.37
Kenneth Walter May	Labour Party	16,234	39.55
Nicholas Dudley Murdoch McGeorge	Liberal Party	5,781	14.08
Majority		2,798	6.82

31 March 1966		39,636/48,807	81.21
Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,028	50.53
Kenneth Walter May	Labour Party	19,608	49.47
Majority		420	1.06

18 June 1970		36,847/50,504	72.96
Janet Evelyn Fookes	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,727	50.82
Kenneth Walter May	Labour Party	15,244	41.37
Richard Hallam Insoll	Liberal Party	2,876	7.81
Majority		3,483	9.45