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14 December 1918		14,956/30,719	48.69
Harry Barnes	Liberal Party - Coalition	8,682	58.05
Walter Hudson	Labour Party	5,195	34.74
John Thompson	Independent	1,079	7.21
Majority		3,487	23.32

John Thompson was initially supported but later repudiated by the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers.

15 November 1922		23,356/31,703	73.67
Joseph Nicholas Bell	Labour Party	10,084	43.18
Harry Barnes	Liberal Party	6,999	29.97
Gilbert Stone	National Liberal Party	6,273	26.86
Majority		3,085	13.21

17 December 1922 Death of Joseph Bell.

17 January 1923		24,228/31,703	76.42
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	11,066	45.67
Harry Barnes	Liberal Party	6,682	27.58
Robert Gee	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,480	26.75
Majority		4,384	18.09

6 December 1923		24,188/33,066	73.15
Sir Robert William Aske, Bt	Liberal Party	12,656	52.32
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	11,532	47.68
Majority		1,124	4.65

29 October 1924		28,316/33,737	83.93
Martin Henry Connolly	Labour Party	13,120	46.33
Sir Robert William Aske, Bt	Liberal Party	12,776	45.12
William Temple	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,420	8.55
Majority		344	1.21

30 May 1929		34,777/43,797	79.40
Sir Robert William Aske, Bt	Liberal Party	17,856	51.34
Martin Henry Connolly	Labour Party	16,921	48.66
Majority		935	2.69

27 October 1931		38,698/44,757	86.46
Sir Robert William Aske, Bt	National Liberal Party	24,522	63.37
Maurice Alexander	Labour Party	14,176	36.63
Majority		10,346	26.74

14 November 1935		39,468/48,576	81.25
Sir Robert William Aske, Bt	National Liberal Party	23,146	58.64
Bernard Benjamin Gillis	Labour Party	16,322	41.36
Majority		6,824	17.29

5 July 1945		37,890/51,977	72.90
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	26,116	68.93
Richard O'Sullivan	National Liberal Party	11,774	31.07
Majority		14,342	37.85

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,006/56,055	85.64
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	24,694	51.44
Paul Glyn Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,866	39.30
William McKeag	Liberal Party	4,446	9.26
Majority		5,828	12.14

25 October 1951		48,471/55,965	86.61
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	25,621	52.86
Alfred Edwards	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,850	47.14
Majority		2,771	5.72

26 May 1955		43,810/53,907	81.27
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	22,816	52.08
George Frederick Hylton Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,994	47.92
Majority		1,822	4.16

8 October 1959		42,816/50,616	84.59
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,457	50.11
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	21,359	49.89
Majority		98	0.23

15 October 1964		40,756/48,886	83.37
Geoffrey William Rhodes	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,200	52.02
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,556	47.98
Majority		1,644	4.03

31 March 1966		37,490/46,663	80.34
Geoffrey William Rhodes	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,408	59.77
Thomas Thompson Hubble	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,082	40.23
Majority		7,326	19.54

18 June 1970		35,444/47,090	75.27
Geoffrey William Rhodes	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,612	58.15
Philip Edwin Heselton	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,832	41.85
Majority		5,780	16.31

28 February 1974		34,786/45,271	76.84
Geoffrey William Rhodes	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,439	58.76
Martyn Austin Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,347	41.24
Majority		6,092	17.51

22 June 1974 Death of Geoffrey Rhodes.

10 October 1974		32,766/45,640	71.79
Michael Stuart Thomas	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,312	52.84
Martyn Austin Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,063	33.76
Tim Symonds	Liberal Party	4,391	13.40
Majority		6,249	19.07

3 May 1979		33,162/44,484	74.55
Michael Stuart Thomas	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,257	55.05
Derek Leslie Conway	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,087	36.45
John Thomas Nelson	Liberal Party	2,818	8.50
Majority		6,170	18.61

2 March 1981 Mike Thomas resigns the Labour whip to join the Social Democratic Party.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,295/60,187	70.27
Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	19,247	45.51
Arthur Thomas Barnes	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,755	27.79
Michael Stuart Thomas	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,293	26.70
Majority		7,492	17.71

11 June 1987		41,944/59,855	70.08
Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	23,677	56.45
Jenefer Gwendolen Anne Riley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,177	26.65
Peter John Arnold	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,728	16.04
Joseph Keith	Communist Party	362	0.86
Majority		12,500	29.80

9 April 1992		40,434/57,165	70.73
Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	24,342	60.20
Jeremy Robert Lucas	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,465	25.88
James Alan Thompson	Liberal Democrats	4,883	12.08
Gareth Lewis Neville Edwards	Green Party	744	1.84
Majority		13,877	34.32

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		37,840/64,867	58.33
Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	17,043	45.04
Wendy Barbara Taylor	Liberal Democrats	12,590	33.27
Dominic Robin Crofts Llewellyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,068	16.04
Alan Spence	British National Party	1,342	3.55
Andrew John Plevins Gray	Green Party	620	1.64
Martin Richard Levy	Communist Party	177	0.47
Majority		4,453	11.77

7 May 2015		39,222/64,243	61.05
Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	19,378	49.41
Duncan Carlyle Crute	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,884	17.55
David Tilley Robinson-Young	UK Independence Party	4,910	12.52
Wendy Barbara Taylor	Liberal Democrats	4,332	11.04
Andrew John Plevins Gray	Green Party	3,426	8.73
Paul Phillips	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	170	0.43
Susan Mollie Stevenson	Communist Party of Great Britain	122	0.31
Majority		12,494	31.85

8 June 2017		41,637/61,989	67.17
Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	28,127	67.55
Simon John Kitchen	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,866	21.29
Wendy Barbara Taylor	Liberal Democrats	2,574	6.18
Tony Sanderson	UK Independence Party	1,315	3.16
Alistair Christian Ford	Green Party	755	1.81
Majority		19,261	46.26

12 December 2019		43,365/63,796	67.97
Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown	Labour Party	26,049	60.07
Robin Gwynn	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,586	24.41
Wendy Barbara Taylor	Liberal Democrats	4,535	10.46
Nick Hartley	Green Party	2,195	5.06
Majority		15,463	35.66