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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		44,517/65,525	67.94
Rt Hon Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour Party	24,200	54.36
Timothy John Stroud	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,869	24.42
Lionel Harris Cohen	Liberal Party	8,486	19.06
Vanessa Redgrave	Workers Revolutionary Party	760	1.71
John Marshall Ross	International Marxist Group	202	0.45
Majority		13,331	29.95

John Ross sought election for the International Marxist Group.

10 October 1974		39,036/65,962	59.18
Rt Hon Reginald Ernest Prentice	Labour Party	22,205	56.88
Timothy John Stroud	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,664	22.19
Lionel Harris Cohen	Liberal Party	4,880	12.50
John Bumby Newham	National Front	2,715	6.96
Vanessa Redgrave	Workers Revolutionary Party	572	1.47
Majority		13,541	34.69

8 October 1977 Rt Hon Reg Prentice leaves the Labour Party and joins the Conservative Party.

3 May 1979		41,872/66,371	63.09
Ronald Leighton	Labour Party	22,818	54.49
Cynthia Kay Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,778	30.52
David John Corney	Liberal Party	4,027	9.62
William Henry Hugh Northcott	National Front	1,769	4.22
John Regan	Independent	208	0.50
Michael Adrian van der Poorten	Workers Revolutionary Party	154	0.37
William George Boaks	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	118	0.28
Majority		10,040	23.98

9 June 1983		38,798/63,118	61.47
Ronald Leighton	Labour Party	19,286	49.71
Helen Gardener	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,773	27.77
Anne Christine Winfield	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,943	20.47
Frederick Reginald Adams	National Front	796	2.05
Majority		8,513	21.94

11 June 1987		38,976/61,366	63.51
Ronald Leighton	Labour Party	20,220	51.88
Peter Robert Christian Davis	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,984	30.75
Harriet Steele	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,772	17.37
Majority		8,236	21.13

9 April 1992		35,938/59,555	60.34
Ronald Leighton	Labour Party	20,952	58.30
Jeremy Hamish Galbraith	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,966	30.51
Jonathan James Aves	Liberal Democrats	4,020	11.19
Majority		9,986	27.79

28 February 1994 Death of Ron Leighton.

9 June 1994		19,573/56,228	34.81
Stephen Cresswell Timms	Labour Party	14,668	74.94
Philip Hammond	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,850	14.56
Alec James Kellaway	Liberal Democrats	821	4.19
Anthony John Edward Scholefield	UK Independence Party	509	2.60
Jo Homeless	Independent	342	1.75
Richard Archer	Natural Law Party	228	1.16
Vida Garman	Daily Sport	155	0.79
Majority		11,818	60.38

Jo Homeless had changed her name in order to contest the election. She sought election as a "House Homeless Peoples Party" candidate.

Miss Vida Garman sought election for as a "Buy the Daily Sport Party" candidate. She was a model in and was sponsored by the Daily Sport newspaper in order that the paper could gain free postage in the constituency.

Alec Kellaway announced that he had joined the Labour Party on 8 June 1994.

Richard Archer sought election as a "House Homeless People" candidate.