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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 28 February 1974 | 36,254/57,346 | 63.22 | |
| Labour Party | 23,952 | 66.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,369 | 14.81 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,422 | 12.20 | |
| National Front | 2,511 | 6.93 | |
| Majority | 18,583 | 51.26 | |
| March 1974 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Frederick Jones to Peerage and appointment as Lord Chancellor - Baron Elwyn-Jones. | |||
| 23 May 1974 | 14,879/57,473 | 25.89 | |
| Labour Party | 9,321 | 62.65 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,862 | 12.51 | |
| National Front | 1,713 | 11.51 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,651 | 11.10 | |
| Independent Labour | 332 | 2.23 | |
| Majority | 7,459 | 50.13 | |
| 10 October 1974 | 30,835/57,685 | 53.45 | |
| Labour Party | 21,372 | 69.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,611 | 11.71 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,440 | 11.16 | |
| National Front | 2,412 | 7.82 | |
| Majority | 17,761 | 57.60 | |
| 3 May 1979 | 30,483/53,431 | 57.05 | |
| Labour Party | 19,636 | 64.42 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,863 | 22.51 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,085 | 6.84 | |
| National Front | 1,899 | 6.23 | |
| Majority | 12,773 | 41.90 | |
| 9 June 1983 | 27,016/50,862 | 53.12 | |
| Labour Party | 13,561 | 50.20 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 6,250 | 23.13 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,212 | 22.99 | |
| National Front | 993 | 3.68 | |
| Majority | 7,311 | 27.06 | |
| 11 June 1987 | 29,711/50,711 | 58.59 | |
| Labour Party | 12,935 | 43.54 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,169 | 34.23 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 6,607 | 22.24 | |
| Majority | 2,766 | 9.31 | |
| 9 April 1992 | 30,786/51,143 | 60.20 | |
| Labour Party | 14,358 | 46.64 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,856 | 38.51 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,572 | 14.85 | |
| Majority | 2,502 | 8.13 | |