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30 November 1885		8,445/9,344	90.38
Rt Hon Sir Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	4,414	52.27
George McCorquodale	Liberal Party	4,031	47.73
Majority		383	4.54

8 July 1886		7,788/9,344	83.35
Rt Hon Sir Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	4,302	55.24
Sir George Errington, Bt	Liberal Party	3,486	44.76
Majority		816	10.48

3 August 1886 Elevation to the Peerage of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross - Viscount Cross - on his appointment as Secretary of State for India.

16 August 1886		7,417/9,344	79.38
Thomas Wodehouse Legh	Conservative Party	4,062	54.77
Daniel O'Connell French	Liberal Party	3,355	45.23
Majority		707	9.53

11 July 1892		8,532/9,993	85.38
Thomas Wodehouse Legh	Conservative Party	4,713	55.24
William Neill	Liberal Party	3,819	44.76
Majority		894	10.48

22 July 1895		9,212/11,073	83.19
Hon Thomas Wodehouse Legh	Conservative Party	5,358	58.16
James Moon	Liberal Party	3,854	41.84
Majority		1,504	16.33

15 December 1898 Succession of Hon Thomas Legh to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Newton.

16 January 1899		12,076
Richard Pilkington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 October 1900		12,062
Richard Pilkington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 January 1906		12,327/13,837	89.09
James Andrew Seddon	Labour Party	6,434	52.19
Richard Pilkington	Conservative Party	5,893	47.81
Majority		541	4.39

20 January 1910		13,760/14,803	92.95
James Andrew Seddon	Labour Party	7,256	52.73
Roundell Cecil Palmer, Viscount Wolmer	Liberal Unionist Party	6,504	47.27
Majority		752	5.47

7 December 1910		13,268/14,803	89.63
Roundell Cecil Palmer, Viscount Wolmer	Conservative Party	6,706	50.54
James Andrew Seddon	Labour Party	6,562	49.46
Majority		144	1.09

14 December 1918		17,822/24,397	73.05
Robert Young	Labour Party	9,808	55.03
Hon Henry Lygon	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,014	44.97
Majority		1,794	10.07

15 November 1922		22,144/25,707	86.14
Robert Young	Labour Party	12,312	55.60
Dr Henry Baker Bates	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,214	37.09
George Fowkes Clarke	Independent	1,618	7.31
Majority		4,098	18.51

6 December 1923		20,867/26,572	78.53
Robert Young	Labour Party	12,492	59.86
Dr Henry Baker Bates	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,375	40.14
Majority		4,117	19.73

29 October 1924		22,941/27,105	84.64
Robert Young	Labour Party	12,875	56.12
James Alexander Wood Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,066	43.88
Majority		2,809	12.24

30 May 1929		30,063/35,533	84.61
Robert Young	Labour Party	18,176	60.46
Reginald Clare Essenhigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,887	39.54
Majority		6,289	20.92

27 October 1931		31,747/36,965	85.88
Reginald Clare Essenhigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,064	50.60
Sir Robert Young	Labour Party	15,683	49.40
Majority		381	1.20

14 November 1935		34,193/40,321	84.80
Sir Robert Young	Labour Party	19,992	58.47
Reginald Clare Essenhigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,201	41.53
Majority		5,791	16.94

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		40,662/53,393	76.16
Sir Robert Young	Labour Party	25,197	61.97
Kenneth Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,465	38.03
Majority		9,732	23.93

Minor Boundary Change
23 February 1950		53,900/61,246	88.01
Frederick Lee	Labour Party	31,832	59.06
Kenneth Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,068	40.94
Majority		9,764	18.12

25 October 1951		53,850/61,727	87.24
Frederick Lee	Labour Party	31,374	58.26
Herbert Walter Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,476	41.74
Majority		8,898	16.52

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		50,643/61,885	81.83
Frederick Lee	Labour Party	29,299	57.85
Norman Alexander Miscampbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,344	42.15
Majority		7,955	15.71

8 October 1959		54,106/65,124	83.08
Frederick Lee	Labour Party	31,041	57.37
Norman Alexander Miscampbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,065	42.63
Majority		7,976	14.74

15 October 1964		58,831/71,734	82.01
Frederick Lee	Labour Party	32,932	55.98
David Charles Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,980	30.56
Clifford Lionel Jones	Liberal Party	7,919	13.46
Majority		14,952	25.42

31 March 1966		58,746/75,328	77.99
Rt Hon Frederick Lee	Labour Party	36,901	62.81
Peter Herbert Craig	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,845	37.19
Majority		15,056	25.63

18 June 1970		66,414/89,413	74.28
Rt Hon Frederick Lee	Labour Party	34,873	52.51
John Paul Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,863	38.94
Robert Edwards Magee	Liberal Party	5,678	8.55
Majority		9,010	13.57

28 February 1974		77,907/94,520	82.42
John Evans	Labour Party	38,369	49.25
George Barrington Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,599	30.29
William Neville Leather	Liberal Party	15,939	20.46
Majority		14,770	18.96

10 October 1974		73,178/95,246	76.83
John Evans	Labour Party	38,956	53.23
Roger Miles Baldwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,484	30.73
William Neville Leather	Liberal Party	11,738	16.04
Majority		16,472	22.51

3 May 1979		80,702/102,885	78.44
John Evans	Labour Party	41,466	51.38
Thomas Naisbitt Huntley	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,125	37.33
Rodney Anthony Marshall Smith	Liberal Party	8,470	10.50
Audrey Fishwick	National Front	641	0.79
Majority		11,341	14.05