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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		38,256/44,316	86.33
Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,724	46.33
Guy Darnley Naylor	Liberal Party	11,640	30.43
William Alexander Baker	Labour Party	8,892	23.24
Majority		6,084	15.90

25 October 1951		37,738/44,975	83.91
Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,780	52.41
William Henry Wilkey	Labour Party	10,632	28.17
George Alexander Halse	Liberal Party	7,326	19.41
Majority		9,148	24.24

26 May 1955		35,614/43,906	81.11
Hon James Louis Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,784	47.13
John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	11,558	32.45
Harold Heslop	Labour Party	7,272	20.42
Majority		5,226	14.67

8 October 1959		36,867/43,486	84.78
John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	15,831	42.94
Hon James Louis Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,469	41.96
Geoffrey William Pitt	Labour Party	5,567	15.10
Majority		362	0.98

15 October 1964		37,529/44,510	84.32
John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	19,031	50.71
Michael Henry Basil Peto	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,895	37.02
Alexander Francis Paton	Labour Party	4,603	12.27
Majority		5,136	13.69

31 March 1966		38,555/45,192	85.31
John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	16,797	43.57
Timothy Carleton Keigwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,631	40.54
James Henry Rayner	Labour Party	6,127	15.89
Majority		1,166	3.02

18 January 1967 Jeremy Thorpe elected Leader of the Liberal Party.

18 June 1970		42,860/50,453	84.95
Rt Hon John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	18,893	44.08
Timothy Carleton Keigwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,524	43.22
Christopher John Mullin	Labour Party	5,268	12.29
Barry Gray Morris	Democratic Party	175	0.41
Majority		369	0.86

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		63,172/73,064	86.46
Rt Hon John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	34,052	53.90
Timothy Carleton Keigwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,980	36.38
Terence Kendrick Marston	Labour Party	6,140	9.72
Majority		11,072	17.53

10 October 1974		58,621/73,582	79.67
Rt Hon John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	28,209	48.12
Antony Spellar	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,488	36.66
Alexandra Jessie Golant	Labour Party	8,356	14.25
Dr Frank Herbert Hansford-Miller	English National Party	568	0.97
Majority		6,721	11.47

9 May 1976 Rt Hon Jeremy Thorpe resigns as Leader of the Liberal Party.

3 May 1979		63,514/77,715	81.73
Antony Spellar	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,811	50.09
Rt Hon John Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal Party	23,338	36.74
Anthony John Saltern	Labour Party	7,108	11.19
Anthony Michael Whittaker	Ecology Party	729	1.15
John Morley Price	National Front	237	0.37
Dr Frank Herbert Hansford-Miller	English National Party	142	0.22
Auberon Alexander Waugh	Dog Lovers' Party	79	0.12
Henrietta Elizabeth Rous	Wessex Regiment	50	0.08
William George Boaks	Independent	20	0.03
Majority		8,473	13.34

Bill Boaks sought election as "Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident".

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,967/64,393	79.15
Antony Spellar	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,066	55.07
Roger Brian Blackmore	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,339	37.94
Peter Edward James	Labour Party	2,893	5.68
Roger Norman Joanes	Ecology Party	669	1.31
Majority		8,727	17.12

11 June 1987		55,140/68,271	80.77
Antony Spellar	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,071	50.91
Michael Azariah Pinney	Liberal Party in Alliance	23,602	42.80
Ann Christine Marjoram	Labour Party	3,467	6.29
Majority		4,469	8.10

9 April 1992		58,209/68,998	84.36
Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	27,414	47.10
Antony Spellar	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,620	45.73
Paul Bernard Donner	Labour Party	3,410	5.86
Cathrine Hannah Simmons	Green Party	658	1.13
Gray Cooper Treadwell	Natural Law Party	107	0.18
Majority		794	1.36

1 May 1997		54,834/70,350	77.94
Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	27,824	50.74
Richard James Ashworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,643	39.47
Eithne Anne Brenton	Labour Party	5,367	9.79
Majority		6,181	11.27

7 June 2001		49,254/72,100	68.31
Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	21,784	44.23
Clive Edward James Allen	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,800	38.17
Vivian George Gate	Labour Party	4,995	10.14
Roger Maurice Knapman	UK Independence Party	2,484	5.04
Anthony John Bown	Green Party	1,191	2.42
Majority		2,984	6.06

5 May 2005		51,930/76,203	68.15
Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	23,840	45.91
Orlando Gregory Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,868	36.33
Mark Michael Robert Cann	Labour Party	4,656	8.97
John Douglas Browne	UK Independence Party	2,740	5.28
Richard Antony Knight	Green Party	1,826	3.52
Majority		4,972	9.57

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		51,321/74,807	68.60
Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	24,305	47.36
Philip James Milton	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,484	36.02
Stephen James Crowther	UK Independence Party	3,720	7.25
Mark Michael Robert Cann	Labour Party	2,671	5.20
L'Anne Knight	Green Party	697	1.36
Gary Leon Marshall	British National Party	614	1.20
Rodney Sheridan Cann	Independent	588	1.15
Nigel Vidler	English Democrats Party	146	0.28
Gerrard Anthony Sables	Communist Party	96	0.19
Majority		5,821	11.34

7 May 2015		52,320/74,737	70.01
Peter Heaton-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,341	42.70
Sir Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	15,405	29.44
Stephen James Crowther	UK Independence Party	7,719	14.75
Mark Michael Robert Cann	Labour Party	3,699	7.07
Richard Antony Knight	Green Party	3,018	5.77
Gerrard Anthony Sables	Communist Party of Great Britain	138	0.26
Majority		6,936	13.26

8 June 2017		55,705/75,801	73.49
Peter Heaton-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,517	45.81
Sir Nicholas Barton Harvey	Liberal Democrats	21,185	38.03
Mark Michael Robert Cann	Labour Party	7,063	12.68
Stephen James Crowther	UK Independence Party	1,187	2.13
Richard Antony Knight	Green Party	753	1.35
Majority		4,332	7.78

12 December 2019		55,581/75,859	73.27
Selaine Rachel Saxby	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,479	56.64
Alex James White	Liberal Democrats	16,666	29.99
Finola Honor O'Neill	Labour Party	5,097	9.17
Robbie Mack	Green Party	1,759	3.16
Stephen Cotten	Independent	580	1.04
Majority		14,813	26.65

4 July 2024		51,417/79,068	65.03
Ian Roome	Liberal Democrats	21,820	42.44
Selaine Rachel Saxby	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,076	29.32
Nigel Howard James	Reform UK	8,137	15.83
Nicky Edwards	Labour Party	3,216	6.25
Cassius Blu Lay	Green Party	2,348	4.57
Stephen Cotten	Independent	820	1.59
Majority		6,744	13.12