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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		44,614/51,563	86.52
James Dixon Murray	Labour Party	31,084	69.67
James Quigley	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,530	30.33
Majority		17,554	39.35

25 October 1951		44,302/52,084	85.06
James Dixon Murray	Labour Party	30,417	68.66
James Quigley	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,885	31.34
Majority		16,532	37.32

26 May 1955		40,226/50,885	79.05
John William Ainsley	Labour Party	27,116	67.41
Thomas Thompson Hubble	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,110	32.59
Majority		14,006	34.82

8 October 1959		41,236/50,629	81.45
John William Ainsley	Labour Party	28,064	68.06
Olive Sinclair	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,172	31.94
Majority		14,892	36.11

15 October 1964		37,286/47,812	77.98
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	26,006	69.75
Kenneth Leslie Kellis	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,280	30.25
Majority		14,726	39.49

31 March 1966		34,330/46,789	73.37
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	25,260	73.58
Hon Colin Nevil Glen MacAndrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,070	26.42
Majority		16,190	47.16

18 June 1970		34,835/47,771	72.92
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	24,245	69.60
Alan Edgar Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,590	30.40
Majority		13,655	39.20

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,000/60,719	79.05
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	28,326	59.01
Sir John Charles Buchanan Riddell, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,865	22.64
James Kenneth Forster	Liberal Party	8,809	18.35
Majority		17,461	36.38

10 October 1974		43,568/61,267	71.11
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	27,953	64.16
Michael John Blencowe Cookson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,197	21.11
James Kenneth Forster	Liberal Party	6,418	14.73
Majority		18,756	43.05

3 May 1979		48,164/63,387	75.98
Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	29,525	61.30
Thomas Richard Featherstone Fenwick	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,245	29.58
Julienne Hannibell	Liberal Party	4,394	9.12
Majority		15,280	31.72

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,922/61,430	69.87
Rt Hon Ernest Armstrong	Labour Party	19,135	44.58
John Terence Middleton	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,779	29.77
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,008	25.65
Majority		6,356	14.81

11 June 1987		45,081/61,982	72.73
Hilary Jane Armstrong	Labour Party	22,947	50.90
Derek Iceton	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,785	28.36
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,349	20.74
Majority		10,162	22.54

9 April 1992		46,209/61,139	75.58
Hilary Jane Armstrong	Labour Party	26,734	57.85
Theresa Mary May	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,747	27.59
Timothy James Farron	Liberal Democrats	6,728	14.56
Majority		13,987	30.27

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		46,319/67,156	68.97
Hilary Jane Armstrong	Labour Party	31,855	68.77
Louise St John Howe	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,101	15.33
Anthony Thomas Gillings	Liberal Democrats	4,991	10.78
Rodney Eric Bainbridge Atkinson	Referendum Party	2,372	5.12
Majority		24,754	53.44

7 June 2001		39,226/67,062	58.49
Rt Hon Hilary Jane Armstrong	Labour Party	24,526	62.52
William Stuart James Clouston	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,193	20.89
Alan Christopher Ord	Liberal Democrats	5,846	14.90
Joan Hartnell	Socialist Labour	661	1.69
Majority		16,333	41.64

5 May 2005		39,509/68,130	57.99
Rt Hon Hilary Jane Armstrong	Labour Party	21,312	53.94
Alan Christopher Ord	Liberal Democrats	7,869	19.92
Jamie Alexander Devlin	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,463	16.36
Watts Stelling	Independent	3,865	9.78
Majority		13,443	34.03

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		43,815/70,432	62.21
Patricia Mary Glass	Labour Party	18,539	42.31
Owen Leighton Temple	Liberal Democrats	10,927	24.94
Michelle Elizabeth Tempest	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,766	20.01
Watts Stelling	Independent	2,472	5.64
Michael Stewart	British National Party	1,852	4.23
Andrew McDonald	UK Independence Party	1,259	2.87
Majority		7,612	17.37

7 May 2015		42,818/69,816	61.33
Patricia Mary Glass	Labour Party	20,074	46.88
Charlotte Jacqueline Louise Haitham Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,018	23.40
Bruce Robertson Reid	UK Independence Party	7,265	16.97
Owen Leighton Temple	Liberal Democrats	3,894	9.09
Mark Anthony Shilcock	Green Party	1,567	3.66
Majority		10,056	23.49

8 June 2017		47,902/71,918	66.61
Laura Pidcock	Labour Party	25,308	52.83
Sarah-Ann Hart	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,516	34.48
Owen Leighton Temple	Liberal Democrats	3,398	7.09
Alan John Breeze	UK Independence Party	2,150	4.49
Dominic Clare James Horsman	Green Party	530	1.11
Majority		8,792	18.35

12 December 2019		47,663/72,166	66.05
Richard John Holden	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,990	41.94
Laura Pidcock	Labour Party	18,846	39.54
John Wolstenholme	Brexit Party	3,193	6.70
Michael Keith Peacock	Liberal Democrats	2,831	5.94
Watts Stelling	Independent	1,216	2.55
David Rogers Sewell	Green Party	1,173	2.46
David Alexander Stephen Lindsay	Independent	414	0.87
Majority		1,144	2.40