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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		35,061/41,273	84.95
Henry George Strauss	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,693	53.32
Dr Mabel P Tylecote	Labour Party	16,368	46.68
Majority		2,325	6.63

25 October 1951		36,316/43,103	84.25
Henry George Strauss	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,082	52.54
Dr Mabel P Tylecote	Labour Party	17,234	47.46
Majority		1,848	5.09

12 May 1955 Elevation of Henry Strauss to the Peerage - Baron Conesford.

26 May 1955		35,560/45,402	78.32
Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,659	52.47
Dr Mabel P Tylecote	Labour Party	16,901	47.53
Majority		1,758	4.94

8 October 1959		36,012/43,789	82.24
Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,128	53.12
George Douglas Wallace	Labour Party	16,884	46.88
Majority		2,244	6.23

15 October 1964		35,335/42,744	82.67
Christopher Bonnewell Burton Norwood	Labour Party	17,973	50.86
Rt Hon Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,362	49.14
Majority		611	1.73

31 March 1966		34,971/42,045	83.18
Christopher Bonnewell Burton Norwood	Labour Party	19,163	54.80
Anthony Richard Gurney	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,808	45.20
Majority		3,355	9.59

18 June 1970		36,339/46,402	78.31
Dr Irving Thomas Stuttaford	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,067	46.97
Conrad Frank Ascher	Labour Party	16,241	44.69
Lesley Parker	Liberal Party	3,031	8.34
Majority		826	2.27

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		37,317/44,459	83.94
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	15,393	41.25
Dr Irving Thomas Stuttaford	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,741	39.50
Lesley Parker	Liberal Party	7,183	19.25
Majority		652	1.75

10 October 1974		35,204/44,850	78.49
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	16,590	47.13
Maureen Tomison	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,185	37.45
Peter Gladstone Smith	Liberal Party	5,429	15.42
Majority		3,405	9.67

3 May 1979		36,164/45,073	80.23
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	16,240	44.91
Ian Dewar Coutts	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,042	41.59
Peter Michael Robert Mackintosh	Liberal Party	4,618	12.77
Andrew Fountaine	National Front	264	0.73
Majority		1,198	3.31

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		48,956/64,814	75.53
John Albert Powley	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,998	38.81
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	17,286	35.31
Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,968	24.45
Anthony Duncan Carter	Ecology Party	468	0.96
Peter Claude Williams	National Front	145	0.30
Jonathan Charles Ward	Kamikaze	91	0.19
Majority		1,712	3.50

11 June 1987		51,892/65,094	79.72
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	19,666	37.90
John Albert Powley	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,330	37.25
Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,896	24.85
Majority		336	0.65

9 April 1992		51,265/63,603	80.60
John Laurence Garrett	Labour Party	24,965	48.70
David Steward Baxter	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,784	36.64
Christopher Francis Thomas	Liberal Democrats	6,609	12.89
Adrian St John Holmes	Green Party	803	1.57
Bryan Alan Parsons	Natural Law Party	104	0.20
Majority		6,181	12.06

1 May 1997		50,801/70,009	72.56
Charles Rodway Clarke	Labour Party	26,267	51.71
Bashir Yusufali Simba Khanbhai	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,028	23.68
Andrew Paul Aalders-Dunthorne	Liberal Democrats	9,457	18.62
Dr David Keith Holdsworth	Referendum Party	1,464	2.88
Denis Howard Marks	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	765	1.51
Adrian St John Holmes	Green Party	736	1.45
Bryan Alan Parsons	Natural Law Party	84	0.17
Majority		14,239	28.03

7 June 2001		42,592/65,792	64.74
Charles Rodway Clarke	Labour Party	19,367	45.47
Andrew John French	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,551	24.77
Andrew Paul Aalders-Dunthorne	Liberal Democrats	9,640	22.63
Adrian St John Holmes	Green Party	1,434	3.37
Alun Buffrey	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	620	1.46
Edward David Manningham	Socialist Alliance	507	1.19
Tarquin Alexander Graham Mills	UK Independence Party	473	1.11
Majority		8,816	20.70

5 May 2005		42,190/70,409	59.92
Rt Hon Charles Rodway Clarke	Labour Party	15,904	37.70
Andrew Paul Aalders-Dunthorne	Liberal Democrats	12,251	29.04
Antony Daniel Little	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,567	22.68
Adrian Philip Ramsay	Green Party	3,101	7.35
Vandra Susan Ahlstrom	UK Independence Party	597	1.42
Christine Hilda Constable	English Democrats Party	466	1.10
Donald Edward Barnard	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	219	0.52
Roger Alan Blackwell	Workers Revolutionary Party	85	0.20
Majority		3,653	8.66

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,551/72,780	65.34
Simon James Wright	Liberal Democrats	13,960	29.36
Rt Hon Charles Rodway Clarke	Labour Party	13,650	28.71
Antony Daniel Little	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,902	22.93
Adrian Philip Ramsay	Green Party	7,095	14.92
Steve Emmens	UK Independence Party	1,145	2.41
Leonard Alfred Heather	British National Party	697	1.47
Gabriel Polley	Workers Revolutionary Party	102	0.21
Majority		310	0.65

7 May 2015		48,463/74,875	64.73
Clive Anthony Lewis	Labour Party	19,033	39.27
Lisa Georgina Townsend	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,379	23.48
Lesley Juliet Grahame	Green Party	6,749	13.93
Simon James Wright	Liberal Democrats	6,607	13.63
Steve Emmens	UK Independence Party	4,539	9.37
David Peel	Class War	96	0.20
Cengiz Ceker	Independent	60	0.12
Majority		7,654	15.79

8 June 2017		51,359/74,182	69.23
Clive Anthony Lewis	Labour Party	31,311	60.96
Lana Helena Hempsall	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,715	30.60
James William Wright	Liberal Democrats	2,841	5.53
Richard Bearman	Green Party	1,492	2.91
Majority		15,596	30.37

12 December 2019		51,673/77,845	66.38
Clive Anthony Lewis	Labour Party	27,766	53.73
Dr Mike Spencer	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,006	29.04
James William Wright	Liberal Democrats	4,776	9.24
Catherine Joanna Rowett	Green Party	2,469	4.78
Sandy Gilchrist	Brexit Party	1,656	3.20
Majority		12,760	24.69

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		45,095/76,381	59.04
Clive Anthony Lewis	Labour Party	21,484	47.64
Jamie Osborn	Green Party	8,245	18.28
David Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,806	12.88
Graham Burton	Reform UK	5,227	11.59
Sean Timothy Bennett	Liberal Democrats	3,577	7.93
Linda Jane Law	Party of Women	455	1.01
Elizabeth Ashley Davey	Independent	301	0.67
Majority		13,239	29.36