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14 December 1918		35,910
Vernon Hartshorn	Labour Party	Unopposed

15 November 1922		31,076/39,673	78.33
Vernon Hartshorn	Labour Party	17,321	55.74
John Walter Jones	National Liberal Party	7,498	24.13
Dorothy Caroline Edmondes	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,257	20.13
Majority		9,823	31.61

6 December 1923		40,284
Vernon Hartshorn	Labour Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		40,801
Rt Hon Vernon Hartshorn	Labour Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		40,393/48,786	82.80
Rt Hon Vernon Hartshorn	Labour Party	22,900	56.69
Dapho Llewellyn Powell	Liberal Party	11,804	29.22
Harry Abbott	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,164	10.31
John Ross Campbell	Communist Party	1,525	3.78
Majority		11,096	27.47

13 March 1931 Death of Rt Hon Vernon Hartshorn.

19 May 1931		28,283/49,203	57.48
Edward John Williams	Labour Party	23,064	81.55
John Ross Campbell	Communist Party	5,219	18.45
Majority		17,845	63.09

27 October 1931		37,816/49,203	76.86
Edward John Williams	Labour Party	23,064	60.99
Sir Thomas George Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,653	30.81
John Ross Campbell	Communist Party	3,099	8.19
Majority		11,411	30.18

14 November 1935		49,764
Edward John Williams	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		42,806/56,644	75.57
Edward John Williams	Labour Party	32,715	76.43
Owen Glyndwr Davies	Nationalist	7,712	18.02
Trefor Richard Morgan	Plaid Cymru	2,379	5.56
Majority		25,003	58.41

26 February 1946 Resignation of Edward Williams on appointment as the United Kingdom High Commissioner in Australia. (Chiltern Hundreds)

4 June 1946		19,317/57,401	33.65
John Evans	Labour Party	13,632	70.57
Trefor Richard Morgan	Plaid Cymru	5,685	29.43
Majority		7,947	41.14

23 February 1950		47,859/56,184	85.18
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	35,836	74.88
Herbert Raymond Gower	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,791	20.46
Mavis Llewellyn	Communist Party	1,619	3.38
Ithel Davies	MGC	613	1.28
Majority		26,045	54.42

25 October 1951		48,169/56,726	84.92
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	37,022	76.86
Percy Lunniss Powell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,504	19.73
Trefor David	British Empire Party	1,643	3.41
Majority		27,518	57.13

26 May 1955		44,026/55,976	78.65
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	33,275	75.58
Derek Geoffrey Jennings	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,751	24.42
Majority		22,524	51.16

8 October 1959		47,075/57,192	82.31
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	35,170	74.71
Thomas Owen Ewart-James	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,905	25.29
Majority		23,265	49.42

15 October 1964		46,898/58,848	79.69
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	34,178	72.88
Ralph Morton Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,250	21.86
Margaret Tucker	Plaid Cymru	2,470	5.27
Majority		23,928	51.02

31 March 1966		47,049/59,523	79.04
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	33,545	71.30
Ralph Morton Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,872	14.61
Jennie Thomas Gibbs	Liberal Party	6,632	14.10
Majority		26,673	56.69

18 June 1970		49,679/65,666	75.65
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	33,436	67.30
Anthony Frederick Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,415	20.96
Edward John Merriman	Plaid Cymru	5,828	11.73
Majority		23,021	46.34

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		53,746/67,382	79.76
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	28,372	52.79
Jennie Thomas Gibbs	Liberal Party	10,819	20.13
Roger King Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,416	17.52
Edward John Merriman	Plaid Cymru	5,139	9.56
Majority		17,553	32.66

10 October 1974		51,195/67,911	75.39
Walter Ernest Padley	Labour Party	30,453	59.48
Roger King Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,249	16.11
Jennie Thomas Gibbs	Liberal Party	8,203	16.02
Dafydd Ieuan Jones	Plaid Cymru	4,290	8.38
Majority		22,204	43.37

3 May 1979		55,909/70,156	79.69
Raymond Powell	Labour Party	29,867	53.42
Leslie James Walters	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,780	24.65
Jennie Thomas Gibbs	Liberal Party	9,812	17.55
Dafydd Ieuan Jones	Plaid Cymru	2,450	4.38
Majority		16,087	28.77

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		39,507/52,007	75.96
Raymond Powell	Labour Party	23,390	59.20
John Humphrey Parsons	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,026	15.25
Richard Michael Stanley O'Sullivan	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,806	14.70
Edward John Merriman	Plaid Cymru	3,124	7.91
Dr Noel Thomas	Ecology Party	1,161	2.94
Majority		17,364	43.95

11 June 1987		41,029/52,197	78.60
Raymond Powell	Labour Party	28,462	69.37
Michael Frank Barratt	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,170	15.04
Mairwen James	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	3,954	9.64
John Griffiths Jones	Plaid Cymru	1,791	4.37
Thomas Heriot Spence	Independent Labour	652	1.59
Majority		22,292	54.33

9 April 1992		42,080/52,195	80.62
Raymond Powell	Labour Party	30,186	71.73
David Graham Edwards	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,359	15.11
John Warman	Liberal Democrats	2,868	6.82
Laura Jean McAllister	Plaid Cymru	2,667	6.34
Majority		23,827	56.62

1 May 1997		38,068/52,078	73.10
Sir Raymond Powell	Labour Party	28,163	73.98
David Alan Unwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,716	9.76
Victoria Kirstyn Williams	Liberal Democrats	3,510	9.22
John Dudley Rogers	Plaid Cymru	2,679	7.04
Majority		24,447	64.22

7 June 2001		30,353/52,185	58.16
Sir Raymond Powell	Labour Party	18,833	62.05
Angela Pulman	Plaid Cymru	4,259	14.03
Ian Rowland Lewis	Liberal Democrats	3,878	12.78
Richard John Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,383	11.15
Majority		14,574	48.02

9 December 2001 Death of Sir Raymond Powell.

14 February 2002
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Party	9,548	51.96
Bleddyn William Hancock	Plaid Cymru	3,827	20.83
Veronica Kathleen Watkins	Liberal Democrats	1,608	8.75
Guto ap Owain Bebb	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,377	7.49
Christopher Herriot	Socialist Labour	1,152	6.27
Jonathan Howard Spink	Green Party	250	1.36
Jeff J Hurford	Socialist Alliance	205	1.12
Leslie Edwards	Monster Raving Loony Party	187	1.02
Captain Beany	Bean Party	122	0.66
Rev David Oswald Braid	Independent	100	0.54
Majority		5,721	31.13

Captain Beany sought election as a Millenium Bean candidate. His real name was Barry Kirk.

5 May 2005		30,278/52,349	57.84
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Party	18,295	60.42
Jacqueline Radford	Liberal Democrats	4,592	15.17
Dr Norma Valerie Lloyd-Nesling	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,243	14.01
John Penn Williams	Plaid Cymru	3,148	10.40
Majority		13,703	45.26

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		34,650/56,247	61.60
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Party	18,644	53.81
Emma Sophie Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,398	15.58
Jacqueline Radford	Liberal Democrats	5,260	15.18
Danny Clark	Plaid Cymru	3,326	9.60
Kay Thomas	British National Party	1,242	3.58
Carolyn Anne Passey	UK Independence Party	780	2.25
Majority		13,246	38.23

7 May 2015		35,250/55,320	63.72
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Party	18,663	52.94
Jane Catherine March	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,620	15.94
Glenda Davies	UK Independence Party	5,420	15.38
Timothy James Thomas	Plaid Cymru	3,556	10.09
Gerald Leslie Francis	Liberal Democrats	1,072	3.04
Laurence John Brophy	Green Party	754	2.14
Emma Saunders	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	165	0.47
Majority		13,043	37.00

23 March 2016 Resignation of Huw Irranca-Davies. (Northstead)

5 May 2016
Christopher Philip James Elmore	Labour Party	12,383	52.62
Glenda Davies	UK Independence Party	3,808	16.18
Abi Thomas	Plaid Cymru	3,683	15.65
Alex Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,956	12.56
Janet Katherine Olive Ellard	Liberal Democrats	702	2.98
Majority		8,575	36.44

8 June 2017		37,204/57,125	65.13
Christopher Philip James Elmore	Labour Party	23,225	62.43
Jamie Hamilton Wallis	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,354	25.14
Huw Marshall	Plaid Cymru	2,796	7.52
Glenda Davies	UK Independence Party	1,235	3.32
Gerald Leslie Francis	Liberal Democrats	594	1.60
Majority		13,871	37.28

12 December 2019		35,390/57,581	61.46
Christopher Philip James Elmore	Labour Party	17,602	49.74
Sadie Vidal	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,797	27.68
Christine Roach	Brexit Party	2,991	8.45
Luke Fletcher	Plaid Cymru	2,919	8.25
Anita Dawn Davies	Liberal Democrats	1,460	4.13
Tom Muller	Green Party	621	1.75
Majority		7,805	22.05