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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Boundary Change
5 July 1945		43,359/56,557	76.66
Janet Laurel Adamson	Labour Party	24,686	56.93
John Cutts Lockwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,923	29.80
Ward Smith	Liberal Party	5,750	13.26
Majority		11,763	27.13

10 May 1946 Resignation of Janet Adamson on appointment as Deputy-Chairman of the National Assistance Board. (Northstead)

22 July 1946		37,667/60,152	62.62
Ernest Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	19,759	52.46
John Cutts Lockwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,908	47.54
Majority		1,851	4.91

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		56,242/63,429	88.67
Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,854	45.97
Ernest Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	25,721	45.73
Mary Edith Hart	Liberal Party	4,186	7.44
Cecil Charles Job	Communist Party	481	0.86
Majority		133	0.24

25 October 1951		56,499/64,343	87.81
Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,069	51.45
Ernest Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	27,430	48.55
Majority		1,639	2.90

26 May 1955		52,721/63,863	82.55
Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,610	54.27
Rubeigh James Minney	Labour Party	24,111	45.73
Majority		4,499	8.53

8 October 1959		55,417/64,906	85.38
Rt Hon Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,025	57.79
Ernest Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	23,392	42.21
Majority		8,633	15.58

15 October 1964		54,267/64,240	84.48
Rt Hon Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,716	47.39
Leslie Leonard Reeves	Labour Party	21,127	38.93
Peter Lewis McArthur	Liberal Party	6,161	11.35
John Arthur Paul	Anti-Common Market	1,263	2.33
Majority		4,589	8.46

John Paul was the founder and chairman of the Anti-Common Market League.

31 March 1966		54,826/63,886	85.82
Rt Hon Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,377	48.11
Russell Leon Butler	Labour Party	24,044	43.86
Richard Faulkner Lloyd	Liberal Party	4,405	8.03
Majority		2,333	4.26

18 June 1970		51,085/66,980	76.27
Rt Hon Edward Richard George Heath	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,075	53.00
John Cameron Cartwright	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,017	37.23
Edward Peter Graham Harrison	Liberal Party	3,222	6.31
Edward James Robert Lambert Heath	Independent Conservative	938	1.84
Michael Paul Coney	Independent Conservative	833	1.63
Majority		8,058	15.77

Michael Coney was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market.

Edward Lambert Heath sought election as "Conservative and Consult the People". He added the name Lambert by deed poll before being nominated.