UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		56,280/65,230	86.28
Arthur Moyle	Labour Party	28,379	50.42
Laurence Cecil Baxter	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,281	30.71
Ralph Kilner Brown	Liberal Party	10,620	18.87
Majority		11,098	19.72

25 October 1951		54,948/65,975	83.29
Arthur Moyle	Labour Party	30,610	55.71
Walter Lionel Osborne Somers	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,338	44.29
Majority		6,272	11.41

26 May 1955		52,362/66,622	78.60
Arthur Moyle	Labour Party	24,123	46.07
Peter Anthony Bridger	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,068	36.42
Derick Mirfin	Liberal Party	9,171	17.51
Majority		5,055	9.65

8 October 1959		55,682/68,892	80.83
Arthur Moyle	Labour Party	23,861	42.85
John Fane Vernon	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,478	38.57
Derick Mirfin	Liberal Party	10,343	18.58
Majority		2,383	4.28

15 October 1964		54,491/69,109	78.85
Frederick John Horner	Labour Party	22,099	40.56
Philip Harrison Lugg	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,182	38.87
Christopher Floris	Liberal Party	11,210	20.57
Majority		917	1.68

31 March 1966		53,510/69,780	76.68
Frederick John Horner	Labour Party	28,490	53.24
Philip Harrison Lugg	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,020	46.76
Majority		3,470	6.48

18 June 1970		55,902/77,342	72.28
John Heydon Romaine Stokes	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,403	52.60
Frederick John Horner	Labour Party	26,499	47.40
Majority		2,904	5.19