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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		41,902/57,625	72.71
Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,388	48.66
Alan Raymond Mais	Labour Party	15,846	37.82
Edward Rogers Goodfellow	Liberal Party	5,140	12.27
Guy Chandley Milner	Independent	528	1.26
Majority		4,542	10.84

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,134/50,704	85.07
Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,450	56.68
George H C Vaughan	Labour Party	14,161	32.83
Lady Ruth Abrahams	Liberal Party	4,523	10.49
Majority		10,289	23.85

25 October 1951		43,485/53,023	82.01
Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,244	62.65
Ralph David Vaughan Williams	Labour Party	16,241	37.35
Majority		11,003	25.30

9 December 1954 Death of Sir Waldron Smithers.

20 January 1955		30,508/55,069	55.40
William Donald Massey Sumner	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,082	65.83
Ralph David Vaughan Williams	Labour Party	10,426	34.17
Majority		9,656	31.65

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		37,006/46,581	79.44
William Donald Massey Sumner	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,166	59.90
Norman John Hart	Labour Party	10,230	27.64
Alfred Baldock Howard	Liberal Party	4,610	12.46
Majority		11,936	32.25

8 October 1959		42,938/51,872	82.78
William Donald Massey Sumner	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,303	56.60
Norman John Hart	Labour Party	9,543	22.23
Jack Omar Galloway	Liberal Party	9,092	21.17
Majority		14,760	34.38

1962 Resignation of William Sumner on appointment as a County Court Judge.

14 March 1962		43,187/53,779	80.30
Eric Reginald Lubbock	Liberal Party	22,846	52.90
Peter Goldman	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,991	34.71
Alan Reginald Jinkinson	Labour Party	5,350	12.39
Majority		7,855	18.19

15 October 1964		46,811/54,846	85.35
Eric Reginald Lubbock	Liberal Party	22,637	48.36
Norris Dewar McWhirter	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,565	41.80
Peter Alan William Merriton	Labour Party	4,609	9.85
Majority		3,072	6.56

31 March 1966		48,478/55,776	86.92
Eric Reginald Lubbock	Liberal Party	22,615	46.65
Norris Dewar McWhirter	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,993	43.30
David Jonathan Sleigh	Labour Party	4,870	10.05
Majority		1,622	3.35

18 June 1970		51,546/65,112	79.17
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,385	47.31
Eric Reginald Lubbock	Liberal Party	23,063	44.74
David Ian Grant	Labour Party	4,098	7.95
Majority		1,322	2.56

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		55,958/65,002	86.09
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,435	47.24
Robert Kenneth John Frederick Young	Liberal Party	22,771	40.69
David Ian Grant	Labour Party	6,752	12.07
Majority		3,664	6.55

10 October 1974		51,899/65,665	79.04
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,394	47.00
Lady Kina-Maria Avebury	Liberal Party	19,384	37.35
Catherine Spillane	Labour Party	8,121	15.65
Majority		5,010	9.65

3 May 1979		55,467/67,917	81.67
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,150	57.96
John William Cook	Liberal Party	16,074	28.98
Anne Judith Weyman	Labour Party	6,581	11.86
Frank Hitches	National Front	516	0.93
Ian William J?an MacKillican	Homeland	146	0.26
Majority		16,076	28.98

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,641/59,588	74.92
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,569	57.28
John William Cook	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,418	34.54
David Michael Bean	Labour Party	3,439	7.70
Leslie Thomas Taylor	British National Party	215	0.48
Majority		10,151	22.74

11 June 1987		46,810/60,373	77.53
Ivor Robert Stanbrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,261	58.24
Jonathan Harold Fryer	Liberal Party in Alliance	14,529	31.04
Steven John Cowan	Labour Party	5,020	10.72
Majority		12,732	27.20

9 April 1992		47,958/57,318	83.67
John Rhodes Horam	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,421	57.18
Christopher Stewart Maines	Liberal Democrats	14,486	30.21
Steven John Cowan	Labour Party	5,512	11.49
Robin Douglas Almond	Official Liberal Party	539	1.12
Majority		12,935	26.97

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		60,162/78,749	76.40
John Rhodes Horam	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,417	40.59
Christopher Stewart Maines	Liberal Democrats	21,465	35.68
Susan Ann Polydorou	Labour Party	10,753	17.87
David Jeremy Quinten Clark	Referendum Party	2,316	3.85
James Bruce Carver	UK Independence Party	526	0.87
Robin Douglas Almond	Official Liberal Party	494	0.82
Nicholas John Wilton	Pro-Life Alliance	191	0.32
Majority		2,952	4.91

7 June 2001		50,912/74,423	68.41
John Rhodes Horam	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,334	43.87
Christopher Stewart Maines	Liberal Democrats	22,065	43.34
Christopher Arthur Purnell	Labour Party	5,517	10.84
John Brian Youles	UK Independence Party	996	1.96
Majority		269	0.53

5 May 2005		54,734/78,276	69.92
John Rhodes Horam	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,718	48.81
Christopher Stewart Maines	Liberal Democrats	21,771	39.78
Emily Clare Bird	Labour Party	4,914	8.98
James Michael Greenhough	UK Independence Party	1,331	2.43
Majority		4,947	9.04

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		48,911/67,732	72.21
Joseph Edmund Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,200	59.70
David McBride	Liberal Democrats	12,000	24.53
Stephen Richard Morgan	Labour Party	4,400	9.00
James Michael Greenhough	UK Independence Party	1,360	2.78
Mary Teresa Culnane	British National Party	1,241	2.54
Tamara Eileen Galloway	Green Party	511	1.04
Christopher Kay Snape	English Democrats Party	199	0.41
Majority		17,200	35.17

7 May 2015		49,032/68,129	71.97
Joseph Edmund Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,152	57.42
Idham Ramadi	UK Independence Party	8,173	16.67
Nigel Ronald Anthony de Gruchy	Labour Party	7,645	15.59
Peter Richard Brooks	Liberal Democrats	3,330	6.79
Tamara Eileen Galloway	Green Party	1,732	3.53
Majority		19,979	40.75

8 June 2017		50,469/67,902	74.33
Joseph Edmund Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,762	62.93
Nigel Ronald Anthony de Gruchy	Labour Party	12,309	24.39
Alexander David Feakes	Liberal Democrats	3,315	6.57
Brian Philp	UK Independence Party	2,023	4.01
Tamara Eileen Galloway	Green Party	1,060	2.10
Majority		19,453	38.54

12 December 2019		48,721/68,884	70.73
Gareth Andrew Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,882	63.39
Simon David Jeal	Labour Party	8,504	17.45
Allan Joseph James Tweddle	Liberal Democrats	7,552	15.50
Karen Nicola Wheller	Green Party	1,783	3.66
Majority		22,378	45.93

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,073/71,203	64.71
Gareth Andrew Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,504	37.99
Juliet Magdalen Elizabeth Owens	Labour Party	12,386	26.88
Mark Bradley James	Reform UK	8,896	19.31
Graeme Lee Casey	Liberal Democrats	4,728	10.26
Seamus William John McCauley	Green Party	2,319	5.03
John Hunter Bright	Social Democratic Party	240	0.52
Majority		5,118	11.11