UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		47,777/57,612	82.93
Will Nally	Labour and Co-operative Party	29,919	62.62
John Godrich	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,858	37.38
Majority		12,061	25.24

25 October 1951		50,733/61,378	82.66
Will Nally	Labour and Co-operative Party	31,381	61.86
Charles Gordon-Spencer	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,352	38.14
Majority		12,029	23.71

Boundary Change
26 May 1955		45,972/61,824	74.36
Robert J Edwards	Labour Party	26,490	57.62
Elizabeth Anne Marsh	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,482	42.38
Majority		7,008	15.24

8 October 1959		50,591/65,861	76.81
Robert J Edwards	Labour Party	27,068	53.50
Frederick Joseph Oxford	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,523	46.50
Majority		3,545	7.01

15 October 1964		52,672/71,005	74.18
Robert J Edwards	Labour Party	27,986	53.13
Frederick Joseph Oxford	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,686	46.87
Majority		3,300	6.27

31 March 1966		52,335/71,482	73.21
Robert J Edwards	Labour Party	29,794	56.93
Frederick Joseph Oxford	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,541	43.07
Majority		7,253	13.86

18 June 1970		53,480/77,029	69.43
Robert J Edwards	Labour Party	27,240	50.93
Charles Graham Irving	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,240	49.07
Majority		1,000	1.87