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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		21,285/31,687	67.17
Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	13,240	62.20
Fred Bramley	Labour Party	4,115	19.33
Samuel S Lithgow	Liberal Party	3,930	18.46
Majority		9,125	42.87

15 November 1922		24,739/31,268	79.12
Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,459	42.28
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal Party	8,538	34.51
Reginald Barrington Bates	Labour Party	5,742	23.21
Majority		1,921	7.77

6 December 1923		26,855/32,491	82.65
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal Party	12,269	45.69
Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,428	38.83
Joseph Harris	Labour Party	4,158	15.48
Majority		1,841	6.86

29 October 1924		27,999/33,159	84.44
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal Party	11,115	39.70
Samuel Gluckstein	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,534	37.62
George Wilfrid Holford Knight	Labour Party	6,350	22.68
Majority		581	2.08

30 May 1929		33,349/40,499	82.35
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Liberal Party	15,233	45.68
Samuel Gluckstein	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,688	32.05
Rev Donald Beaton Fraser	Labour Party	7,428	22.27
Majority		4,545	13.63

27 October 1931		32,498/41,568	78.18
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	National Liberal Party	23,459	72.19
Paul Reed	Labour Party	9,039	27.81
Majority		14,420	44.37

14 November 1935		30,608/42,355	72.27
Rt Hon Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	National Liberal Party	20,852	68.13
John Brown	Labour Party	9,756	31.87
Majority		11,096	36.25

5 July 1945		24,777/34,845	71.11
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	13,395	54.06
Rt Hon Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Nationalist	11,382	45.94
Majority		2,013	8.12

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		60,907/69,881	87.16
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	30,812	50.59
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	27,329	44.87
Alfred Charles Cann	Liberal Party	2,766	4.54
Majority		3,483	5.72

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		61,926/72,611	85.28
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	32,158	51.93
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	29,768	48.07
Majority		2,390	3.86

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		52,642/68,235	77.15
Joan Hilda Vickers	National Liberal and Conservative Party	24,821	47.15
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	24,721	46.96
Arthur Russell Mayne	Liberal Party	3,100	5.89
Majority		100	0.19

8 October 1959		50,508/64,236	78.63
Joan Hilda Vickers	National Liberal and Conservative Party	28,481	56.39
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	22,027	43.61
Majority		6,454	12.78

15 October 1964		44,856/60,959	73.58
Joan Hilda Vickers	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,241	54.04
Rowland Edward Crabb	Labour Party	20,615	45.96
Majority		3,626	8.08

31 March 1966		45,201/59,313	76.21
Dame Joan Hilda Vickers	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,760	50.35
Rowland Edward Crabb	Labour Party	22,441	49.65
Majority		319	0.71

18 June 1970		42,314/59,597	71.00
Dame Joan Hilda Vickers	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,843	51.62
Frederick Keith Taylor	Labour Party	20,471	48.38
Majority		1,372	3.24

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		37,499/49,816	75.28
Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Labour Party	15,819	42.19
Dame Joan Hilda Vickers	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,382	41.02
Michael Edward Borg Banks	Liberal Party	6,298	16.80
Majority		437	1.17

10 October 1974		36,802/50,096	73.46
Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Labour Party	17,398	47.27
Dame Joan Hilda Vickers	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,139	41.14
Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook	Liberal Party	3,953	10.74
John Norbert Hill	Independent Liberal	312	0.85
Majority		2,259	6.14

3 May 1979		34,895/48,236	72.34
Rt Hon Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Labour Party	16,545	47.41
Kenneth William Hughes	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,544	44.55
Richard Michael James	Liberal Party	2,360	6.76
Leonard Arthur David Bearsford-Walker	National Front	243	0.70
Richard Hills Stoner	Independent	203	0.58
Majority		1,001	2.87

2 March 1981 Rt Hon Dr David Owen relinquishes the Labour whip as a member of the Council for Social Democracy and announces his intention to sit as a Social Democrat.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,010/62,657	75.03
Rt Hon Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	20,843	44.34
Ann Noreen Widdecombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,907	33.84
Julian Gordon Priestley	Labour Party	9,845	20.94
James Edward Sullivan	Independent Conservative	292	0.62
Robert Edward David Bearsford-Walker	British National Party	72	0.15
Faith Hill	Christian Democrat	51	0.11
Majority		4,936	10.50

13 June 1983 David Owen elected Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

11 June 1987		49,774/65,340	76.18
Rt Hon Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	21,039	42.27
Thomas Frank Ryan Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,569	29.27
Ian Flintoff	Labour Party	14,166	28.46
Majority		6,470	13.00

6 August 1987 David Owen resigns as leader of the SDP.

9 April 1992		51,216/65,799	77.84
David Charles Jamieson	Labour Party	24,953	48.72
Keith Robert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,541	34.25
Murdoch Mactaggart	Liberal Democrats	6,315	12.33
Harold Michael Luscombe	Social Democratic Party	2,152	4.20
Francis Austin Lyons	Natural Law Party	255	0.50
Majority		7,412	14.47

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		51,963/74,483	69.76
David Charles Jamieson	Labour Party	31,629	60.87
Anthony Mark Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,562	24.17
Richard Anthony Argent Copus	Liberal Democrats	5,570	10.72
Clive Peter Norsworthy	Referendum Party	1,486	2.86
Caroline Anne Farrand	UK Independence Party	478	0.92
Stephen Ebbs	Nat Dem	238	0.46
Majority		19,067	36.69

7 June 2001		41,719/73,666	56.63
David Charles Jamieson	Labour Party	24,322	58.30
John Philip Glen	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,289	27.06
Keith John Baldry	Liberal Democrats	4,513	10.82
Michael Hamilton Parker	UK Independence Party	958	2.30
Anthony Nicholas Staunton	Socialist Alliance	334	0.80
Robert James Hawkins	Socialist Labour	303	0.73
Majority		13,033	31.24

5 May 2005		42,013/72,848	57.67
Alison Jane Seabeck	Labour Party	18,612	44.30
Richard Andrew Cuming	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,509	25.01
Judith Anne Jolly	Liberal Democrats	8,000	19.04
William John Wakeham	UK Independence Party	3,324	7.91
Keith Richard Greene	Independent	747	1.78
Robert Oliver Hawkins	Socialist Labour	445	1.06
Anthony Nicholas Staunton	Respect the Unity Coalition	376	0.89
Majority		8,103	19.29