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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		25,913/43,444	59.65
Hon Waldorf Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	17,091	65.96
William Thomas Gay	Labour Party	5,334	20.58
Sidney Ransom	Liberal Party	3,488	13.46
Majority		11,757	45.37

18 October 1919 Succession of Hon Waldorf Astor to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Astor.

15 November 1919		27,926/38,539	72.46
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,495	51.91
William Thomas Gay	Labour Party	9,292	33.27
Isaac Foot	Liberal Party	4,139	14.82
Majority		5,203	18.63

15 November 1922		29,398/37,696	77.99
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,924	47.36
Frederick George Joseph Woulfe-Brenan	Labour Party	10,831	36.84
Dr Hugh Wansey Bayly	Independent Conservative	4,643	15.79
Majority		3,093	10.52

Dr Hugh Bayly was the nominee of the Plymouth Conservative Imperial Party which was formed in the summer of 1922 with the object of promoting his candidature. He opposed Lady Astor's views on temperance and condemned the policy of prohibition. It was alleged during the campaign that he was supported and financed by local brewers.

6 December 1923		29,552/37,921	77.93
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,114	54.53
Frederick George Joseph Woulfe-Brenan	Labour Party	13,438	45.47
Majority		2,676	9.06

29 October 1924		31,269/38,300	81.64
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,174	58.12
Frederick George Joseph Woulfe-Brenan	Labour Party	13,095	41.88
Majority		5,079	16.24

30 May 1929		38,469/47,423	81.12
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,625	43.22
William Westwood	Labour Party	16,414	42.67
Thomas Henry Aggett	Liberal Party	5,430	14.12
Majority		211	0.55

27 October 1931		38,350/47,862	80.13
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,277	63.30
George Ward	Labour Party	14,073	36.70
Majority		10,204	26.61

14 November 1935		36,885/47,540	77.59
Viscountess Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,491	58.26
George Ward	Labour Party	15,394	41.74
Majority		6,097	16.53

5 July 1945		29,850/41,493	71.94
Lucy Annie Middleton	Labour Party	15,417	51.65
Laurence Douglas Grand	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,738	35.97
Joan Arundell Gaved	Liberal Party	3,695	12.38
Majority		4,679	15.68

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		57,641/66,711	86.40
Lucy Annie Middleton	Labour Party	27,512	47.73
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,588	46.13
Kenneth Henry Benjamin Major	Liberal Party	3,541	6.14
Majority		924	1.60

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		57,106/66,894	85.37
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,908	50.62
Lucy Annie Middleton	Labour Party	28,198	49.38
Majority		710	1.24

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		56,292/71,367	78.88
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,051	53.38
Lucy Annie Middleton	Labour Party	26,241	46.62
Majority		3,810	6.77

8 October 1959		58,743/74,078	79.30
Ian Montagu Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,752	55.75
Julian Douglas Richards	Labour Party	25,991	44.25
Majority		6,761	11.51

15 October 1964		56,417/73,591	76.66
Ian Montagu Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,722	43.82
Dr John Elliot Orr Dunwoody	Labour Party	24,312	43.09
Charles Edward Graham Cocks	Liberal Party	7,383	13.09
Majority		410	0.73

31 March 1966		57,912/73,398	78.90
Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Labour Party	31,567	54.51
Ian Montagu Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,345	45.49
Majority		5,222	9.02

18 June 1970		58,019/80,223	72.32
Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen	Labour Party	29,383	50.64
John M Goss	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,636	49.36
Majority		747	1.29

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		47,877/60,572	79.04
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,649	45.22
Brian William Fletcher	Labour Party	13,545	28.29
Simon Godfrey Banks	Liberal Party	12,683	26.49
Majority		8,104	16.93

10 October 1974		45,857/60,994	75.18
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,457	44.61
Julian Gordon Priestley	Labour Party	15,269	33.30
Simon Godfrey Banks	Liberal Party	10,131	22.09
Majority		5,188	11.31

3 May 1979		52,723/68,516	76.95
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,892	54.80
Julian Gordon Priestley	Labour Party	17,605	33.39
John Scannell	Liberal Party	6,226	11.81
Majority		11,287	21.41

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		45,727/60,728	75.30
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,203	55.12
Anthony David Puttick	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,516	29.56
Frances Holland	Labour Party	6,538	14.30
Dr Stephen Richard Shaw	Ecology Party	470	1.03
Majority		11,687	25.56

11 June 1987		50,671/64,909	78.06
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,187	45.76
Bruce Malcolm Tidy	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,174	37.84
Ralph Donald Maddern	Labour Party	8,310	16.40
Majority		4,013	7.92

9 April 1992		54,737/67,430	81.18
Gary Nicholas Streeter	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,070	49.45
Andrew Pawley	Labour Party	15,120	27.62
Julian Peter Brett-Freeman	Liberal Democrats	12,291	22.45
Jeremy James Bowler	Natural Law Party	256	0.47
Majority		11,950	21.83

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		47,652/70,666	67.43
Linda Wade Gilroy	Labour and Co-operative Party	23,881	50.12
Andrew Giles Crisp	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,441	30.31
Steven James Melia	Liberal Democrats	6,613	13.88
Timothy James Hanbury	Referendum Party	1,654	3.47
Roger Porter Bullock	UK Independence Party	499	1.05
Kevin John Kelway	Independent	396	0.83
Francis Austin Lyons	Natural Law Party	168	0.35
Majority		9,440	19.81

Kevin Kelway sought election for the "Plymouth First Group".

7 June 2001		39,073/68,438	57.09
Linda Wade Gilroy	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,827	50.74
Oliver Newton Colville	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,310	31.51
Alan Michael Connett	Liberal Democrats	5,605	14.34
Alan Derek Whitton	UK Independence Party	970	2.48
Henry Antrobus Leary	Socialist Labour	361	0.92
Majority		7,517	19.24

5 May 2005		38,192/67,202	56.83
Linda Wade Gilroy	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,497	40.58
Oliver Newton Colvile	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,388	29.82
Karen Gillard	Liberal Democrats	8,685	22.74
Robert Peter Cumming	UK Independence Party	2,392	6.26
Robert James Hawkins	Socialist Labour	230	0.60
Majority		4,109	10.76