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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974 | 46,005/59,724 | 77.03 | |
Labour Party | 34,409 | 74.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,605 | 23.05 | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | 991 | 2.15 | |
Majority | 23,804 | 51.74 | |
10 October 1974 | 42,890/60,271 | 71.16 | |
Labour Party | 30,208 | 70.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,966 | 16.24 | |
Liberal Party | 5,259 | 12.26 | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | 457 | 1.07 | |
Majority | 23,242 | 54.19 | |
24 June 1978 Death of Joseph Harper. | |||
26 October 1978 | 29,642/60,648 | 48.88 | |
Labour Party | 19,508 | 65.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,080 | 27.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,054 | 6.93 | |
Majority | 11,428 | 38.55 | |
3 May 1979 | 44,847/60,697 | 73.89 | |
Labour Party | 30,566 | 68.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,665 | 23.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,616 | 8.06 | |
Majority | 19,901 | 44.38 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 43,741/65,777 | 66.50 | |
Labour Party | 24,990 | 57.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,299 | 25.83 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 7,452 | 17.04 | |
Majority | 13,691 | 31.30 | |
11 June 1987 | 47,315/65,300 | 72.46 | |
Labour Party | 31,656 | 66.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,030 | 21.20 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 5,334 | 11.27 | |
Red Front | 295 | 0.62 | |
Majority | 21,626 | 45.71 | |
9 April 1992 | 48,007/64,648 | 74.26 | |
Labour Party | 33,546 | 69.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,051 | 20.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,410 | 9.19 | |
Majority | 23,495 | 48.94 | |
1 May 1997 | 41,396/62,350 | 66.39 | |
Labour Party | 31,339 | 75.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,614 | 13.56 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,042 | 7.35 | |
Referendum Party | 1,401 | 3.38 | |
Majority | 25,725 | 62.14 | |
7 June 2001 | 31,391/63,181 | 49.68 | |
Labour Party | 21,890 | 69.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,512 | 17.56 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,315 | 7.37 | |
UK Independence Party | 739 | 2.35 | |
Socialist Labour | 605 | 1.93 | |
Socialist Alliance | 330 | 1.05 | |
Majority | 16,378 | 52.17 | |
5 May 2005 | 32,947/61,871 | 53.25 | |
Labour Party | 20,973 | 63.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,727 | 17.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,942 | 11.96 | |
British National Party | 1,835 | 5.57 | |
Green Soc | 470 | 1.43 | |
Majority | 15,246 | 46.27 | |