UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		11,485/37,442	30.67
John William Dennis	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,495	82.67
Arthur Brampton	Liberal Party	1,990	17.33
Majority		7,505	65.35

15 November 1922		23,923/36,985	64.68
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,700	48.91
Fred Longden	Labour Party	6,892	28.81
Herbert Willison	Liberal Party	5,331	22.28
Majority		4,808	20.10

6 December 1923		21,411/37,671	56.84
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,015	56.12
Fred Longden	Labour Party	9,396	43.88
Majority		2,619	12.23

29 October 1924		26,312/37,980	69.28
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,552	51.51
Fred Longden	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,760	48.49
Majority		792	3.01

30 May 1929		33,365/47,262	70.60
Fred Longden	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,932	50.75
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,165	42.45
Beta Hornabrook	Liberal Party	2,268	6.80
Majority		2,767	8.29

27 October 1931		32,847/45,671	71.92
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,684	66.02
Fred Longden	Labour and Co-operative Party	11,163	33.98
Majority		10,521	32.03

14 November 1935		25,069/42,078	59.58
John Smedley Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,925	59.54
Fred Longden	Labour and Co-operative Party	10,144	40.46
Majority		4,781	19.07

5 July 1945		14,921/23,693	62.98
Fred Longden	Labour and Co-operative Party	9,749	65.34
Gordon Richards Matthews	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,172	34.66
Majority		4,577	30.67