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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		57,853/75,233	76.90
David Austin Trippier	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,214	47.04
Christopher Bernard Robinson	Labour Party	18,393	31.79
Michael Francis Taylor	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,246	21.17
Majority		8,821	15.25

11 June 1987		60,227/75,894	79.36
David Austin Trippier	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,056	46.58
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	23,074	38.31
Peter John Hulse	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,097	15.10
Majority		4,982	8.27

9 April 1992		63,883/76,909	83.06
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	28,028	43.87
David Austin Trippier	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,908	43.69
Kevin Connor	Liberal Democrats	7,226	11.31
James Edward Gaffney	Green Party	596	0.93
Peter Nicholas Gorrod	Natural Law Party	125	0.20
Majority		120	0.19

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		53,208/69,749	76.28
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	27,470	51.63
Patricia Marilyn Buzzard	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,521	34.81
Brian Frederick Dunning	Liberal Democrats	5,435	10.21
Roy Roger Newstead	Referendum Party	1,108	2.08
Andrew Wearden	British National Party	674	1.27
Majority		8,949	16.82

7 June 2001		41,358/70,280	58.85
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	20,251	48.97
George Anderton Lee	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,028	36.34
Brian Frederick Dunning	Liberal Democrats	6,079	14.70
Majority		5,223	12.63

5 May 2005		44,437/72,207	61.54
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	19,073	42.92
Nigel Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,397	34.65
Michael Carr	Liberal Democrats	6,670	15.01
Anthony John Wentworth	British National Party	1,736	3.91
Kenneth Graeme McIver	Green Party	821	1.85
David Shaw Duthie	UK Independence Party	740	1.67
Majority		3,676	8.27

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,128/73,445	64.17
James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,691	41.78
Janet Anderson	Labour Party	15,198	32.25
Bob Sheffield	Liberal Democrats	8,541	18.12
David Shaw Duthie	UK Independence Party	1,617	3.43
Kevin Alistair Bryan	National Front	1,062	2.25
Michael Johnson	English Democrats Party	663	1.41
Anthony Peter Melia	Impact	243	0.52
Mike Sivieri	Independent	113	0.24
Majority		4,493	9.53

7 May 2015		49,024/73,779	66.45
James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,847	46.60
William David John Straw	Labour Party	17,193	35.07
Clive Robert Balchin	UK Independence Party	6,862	14.00
Karen Jane Pollard-Rylance	Green Party	1,046	2.13
Mohammed Afzal Anwar	Liberal Democrats	806	1.64
Kevin Malcolm Scranage	Independent	122	0.25
Simon Eric Thomas	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	103	0.21
Shaun Michael Hargreaves	Northern	45	0.09
Majority		5,654	11.53

8 June 2017		50,156/72,486	69.19
James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,499	50.84
Alyson Dawn Barnes	Labour Party	22,283	44.43
Sean Bonner	Liberal Democrats	1,550	3.09
John Payne	Green Party	824	1.64
Majority		3,216	6.41

12 December 2019		48,822/72,770	67.09
Rt Hon James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,570	56.47
Alyson Dawn Barnes	Labour Party	18,048	36.97
Paul Anthony Valentine	Liberal Democrats	2,011	4.12
Sarah Elizabeth Hall	Green Party	1,193	2.44
Majority		9,522	19.50

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,618/74,440	59.94
Andrew Clive Mitchell MacNae	Labour Party	18,247	40.90
Rt Hon James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,619	28.28
Daniel Robert Matchett	Reform UK	9,695	21.73
Robert Bauld	Green Party	2,325	5.21
Rowan Edward Fitton	Liberal Democrats	1,241	2.78
Tayab Ali	Workers Britain	491	1.10
Majority		5,628	12.61