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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		40,976/46,253	88.59
Dennis Forwood Vosper	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,145	54.04
Horace Lionel Wharrad	Labour Party	14,063	34.32
Percy Harold Griffiths	Liberal Party	4,768	11.64
Majority		8,082	19.72

25 October 1951		39,801/46,699	85.23
Dennis Forwood Vosper	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,821	62.36
John London Hindle	Labour Party	14,980	37.64
Majority		9,841	24.73

26 May 1955		38,534/47,487	81.15
Dennis Forwood Vosper	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,682	64.05
David Barker	Labour Party	13,852	35.95
Majority		10,830	28.11

8 October 1959		40,452/49,584	81.58
Rt Hon Dennis Forwood Vosper	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,615	65.79
Joel Barnett	Labour Party	13,837	34.21
Majority		12,778	31.59

20 April 1964 Elevation of Rt Hon Dennis Vosper to the Peerage - Baron Runcorn.

15 October 1964		44,056/52,664	83.65
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,586	49.00
Paul Lyall Jackson	Labour Party	14,127	32.07
Robert Witty Jordan	Liberal Party	8,343	18.94
Majority		7,459	16.93

31 March 1966		44,368/54,036	82.11
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,472	48.40
Michael John Ellerington Taylor	Labour Party	16,290	36.72
Terence Anthony Maher	Liberal Party	6,606	14.89
Majority		5,182	11.68

18 June 1970		47,217/61,331	76.99
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,272	53.52
Michael John Ellerington Taylor	Labour Party	16,204	34.32
Christopher Kent Summer	Liberal Party	5,741	12.16
Majority		9,068	19.20

28 February 1974		57,500/69,321	82.95
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,374	45.87
Michael John Ellerington Taylor	Labour Party	19,106	33.23
Peter Michael Brenton	Liberal Party	12,020	20.90
Majority		7,268	12.64

10 October 1974		54,278/69,911	77.64
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,047	46.15
Anthony John Eccles	Labour Party	19,579	36.07
Rev Arthur David Sanders	Liberal Party	9,188	16.93
Noel Dobson	Independent	464	0.85
Majority		5,468	10.07

3 May 1979		63,916/82,126	77.83
Mark Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,907	51.48
George Joseph Maudsley	Labour Party	22,226	34.77
Richard Charles Kemp	Liberal Party	8,783	13.74
Majority		10,681	16.71