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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		7,467/8,717	85.66
William Mather	Liberal Party	3,761	50.37
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Conservative Party	3,706	49.63
Majority		55	0.74

2 July 1886		7,104/8,717	81.50
Henry Hoyle Howorth	Conservative Party	3,615	50.89
William Mather	Liberal Party	3,489	49.11
Majority		126	1.77

6 July 1892		7,328/9,060	80.88
Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth	Conservative Party	3,406	46.48
Alexander Forrest	Liberal Party	3,369	45.97
William Knight Hall	Social Democratic Foundation	553	7.55
Majority		37	0.50

13 July 1895		7,507/9,215	81.47
Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth	Conservative Party	3,384	45.08
Alexander Forrest	Liberal Party	3,310	44.09
Henry William Hobart	Social Democratic Foundation	813	10.83
Majority		74	0.99

2 October 1900		7,187/9,109	78.90
James Grimble Groves	Conservative Party	4,207	58.54
Alfred Moritz Mond	Liberal Party	2,980	41.46
Majority		1,227	17.07

13 January 1906		7,608/8,645	88.00
Joseph Hilaire Peter Rene Belloc	Liberal Party	4,230	55.60
James Grimble Groves	Conservative Party	3,378	44.40
Majority		852	11.20

15 January 1910		7,588/8,344	90.94
Joseph Hilaire Peter Rene Belloc	Liberal Party	3,952	52.08
Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow	Conservative Party	3,636	47.92
Majority		316	4.16

3 December 1910		7,103/8,344	85.13
Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow	Conservative Party	3,664	51.58
Hon C Russell	Liberal Party	3,439	48.42
Majority		225	3.17

14 December 1918		20,066/37,301	53.79
Sir Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,265	71.09
James Gorman	Labour Party	3,807	18.97
Francis Benedict Vincent Norris	Liberal Party	1,994	9.94
Majority		10,458	52.12

15 November 1922		36,251
Rt Hon Sir Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		26,314/36,465	72.16
Joseph Toole	Labour Party	12,097	45.97
Rt Hon Sir Clement Anderson Montague-Barlow	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,366	35.59
Edgar Rees Jones	Liberal Party	4,851	18.44
Majority		2,731	10.38

29 October 1924		29,618/37,214	79.59
Edmund Ashworth Radford	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,163	51.20
Joseph Toole	Labour Party	14,455	48.80
Majority		708	2.39

30 May 1929		36,946/46,942	78.71
Joseph Toole	Labour Party	20,100	54.40
Edmund Ashworth Radford	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,846	45.60
Majority		3,254	8.81

27 October 1931		37,442/47,784	78.36
Hon John Joseph Stourton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,140	59.13
Joseph Toole	Labour Party	15,302	40.87
Majority		6,838	18.26

14 November 1935		32,168/43,835	73.38
Hon John Joseph Stourton	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,236	50.47
Joseph Toole	Labour Party	15,932	49.53
Majority		304	0.95

5 July 1945		23,091/31,815	72.58
Edward Arthur Hardy	Labour Party	13,941	60.37
Murrough Richard O'Brien	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,150	39.63
Majority		4,791	20.75