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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,506/31,241	49.63
Henry Kenyon Stephenson	Liberal Party - Coalition	12,339	79.58
Alfred Barton	Labour Party	3,167	20.42
Majority		9,172	59.15

15 November 1922		22,120/30,321	72.95
Henry Kenyon Stephenson	National Liberal Party	11,542	52.18
Robert Morley	Labour Party	10,578	47.82
Majority		964	4.36

6 December 1923		22,994/31,016	74.14
Richard Storry Deans	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,648	41.96
George Lathan	Labour Party	9,050	39.36
Henry Kenyon Stephenson	Liberal Party	4,296	18.68
Majority		598	2.60

29 October 1924		25,629/31,618	81.06
Richard Storry Deans	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,053	54.83
George Lathan	Labour Party	11,576	45.17
Majority		2,477	9.66

30 May 1929		39,461/49,843	79.17
George Lathan	Labour Party	20,304	51.45
Richard Storry Deans	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,597	34.46
Ernest Edgar Dalton	Liberal Party	5,560	14.09
Majority		6,707	17.00

27 October 1931		42,175/51,981	81.14
Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,392	62.58
George Lathan	Labour Party	15,783	37.42
Majority		10,609	25.15

14 November 1935		41,100/56,121	73.23
George Lathan	Labour Party	21,153	51.47
Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,947	48.53
Majority		1,206	2.93

14 June 1942 Death of George Lathan.

27 August 1942
Thomas William Burden	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		45,306/61,325	73.88
Thomas William Burden	Labour Party	29,424	64.95
Geoffrey Paul Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,882	35.05
Majority		13,542	29.89

1 February 1950 Elevation of Thomas Burden to the Peerage - Baron Burden.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,145/53,006	85.17
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	30,558	67.69
Harold Pryce	National Liberal and Conservative Party	13,678	30.30
Arthur Fullard	Communist Party	909	2.01
Majority		16,880	37.39

25 October 1951		44,585/54,058	82.48
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	30,842	69.18
Stanley Bertram Rippon	National Liberal and Conservative Party	13,743	30.82
Majority		17,099	38.35

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		39,469/55,373	71.28
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	28,904	73.23
Stanley Bertram Rippon	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,565	26.77
Majority		18,339	46.46

8 October 1959		36,676/51,533	71.17
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	26,078	71.10
John Neill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,598	28.90
Majority		15,480	42.21

15 October 1964		32,012/46,633	68.65
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	24,196	75.58
Frank Wilfrid Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,816	24.42
Majority		16,380	51.17

31 March 1966		30,569/47,165	64.81
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	24,550	80.31
Robert Austin Burns	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,017	16.41
Cyril Morton	Communist Party	1,002	3.28
Majority		19,533	63.90

18 June 1970		30,963/52,935	58.49
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	23,302	75.26
Ronald Timothy Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,024	22.69
Cyril Morton	Communist Party	637	2.06
Majority		16,278	52.57

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,121/66,995	71.83
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	31,273	64.99
Francis Richard Butler	Liberal Party	8,596	17.86
Thomas Eric Crewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,731	16.07
Cyril Morton	Communist Party	521	1.08
Majority		22,677	47.12

10 October 1974		42,092/67,412	62.44
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	30,057	71.41
Francis Richard Butler	Liberal Party	6,093	14.48
Robert Stanley Trench	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,539	13.16
Gordon Ashberry	Communist Party	403	0.96
Majority		23,964	56.93

3 May 1979		40,077/62,174	64.46
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	27,489	68.59
Charles William Cole	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,159	17.86
Francis Richard Butler	Liberal Party	4,737	11.82
Ivan Charles Pierson	National Front	302	0.75
Gordon Ashberry	Communist Party	279	0.70
Paul Mowlen Littlehales	Workers Revolutionary Party	111	0.28
Majority		20,330	50.73