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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1832 | 1,314/1,714 | 76.66 | |
Tory | 808 | 61.49 | |
Whig | 797 | 60.65 | |
Tory | 634 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 163 | 12.40 | |
9 January 1835 | 984/1,270 | 77.48 | |
Conservative Party | 761 | 77.34 | |
Conservative Party | 629 | 63.92 | |
Whig | 578 | 58.74 | |
Majority | 51 | 5.18 | |
27 July 1837 | 1,312/1,473 | 89.07 | |
Conservative Party | 700 | 53.35 | |
Whig | 697 | 53.12 | |
Conservative Party | 655 | 49.92 | |
Whig | 537 | 40.93 | |
Majority | 42 | 3.20 | |
30 June 1841 | 1,384/1,564 | 88.49 | |
Conservative Party | 793 | 57.30 | |
Conservative Party | 785 | 56.72 | |
Whig | 605 | 43.71 | |
Whig | 578 | 41.76 | |
Majority | 180 | 13.01 | |
March 1842 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,122/1,805 | 62.16 | |
Conservative Party | 769 | 68.54 | |
Whig | 743 | 66.22 | |
Peelite | 732 | 65.24 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.98 | |
7 July 1852 | 1,167/1,666 | 70.05 | |
Peelite | 1,159 | 99.31 | |
Conservative Party | 736 | 63.07 | |
Radical | 438 | 37.53 | |
Majority | 298 | 25.54 | |
28 March 1857 | 1,217/1,617 | 75.26 | |
Peelite | 706 | 58.01 | |
Whig | 695 | 57.11 | |
Conservative Party | 548 | 45.03 | |
Conservative Party | 484 | 39.77 | |
Majority | 147 | 12.08 | |
29 April 1859 | 1,635 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 May 1862 Death of Robert Slaney. | |||
2 June 1862 | 1,042/1,506 | 69.19 | |
Liberal Party | 671 | 64.40 | |
Conservative Party | 361 | 34.64 | |
Conservative Party | 10 | 0.96 | |
Majority | 310 | 29.75 | |
11 July 1865 | 1,533 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1868 | 3,014/3,381 | 89.15 | |
Liberal Party | 1,840 | 61.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,751 | 58.10 | |
Liberal Party | 685 | 22.73 | |
Majority | 1,066 | 35.37 | |
1869 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
21 September 1870 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,291 | 50.75 | |
Liberal Party | 1,253 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.49 | |
1870 Petition - dismissed. | |||
29 August 1870 Death of William Clement. | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,975/3,620 | 82.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,672 | 56.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,561 | 52.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,388 | 46.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,328 | 44.64 | |
Majority | 173 | 5.82 | |
1 April 1880 | 3,510/3,846 | 91.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,945 | 55.41 | |
Liberal Party | 1,884 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,622 | 46.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,568 | 44.67 | |
Majority | 262 | 7.46 | |
5 May 1880 Resignation of Charles Cotes on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
10 May 1880 | 3,846 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 November 1885 | 3,756/4,131 | 90.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,244 | 59.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,512 | 40.26 | |
Majority | 732 | 19.49 | |
2 July 1886 | 3,095/4,131 | 74.92 | |
Conservative Party | 1,826 | 59.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,269 | 41.00 | |
Majority | 557 | 18.00 | |
5 July 1892 | 3,552/4,258 | 83.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,979 | 55.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,573 | 44.28 | |
Majority | 406 | 11.43 | |
12 July 1895 | 4,382 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 September 1900 | 4,550 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1906 | 4,350/4,709 | 92.38 | |
Conservative Party | 2,395 | 55.06 | |
Liberal Party | 1,955 | 44.94 | |
Majority | 440 | 10.11 | |
17 January 1910 | 4,590/4,882 | 94.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,596 | 56.56 | |
Liberal Party | 1,994 | 43.44 | |
Majority | 602 | 13.12 | |
5 December 1910 | 4,278/4,882 | 87.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,423 | 56.64 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,855 | 43.36 | |
Majority | 568 | 13.28 | |
9 April 1913 Death of Sir Clement Hill. | |||
22 April 1913 | 4,139/5,107 | 81.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 2,412 | 58.27 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,727 | 41.73 | |
Majority | 685 | 16.55 | |
J Morris was the nominee of Horatio Bottomley's John Bull League. | |||
14 December 1918 | 15,368/25,459 | 60.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 9,826 | 63.94 | |
Labour Party | 5,542 | 36.06 | |
Majority | 4,284 | 27.88 | |
15 November 1922 | 20,400/25,878 | 78.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,999 | 53.92 | |
Liberal Party | 9,401 | 46.08 | |
Majority | 1,598 | 7.83 | |
6 December 1923 | 21,645/26,464 | 81.79 | |
Liberal Party | 11,097 | 51.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,548 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 549 | 2.54 | |
29 October 1924 | 23,779/27,490 | 86.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,220 | 55.60 | |
Liberal Party | 8,945 | 37.62 | |
Labour Party | 1,614 | 6.79 | |
Majority | 4,275 | 17.98 | |
30 May 1929 | 30,042/36,312 | 82.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,586 | 48.55 | |
Liberal Party | 11,794 | 39.26 | |
Labour Party | 3,662 | 12.19 | |
Majority | 2,792 | 9.29 | |
27 October 1931 | 30,430/36,804 | 82.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,505 | 60.81 | |
Liberal Party | 9,358 | 30.75 | |
Labour Party | 2,567 | 8.44 | |
Majority | 9,147 | 30.06 | |
14 November 1935 | 28,007/37,753 | 74.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,401 | 65.70 | |
Labour Party | 9,606 | 34.30 | |
Majority | 8,795 | 31.40 | |
5 July 1945 | 34,166/46,854 | 72.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,174 | 44.41 | |
Labour Party | 10,580 | 30.97 | |
Liberal Party | 8,412 | 24.62 | |
Majority | 4,594 | 13.45 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 37,138/44,249 | 83.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,470 | 49.73 | |
Labour Party | 12,542 | 33.77 | |
Liberal Party | 6,126 | 16.50 | |
Majority | 5,928 | 15.96 | |
25 October 1951 | 36,238/44,891 | 80.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,503 | 59.34 | |
Labour Party | 14,735 | 40.66 | |
Majority | 6,768 | 18.68 | |
26 May 1955 | 35,045/45,239 | 77.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,319 | 60.83 | |
Labour Party | 13,726 | 39.17 | |
Majority | 7,593 | 21.67 | |
8 October 1959 | 37,695/46,846 | 80.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,970 | 52.98 | |
Labour Party | 11,338 | 30.08 | |
Liberal Party | 6,387 | 16.94 | |
Majority | 8,632 | 22.90 | |
15 October 1964 | 38,355/49,025 | 78.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,517 | 48.28 | |
Labour Party | 12,658 | 33.00 | |
Liberal Party | 7,180 | 18.72 | |
Majority | 5,859 | 15.28 | |
31 March 1966 | 38,832/50,484 | 76.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,569 | 45.24 | |
Labour Party | 14,603 | 37.61 | |
Liberal Party | 6,660 | 17.15 | |
Majority | 2,966 | 7.64 | |
18 June 1970 | 41,992/57,419 | 73.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,619 | 53.87 | |
Labour Party | 13,413 | 31.94 | |
Liberal Party | 5,960 | 14.19 | |
Majority | 9,206 | 21.92 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 47,545/59,643 | 79.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,095 | 44.37 | |
Liberal Party | 14,914 | 31.37 | |
Labour Party | 11,536 | 24.26 | |
Majority | 6,181 | 13.00 | |
10 October 1974 | 44,211/60,210 | 73.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,064 | 43.12 | |
Liberal Party | 13,643 | 30.86 | |
Labour Party | 11,504 | 26.02 | |
Majority | 5,421 | 12.26 | |
3 May 1979 | 48,470/63,236 | 76.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,548 | 48.58 | |
Liberal Party | 13,364 | 27.57 | |
Labour Party | 11,558 | 23.85 | |
Majority | 10,184 | 21.01 | |
Renamed with Minor Boundary Change | |||
4 July 2024 | 51,560/76,633 | 67.28 | |
Labour Party | 22,932 | 44.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,577 | 22.45 | |
Reform UK | 7,524 | 14.59 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,722 | 13.04 | |
Green Party | 2,387 | 4.63 | |
English Democrats Party | 241 | 0.47 | |
Independent | 177 | 0.34 | |
Majority | 11,355 | 22.02 | |