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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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3 December 1885		9,328/10,796	86.40
Sir Mathew Wilson, Bt	Liberal Party	5,059	54.23
Samuel Cunliffe Lister	Conservative Party	4,269	45.77
Majority		790	8.47

13 July 1886		8,712/10,796	80.70
Walter Morrison	Liberal Unionist Party	4,423	50.77
Sir Mathew Wilson, Bt	Liberal Party	4,289	49.23
Majority		134	1.54

14 July 1892		9,308/12,087	77.01
Charles Savile Roundell	Liberal Party	4,700	50.49
Walter Morrison	Liberal Unionist Party	4,608	49.51
Majority		92	0.99

27 July 1895		9,665/11,096	87.10
Walter Morrison	Liberal Unionist Party	4,902	50.72
James Anson Farrer	Liberal Party	4,763	49.28
Majority		139	1.44

12 October 1900		10,146/11,865	85.51
Frederick Whitley Thomson	Liberal Party	5,139	50.65
Walter Morrison	Liberal Unionist Party	5,007	49.35
Majority		132	1.30

26 January 1906		11,435/12,707	89.99
William Clough	Liberal Party	5,834	51.02
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative Party	5,601	48.98
Majority		233	2.04

25 January 1910		12,650/13,864	91.24
William Clough	Liberal Party	6,579	52.01
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative Party	6,071	47.99
Majority		508	4.02

15 December 1910		12,251/13,864	88.37
William Clough	Liberal Party	6,151	50.21
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative Party	6,100	49.79
Majority		51	0.42

14 December 1918		22,917/35,722	64.15
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,599	54.98
William Anderton Brigg	Liberal Party	10,318	45.02
Majority		2,281	9.95

15 November 1922		31,708/37,220	85.19
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,251	41.79
Sir Harry Calvert William Verney, Bt	Liberal Party	10,228	32.26
Tom Snowden	Labour Party	8,229	25.95
Majority		3,023	9.53

6 December 1923		31,728/37,965	83.57
Richard Foulis Roundell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,676	39.95
Sir Harry Calvert William Verney, Bt	Liberal Party	11,285	35.57
Octavius George Willey	Labour Party	7,767	24.48
Majority		1,391	4.38

29 October 1924		32,497/38,790	83.78
Ernest Roy Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,924	45.92
Thomas Woffenden	Liberal Party	8,947	27.53
Octavius George Willey	Labour Party	8,626	26.54
Majority		5,977	18.39

30 May 1929		41,996/50,369	83.38
Ernest Roy Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,588	39.50
John Percival Davies	Labour Party	13,088	31.16
Thomas Woffenden	Liberal Party	12,320	29.34
Majority		3,500	8.33

27 October 1931		41,066/51,169	80.26
Ernest Roy Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,013	68.21
John Percival Davies	Labour Party	13,053	31.79
Majority		14,960	36.43

27 September 1933 Death of Ernest Bird.

7 November 1933		42,216/51,039	82.71
George William Rickards	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,136	42.96
John Percival Davies	Labour Party	14,157	33.53
Robert Coventry Denby	Liberal Party	9,219	21.84
James Rushton	Communist Party	704	1.67
Majority		3,979	9.43

14 November 1935		40,635/51,041	79.61
George William Rickards	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,847	56.22
John Percival Davies	Labour Party	17,788	43.78
Majority		5,059	12.45

27 November 1943 Death of George Rickards.

7 January 1944		27,252/49,608	54.93
Hugh McDowall Lawson	Common Wealth Movement	12,222	44.85
Harry Riddiough	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,001	44.04
Joseph Toole	Independent Labour	3,029	11.11
Majority		221	0.81

Joseph Toole was expelled from the Labour Party for breaking the electoral truce.

5 July 1945		43,155/52,937	81.52
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,905	41.49
John Percival Davies	Labour Party	15,704	36.39
Eric Townsend	Liberal Party	9,546	22.12
Majority		2,201	5.10

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,233/50,901	88.86
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,254	49.20
Thomas John Roberts	Labour Party	16,290	36.01
Eric Arthur Greenwood	Liberal Party	6,689	14.79
Majority		5,964	13.19

25 October 1951		44,088/51,207	86.10
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,024	59.03
Edgar Hewitt	Labour Party	18,064	40.97
Majority		7,960	18.05

26 May 1955		41,020/49,710	82.52
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,101	61.19
Vincent Phipps Richardson	Labour Party	15,919	38.81
Majority		9,182	22.38

8 October 1959		41,999/49,037	85.65
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,278	48.28
Frank Oswald Hooley	Labour Party	11,178	26.61
Kathleen Claire Graham	Liberal Party	10,543	25.10
Majority		9,100	21.67

15 October 1964		40,162/47,827	83.97
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,561	46.22
Roderick MacSween	Labour Party	11,715	29.17
Wilfrid Edwin Herbert Pickard	Liberal Party	9,886	24.62
Majority		6,846	17.05

31 March 1966		38,912/47,448	82.01
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,532	45.06
Gordon Anderson Knott	Labour Party	13,276	34.12
Wilfrid Edwin Herbert Pickard	Liberal Party	8,104	20.83
Majority		4,256	10.94

18 June 1970		40,561/51,555	78.68
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,817	51.32
Kenneth Targett	Labour Party	12,011	29.61
Jean Yvonne Lindsay Burns	Liberal Party	7,733	19.07
Majority		8,806	21.71

28 February 1974		44,565/52,109	85.52
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,301	43.31
Kathleen Claire Brooks	Liberal Party	17,185	38.56
Terence Victor Wheeler	Labour Party	8,079	18.13
Majority		2,116	4.75

10 October 1974		43,163/52,548	82.14
George Burnaby Drayson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,822	41.29
Kathleen Claire Brooks	Liberal Party	17,232	39.92
Dr Christopher George Burks	Labour Party	8,109	18.79
Majority		590	1.37

3 May 1979		45,293/53,881	84.06
John Grenville Bernard Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,177	51.17
Kathleen Claire Brooks	Liberal Party	17,484	38.60
Brian Michael Selby	Labour Party	4,632	10.23
Majority		5,693	12.57