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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		48,343/67,249	71.89
Martin Alexander Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,696	55.22
Roy Harris Jenkins	Labour Party	21,647	44.78
Majority		5,049	10.44

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		40,705/46,831	86.92
Martin Alexander Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,758	63.28
William Newton Alexander Camp	Labour Party	11,741	28.84
Ada Louisa Charlotte Hayes	Liberal Party	3,206	7.88
Majority		14,017	34.44

25 October 1951		39,618/47,627	83.18
Martin Alexander Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,871	70.35
John Johnson	Labour Party	11,747	29.65
Majority		16,124	40.70

26 May 1955		40,623/51,897	78.28
Martin Alexander Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,323	72.18
Marion Large	Labour Party	11,300	27.82
Majority		18,023	44.37

8 October 1959		48,544/60,227	80.60
Martin Alexander Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,862	73.88
Eric John Bowen	Labour Party	12,682	26.12
Majority		23,180	47.75

15 October 1964		54,421/67,639	80.46
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,355	59.45
Thomas William Keillor Scott	Labour Party	11,969	21.99
Lionel Farrell	Liberal Party	10,097	18.55
Majority		20,386	37.46

31 March 1966		51,768/69,211	74.80
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,008	65.69
Derek Alan Forwood	Labour Party	17,760	34.31
Majority		16,248	31.39

18 June 1970		58,732/80,279	73.16
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,756	64.29
Douglas Gray	Labour Party	13,181	22.44
Richard Antony Davis	Liberal Party	7,795	13.27
Majority		24,575	41.84

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		64,343/79,188	81.25
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,049	54.47
John Anthony Windmill	Liberal Party	17,686	27.49
David Attlee Norman	Labour Party	11,608	18.04
Majority		17,363	26.99

10 October 1974		60,195/79,968	75.27
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,707	52.67
John Anthony Windmill	Liberal Party	15,848	26.33
Dr Denis MacShane	Labour Party	12,640	21.00
Majority		15,859	26.35

3 May 1979		65,039/84,272	77.18
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,027	66.16
David John Alfred Hallam	Labour Party	10,820	16.64
Ian Kenneth Gillett	Liberal Party	10,214	15.70
David Edward Stevenson	National Front	978	1.50
Majority		32,207	49.52

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,575/74,556	70.52
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,947	60.76
Ian Kenneth Gillett	Liberal Party in Alliance	14,553	27.68
Ian James Jamieson	Labour Party	6,075	11.55
Majority		17,394	33.08

11 June 1987		58,693/78,855	74.43
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,844	61.07
Geoffrey Charles Gadie	Liberal Party in Alliance	14,058	23.95
Susan Elizabeth Knowles	Labour Party	8,791	14.98
Majority		21,786	37.12

9 April 1992		63,093/77,303	81.62
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,385	60.84
Michael John Southcombe	Liberal Democrats	13,239	20.98
Nicola Kutapan	Labour Party	10,544	16.71
Clifford George Hards	Green Party	925	1.47
Majority		25,146	39.86

1 May 1997		58,906/78,898	74.66
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,299	44.65
Michael John Southcombe	Liberal Democrats	14,902	25.30
Rachel Naomi Harris	Labour Party	14,334	24.33
Michael Henry Nattrass	Referendum Party	2,748	4.67
James Caffery	Pro-Life Alliance	623	1.06
Majority		11,397	19.35

7 June 2001		48,271/77,094	62.61
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,935	45.44
Josephine Margaret Byron	Liberal Democrats	12,528	25.95
Brendan Mark O'Brien	Labour Party	12,373	25.63
Andrew Moore	UK Independence Party	1,061	2.20
Stephanie Mary Pyne	Pro-Life Alliance	374	0.77
Majority		9,407	19.49

5 May 2005		52,313/77,910	67.15
Lorely Jane Burt	Liberal Democrats	20,896	39.94
John Mark Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,617	39.41
Rory John Vaughan	Labour Party	8,058	15.40
Dianne Mary Carr	British National Party	1,752	3.35
Andrew Moore	UK Independence Party	990	1.89
Majority		279	0.53

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,129/76,999	71.60
Lorely Jane Burt	Liberal Democrats	23,635	42.87
Margaret Ann Throup	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,460	42.55
Sarah Merrill	Labour Party	4,891	8.87
Andrew Terry	British National Party	1,624	2.95
John Paul Ison	UK Independence Party	1,200	2.18
Neill John Watts	Independent	319	0.58
Majority		175	0.32

7 May 2015		54,779/77,251	70.91
Julian Carlton Knight	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,956	49.21
Lorely Jane Burt	Liberal Democrats	14,054	25.66
Philip Hugh Henrick	UK Independence Party	6,361	11.61
Nigel Knowles	Labour Party	5,693	10.39
Howard Allen	Green Party	1,632	2.98
Michael Henry Nattrass	Independence from EU	50	0.09
Matthew J Ward	The Democratic Party	33	0.06
Majority		12,902	23.55

8 June 2017		56,748/77,789	72.95
Julian Carlton Knight	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,985	58.13
Nigel Knowles	Labour Party	12,414	21.88
Adekunie Nurudeen Adeyemo	Liberal Democrats	8,901	15.69
Andrew Garcarz	UK Independence Party	1,291	2.27
Max McLoughlin	Green Party	1,157	2.04
Majority		20,571	36.25

12 December 2019		55,344/78,760	70.27
Julian Carlton Knight	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,309	58.38
Nicholas John Stephens	Labour and Co-operative Party	11,036	19.94
Adekunie Nurudeen Adeyemo	Liberal Democrats	9,977	18.03
Rosemary Ann Sexton	Green Party	2,022	3.65
Majority		21,273	38.44

7 December 2022 The Conservative whip is removed from Julian Knight.