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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		35,954/42,870	83.87
Peter Arthur David Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,143	50.46
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	15,714	43.71
George Quantrill Bryant	Liberal Party	2,097	5.83
Majority		2,429	6.76

25 October 1951		35,981/43,668	82.40
Peter Arthur David Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,610	54.50
Lynton Scutts	Labour Party	16,371	45.50
Majority		3,239	9.00

30 November 1954 Conviction of Peter Baker of issuing forged documents. He was found guilty of forging signatures on letters purporting to guarantee debts of over £100,000 owed by his companies, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.

16 December 1954 Expulsion of Peter Baker from the House of Commons.

13 January 1955		29,373/44,092	66.62
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,119	51.47
John McLennan Stewart	Labour Party	14,254	48.53
Majority		865	2.94

26 May 1955		35,905/43,887	81.81
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,690	52.05
John McLennan Stewart	Labour Party	17,215	47.95
Majority		1,475	4.11

8 October 1959		35,817/43,458	82.42
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,275	53.82
John McLennan Stewart	Labour Party	16,542	46.18
Majority		2,733	7.63

15 October 1964		37,009/44,774	82.66
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,178	46.42
Frank Robert Thompson	Labour Party	15,012	40.56
Barry Horace Page Turner	Liberal Party	4,819	13.02
Majority		2,166	5.85

31 March 1966		37,896/46,557	81.40
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,968	44.78
Geoffrey Bernard Lewis Bennett	Labour Party	16,849	44.46
Robert Lucas Crouch	Liberal Party	4,079	10.76
Majority		119	0.31

18 June 1970		43,597/55,476	78.59
John Edward Bernard Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,614	51.87
Cyril Shaw	Labour Party	17,172	39.39
Basil Eric Goldstone	Liberal Party	3,811	8.74
Majority		5,442	12.48

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		74,551/90,083	82.76
John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,059	44.34
Ronald George Truman	Labour Party	22,040	29.56
Malcolm John Scott	Liberal Party	19,115	25.64
Christopher Charles Fairhead	IPP	337	0.45
Majority		11,019	14.78

Christopher Fairhead sought election for the Independent Progressive Party.

10 October 1974		69,195/90,789	76.22
John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,478	45.49
Hugh Gray	Labour Party	22,713	32.82
Malcolm John Scott	Liberal Party	14,687	21.23
Christopher Charles Fairhead	United Democratic Party	317	0.46
Majority		8,765	12.67

3 May 1979		78,537/100,243	78.35
John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	42,792	54.49
Paul John Davies	Labour Party	23,755	30.25
Jonathan Bristol	Liberal Party	11,990	15.27
Majority		19,037	24.24

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,767/74,525	76.17
John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,747	54.16
Richard Anthony Patrick Carden	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,612	32.79
Hayes Alan Holzer	Labour Party	7,408	13.05
Majority		12,135	21.38

11 June 1987		63,453/79,359	79.96
Rt Hon John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,912	53.44
Richard Anthony Patrick Carden	Liberal Party in Alliance	21,494	33.87
Lloyd Richard Addison	Labour Party	8,047	12.68
Majority		12,418	19.57

9 April 1992		68,577/81,647	83.99
Rt Hon John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,081	52.61
Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler	Liberal Democrats	18,516	27.00
Clive John Needle	Labour Party	12,422	18.11
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht	Green Party	702	1.02
Neil Henry Clark	Natural Law Party	320	0.47
Roger William Peacock	Independent	304	0.44
Roger Graeme Watkins	Independent Conservative	232	0.34
Majority		17,565	25.61

1 May 1997		62,097/79,239	78.37
Rt Hon John Roddick Russell MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,935	40.15
Barbara Mary Hacker	Liberal Democrats	17,557	28.27
Jane Ross	Labour Party	16,188	26.07
Patricia Anne Bateson	Referendum Party	2,533	4.08
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht	Green Party	484	0.78
Anthony James Bilham Boddy	UK Independence Party	400	0.64
Majority		7,378	11.88

7 June 2001		55,929/82,710	67.62
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,589	42.18
Anne Mary Linda Lee	Liberal Democrats	16,696	29.85
Mark Adrian Wells	Labour Party	13,719	24.53
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht	Green Party	1,069	1.91
Joseph William Edward Neal	UK Independence Party	856	1.53
Majority		6,893	12.32

5 May 2005		58,974/85,896	68.66
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,399	44.76
Ian James Mack	Liberal Democrats	17,617	29.87
John George Morgan	Labour Party	13,262	22.49
Philip John Tye	UK Independence Party	1,696	2.88
Majority		8,782	14.89

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,993/76,371	72.01
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,133	49.34
Jacqueline Ann Howe	Liberal Democrats	16,193	29.45
Michael Victor Castle	Labour Party	7,252	13.19
Evan Heasley	UK Independence Party	2,329	4.24
Helen Mary Mitchell	British National Party	1,086	1.97
Jo Willcott	Green Party	1,000	1.82
Majority		10,940	19.89

7 May 2015		57,123/80,721	70.77
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,995	54.26
Deborah Helen Sacks	Labour Party	10,502	18.38
Barry Norman Cameron	UK Independence Party	7,847	13.74
Jacqueline Ann Howe	Liberal Democrats	4,689	8.21
Catherine Joanna Rowett	Green Party	3,090	5.41
Majority		20,493	35.88

8 June 2017		61,111/83,055	73.58
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,580	58.22
Danielle Glavin	Labour Party	18,902	30.93
Christopher John Brown	Liberal Democrats	5,074	8.30
Catherine Joanna Rowett	Green Party	1,555	2.54
Majority		16,678	27.29

12 December 2019		62,484/86,214	72.48
Richard Michael Bacon	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,258	58.03
Elspeth Georgina Jones	Labour Party	14,983	23.98
Christopher John Brown	Liberal Democrats	8,744	13.99
Benjamin John Oliver Price	Green Party	2,499	4.00
Majority		21,275	34.05

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,579/74,135	66.88
Ben Goldsborough	Labour Party	17,353	35.00
Poppy Simister-Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,527	29.30
Christopher John Harrison	Reform UK	7,583	15.29
Christopher John Brown	Liberal Democrats	5,746	11.59
Catherine Joanna Rowett	Green Party	3,987	8.04
Paco Davila	Independent	254	0.51
Jason Maguire	Social Democratic Party	129	0.26
Majority		2,826	5.70