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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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December 1832		419/475	88.21
Robert Ingham	Tory	205	48.93
George Palmer	Tory	108	25.78
William Gowan	Whig	104	24.82
Russell Bowlby	Whig	2	0.48
Majority		97	23.15

8 January 1835		401/518	77.41
Robert Ingham	Conservative Party	273	68.08
Russell Bowlby	Whig	128	31.92
Majority		145	36.16

26 July 1837		644
Robert Ingham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 June 1841		481/676	71.15
John Twizell Wawn	Radical	240	49.90
Robert Ingham	Conservative Party	207	43.04
George Fyler	Conservative Party	34	7.07
Majority		33	6.86

30 July 1847		509/744	68.41
John Twizell Wawn	Radical	333	65.42
William Whateley	Conservative Party	176	34.58
Majority		157	30.84

7 July 1852		679/925	73.41
Robert Ingham	Whig	430	63.33
Hon Henry Thomas Liddell	Conservative Party	249	36.67
Majority		181	26.66

27 March 1857		1,079
Robert Ingham	Whig	Unopposed

30 April 1859		806/1,126	71.58
Robert Ingham	Liberal Party	506	62.78
John Twizell Wawn	Liberal Party	300	37.22
Majority		206	25.56

11 July 1865		1,113
Robert Ingham	Liberal Party	Unopposed

18 November 1868		4,859/6,208	78.27
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	2,582	53.14
Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	2,277	46.86
Majority		305	6.28

31 January 1874		8,870
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

3 April 1880		5,921/9,893	59.85
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	4,435	74.90
Henry Best Hans-Hamilton	Conservative Party	1,486	25.10
Majority		2,949	49.81

25 November 1885		7,192/11,928	60.30
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	4,064	56.51
Dr William Digby Seymour	Conservative Party	3,128	43.49
Majority		936	13.01

1 July 1886		11,928
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

7 July 1892		8,923/13,259	67.30
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	4,965	55.64
Henry Herbert Wainwright	Conservative Party	3,958	44.36
Majority		1,007	11.29

17 July 1895		9,981/14,307	69.76
William Snowdon Robson	Liberal Party	5,057	50.67
Henry Herbert Wainwright	Conservative Party	4,924	49.33
Majority		133	1.33

4 October 1900		11,536/16,033	71.95
William Snowdon Robson	Liberal Party	7,417	64.29
R Readhead	Conservative Party	4,119	35.71
Majority		3,298	28.59

17 January 1906		13,148/18,106	72.62
Sir William Snowdon Robson	Liberal Party	9,717	73.90
Arthur Robert Chamberlayne	Conservative Party	3,431	26.10
Majority		6,286	47.81

18 January 1910		13,944/18,320	76.11
Sir William Snowdon Robson	Liberal Party	9,090	65.19
Roland Edmund Lomax Vaughan-Williams	Liberal Unionist Party	4,854	34.81
Majority		4,236	30.38

1910 Resignation of Sir William Robson on appointment as a Lord of Appeal - Lord Robson.

27 October 1910		12,839/18,320	70.08
Rt Hon Russell Rea	Liberal Party	7,929	61.76
Roland Edmund Lomax Vaughan-Williams	Liberal Unionist Party	4,910	38.24
Majority		3,019	23.51

2 December 1910		18,320
Rt Hon Russell Rea	Liberal Party	Unopposed

5 February 1916 Death of Rt Hon Russell Rea.

18 March 1916
Cecil Algernon Cochrane	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 October 1918 Resignation of Cecil Cochrane. (Northstead)

28 October 1918
Joseph Havelock Wilson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		25,939/50,584	51.28
Joseph Havelock Wilson	Liberal Party - Coalition	19,514	75.23
George John Rowe	Labour Party	6,425	24.77
Majority		13,089	50.46

Joseph Wilson sought election as a Coalition Trade Unionist's and Seamen's candidate. He was supported by the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union.

15 November 1922		39,616/52,005	76.18
Edward Augustine St Aubyn Harney	Liberal Party	15,760	39.78
William Lawther	Labour Party	15,735	39.72
Joseph Havelock Wilson	National Liberal Party	8,121	20.50
Majority		25	0.06

6 December 1923		38,629/52,557	73.50
Edward Augustine St Aubyn Harney	Liberal Party	22,912	59.31
William Lawther	Labour Party	15,717	40.69
Majority		7,195	18.63

29 October 1924		40,023/53,122	75.34
Edward Augustine St Aubyn Harney	Liberal Party	23,171	57.89
William Lawther	Labour Party	16,852	42.11
Majority		6,319	15.79

30 May 1929		44,946/61,629	72.93
James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	18,938	42.14
Hon Harold Burge Robson	Liberal Party	18,898	42.05
William Nunn	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,110	15.82
Majority		40	0.09

27 October 1931		51,040/63,697	80.13
Harcourt Johnstone	Liberal Party	30,528	59.81
James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	20,512	40.19
Majority		10,016	19.62

14 November 1935		45,747/62,847	72.79
James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	22,031	48.16
Harcourt Johnstone	Liberal Party	12,932	28.27
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	National Labour	10,784	23.57
Majority		9,099	19.89

5 July 1945		37,706/51,599	73.08
Rt Hon James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	22,410	59.43
Donald Morris Parry	National Liberal Party	15,296	40.57
Majority		7,114	18.87

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		59,210/72,463	81.71
Rt Hon James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	33,452	56.50
John Chalmers	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,897	26.85
John George	Liberal Party	9,446	15.95
Frank Oliver Smith	Communist Party	415	0.70
Majority		17,555	29.65

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		60,111/74,657	80.52
Rt Hon James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	33,633	55.95
John Chalmers	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,208	33.62
Charles Jonathan Kitchell	Liberal Party	6,270	10.43
Majority		13,425	22.33

26 May 1955		53,216/74,340	71.58
Rt Hon James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	31,734	59.63
John Chalmers	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,482	40.37
Majority		10,252	19.26

8 October 1959		56,215/75,538	74.42
Rt Hon James Chuter Ede	Labour Party	32,577	57.95
John Chalmers	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,638	42.05
Majority		8,939	15.90

15 October 1964		53,875/72,697	74.11
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	29,694	55.12
John Chalmers	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,344	30.34
Thomas Henry Campbell Wardlaw	Liberal Party	7,837	14.55
Majority		13,350	24.78

31 March 1966		49,169/71,578	68.69
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	31,829	64.73
Charles Mackenzie Dallas	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,340	35.27
Majority		14,489	29.47

18 June 1970		50,151/75,032	66.84
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	30,191	60.20
Dr John McKee	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,960	39.80
Majority		10,231	20.40

28 February 1974		51,452/71,929	71.53
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	30,740	59.75
Norman Stanley Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,754	36.45
William Owen	National Front	1,958	3.81
Majority		11,986	23.30

10 October 1974		46,976/72,565	64.74
Arthur Blenkinsopp	Labour Party	26,492	56.39
Norman Stanley Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,667	24.84
Leo Garbutt	Liberal Party	8,106	17.26
William Owen	National Front	711	1.51
Majority		14,825	31.56

3 May 1979		50,229/70,566	71.18
Dr David George Clark	Labour Party	28,675	57.09
Richard George Booth	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,551	30.96
Llewellyn William Monger	Liberal Party	6,003	11.95
Majority		13,124	26.13

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		40,996/62,644	65.44
Dr David George Clark	Labour Party	19,055	46.48
Peter John Groves	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,653	30.86
Peter John Angus	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,288	22.66
Majority		6,402	15.62

11 June 1987		42,975/61,400	69.99
Dr David George Clark	Labour Party	24,882	57.90
Michael Louis David Fabricant	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,031	25.67
Margaret Mary Meling	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,654	15.48
Edward Grieves Dunn	Independent Democrat	408	0.95
Majority		13,851	32.23

9 April 1992		41,619/59,392	70.08
Dr David George Clark	Labour Party	24,876	59.77
Jonathan Lee Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,399	27.39
Arthur Preece	Liberal Democrats	5,344	12.84
Majority		13,477	32.38

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		38,978/62,261	62.60
Dr David George Clark	Labour Party	27,834	71.41
Mark Gerard Hoban	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,681	14.57
David Ord	Liberal Democrats	3,429	8.80
Alan Loraine	Referendum Party	1,660	4.26
Ian Robert Wilburn	Shields	374	0.96
Majority		22,153	56.83

7 June 2001		30,448/61,802	49.27
David Wright Miliband	Labour Party	19,230	63.16
Joanna Mary Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,140	16.88
Henry Marshall Grainger	Liberal Democrats	5,127	16.84
Alan Hardy	UK Independence Party	689	2.26
Roger Nettleship	Independent	262	0.86
Majority		14,090	46.28

5 May 2005		30,206/59,403	50.85
David Wright Miliband	Labour Party	18,269	60.48
Stephen Anthony Psallidas	Liberal Democrats	5,957	19.72
Richard Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,207	17.24
Nader Afshari-Naderi	Independent	773	2.56
Majority		12,312	40.76

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		36,518/64,257	56.83
Rt Hon David Wright Miliband	Labour Party	18,995	52.02
Karen Allen	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,886	21.59
Stephen Anthony Psallidas	Liberal Democrats	5,189	14.21
Donna Watson	British National Party	2,382	6.52
Shirley Florence Ford	Green Party	762	2.09
Siamak Kaikavoosi	Independent	729	2.00
Victor Thompson	Independent	316	0.87
Sam Navabi	Independent	168	0.46
Roger Nettleship	Independent	91	0.25
Majority		11,109	30.42

3 May 2013		24,736/62,979	39.28
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck	Labour Party	12,493	50.51
Richard Peter Elvin	UK Independence Party	5,988	24.21
Karen Allen	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,857	11.55
Ahmed Khan	Independent	1,331	5.38
Phil Brown	Independent Socialist	750	3.03
Lady Dorothy MacBeth Brookes	British National Party	711	2.87
Hugh Martin James Annand	Liberal Democrats	352	1.42
Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	197	0.80
Thomas Faithful Darwood	Independent	57	0.23
Majority		6,505	26.30

7 May 2015		36,265/62,730	57.81
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck	Labour Party	18,589	51.26
Norman Hanson Dennis	UK Independence Party	7,975	21.99
Robert Geoffrey Oliver	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,021	16.60
Shirley Florence Ford	Green Party	1,614	4.45
Lisa Nightingale	Independent	1,427	3.93
Gita Gordon	Liberal Democrats	639	1.76
Majority		10,614	29.27

8 June 2017		40,772/63,433	64.28
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck	Labour Party	25,078	61.51
Felicity Christiana Buchan	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,570	25.92
Richard Peter Elvin	UK Independence Party	3,006	7.37
Shirley Florence Ford	Green Party	1,437	3.52
Gitanjali Gordon	Liberal Democrats	681	1.67
Majority		14,508	35.58

12 December 2019		37,882/62,793	60.33
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck	Labour Party	17,273	45.60
Oni Boghene Oviri	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,688	20.29
Glenn Michael Thompson	Brexit Party	6,446	17.02
Geoff Thompson	Independent	3,658	9.66
William James Shepherd	Liberal Democrats	1,514	4.00
Sara Jean McKeown	Green Party	1,303	3.44
Majority		9,585	25.30

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		36,824/68,366	53.86
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck	Labour Party	15,122	41.07
Stephen William Holt	Reform UK	8,469	23.00
David Roger Francis	Green Party	5,433	14.75
Craig Ethan Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,128	11.21
Rao Mohammed Ahmed Khan	Independent	2,270	6.16
Jonathan Aibi	Liberal Democrats	1,402	3.81
Majority		6,653	18.07