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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		50,447/59,560	84.70
Albert Raymond Blackburn	Labour Party	26,714	52.95
Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,974	39.59
Evan Laurence Frederick Richards	Liberal Party	3,280	6.50
Richard Alfred Etheridge	Communist Party	479	0.95
Majority		6,740	13.36

4 August 1950 Albert Blackburn resigns the Labour whip.

25 October 1951		50,310/60,363	83.35
William Donald Chapman	Labour Party	26,580	52.83
Maurice Chandler	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,730	47.17
Majority		2,850	5.66

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		51,260/65,219	78.60
William Donald Chapman	Labour Party	27,072	52.81
Clement Sweet	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,188	47.19
Majority		2,884	5.63

8 October 1959		58,234/74,269	78.41
William Donald Chapman	Labour Party	29,587	50.81
Reginald Edwin Eyre	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,647	49.19
Majority		940	1.61

15 October 1964		62,046/80,377	77.19
William Donald Chapman	Labour Party	29,301	47.22
Herbert Banner Adkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,063	40.39
Roy Sydney Lewthwaite	Liberal Party	7,682	12.38
Majority		4,238	6.83

31 March 1966		62,729/83,522	75.10
William Donald Chapman	Labour Party	36,801	58.67
Christopher Charles Henry Chalker	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,899	39.69
Derek Wilfred Robinson	Communist Party	1,029	1.64
Majority		11,902	18.97

18 June 1970		66,117/96,614	68.43
Raymond John Carter	Labour Party	33,364	50.46
David William Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,148	48.62
Derek Wilfred Robinson	Communist Party	605	0.92
Majority		1,216	1.84

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		56,484/76,934	73.42
Raymond John Carter	Labour Party	31,704	56.13
John Patrick Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,175	41.03
Mervyn Newman	Ind People	1,237	2.19
Derek Wilfred Robinson	Communist Party	368	0.65
Majority		8,529	15.10

10 October 1974		52,663/77,573	67.89
Raymond John Carter	Labour Party	27,435	52.10
Jocelyn Benedict Laurence Cadbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,838	31.97
David Hains	Liberal Party	7,851	14.91
Elizabeth Anne Davenport	People	359	0.68
Derek Wilfred Robinson	Communist Party	180	0.34
Majority		10,597	20.12

3 May 1979		55,700/78,873	70.62
Jocelyn Benedict Laurence Cadbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,304	45.43
Raymond John Carter	Labour Party	25,100	45.06
Roy Sydney Lewthwaite	Liberal Party	4,538	8.15
Raymond Arley Newman	National Front	614	1.10
Joseph Ernest Beale	Workers Revolutionary Party	144	0.26
Majority		204	0.37

31 July 1982 Death of Jocelyn Cadbury.

28 October 1982		43,855/79,732	55.00
John Francis Spellar	Labour Party	15,904	36.26
Roger James Gale	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,615	35.61
Stephen J Ridley	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,453	26.12
Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson	National Front	411	0.94
Peter Raymond Sheppard	Communist Party	349	0.80
Ronald J Taylor	Peoples' Progressive Party	63	0.14
William George Boaks	Independent	60	0.14
Majority		289	0.66

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,897/75,151	70.39
Roger Douglas King	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,596	42.72
John Francis Spellar	Labour Party	19,836	37.50
David D Webb	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,045	18.99
Peter Raymond Sheppard	Communist Party	420	0.79
Majority		2,760	5.22

11 June 1987		53,232/73,956	71.98
Roger Douglas King	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,024	45.13
John Francis Spellar	Labour Party	20,889	39.24
John Christopher Gordon	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,319	15.63
Majority		3,135	5.89

9 April 1992		53,667/70,533	76.09
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	24,433	45.53
Roger Douglas King	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,803	44.35
David Leslie Cropp	Liberal Democrats	5,431	10.12
Majority		630	1.17

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		38,847/56,842	68.34
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	22,316	57.45
Alan C Blumenthal	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,873	27.99
Michael Reeves Ashall	Liberal Democrats	4,078	10.50
John David Wright Gent	Referendum Party	1,243	3.20
Keith Alan Axon	British National Party	337	0.87
Majority		11,443	29.46

7 June 2001		29,534/55,922	52.81
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	16,528	55.96
Nils John Purser	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,730	29.56
Trevor Peter Sword	Liberal Democrats	3,322	11.25
Stephen Leonard Rogers	UK Independence Party	550	1.86
Clive Richard Walder	Socialist Alliance	193	0.65
Zane Carpenter	Socialist Labour	151	0.51
Andrew Mark Chaffer	Communist Party of Great Britain	60	0.20
Majority		7,798	26.40

5 May 2005		31,056/54,868	56.60
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	15,419	49.65
Victoria Grace Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,965	28.87
Trevor Peter Sword	Liberal Democrats	4,171	13.43
Mark Cattell	British National Party	1,278	4.12
Gillian Christine Chant	UK Independence Party	641	2.06
Rev Dr Richard Thomas Boycott Rodgers	Independent	428	1.38
Louise Houldey	Socialist Alternative	120	0.39
Francis Thomas Sweeney	Workers Revolutionary Party	34	0.11
Majority		6,454	20.78

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		41,814/71,338	58.61
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	16,841	40.28
Keely Susan Huxtable	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,059	33.62
Michael David Dixon	Liberal Democrats	6,550	15.66
Leslie John Orton	British National Party	2,290	5.48
John Hamilton Borthwick	UK Independence Party	1,363	3.26
Susan Pearce	Green Party	406	0.97
Rev Dr Richard Thomas Boycott Rodgers	Common Good	305	0.73
Majority		2,782	6.65

7 May 2015		42,461/71,428	59.45
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	17,673	41.62
Rachel Helen Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,164	35.71
Keith Alexander Rowe	UK Independence Party	7,106	16.74
Steven Alan Haynes	Liberal Democrats	1,349	3.18
Anna Lucille Masters	Green Party	1,169	2.75
Majority		2,509	5.91

8 June 2017		44,348/72,322	61.32
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	23,596	53.21
Margaret Rachel Powell-Chandler	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,929	42.68
Roger Kingdon Harmer	Liberal Democrats	959	2.16
Eleanor Jane Masters	Green Party	864	1.95
Majority		4,667	10.52

12 December 2019		43,098/73,694	58.48
Gary William Sambrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,957	46.31
Richard Haines Burden	Labour Party	18,317	42.50
Jamie Christian Scott	Liberal Democrats	1,961	4.55
Keith Alexander Rowe	Brexit Party	1,655	3.84
Eleanor Jane Masters	Green Party	954	2.21
Kenneth Russell Lowry	UK Independence Party	254	0.59
Majority		1,640	3.81

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		37,652/74,048	50.85
Laurence David Russell Turner	Labour Party	14,929	39.65
Gary William Sambrook	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,540	25.34
Stephen Richard Peters	Reform UK	7,895	20.97
Robert Andrew Grant	Green Party	2,809	7.46
Jeremy Evans	Liberal Democrats	1,791	4.76
Altaf Hussain	Independent	310	0.82
Rev Dr Richard Thomas Boycott Rodgers	Common Good	215	0.57
Dean Gwilliam	Independent	163	0.43
Majority		5,389	14.31