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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 December 1885		8,187/9,858	83.05
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	5,907	72.15
Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill	Conservative Party	2,280	27.85
Majority		3,627	44.30

7 July 1886		9,858
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 July 1892		8,391/11,243	74.63
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	5,784	68.93
Eli Waddington	Conservative Party	2,607	31.07
Majority		3,177	37.86

19 July 1895		8,767/10,979	79.85
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	5,032	57.40
Gervase Edward Markham	Conservative Party	3,735	42.60
Majority		1,297	14.79

5 October 1900		8,513/11,341	75.06
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	4,872	57.23
William Hustler Hopkins	Conservative Party	3,641	42.77
Majority		1,231	14.46

26 January 1906		10,486/12,790	81.99
James Mellor Paulton	Liberal Party	7,430	70.86
Gervase Edward Markham	Conservative Party	3,056	29.14
Majority		4,374	41.71

19 January 1910		12,811/14,552	88.04
Sir Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-Allan, Bt	Liberal Party	5,391	42.08
Sir Walter Clervaux Chaytor, Bt	Conservative Party	3,841	29.98
William House	Labour Party	3,579	27.94
Majority		1,550	12.10

15 December 1910		12,043/14,552	82.76
Sir Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-Allan, Bt	Liberal Party	4,531	37.62
William House	Labour Party	3,993	33.16
Gervase Edward Markham	Conservative Party	3,519	29.22
Majority		538	4.47

14 December 1918		19,888/32,685	60.85
Benjamin Charles Spoor	Labour Party	10,060	50.58
Godfrey Russell Vick	Liberal Party - Coalition	7,417	37.29
Dr Vickerman Henzell Rutherford	Liberal Party	2,411	12.12
Majority		2,643	13.29

15 November 1922		25,965/34,730	74.76
Benjamin Charles Spoor	Labour Party	13,946	53.71
Egbert Atherley-Jones	National Liberal Party	12,019	46.29
Majority		1,927	7.42

6 December 1923		26,038/34,487	75.50
Benjamin Charles Spoor	Labour Party	13,328	51.19
John Bainbridge	Liberal Party	6,686	25.68
Robert Gee	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,024	23.14
Majority		6,642	25.51

29 October 1924		28,654/35,438	80.86
Benjamin Charles Spoor	Labour Party	15,786	55.09
John Bainbridge	Liberal Party	12,868	44.91
Majority		2,918	10.18

22 December 1928 Death of Rt Hon Benjamin Spoor.

7 February 1929		25,879/34,787	74.39
Florence Ruth Dalton	Labour Party	14,797	57.18
Aaron Charlton Curry	Liberal Party	7,725	29.85
Herbert Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,357	12.97
Majority		7,072	27.33

30 May 1929		31,976/41,772	76.55
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	17,838	55.79
Aaron Charlton Curry	Liberal Party	9,635	30.13
Herbert Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,503	14.08
Majority		8,203	25.65

27 October 1931		34,547/41,851	82.55
Aaron Charlton Curry	National Liberal Party	17,751	51.38
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	16,796	48.62
Majority		955	2.76

14 November 1935		32,876/41,530	79.16
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	20,481	62.30
Aaron Charlton Curry	Liberal Party	12,395	37.70
Majority		8,086	24.60

5 July 1945		31,340/42,630	73.52
Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	20,100	64.14
William John Wilson Tily	National Liberal Party	11,240	35.86
Majority		8,860	28.27

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,235/50,011	86.45
Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	25,039	57.91
Hon Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,669	31.62
Louis William Malby	Liberal Party	4,527	10.47
Majority		11,370	26.30

25 October 1951		42,776/50,280	85.08
Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	25,881	60.50
Bruce Lionel Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,895	39.50
Majority		8,986	21.01

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		37,763/49,051	76.99
Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	21,804	57.74
Robert Douglas Mackay Youngson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,959	42.26
Majority		5,845	15.48

8 October 1959		39,460/48,865	80.75
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	21,706	55.01
Neil Warren Murray	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,377	33.90
Joseph Gurney Pease	Liberal Party	4,377	11.09
Majority		8,329	21.11

15 October 1964		36,092/47,338	76.24
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	22,310	61.81
Jeremy Vyvyan Ropner	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,782	38.19
Majority		8,528	23.63

31 March 1966		33,951/46,256	73.40
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	22,015	64.84
Jeremy Vyvyan Ropner	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,936	35.16
Majority		10,079	29.69

18 June 1970		35,026/49,291	71.06
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	21,257	60.69
Thomas James Wiseman	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,769	39.31
Majority		7,488	21.38

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		56,371/71,927	78.37
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	27,101	48.08
Donald Walker Etheridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,226	34.11
Jill Doreen Frise	Liberal Party	10,044	17.82
Majority		7,875	13.97

10 October 1974		51,435/72,561	70.89
Harold James Boyden	Labour Party	27,181	52.85
Donald Walker Etheridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,086	31.27
Hon David Antony Fromanteel Lytton Cobbold	Liberal Party	8,168	15.88
Majority		11,095	21.57

3 May 1979		55,799/74,696	74.70
Derek Foster	Labour Party	27,200	48.75
Michael Fraser Irvine	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,160	37.92
Jill Doreen Frise	Liberal Party	7,439	13.33
Majority		6,040	10.82

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,264/72,102	71.10
Derek Foster	Labour Party	22,750	44.38
Barry Charles Legg	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,444	35.98
Arthur Collinge	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,070	19.64
Majority		4,306	8.40

11 June 1987		53,456/72,895	73.33
Derek Foster	Labour Party	25,648	47.98
Robin Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,613	34.82
George Irwin	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,195	17.20
Majority		7,035	13.16

9 April 1992		55,538/72,572	76.53
Derek Foster	Labour Party	27,763	49.99
David Robert Williamson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,676	31.83
William Penrice Wade	Liberal Democrats	10,099	18.18
Majority		10,087	18.16

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		45,981/66,754	68.88
Rt Hon Derek Foster	Labour Party	30,359	66.03
Josephine Hazel Fergus	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,295	20.21
Les Ashworth	Liberal Democrats	4,223	9.18
David Stuart Wellesley Blacker	Referendum Party	2,104	4.58
Majority		21,064	45.81

7 June 2001		38,559/67,377	57.23
Rt Hon Derek Foster	Labour Party	22,680	58.82
Fiona Priscilla McNish	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,754	22.70
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Democrats	6,073	15.75
Carl David Bennett	Green Party	1,052	2.73
Majority		13,926	36.12

5 May 2005		38,128/67,534	56.46
Helen Catherine Goodman	Labour Party	19,065	50.00
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Democrats	9,018	23.65
Richard Andrew Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,736	22.91
Margaret Betty Hopson	UK Independence Party	1,309	3.43
Majority		10,047	26.35

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		41,136/68,368	60.17
Helen Catherine Goodman	Labour Party	16,023	38.95
Barbara Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,805	26.27
Mark Ashley Wilkes	Liberal Democrats	9,189	22.34
Adam Walker	British National Party	2,036	4.95
Sam Zair	Independent Liberal	1,964	4.77
Dave Brothers	UK Independence Party	1,119	2.72
Majority		5,218	12.68

7 May 2015		39,389/66,070	59.62
Helen Catherine Goodman	Labour Party	16,307	41.40
Christopher Fraser Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,799	32.49
Rhys Burriss	UK Independence Party	7,015	17.81
Stephen Charles White	Liberal Democrats	1,723	4.37
Thomas Julian Robinson	Green Party	1,545	3.92
Majority		3,508	8.91

8 June 2017		43,281/67,661	63.97
Helen Catherine Goodman	Labour Party	20,808	48.08
Christopher Fraser Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,306	46.92
Ciaran Joseph Morrissey	Liberal Democrats	1,176	2.72
Adam Walker	British National Party	991	2.29
Majority		502	1.16

12 December 2019		44,805/68,170	65.73
Dehenna Sheridan Davison	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,067	53.71
Helen Catherine Goodman	Labour Party	16,105	35.94
Nicholas Alan Brown	Brexit Party	2,500	5.58
Raymond Laurence Georgeson	Liberal Democrats	2,133	4.76
Majority		7,962	17.77

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,427/70,745	57.14
Samuel Jonathan Rushworth	Labour Party	17,036	42.14
Jane Emma MacBean	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,364	25.64
Rhys Burriss	Reform UK	9,466	23.42
Sarah Louise Hannan	Green Party	1,857	4.59
Helen Diana Cross	Liberal Democrats	1,373	3.40
Rachel Louise Maughan	Transform	331	0.82
Majority		6,672	16.50