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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		48,529/65,160	74.48
Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,225	58.16
Frederick William Mulley	Labour Party	18,261	37.63
Joyce Purser	Common Wealth Movement	2,043	4.21
Majority		9,964	20.53

23 February 1950		57,381/69,000	83.16
Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,017	62.77
Angeline Audrey May Wilson	Labour Party	21,364	37.23
Majority		14,653	25.54

25 October 1951		57,521/70,518	81.57
Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,628	63.68
Desmond Geoffrey Allen	Labour Party	20,893	36.32
Majority		15,735	27.36

2 June 1954 Sir John Mellor, Bt resigns the Conservative whip.

14 July 1954 The Conservative whip is restored to Sir John Mellor, Bt.

26 May 1955		45,117/58,839	76.68
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,552	69.93
Christopher Bonnewell Burton Norwood	Labour Party	13,565	30.07
Majority		17,987	39.87

8 October 1959		51,917/65,347	79.45
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,064	63.69
Roy Sydney George Hattersley	Labour Party	11,310	21.78
Kenneth John Hovers	Liberal Party	7,543	14.53
Majority		21,754	41.90

15 October 1964		57,916/73,933	78.34
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,772	54.86
Michael Hynes Whincup	Liberal Party	14,745	25.46
Peter Eric Tombs	Labour Party	11,399	19.68
Majority		17,027	29.40

31 March 1966		57,844/75,779	76.33
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,350	52.47
Derek Anthony Finnigan	Labour Party	14,257	24.65
Michael Hynes Whincup	Liberal Party	13,237	22.88
Majority		16,093	27.82

18 June 1970		64,071/92,727	69.10
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,774	57.40
Peter Marsh Tebbutt	Labour Party	18,134	28.30
Lionel Arthur King	Liberal Party	9,163	14.30
Majority		18,640	29.09

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		49,312/59,921	82.30
Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,355	57.50
Sir James Andrew Watson, Bt	Liberal Party	14,929	30.27
Raymond Alfred Little	Labour Party	6,028	12.22
Majority		13,426	27.23

10 October 1974		45,057/60,474	74.51
Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,729	57.10
Sir James Andrew Watson, Bt	Liberal Party	12,373	27.46
Gerald William Wells	Labour Party	6,955	15.44
Majority		13,356	29.64

3 May 1979		49,521/64,093	77.26
Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,096	68.85
Charles Edward Attree Hooper	Liberal Party	7,989	16.13
John Francis Partridge	Labour Party	6,511	13.15
Robert Philip Wallace	National Front	466	0.94
Gerald Clive Hammond	Independent Conservative	459	0.93
Majority		26,107	52.72

9 June 1983		48,588/68,617	70.81
Rt Hon Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,753	65.35
Rt Hon Aubrey Jones	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,769	26.28
Christopher Charles Gibbons	Labour Party	4,066	8.37
Majority		18,984	39.07

11 June 1987		53,871/73,128	73.67
Rt Hon Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,475	64.00
Timothy James Bick	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,292	24.67
Peter McLoughlin	Labour Party	6,104	11.33
Majority		21,183	39.32

9 April 1992		56,780/71,410	79.51
Rt Hon Sir Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,001	65.17
James Edward Whorwood	Liberal Democrats	10,965	19.31
Janet Marilyn Bott-Obi	Labour Party	8,490	14.95
Huw Spencer Meads	Natural Law Party	324	0.57
Majority		26,036	45.85

1 May 1997		52,401/71,864	72.92
Rt Hon Sir Peter Norman Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,373	52.24
Alan Charles York	Labour Party	12,488	23.83
James Edward Whorwood	Liberal Democrats	10,139	19.35
James Douglas Sinclair Hope	Referendum Party	2,401	4.58
Majority		14,885	28.41

7 June 2001		43,452/71,856	60.47
Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,909	50.42
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	11,805	27.17
Martin Marshall Turner	Liberal Democrats	8,268	19.03
Michael Henry Nattrass	UK Independence Party	1,186	2.73
Ian Raymond Robinson	Independent	284	0.65
Majority		10,104	23.25

5 May 2005		46,318/72,995	63.45
Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,308	52.48
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	12,025	25.96
Craig Gavin Drury	Liberal Democrats	7,710	16.65
Stephen Holme Shorrock	UK Independence Party	2,275	4.91
Majority		12,283	26.52

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		50,589/75,286	67.20
Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,303	53.97
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	10,298	20.36
Richard Adrian Brighton	Liberal Democrats	9,117	18.02
Robert James Grierson	British National Party	1,749	3.46
Edward Siddall-Jones	UK Independence Party	1,587	3.14
Joe Rooney	Green Party	535	1.06
Majority		17,005	33.61

7 May 2015		50,854/74,956	67.85
Rt Hon Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,782	54.63
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	11,365	22.35
Marcus John Brown	UK Independence Party	7,489	14.73
Richard Adrian Brighton-Knight	Liberal Democrats	2,627	5.17
David Martin Ratcliff	Green Party	1,426	2.80
Mark James Sleigh	Ubuntu	165	0.32
Majority		16,417	32.28

8 June 2017		52,858/75,652	69.87
Rt Hon Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,224	60.96
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	16,885	31.94
Jennifer Jane Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	2,302	4.36
David Martin Ratcliff	Green Party	965	1.83
Hannah Sophia	Independent	482	0.91
Majority		15,339	29.02

12 December 2019		52,325/75,638	69.18
Rt Hon Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,604	60.40
David Michael Knowles	Labour Party	12,332	23.57
Jennifer Jane Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	6,358	12.15
Benjamin James Auton	Green Party	2,031	3.88
Majority		19,272	36.83

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		48,333/74,080	65.24
Rt Hon Andrew John Bower Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,502	38.28
Robert Leonard Pocock	Labour Party	15,959	33.02
Mark Hoath	Reform UK	8,213	16.99
John Paul Sweeney	Liberal Democrats	2,587	5.35
Benjamin James Auton	Green Party	2,419	5.00
Wajad Ali	Workers Britain	653	1.35
Majority		2,543	5.26