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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 11 December 1832 | 607/626 | 96.96 | |
| Tory | 376 | 61.94 | |
| Whig | 346 | 57.00 | |
| Radical | 334 | 55.02 | |
| Majority | 12 | 1.98 | |
| 10 January 1835 | 618/761 | 81.21 | |
| Whig | 432 | 69.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 316 | 51.13 | |
| Radical | 303 | 49.03 | |
| Majority | 13 | 2.10 | |
| 25 August 1837 | 589/842 | 69.95 | |
| Whig | 515 | 87.44 | |
| Conservative Party | 416 | 70.63 | |
| Radical | 9 | 1.53 | |
| Majority | 407 | 69.10 | |
| 1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 30 June 1841 | 805/906 | 88.85 | |
| Conservative Party | 441 | 54.78 | |
| Conservative Party | 427 | 53.04 | |
| Whig | 426 | 52.92 | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.12 | |
| 1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
| 29 July 1847 | 852/1,121 | 76.00 | |
| Conservative Party | 641 | 75.23 | |
| Whig | 602 | 70.66 | |
| Whig | 392 | 46.01 | |
| Chartist | 68 | 7.98 | |
| Majority | 210 | 24.65 | |
| 8 July 1852 | 968/1,258 | 76.95 | |
| Whig | 846 | 87.40 | |
| Radical | 580 | 59.92 | |
| Conservative Party | 509 | 52.58 | |
| Majority | 71 | 7.33 | |
| 24 March 1853 | 1,205/1,325 | 90.94 | |
| Whig | 631 | 52.37 | |
| Conservative Party | 574 | 47.63 | |
| Majority | 57 | 4.73 | |
| 1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 24 February 1853 Petition - election of William Eccles was declared void. | |||
| 27 March 1857 | 1,518 | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 30 April 1859 | 1,491/1,617 | 92.21 | |
| Conservative Party | 832 | 55.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 750 | 50.30 | |
| Liberal Party | 567 | 38.03 | |
| Majority | 183 | 12.27 | |
| 12 July 1865 | 1,656/1,894 | 87.43 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,053 | 63.59 | |
| Conservative Party | 938 | 56.64 | |
| Liberal Party | 744 | 44.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 577 | 34.84 | |
| Majority | 194 | 11.71 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 16 November 1868 | 9,148/9,183 | 99.62 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,907 | 53.64 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,826 | 52.75 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,399 | 48.09 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,164 | 45.52 | |
| Majority | 427 | 4.67 | |
| 16 March 1869 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 30 March 1869 | 8,602/9,183 | 93.67 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,738 | 55.08 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,697 | 54.60 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,964 | 46.08 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,804 | 44.22 | |
| Majority | 733 | 8.52 | |
| 5 February 1874 | 10,522/11,195 | 93.99 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,532 | 52.58 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,338 | 50.73 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,323 | 50.59 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,851 | 46.10 | |
| Majority | 15 | 0.14 | |
| 5 September 1875 Death of Henry Feilden. | |||
| 2 October 1875 | 10,624/11,721 | 90.64 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,792 | 54.52 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,832 | 45.48 | |
| Majority | 960 | 9.04 | |
| 31 March 1880 | 12,202/13,062 | 93.42 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,349 | 52.03 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,207 | 50.87 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,088 | 49.89 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,760 | 47.21 | |
| Majority | 119 | 0.98 | |
| 24 November 1885 | 15,656/16,329 | 95.88 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,168 | 58.56 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,425 | 53.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,740 | 43.05 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,341 | 34.11 | |
| Majority | 1,685 | 10.76 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 1 July 1886 | 16,329 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 4 July 1892 | 16,265/17,661 | 92.10 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,265 | 56.96 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,046 | 55.62 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,272 | 44.71 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,694 | 41.16 | |
| Majority | 1,774 | 10.91 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 July 1895 | 16,015/18,275 | 87.63 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,553 | 59.65 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,150 | 57.13 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,840 | 42.71 | |
| Majority | 2,310 | 14.42 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 2 October 1900 | 16,730/19,496 | 85.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 11,247 | 67.23 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,415 | 56.28 | |
| Labour Party | 7,096 | 42.41 | |
| Majority | 2,319 | 13.86 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 16 January 1906 | 20,158/21,127 | 95.41 | |
| Conservative Party | 10,291 | 51.05 | |
| Labour Party | 10,282 | 51.01 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,932 | 44.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,892 | 44.11 | |
| Majority | 1,350 | 6.70 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 17 January 1910 | 21,675/22,572 | 96.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,064 | 55.66 | |
| Labour Party | 11,916 | 54.98 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,307 | 42.94 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,112 | 42.04 | |
| Majority | 2,609 | 12.04 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 5 December 1910 | 20,853/22,572 | 92.38 | |
| Labour Party | 10,762 | 51.61 | |
| Liberal Party | 10,754 | 51.57 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,814 | 47.06 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,500 | 45.56 | |
| Majority | 940 | 4.51 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 December 1918 | 46,372/61,972 | 74.83 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 32,076 | 69.17 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 30,158 | 65.03 | |
| Labour Party | 15,274 | 32.94 | |
| Majority | 14,884 | 32.10 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 November 1922 | 57,333/64,849 | 88.41 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,280 | 49.33 | |
| National Liberal Party | 27,071 | 47.22 | |
| Labour Party | 24,049 | 41.95 | |
| Labour Party | 23,402 | 40.82 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,141 | 14.20 | |
| Majority | 3,022 | 5.27 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 December 1923 | 55,598/65,389 | 85.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 31,117 | 55.97 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,505 | 51.27 | |
| Labour Party | 25,428 | 45.74 | |
| Labour Party | 21,903 | 39.40 | |
| Majority | 3,077 | 5.53 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 29 October 1924 | 57,771/65,522 | 88.17 | |
| Liberal Party | 31,612 | 54.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,347 | 54.26 | |
| Labour Party | 24,330 | 42.11 | |
| Labour Party | 24,317 | 42.09 | |
| Majority | 7,017 | 12.15 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 30 May 1929 | 75,830/86,354 | 87.81 | |
| Labour Party | 37,256 | 49.13 | |
| Labour Party | 35,723 | 47.11 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,249 | 46.48 | |
| Liberal Party | 34,504 | 45.50 | |
| Majority | 474 | 0.63 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 27 October 1931 | 75,855/86,824 | 87.37 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,105 | 66.03 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 49,953 | 65.83 | |
| Labour Party | 25,643 | 33.79 | |
| Labour Party | 25,030 | 32.98 | |
| Majority | 24,310 | 32.05 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 November 1935 | 72,895/85,818 | 84.94 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,932 | 52.04 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,769 | 51.81 | |
| Labour Party | 34,571 | 47.43 | |
| Labour Party | 34,423 | 47.22 | |
| Majority | 3,198 | 4.39 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 5 July 1945 | 68,237/82,569 | 82.64 | |
| Labour Party | 35,182 | 51.56 | |
| Labour Party | 35,145 | 51.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,325 | 38.58 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,807 | 37.82 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,587 | 9.65 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,096 | 8.93 | |
| Majority | 8,820 | 12.93 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
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| 26 May 1955 | 51,993/62,548 | 83.12 | |
| Labour Party | 26,241 | 50.47 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,752 | 49.53 | |
| Majority | 489 | 0.94 | |
| 8 October 1959 | 51,846/60,362 | 85.89 | |
| Labour Party | 27,356 | 52.76 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,490 | 47.24 | |
| Majority | 2,866 | 5.53 | |
| 15 October 1964 | 46,193/57,034 | 80.99 | |
| Labour Party | 26,543 | 57.46 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,650 | 42.54 | |
| Majority | 6,893 | 14.92 | |
| 31 March 1966 | 43,514/54,911 | 79.24 | |
| Labour Party | 25,381 | 58.33 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,133 | 41.67 | |
| Majority | 7,248 | 16.66 | |
| 18 June 1970 | 42,210/55,811 | 75.63 | |
| Labour Party | 22,473 | 53.24 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,737 | 46.76 | |
| Majority | 2,736 | 6.48 | |
| 28 February 1974 | 42,049/53,789 | 78.17 | |
| Labour Party | 20,340 | 48.37 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,040 | 33.39 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,891 | 14.01 | |
| National Front | 1,778 | 4.23 | |
| Majority | 6,300 | 14.98 | |
| 10 October 1974 | 39,535/54,200 | 72.94 | |
| Labour Party | 20,344 | 51.46 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,692 | 32.10 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,741 | 11.99 | |
| National Front | 1,758 | 4.45 | |
| Majority | 7,652 | 19.36 | |
| 3 May 1979 | 38,812/52,479 | 73.96 | |
| Labour Party | 19,683 | 50.71 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,193 | 36.57 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,371 | 11.26 | |
| National Front | 565 | 1.46 | |
| Majority | 5,490 | 14.15 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 9 June 1983 | 56,783/76,820 | 73.92 | |
| Labour Party | 25,400 | 44.73 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,345 | 39.35 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 8,174 | 14.40 | |
| National Front | 864 | 1.52 | |
| Majority | 3,055 | 5.38 | |
| 11 June 1987 | 56,035/75,586 | 74.13 | |
| Labour Party | 27,965 | 49.91 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,468 | 40.10 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 5,602 | 10.00 | |
| Majority | 5,497 | 9.81 | |
| 9 April 1992 | 54,978/73,251 | 75.05 | |
| Labour Party | 26,633 | 48.44 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,606 | 37.48 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,332 | 11.52 | |
| Green Party | 878 | 1.60 | |
| Official Liberal Party | 334 | 0.61 | |
| Natural Law Party | 195 | 0.35 | |
| Majority | 6,027 | 10.96 | |
| 1 May 1997 | 47,497/73,058 | 65.01 | |
| Labour Party | 26,141 | 55.04 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,690 | 24.61 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,990 | 10.51 | |
| Referendum Party | 1,892 | 3.98 | |
| Nat Dem | 671 | 1.41 | |
| Socialist Labour | 637 | 1.34 | |
| Green Party | 608 | 1.28 | |
| Independent | 506 | 1.07 | |
| Independent | 362 | 0.76 | |
| Majority | 14,451 | 30.43 | |
| Baroness Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw sought election for the Keep Britain Free and Independent Party. | |||
| William Batchelor sought election for the Common Sense Sick of Politicians Party. | |||
| 7 June 2001 | 40,284/72,621 | 55.47 | |
| Labour Party | 21,808 | 54.14 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,559 | 31.18 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,264 | 8.10 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,185 | 2.94 | |
| Socialist Labour | 559 | 1.39 | |
| Socialist | 532 | 1.32 | |
| Independent | 377 | 0.94 | |
| Majority | 9,249 | 22.96 | |
| 5 May 2005 | 41,805/73,494 | 56.88 | |
| Labour Party | 17,562 | 42.01 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,553 | 22.85 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,608 | 20.59 | |
| British National Party | 2,263 | 5.41 | |
| Independent | 2,082 | 4.98 | |
| UK Independence Party | 954 | 2.28 | |
| Green Party | 783 | 1.87 | |
| Majority | 8,009 | 19.16 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 6 May 2010 | 45,499/72,331 | 62.90 | |
| Labour Party | 21,751 | 47.81 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,895 | 26.14 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,918 | 15.20 | |
| British National Party | 2,158 | 4.74 | |
| Independent | 1,424 | 3.13 | |
| UK Independence Party | 942 | 2.07 | |
| Independent | 238 | 0.52 | |
| Independent | 173 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 9,856 | 21.66 | |
| 23 February 2015 Rt Hon Jack Straw resigns the Labour whip pending an investigation into conduct of former ministers. | |||
| 7 May 2015 | 43,999/73,265 | 60.05 | |
| Labour Party | 24,762 | 56.28 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,002 | 27.28 | |
| UK Independence Party | 6,280 | 14.27 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 955 | 2.17 | |
| Majority | 12,760 | 29.00 | |
| 8 June 2017 | 47,512/70,664 | 67.24 | |
| Labour Party | 33,148 | 69.77 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,780 | 26.90 | |
| Independent | 875 | 1.84 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 709 | 1.49 | |
| Majority | 20,368 | 42.87 | |
| 12 December 2019 | 44,736/71,234 | 62.80 | |
| Labour Party | 29,040 | 64.91 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,736 | 24.00 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,770 | 6.19 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,130 | 2.53 | |
| Green Party | 741 | 1.66 | |
| Independent | 319 | 0.71 | |
| Majority | 18,304 | 40.92 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 4 July 2024 | 38,887/73,259 | 53.08 | |
| Independent | 10,518 | 27.05 | |
| Labour Party | 10,386 | 26.71 | |
| Workers Britain | 7,105 | 18.27 | |
| Reform UK | 4,844 | 12.46 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,474 | 8.93 | |
| Green Party | 1,416 | 3.64 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 689 | 1.77 | |
| Independent | 369 | 0.95 | |
| Independent | 86 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | 132 | 0.34 | |