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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		32,418
Sir Charles Solomon Henry, Bt	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

27 December 1919 Death of Sir Charles Henry, Bt.

7 February 1920		22,746/32,053	70.96
Charles Frederick Palmer	Independent	9,267	40.74
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	8,729	38.38
John Bayley	Liberal Party - Coalition	4,750	20.88
Majority		538	2.37

Charles Palmer was supported by Horatio Bottomley and joined the Independent Parliamentary Group after the election.

25 October 1920 Death of Charles Palmer.

20 November 1920		25,165/32,053	78.51
Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend	Independent	14,565	57.88
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	10,600	42.12
Majority		3,965	15.76

Sir Charles Townshend was supported by Horatio Bottomley and joined the Independent Parliamentary Group after the election.

15 November 1922		22,255/32,844	67.76
Howard Stransom Button	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,652	52.36
Richard Edward Jones	Labour Party	10,603	47.64
Majority		1,049	4.71

6 December 1923		21,931/33,253	65.95
Henry Nixon	Labour Party	11,657	53.15
Arthur Nicholas Fielden	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,274	46.85
Majority		1,383	6.31

29 October 1924		25,135/33,866	74.22
Thomas Oakley	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,003	55.71
Henry Nixon	Labour Party	11,132	44.29
Majority		2,871	11.42

30 May 1929		32,851/42,823	76.71
Edith Picton-Turbervill	Labour Party	14,569	44.35
Thomas Oakley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,707	35.64
William Edward Boyes	Liberal Party	6,575	20.01
Majority		2,862	8.71

27 October 1931		36,420/43,772	83.20
James Baldwin-Webb	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,258	61.11
Edith Picton-Turbervill	Labour Party	14,162	38.89
Majority		8,096	22.23

14 November 1935		35,705/45,153	79.08
James Baldwin-Webb	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,665	57.88
Geoffrey Theodore Garratt	Labour Party	15,040	42.12
Majority		5,625	15.75

17 September 1940 Death of James Baldwin-Webb.

26 September 1941		18,705/46,156	40.53
William Arthur Colegate	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,946	53.17
Noel Pemberton Billing	Nat Ind	7,121	38.07
Arthur Patrick Kennedy	Independent	1,638	8.76
Majority		2,825	15.10

Pemberton Billing advocated aerial reprisals against Germany.

5 July 1945		39,875/55,158	72.29
Ivor Owen Thomas	Labour Party	22,453	56.31
William Arthur Colegate	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,422	43.69
Majority		5,031	12.62

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		36,769/45,209	81.33
Ivor Owen Thomas	Labour Party	19,730	53.66
Francis George Bibbings	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,039	46.34
Majority		2,691	7.32

25 October 1951		38,414/46,254	83.05
Ivor Owen Thomas	Labour Party	20,109	52.35
John Howard Cordle	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,305	47.65
Majority		1,804	4.70

26 May 1955		37,560/46,897	80.09
William Yates	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,019	50.64
Ivor Owen Thomas	Labour Party	18,541	49.36
Majority		478	1.27

8 October 1959		41,082/48,789	84.20
William Yates	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,030	53.62
Donald William Trevor Bruce	Labour Party	19,052	46.38
Majority		2,978	7.25

15 October 1964		44,682/54,519	81.96
William Yates	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,765	48.71
Donald William Trevor Bruce	Labour Party	19,078	42.70
John Nicholas Davies	Liberal Party	3,839	8.59
Majority		2,687	6.01

31 March 1966		46,538/57,265	81.27
Gerald Teasdale Fowler	Labour Party	23,692	50.91
William Yates	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,846	49.09
Majority		846	1.82

18 June 1970		52,046/65,973	78.89
Dr Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,282	50.50
Gerald Teasdale Fowler	Labour Party	25,764	49.50
Majority		518	1.00

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		66,250/81,989	80.80
Gerald Teasdale Fowler	Labour Party	30,642	46.25
Dr Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,121	36.41
Ian George Powney	Liberal Party	11,487	17.34
Majority		6,521	9.84

10 October 1974		62,374/82,639	75.48
Gerald Teasdale Fowler	Labour Party	30,385	48.71
Philip Francis Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,547	37.75
Wally Dewsnip	Liberal Party	8,442	13.53
Majority		6,838	10.96

3 May 1979		71,710/92,592	77.45
Phillip Warren Hawksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,672	45.56
Gerald Teasdale Fowler	Labour Party	31,707	44.22
Raymond Charles Yarnell	Liberal Party	7,331	10.22
Majority		965	1.35

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		58,297/78,446	74.31
Phillip Warren Hawksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,710	38.96
Bruce Joseph Grocott	Labour Party	21,379	36.67
Mark Biltcliffe	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	14,208	24.37
Majority		1,331	2.28

Minor Boundary Change
11 June 1987		64,643/83,796	77.14
Bruce Joseph Grocott	Labour Party	27,681	42.82
Phillip Warren Hawksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,225	40.57
George Cook	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,737	16.61
Majority		1,456	2.25

9 April 1992		70,122/90,892	77.15
Bruce Joseph Grocott	Labour Party	33,865	48.29
Elizabeth Jane Holt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,217	38.81
Anthony Clive West	Liberal Democrats	8,032	11.45
Robert Thomas Couper Saunders	Green Party	1,008	1.44
Majority		6,648	9.48

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		45,268/59,126	76.56
Peter Charles Stephen Bradley	Labour Party	21,243	46.93
Peter Nigel Edward Bruinvels	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,218	40.24
Ian Clive Jenkins	Liberal Democrats	5,807	12.83
Majority		3,025	6.68

7 June 2001		41,490/65,837	63.02
Peter Charles Stephen Bradley	Labour Party	19,532	47.08
Jacob William Rees-Mogg	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,945	38.43
Ian Clive Jenkins	Liberal Democrats	4,738	11.42
Denis Vernon Brookes	UK Independence Party	1,275	3.07
Majority		3,587	8.65

5 May 2005		45,054/67,291	66.95
Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,899	41.95
Peter Charles Stephen Bradley	Labour Party	17,957	39.86
William Edward Tomlinson	Liberal Democrats	6,608	14.67
Bruce Lawson	UK Independence Party	1,590	3.53
Majority		942	2.09

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,968/65,810	69.85
Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,922	47.69
Paul Kalinauckas	Labour Party	12,472	27.13
Ali Daw	Liberal Democrats	8,019	17.44
Malcolm William Hurst	UK Independence Party	2,050	4.46
Susan Harwood	British National Party	1,505	3.27
Majority		9,450	20.56

7 May 2015		45,437/65,942	68.90
Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,579	49.69
Katrina Gilman	Labour Party	11,836	26.05
Jill Seymour	UK Independence Party	7,620	16.77
Roderick Alan Keyes	Liberal Democrats	1,959	4.31
Cath Edwards	Green Party	1,443	3.18
Majority		10,743	23.64

8 June 2017		49,523/68,604	72.19
Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,451	55.43
Dylan Harrison	Labour Party	17,887	36.12
Denis Graham Allen	UK Independence Party	1,656	3.34
Roderick Alan Keyes	Liberal Democrats	1,345	2.72
Pat McCarthy	Green Party	804	1.62
Fay Easton	Independent	380	0.77
Majority		9,564	19.31

12 December 2019		48,890/70,693	69.16
Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,029	63.47
Dylan Harrison	Labour Party	12,303	25.16
Thomas Lucian Baden Janke	Liberal Democrats	4,067	8.32
Timothy Morgan Dawes	Green Party	1,491	3.05
Majority		18,726	38.30

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		50,020/78,942	63.36
Rt Hon Mark Andrew Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,320	32.63
Roh Yakobi	Labour Party	15,437	30.86
Richard Nicholas Leppington	Reform UK	9,920	19.83
Anthony Lowe	Liberal Democrats	4,757	9.51
Pat McCarthy	Green Party	3,028	6.05
Christopher Thomas Shipley	Independent	558	1.12
Majority		883	1.77