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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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30 November 1885		6,670/7,738	86.20
Lewis McIver	Liberal Party	3,509	52.61
Richard Mallock	Conservative Party	3,161	47.39
Majority		348	5.22

13 July 1886		6,190/7,738	79.99
Richard Mallock	Conservative Party	3,135	50.65
Lewis McIver	Liberal Unionist Party	3,055	49.35
Majority		80	1.29

12 July 1892		7,920/9,404	84.22
Richard Mallock	Conservative Party	4,157	52.49
Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt	Liberal Party	3,763	47.51
Majority		394	4.97

19 July 1895		8,235/10,039	82.03
Arthur Stephens Phillpotts	Conservative Party	4,205	51.06
Francis Layland-Barratt	Liberal Party	4,030	48.94
Majority		175	2.13

8 October 1900		7,911/9,313	84.95
Francis Layland-Barratt	Liberal Party	4,020	50.82
James Reginald Lea Rankin	Conservative Party	3,891	49.18
Majority		129	1.63

22 January 1906		9,252/10,343	89.45
Francis Layland-Barratt	Liberal Party	4,856	52.49
Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	Conservative Party	4,396	47.51
Majority		460	4.97

24 January 1910		10,197/11,241	90.71
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, Bt	Liberal Party	5,104	50.05
Sir Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, Bt	Conservative Party	5,093	49.95
Majority		11	0.11

12 December 1910		10,072/11,241	89.60
Charles Rosdew Burn	Liberal Unionist Party	5,101	50.65
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, Bt	Liberal Party	4,971	49.35
Majority		130	1.29

14 December 1918		21,270/32,584	65.28
Charles Rosdew Burn	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,068	66.14
Alfred Ernest Yates Trestrail	Labour Party	4,029	18.94
Russell Cooke	Liberal Party	3,173	14.92
Majority		10,039	47.20

15 November 1922		28,101/35,817	78.46
Charles Rosdew Burn	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,676	52.23
Piers Gilchrist Thompson	Liberal Party	13,425	47.77
Majority		1,251	4.45

6 December 1923		30,216/37,770	80.00
Piers Gilchrist Thompson	Liberal Party	15,294	50.62
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,922	49.38
Majority		372	1.23

29 October 1924		32,829/38,915	84.36
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,119	55.19
Piers Gilchrist Thompson	Liberal Party	11,958	36.43
Arthur Moyle	Labour Party	2,752	8.38
Majority		6,161	18.77

30 May 1929		43,603/53,340	81.75
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,690	49.74
Richard Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	16,337	37.47
Hubert Moses Medland	Labour Party	5,576	12.79
Majority		5,353	12.28

27 October 1931		42,041/56,380	74.57
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,690	82.51
Hubert Moses Medland	Labour Party	7,351	17.49
Majority		27,339	65.03

14 November 1935		42,468/59,835	70.98
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,008	63.60
Harry Samways	Liberal Party	9,073	21.36
Frank Scardifield	Labour Party	6,387	15.04
Majority		17,935	42.23

5 July 1945		52,072/72,973	71.36
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,479	48.93
George Cornes	Labour Party	13,590	26.10
Samuel Gorley Putt	Liberal Party	13,003	24.97
Majority		11,889	22.83

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		54,427/65,708	82.83
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,153	53.56
Robert Briscoe	Labour Party	14,287	26.25
Henry Stuart Townend	Liberal Party	10,987	20.19
Majority		14,866	27.31

25 October 1951		53,146/66,456	79.97
Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,441	59.16
Robert Briscoe	Labour Party	14,801	27.85
Deryck Robert Endsleigh Abel	Liberal Party	6,904	12.99
Majority		16,640	31.31

26 May 1955		49,336/65,353	75.49
Rt Hon Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,777	60.36
Robert Briscoe	Labour Party	12,547	25.43
Peter Joseph Bessell	Liberal Party	7,012	14.21
Majority		17,230	34.92

28 October 1955 Death of Rt Hon Charles Williams.

15 December 1955		41,122/65,702	62.59
Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,964	50.98
William Hamling	Labour Party	10,383	25.25
Peter Joseph Bessell	Liberal Party	9,775	23.77
Majority		10,581	25.73

8 October 1959		51,996/67,608	76.91
Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,527	56.79
William Victor Cooper	Labour Party	11,784	22.66
Thomas Oslaf Kellock	Liberal Party	10,685	20.55
Majority		17,743	34.12

15 October 1964		54,983/73,276	75.04
Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,801	52.38
Hugo Lawrence Joseph Brunner	Liberal Party	13,652	24.83
Thelma Winifred Thompson	Labour Party	12,530	22.79
Majority		15,149	27.55

31 March 1966		58,037/74,985	77.40
Sir Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,693	49.44
Raymond Stanley Dash	Labour Party	16,594	28.59
Hugo Lawrence Joseph Brunner	Liberal Party	12,750	21.97
Majority		12,099	20.85

18 June 1970		61,107/82,837	73.77
Sir Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,996	55.63
Paul S T Bryers	Labour Party	15,948	26.10
Keith Pellow Jenkins	Liberal Party	11,163	18.27
Majority		18,048	29.54