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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		52,594/63,722	82.54
John Warren Loveridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,003	39.93
John Edward Darley Whysall	Labour Party	19,995	38.02
Andrew Richard Merton	Liberal Party	11,596	22.05
Majority		1,008	1.92

10 October 1974		49,082/64,408	76.20
John Warren Loveridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,966	42.72
John Edward Darley Whysall	Labour Party	20,272	41.30
Andrew Richard Merton	Liberal Party	7,844	15.98
Majority		694	1.41

3 May 1979		53,036/65,966	80.40
John Warren Loveridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,960	52.72
John Kent Stephenson	Labour Party	18,895	35.63
David Harvey	Liberal Party	5,216	9.83
William John Neary	National Front	965	1.82
Majority		9,065	17.09

9 June 1983		47,887/67,392	71.06
Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,153	52.53
David Anthony Osman	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,339	25.77
Alan Treharne Hughes	Labour Party	9,829	20.53
George Henry Nobes-Pride	National Front	566	1.18
Majority		12,814	26.76

11 June 1987		50,104/67,446	74.29
Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,946	55.78
John Martin	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,089	22.13
Denis Raymond O'Flynn	Labour Party	11,069	22.09
Majority		16,857	33.64

9 April 1992		51,609/64,138	80.47
Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,791	55.79
Terence Ward	Labour Party	14,970	29.01
Terence Edward Hurlstone	Liberal Democrats	7,848	15.21
Majority		13,821	26.78

1 May 1997		41,319/57,149	72.30
Keith Ernest Darvill	Labour Party	19,085	46.19
Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,315	39.49
Pamela Grace Peskett	Liberal Democrats	3,919	9.48
Terry Patrick Murray	Referendum Party	2,000	4.84
Majority		2,770	6.70

7 June 2001		33,851/56,829	59.57
Angela Eileen Watkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,410	45.52
Keith Ernest Darvill	Labour Party	14,169	41.86
Peter Jonathan Truesdale	Liberal Democrats	3,183	9.40
Terry Patrick Murray	UK Independence Party	1,089	3.22
Majority		1,241	3.67

5 May 2005		34,677/55,075	62.96
Angela Eileen Watkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,820	48.50
Keith Ernest Darvill	Labour Party	10,778	31.08
Peter Jonathan Truesdale	Liberal Democrats	3,128	9.02
Ronald Frederick Charles Ower	Residents Assocn	1,455	4.20
Christopher Roberts	British National Party	1,174	3.39
Alan George Hindle	UK Independence Party	701	2.02
Melanie Jane Collins	Green Party	543	1.57
David Warren Durant	Third Way	78	0.22
Majority		6,042	17.42