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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		49,230/68,136	72.25
John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,957	56.79
Charles Stanley Hilditch	Labour Party	11,914	24.20
Adrian John Liddell Hart	Liberal Party	9,359	19.01
Majority		16,043	32.59

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,285/56,380	82.09
John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,800	57.90
Ernest Alfred Machin	Labour Party	14,190	30.66
Michael Henry Woodward	Liberal Party	5,295	11.44
Majority		12,610	27.24

25 October 1951		41,921/55,910	74.98
John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,171	67.20
Kenneth Lomas	Labour Party	13,750	32.80
Majority		14,421	34.40

26 May 1955		37,321/55,100	67.73
Sir John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,773	66.38
Arthur Davidson	Labour Party	12,548	33.62
Majority		12,225	32.76

8 October 1959		39,104/52,927	73.88
Sir John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,767	65.89
Percy Patrick Hall	Labour Party	13,337	34.11
Majority		12,430	31.79

13 May 1964 Elevation of Sir Roland Robinson to the Peerage - Baron Martonmere - on appointment as Governor of Bermuda.

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		40,755/57,343	71.07
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,769	58.32
Percy Patrick Hall	Labour Party	16,986	41.68
Majority		6,783	16.64

31 March 1966		39,730/56,351	70.50
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,564	54.28
Edward Robin Pearce	Labour Party	18,166	45.72
Majority		3,398	8.55

18 June 1970		40,270/58,937	68.33
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,273	52.83
Percy Patrick Hall	Labour Party	13,267	32.95
David Chadwick	Liberal Party	5,730	14.23
Majority		8,006	19.88

28 February 1974		44,091/57,575	76.58
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,107	45.60
Edmund Ernest Wynne	Liberal Party	12,016	27.25
Michael Atkins	Labour Party	11,739	26.62
Eric Mills	Nat Ind	229	0.52
Majority		8,091	18.35

10 October 1974		40,482/57,940	69.87
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,188	44.93
Michael Atkins	Labour Party	12,967	32.03
Edmund Ernest Wynne	Liberal Party	9,327	23.04
Majority		5,221	12.90

3 May 1979		42,257/58,615	72.09
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,762	51.50
Patricia Susannah Carrington	Labour Party	12,914	30.56
Edmund Ernest Wynne	Liberal Party	7,057	16.70
Alan George Machin	National Front	524	1.24
Majority		8,848	20.94

9 June 1983		39,246/56,801	69.09
Rt Hon Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,852	50.58
Frederick James Jackson	Labour Party	9,714	24.75
Alexander Gwillim Cox	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,417	23.99
Wilfrid Smith	National Front	263	0.67
Majority		10,138	25.83

11 June 1987		42,285/58,151	72.72
Rt Hon Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,312	48.04
Sheilagh Mary Baugh	Labour Party	13,568	32.09
Julian Bernard Allitt	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,405	19.88
Majority		6,744	15.95

9 April 1992		43,941/56,801	77.36
Nicholas John Hawkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,880	45.24
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	18,213	41.45
Robert Edmund Wynne	Liberal Democrats	5,675	12.92
Douglas Henning	Natural Law Party	173	0.39
Majority		1,667	3.79

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		51,340/68,391	75.07
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	29,282	57.04
Richard George Booth	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,666	34.41
Doreen Holt	Liberal Democrats	4,392	8.55
Majority		11,616	22.63

7 June 2001		38,792/74,311	52.20
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	21,060	54.29
David Thomas Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,798	32.99
Doreen Holt	Liberal Democrats	4,115	10.61
Valerie Lilian Cowell	UK Independence Party	819	2.11
Majority		8,262	21.30

5 May 2005		38,342/73,529	52.15
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	19,375	50.53
Michael William Winstanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,453	29.87
Doreen Holt	Liberal Democrats	5,552	14.48
Roy Goodwin	British National Party	1,113	2.90
John Colin Porter	UK Independence Party	849	2.21
Majority		7,922	20.66

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		35,192/63,027	55.84
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	14,449	41.06
Ron Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,597	35.80
Doreen Holt	Liberal Democrats	5,082	14.44
Roy Goodwin	British National Party	1,482	4.21
Hamish Howitt	UK Independence Party	1,352	3.84
Sithu Tun	Integrity UK	230	0.65
Majority		1,852	5.26

7 May 2015		32,436/57,411	56.50
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	13,548	41.77
Peter Anthony	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,963	33.80
Peter Wood	UK Independence Party	5,613	17.30
Duncan John Royle	Green Party	841	2.59
William Louis Greene	Liberal Democrats	743	2.29
Andrew James Higgins	Independent	655	2.02
Lawrence Chard	Independent	73	0.23
Majority		2,585	7.97

8 June 2017		34,953/58,470	59.78
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	17,581	50.30
Peter Anthony	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,058	43.08
Noel Matthews	UK Independence Party	1,339	3.83
William Louis Greene	Liberal Democrats	634	1.81
John Peter Warnock	Green Party	341	0.98
Majority		2,523	7.22

12 December 2019		32,752/57,690	56.77
Scott Lloyd Benton	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,247	49.61
Gordon Marsden	Labour Party	12,557	38.34
David Brown	Brexit Party	2,009	6.13
William Louis Greene	Liberal Democrats	1,008	3.08
Becky Daniels	Green Party	563	1.72
Gary Ian Coleman	Independent	368	1.12
Majority		3,690	11.27

5 April 2023 The Conservative whip is removed from Scott Benton.

25 March 2024 Resignation of Scott Benton. He had been suspended from the House for 35 days from 27 February 2024 which had triggered a recall petition. (Northstead)

2 May 2024		18,375/56,696	32.41
Christopher Paul Webb	Labour Party	10,825	58.91
David Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,218	17.51
Mark Anthony Butcher	Reform UK	3,101	16.88
Andrew Kevin Cregan	Liberal Democrats	387	2.11
Benjamin Scott Thomas	Green Party	368	2.00
Stephen Justin Black	Independent	163	0.89
Kim Sherrie Knight	Alliance Democracy Freedom	147	0.80
Alan Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	121	0.66
Damon Lee Sharp	Independent	45	0.24
Majority		7,607	41.40

Damon Sharp sought election as a New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership candidate.

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		35,180/77,459	45.42
Christopher Paul Webb	Labour Party	16,916	48.08
Mark Anthony Butcher	Reform UK	10,068	28.62
Zak Farhan Khan	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,504	15.65
Benjamin Scott Thomas	Green Party	1,207	3.43
Andrew Kevin Cregan	Liberal Democrats	1,041	2.96
Stephen Justin Black	Independent	261	0.74
Kim Sherrie Knight	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	183	0.52
Majority		6,848	19.47