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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		20,128/36,739	54.79
Matthew Turnbull Simm	National Democratic Party - Coalition	10,246	50.90
John Chapman	Labour Party	6,835	33.96
Rt Hon John Mackinnon Robertson	Liberal Party	3,047	15.14
Majority		3,411	16.95

15 November 1922		30,421/37,001	82.22
Patrick Gardiner Hastings	Labour Party	14,248	46.84
Hon Christopher William Lowther	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,425	37.56
Thomas George Graham	Liberal Party	2,908	9.56
Matthew Turnbull Simm	National Democratic Party	1,840	6.05
Majority		2,823	9.28

6 December 1923		29,076/38,435	75.65
Patrick Gardiner Hastings	Labour Party	16,126	55.46
Hon Christopher William Lowther	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,950	44.54
Majority		3,176	10.92

29 October 1924		32,946/38,598	85.36
Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings	Labour Party	17,274	52.43
Samuel Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,672	47.57
Majority		1,602	4.86

29 June 1926 Resignation of Sir Patrick Hastings. (Northstead)

21 July 1926		32,705/39,460	82.88
Margaret Grace Bondfield	Labour Party	18,866	57.69
Samuel Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,839	30.08
Aaron Charlton Curry	Liberal Party	4,000	12.23
Majority		9,027	27.60

30 May 1929		40,543/50,578	80.16
Margaret Grace Bondfield	Labour Party	20,057	49.47
Walter Waring	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,952	31.95
Samuel Phillips	Liberal Party	6,790	16.75
Walter Hannington	Communist Party	744	1.84
Majority		7,105	17.52

27 October 1931		44,392/52,277	84.92
Irene Mary Bewick Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,999	58.57
Rt Hon Margaret Grace Bondfield	Labour Party	18,393	41.43
Majority		7,606	17.13

14 November 1935		45,305/55,755	81.26
Irene Mary Bewick Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,842	52.63
Rt Hon Margaret Grace Bondfield	Labour Party	21,463	47.37
Majority		2,379	5.25

5 July 1945		53,384/67,698	78.86
John McKay	Labour Party	32,065	60.06
Irene Mary Bewick Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,319	39.94
Majority		10,746	20.13

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		59,965/68,496	87.55
John McKay	Labour Party	33,790	56.35
Dudley Fitz-Mowbray Appleby	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,643	36.09
John William Craggs	Liberal Party	4,532	7.56
Majority		12,147	20.26

25 October 1951		60,777/69,715	87.18
John McKay	Labour Party	35,678	58.70
Gerald Cuthbert Crangle	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,099	41.30
Majority		10,579	17.41

26 May 1955		59,900/73,928	81.02
John McKay	Labour Party	34,625	57.80
Robert Brian Baird	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,275	42.20
Majority		9,350	15.61

8 October 1959		66,958/80,235	83.45
John McKay	Labour Party	37,862	56.55
Robert Brian Baird	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,096	43.45
Majority		8,766	13.09

15 October 1964		65,937/80,863	81.54
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	39,841	60.42
Robert Brian Baird	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,096	39.58
Majority		13,745	20.85

31 March 1966		60,949/78,666	77.48
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	39,744	65.21
Dr Peter Coles Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,205	34.79
Majority		18,539	30.42

18 June 1970		63,715/85,556	74.47
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	39,065	61.31
Earl Morris White	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,650	38.69
Majority		14,415	22.62

28 February 1974		67,483/89,443	75.45
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	41,811	61.96
Julia Frances Chambers	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,564	36.40
David Temple	Workers Revolutionary Party	1,108	1.64
Majority		17,247	25.56

10 October 1974		63,979/90,275	70.87
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	37,180	58.11
Julia Frances Chambers	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,911	24.87
Peter Hampton	Liberal Party	10,453	16.34
Kevin Flynn	Workers Revolutionary Party	435	0.68
Majority		21,269	33.24

3 May 1979		69,307/91,312	75.90
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	38,214	55.14
Liddell Johnston	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,695	31.30
Peter Ryan	Liberal Party	8,514	12.28
Isabelle Euphemia Hunter	National Front	472	0.68
Kevin Flynn	Workers Revolutionary Party	412	0.59
Majority		16,519	23.83

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,238/77,046	70.40
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	26,615	49.07
Mary Deborah Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,101	26.00
Joan Phylactou	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,522	24.93
Majority		12,514	23.07

11 June 1987		57,542/77,465	74.28
William Edward Garrett	Labour Party	32,709	56.84
David Milburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,325	23.16
Joan Phylactou	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,508	20.00
Majority		19,384	33.69

9 April 1992		57,777/77,941	74.13
Stephen John Byers	Labour Party	33,439	57.88
Mary Gibbon	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,969	24.18
Michael Joseph Huscroft	Liberal Democrats	10,369	17.95
Majority		19,470	33.70