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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		19,603/31,669	61.90
Walter Robert Smith	Labour Party	10,290	52.49
Milner Gray	Liberal Party - Coalition	9,313	47.51
Majority		977	4.98

15 November 1922		26,052/32,820	79.38
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare	National Liberal Party	14,995	57.56
Walter Robert Smith	Labour Party	11,057	42.44
Majority		3,938	15.12

6 December 1923		26,560/33,226	79.94
William George Cove	Labour Party	11,175	42.07
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare	Liberal Party	8,638	32.52
Robert Massy-Dawson Sanders	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,747	25.40
Majority		2,537	9.55

29 October 1924		28,504/33,934	84.00
William George Cove	Labour Party	11,381	39.93
Ralph Albert Raphael	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,900	31.22
Humphrey Mackworth Paul	Liberal Party	8,223	28.85
Majority		2,481	8.70

30 May 1929		36,258/43,548	83.26
George Dallas	Labour Party	15,300	42.20
Richard Pattinson Winfrey	Liberal Party	11,255	31.04
Archibald William Henry James	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,703	26.76
Majority		4,045	11.16

27 October 1931		36,264/44,638	81.24
Archibald William Henry James	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,127	61.02
George Dallas	Labour Party	14,137	38.98
Majority		7,990	22.03

14 November 1935		35,798/46,337	77.26
Archibald William Henry James	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,085	50.52
George Dallas	Labour Party	17,713	49.48
Majority		372	1.04

5 July 1945		38,842/52,213	74.39
George Samuel Lindgren	Labour Party	22,416	57.71
Sir Archibald William Henry James	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,426	42.29
Majority		5,990	15.42

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,944/51,326	89.51
George Samuel Lindgren	Labour Party	21,640	47.10
Jasper Carlisle Sayer	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,075	28.46
Edwin Thomas Malindine	Liberal Party	11,229	24.44
Majority		8,565	18.64

25 October 1951		46,025/52,077	88.38
George Samuel Lindgren	Labour Party	24,113	52.39
Frank Richard Parsons	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,912	47.61
Majority		2,201	4.78

26 May 1955		44,564/51,811	86.01
George Samuel Lindgren	Labour Party	22,745	51.04
Albert Arthur Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,819	48.96
Majority		926	2.08

8 October 1959		45,822/52,261	87.68
Michael Aubrey Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,964	50.12
George Samuel Lindgren	Labour Party	22,858	49.88
Majority		106	0.23

15 October 1964		46,364/53,224	87.11
Harry Howarth	Labour Party	19,592	42.26
Michael Aubrey Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,545	42.16
Philip Arthur John Pettit	Liberal Party	7,227	15.59
Majority		47	0.10

31 March 1966		47,177/54,566	86.46
Harry Howarth	Labour Party	24,705	52.37
John Lawson Leatham	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,472	47.63
Majority		2,233	4.73

8 August 1969 Death of Harry Howarth.

4 December 1969		41,468/59,540	69.65
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,548	54.37
John Henry Mann	Labour Party	16,499	39.79
Michael Paul Coney	Independent	2,421	5.84
Majority		6,049	14.59

Michael Coney was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market and also to coloured immigration.

18 June 1970		52,566/64,563	81.42
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,459	52.24
John Henry Mann	Labour Party	25,107	47.76
Majority		2,352	4.47

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		71,874/84,597	84.96
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,099	40.49
John Henry Mann	Labour Party	26,829	37.33
Penelope Jessel	Liberal Party	15,049	20.94
David Thomas James	Independent Conservative	897	1.25
Majority		2,270	3.16

10 October 1974		67,898/85,268	79.63
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,078	42.83
John Henry Mann	Labour Party	27,320	40.24
Penelope Jessel	Liberal Party	11,500	16.94
Majority		1,758	2.59

3 May 1979		72,334/89,022	81.25
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,812	52.27
Derek Alan Forwood	Labour Party	25,278	34.95
Leslie Edward Stringer	Liberal Party	8,506	11.76
Samuel Frederick Wright	National Front	529	0.73
Daphne Maureen Phyliss Garnett	Independent	209	0.29
Majority		12,534	17.33

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,596/68,548	76.73
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,715	48.89
John Henry Mann	Labour Party	13,659	25.97
Leslie Edward Stringer	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,994	24.71
Daphne Maureen Phyliss Garnett	Independent	228	0.43
Majority		12,056	22.92

11 June 1987		55,053/71,403	77.10
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,038	52.75
James Currie	Labour Party	14,968	27.19
Leslie Edward Stringer	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,047	20.07
Majority		14,070	25.56

9 April 1992		60,502/73,875	81.90
Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,302	53.39
Philip Andrew Sawford	Labour Party	20,486	33.86
Julie Elizabeth Trevor	Liberal Democrats	7,714	12.75
Majority		11,816	19.53

New
1 May 1997		56,289/74,955	75.10
Paul David Stinchcombe	Labour Party	24,854	44.15
Sir Peter Derek Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,667	43.82
Peter Donald Glanville Smith	Liberal Democrats	5,279	9.38
Anthony Robin Ellwood	UK Independence Party	1,192	2.12
Annie Lowrys	Natural Law Party	297	0.53
Majority		187	0.33

7 June 2001		51,006/77,389	65.91
Paul David Stinchcombe	Labour Party	23,867	46.79
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,512	42.18
Peter Kevin Gaskell	Liberal Democrats	4,763	9.34
Anthony Robin Ellwood	UK Independence Party	864	1.69
Majority		2,355	4.62

5 May 2005		53,005/79,267	66.87
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,674	42.78
Paul David Stinchcombe	Labour Party	21,987	41.48
Richard Wilfrid Church	Liberal Democrats	6,147	11.60
James Leonard Wrench	UK Independence Party	1,214	2.29
Nicholas Alex	Veritas	749	1.41
Andrew Dickson	Socialist Labour	234	0.44
Majority		687	1.30

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		51,661/77,184	66.93
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,918	48.23
Jayne Cecilia Buckland	Labour Party	13,131	25.42
Kevin Charles Barron	Liberal Democrats	8,848	17.13
Adrian John Haynes	UK Independence Party	1,636	3.17
Marshall Robert Walker	British National Party	1,596	3.09
Terence Albert William Spencer	English Democrats Party	530	1.03
Jonathan Terence Hornett	Green Party	480	0.93
Paul James Crofts	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	249	0.48
Gary Alan Donaldson	Independent	240	0.46
Marcus Joseph Lavin	Independent	33	0.06
Majority		11,787	22.82

7 May 2015		50,430/74,317	67.86
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,265	52.08
Jonathan Eric Lewis Munday	UK Independence Party	9,868	19.57
Richard Francis Garvie	Labour Party	9,839	19.51
Christopher Robert Nelson	Liberal Democrats	2,240	4.44
Marion Eileen Turner-Hawes	Green Party	2,218	4.40
Majority		16,397	32.51

8 June 2017		53,240/79,254	67.18
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,579	57.44
Andrea Jayne Watts	Labour Party	18,119	34.03
Allan James Shipham	UK Independence Party	1,804	3.39
Christopher Robert Nelson	Liberal Democrats	1,782	3.35
Jonathan Terence Hornett	Green Party	956	1.80
Majority		12,460	23.40

12 December 2019		51,913/80,765	64.28
Peter William Bone	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,277	62.18
Andrea Jayne Watts	Labour Party	13,737	26.46
Suzanna Marie Austin	Liberal Democrats	4,078	7.86
Marion Eileen Turner-Hawes	Green Party	1,821	3.51
Majority		18,540	35.71

17 October 2023 The Conservative whip was withdrawn from Peter Bone after a report had found multiple instances of misconduct.

19 December 2023 10,505 voters (13.23% of the electorate of 79,402) signed the petition to require Peter Bone to vacate the seat.

15 February 2024		30,145/79,376	37.98
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen	Labour Party	13,844	45.92
Helen Jane Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,408	24.57
Benjamin Naeem Habib	Reform UK	3,919	13.00
Ana Savage Gunn	Liberal Democrats	1,422	4.72
Marion Eileen Turner-Howes		1,115	3.70
William John Morris	Green Party	1,020	3.38
Kevin Charles Watts	Independent	533	1.77
Alessandro Merola	Britain First	477	1.58
Nicholas Charles Elsworth Delves	Monster Raving Loony Party	217	0.72
Andrepierre Bamikole Pyne-Bailey	Independent	172	0.57
Ankit Love		18	0.06
Majority		6,436	21.35