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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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23 February 1950 | 53,900/61,984 | 86.96 | |
Labour Party | 40,235 | 74.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,665 | 25.35 | |
Majority | 26,570 | 49.29 | |
25 October 1951 | 54,007/62,615 | 86.25 | |
Labour Party | 39,823 | 73.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,184 | 26.26 | |
Majority | 25,639 | 47.47 | |
26 May 1955 | 49,951/62,235 | 80.26 | |
Labour Party | 36,522 | 73.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,429 | 26.88 | |
Majority | 23,093 | 46.23 | |
8 October 1959 | 51,738/62,599 | 82.65 | |
Labour Party | 38,616 | 74.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,122 | 25.36 | |
Majority | 25,494 | 49.28 | |
1960 Resignation of Rt Hon Alfred Robens on appointment as Deputy Chairman of the National Coal Board. | |||
24 November 1960 | 34,027/62,853 | 54.14 | |
Labour Party | 23,438 | 68.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,366 | 21.65 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,223 | 9.47 | |
Majority | 16,072 | 47.23 | |
While C Pym did not contest the election with a party label, he claimed that he would not have sought election if an official nominee from the Liberal Party had contested the seat. | |||
15 October 1964 | 49,168/62,805 | 78.29 | |
Labour Party | 37,336 | 75.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,832 | 24.06 | |
Majority | 25,504 | 51.87 | |
31 March 1966 | 46,672/62,767 | 74.36 | |
Labour Party | 36,493 | 78.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,179 | 21.81 | |
Majority | 26,314 | 56.38 | |
18 June 1970 | 48,668/67,911 | 71.66 | |
Labour Party | 36,118 | 74.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,550 | 25.79 | |
Majority | 23,568 | 48.43 | |
28 February 1974 | 58,798/74,026 | 79.43 | |
Independent Labour | 22,918 | 38.98 | |
Labour Party | 16,778 | 28.53 | |
Liberal Party | 10,214 | 17.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,888 | 15.12 | |
Majority | 6,140 | 10.44 | |
10 October 1974 | 55,305/74,449 | 74.29 | |
Labour Party | 20,308 | 36.72 | |
Independent Labour | 20,230 | 36.58 | |
Liberal Party | 8,177 | 14.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,590 | 11.92 | |
Majority | 78 | 0.14 | |
3 May 1979 | 62,404/79,727 | 78.27 | |
Labour Party | 25,047 | 40.14 | |
Independent Labour | 17,987 | 28.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,194 | 22.75 | |
Liberal Party | 5,176 | 8.29 | |
Majority | 7,060 | 11.31 | |