UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		21,797/36,004	60.54
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	13,029	59.77
Thomas Wilfred Howe Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	5,315	24.38
Frederick Handel Booth	Liberal Party	3,453	15.84
Majority		7,714	35.39

15 November 1922		41,279
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		42,593
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		43,837
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		46,915/58,398	80.34
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	35,276	75.19
Philip Brady Nicholson	Liberal Party	7,955	16.96
Benjamin Hubert Oates	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,684	7.85
Majority		27,321	58.24

27 October 1931		46,323/60,055	77.13
George Henry Hirst	Labour Party	31,861	68.78
Charlotte Isabel Hilyer	National Liberal Party	14,462	31.22
Majority		17,399	37.56

13 November 1933 Death of Harry Hirst.

22 December 1933
Wilfred Paling	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		45,638/62,205	73.37
Wilfred Paling	Labour Party	37,471	82.10
Arthur Gerard Hargreaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,167	17.90
Majority		29,304	64.21

5 July 1945		52,750/67,399	78.27
Rt Hon Wilfred Paling	Labour Party	44,080	83.56
Aym?e Lavender Gandar Dower	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,670	16.44
Majority		35,410	67.13

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9 June 1983		43,223/62,914	68.70
Peter Hardy	Labour Party	25,538	59.08
Hon Richard William Brinsley Norton	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,603	22.22
David Maxwell Tildsley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,082	18.70
Majority		15,935	36.87

11 June 1987		46,349/64,685	71.65
Peter Hardy	Labour Party	30,205	65.17
William Jefferson Hague	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,113	21.82
David Maxwell Eglin	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,031	13.01
Majority		20,092	43.35

9 April 1992		48,058/64,914	74.03
Peter Hardy	Labour Party	32,939	68.54
Michael John Brennan	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,490	21.83
Christine Roderick	Liberal Democrats	4,629	9.63
Majority		22,449	46.71

1 May 1997		41,781/63,951	65.33
John Healey	Labour Party	30,225	72.34
Karl Maxwell Hamer	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,266	15.00
James Jopson Charters	Liberal Democrats	3,867	9.26
Andrew Battley	Referendum Party	1,423	3.41
Majority		23,959	57.34

7 June 2001		33,778/64,033	52.75
John Healey	Labour Party	22,798	67.49
Mike David Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,349	18.80
David Basil Wildgoose	Liberal Democrats	3,652	10.81
John Wilkinson	UK Independence Party	979	2.90
Majority		16,449	48.70

5 May 2005		35,596/63,561	56.00
John Healey	Labour Party	21,225	59.63
Mark James Hughes	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,169	17.33
John Keith Orrell	Liberal Democrats	4,800	13.48
Jonathan Pygott	British National Party	1,798	5.05
John Wilkinson	UK Independence Party	1,604	4.51
Majority		15,056	42.30