UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		12,813/33,890	37.81
William James Thorne	Labour Party	12,156	94.87
Arnold Lupton	Independent Liberal	657	5.13
Majority		11,499	89.74

15 November 1922		19,461/35,602	54.66
William James Thorne	Labour Party	12,321	63.31
Frederick George Penny	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,140	36.69
Majority		5,181	26.62

6 December 1923		18,281/36,628	49.91
William James Thorne	Labour Party	13,638	74.60
Frederick George Penny	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,643	25.40
Majority		8,995	49.20

29 October 1924		23,247/37,441	62.09
William James Thorne	Labour Party	15,609	67.14
Frederick George Penny	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,638	32.86
Majority		7,971	34.29

30 May 1929		30,486/48,232	63.21
William James Thorne	Labour Party	23,635	77.53
Stephen Michael Lancaster	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,851	22.47
Majority		16,784	55.05

27 October 1931		48,748
William James Thorne	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		25,223/47,495	53.11
William James Thorne	Labour Party	18,493	73.32
Margaret Dorothy Roddick	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,730	26.68
Majority		11,763	46.64

5 July 1945		19,814/28,974	68.39
Frederick Elwyn Jones	Labour Party	17,351	87.57
John Baldwin Roper	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,463	12.43
Majority		14,888	75.14