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15 December 1832 | 384/458 | 83.84 | |
Tory | 210 | 54.69 | |
Whig | 174 | 45.31 | |
Majority | 36 | 9.38 | |
7 January 1835 | 460 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 July 1837 | 476 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 July 1841 | 558 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 August 1847 | 543 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 July 1852 | 512 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1857 | 555 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 December 1857 Death of Robert Hildyard. | |||
17 December 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 571 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1865 | 648 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1868 | 1,896/2,495 | 75.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,125 | 59.34 | |
Liberal Party | 771 | 40.66 | |
Majority | 354 | 18.67 | |
30 January 1874 | 2,431 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 November 1875 Resignation of George Cavendish-Bentinck on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
18 December 1875 | 1,816/2,599 | 69.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,503 | 82.76 | |
Liberal Party | 313 | 17.24 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 65.53 | |
2 April 1880 | 2,276/2,622 | 86.80 | |
Conservative Party | 1,204 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,072 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 132 | 5.80 | |
24 November 1885 | 2,461/2,687 | 91.59 | |
Conservative Party | 1,336 | 54.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,125 | 45.71 | |
Majority | 211 | 8.57 | |
2 July 1886 | 2,326/2,687 | 86.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,216 | 52.28 | |
Liberal Party | 1,110 | 47.72 | |
Majority | 106 | 4.56 | |
9 April 1891 Death of Rt Hon George Cavendish-Bentinck. | |||
24 April 1891 | 2,443/2,713 | 90.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,338 | 54.77 | |
Liberal Party | 1,105 | 45.23 | |
Majority | 233 | 9.54 | |
5 July 1892 | 2,394/2,700 | 88.67 | |
Liberal Party | 1,306 | 54.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,088 | 45.45 | |
Majority | 218 | 9.11 | |
16 July 1895 | 2,494/2,746 | 90.82 | |
Conservative Party | 1,380 | 55.33 | |
Liberal Party | 1,114 | 44.67 | |
Majority | 266 | 10.67 | |
2 October 1900 | 2,429/2,824 | 86.01 | |
Conservative Party | 1,553 | 63.94 | |
Liberal Party | 876 | 36.06 | |
Majority | 677 | 27.87 | |
17 January 1906 | 2,701/2,945 | 91.71 | |
Liberal Party | 1,507 | 55.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,194 | 44.21 | |
Majority | 313 | 11.59 | |
18 January 1910 | 2,865/3,050 | 93.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,188 | 41.47 | |
Liberal Party | 852 | 29.74 | |
Labour Party | 825 | 28.80 | |
Majority | 336 | 11.73 | |
6 December 1910 | 2,634/3,050 | 86.36 | |
Labour Party | 1,414 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,220 | 46.32 | |
Majority | 194 | 7.37 | |
14 December 1918 | 19,752/27,440 | 71.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 10,736 | 54.35 | |
Labour Party | 9,016 | 45.65 | |
Majority | 1,720 | 8.71 | |
15 November 1922 | 24,100/27,699 | 87.01 | |
Labour Party | 10,935 | 45.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,956 | 37.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,209 | 17.46 | |
Majority | 1,979 | 8.21 | |
6 December 1923 | 23,448/28,203 | 83.14 | |
Labour Party | 12,419 | 52.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,029 | 47.04 | |
Majority | 1,390 | 5.93 | |
29 October 1924 | 24,890/28,234 | 88.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,149 | 52.83 | |
Labour Party | 11,741 | 47.17 | |
Majority | 1,408 | 5.66 | |
30 May 1929 | 29,974/34,006 | 88.14 | |
Labour Party | 14,034 | 46.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,382 | 41.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,558 | 11.87 | |
Majority | 1,652 | 5.51 | |
27 October 1931 | 30,541/34,079 | 89.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,286 | 53.33 | |
Labour Party | 14,255 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 2,031 | 6.65 | |
14 November 1935 | 30,240/34,646 | 87.28 | |
Labour Party | 14,794 | 48.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,442 | 47.76 | |
Independent Labour Party | 1,004 | 3.32 | |
Majority | 352 | 1.16 | |
5 July 1945 | 30,389/36,696 | 82.81 | |
Labour Party | 18,568 | 61.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,821 | 38.90 | |
Majority | 6,747 | 22.20 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 38,083/43,751 | 87.04 | |
Labour Party | 22,850 | 60.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,233 | 40.00 | |
Majority | 7,617 | 20.00 | |
25 October 1951 | 39,180/45,963 | 85.24 | |
Labour Party | 23,190 | 59.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,990 | 40.81 | |
Majority | 7,200 | 18.38 | |
26 May 1955 | 38,502/45,957 | 83.78 | |
Labour Party | 22,348 | 58.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,154 | 41.96 | |
Majority | 6,194 | 16.09 | |
25 April 1959 Death of Frank Anderson. | |||
18 June 1959 | 36,626/46,246 | 79.20 | |
Labour Party | 21,475 | 58.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,151 | 41.37 | |
Majority | 6,324 | 17.27 | |
8 October 1959 | 39,436/46,650 | 84.54 | |
Labour Party | 22,783 | 57.77 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,653 | 42.23 | |
Majority | 6,130 | 15.54 | |
15 October 1964 | 38,707/47,193 | 82.02 | |
Labour Party | 23,267 | 60.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,440 | 39.89 | |
Majority | 7,827 | 20.22 | |
31 March 1966 | 36,661/46,532 | 78.79 | |
Labour Party | 22,726 | 61.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,935 | 38.01 | |
Majority | 8,791 | 23.98 | |
18 June 1970 | 39,392/50,289 | 78.33 | |
Labour Party | 22,974 | 58.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,418 | 41.68 | |
Majority | 6,556 | 16.64 | |
28 February 1974 | 39,096/50,471 | 77.46 | |
Labour Party | 23,229 | 59.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,867 | 40.58 | |
Majority | 7,362 | 18.83 | |
10 October 1974 | 39,294/50,949 | 77.12 | |
Labour Party | 21,832 | 55.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,899 | 30.28 | |
Liberal Party | 5,563 | 14.16 | |
Majority | 9,933 | 25.28 | |
3 May 1979 | 43,146/52,787 | 81.74 | |
Labour Party | 22,626 | 52.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,171 | 39.80 | |
Liberal Party | 2,559 | 5.93 | |
Independent | 790 | 1.83 | |
Majority | 5,455 | 12.64 | |