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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Boundary Change
10 December 1832		435/483	90.06
Ralph Thicknesse	Whig	302	69.43
Richard Potter	Radical	296	68.05
James Whittle	Radical	212	48.74
John Hodson Kearsley	Tory	174	40.00
Majority		84	19.31

8 January 1835		457/495	92.32
John Hodson Kearsley	Conservative Party	296	64.77
Richard Potter	Radical	191	41.79
Charles Strickland Standish	Whig	166	36.32
Majority		25	5.47

25 July 1837		469/539	87.01
Charles Strickland Standish	Whig	249	53.09
Richard Potter	Radical	245	52.24
John Hodgson Kearsley	Conservative Party	229	48.83
Peter Greenall	Conservative Party	211	44.99
Majority		16	3.41

9 March 1839		520/551	94.37
William Ewart	Radical	261	50.19
John Hodgson Kearsley	Conservative Party	259	49.81
Majority		2	0.38

1839 Petition - dismissed.

March 1839 Resignation of Richard Potter. (Chiltern Hundreds)

1 July 1841		536/586	91.47
Peter Greenall	Conservative Party	273	50.93
Thomas Bright Crosse	Conservative Party	268	50.00
Charles Strickland Standish	Whig	264	49.25
Charles Pascoe Grenfell	Whig	263	49.07
Majority		4	0.75

11 April 1842 Petition - Thomas Crosse was unseated and Charles Standish was declared elected after a scrutiny. Petition against Peter Greenall was dismissed.

16 October 1845
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	274	56.49
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse	Whig	211	43.51
Majority		63	12.99

1845 Petition - dismissed.

25 September 1845 Death of Peter Greenall.

28 July 1847		637
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse	Whig	Unopposed

7 July 1852		523/718	72.84
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse	Whig	366	69.98
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	356	68.07
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	324	61.95
Majority		32	6.12

22 August 1854 Death of Ralph Thicknesse.

3 October 1854		673/788	85.41
Joseph Acton	Whig	339	50.37
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	334	49.63
Majority		5	0.74

28 March 1857		624/797	78.29
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	492	78.85
Henry Woods	Whig	447	71.63
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	309	49.52
Majority		138	22.12

30 April 1859		625/835	74.85
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	500	80.06
Henry Woods	Liberal Party	476	76.22
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	273	43.71
Majority		203	32.48

11 July 1865		863
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry Woods	Liberal Party	Unopposed

20 March 1866 Resignation of Hon James Lindsay. (Northstead)

27 March 1866		760/863	88.06
Nathaniel Eckersley	Conservative Party	411	54.08
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	349	45.92
Majority		62	8.16

18 November 1868		4,090/4,939	82.81
Henry Woods	Liberal Party	2,219	54.25
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	2,166	52.96
Nathaniel Eckersley	Conservative Party	1,920	46.94
James Pearson	Conservative Party	1,875	45.84
Majority		246	6.01

6 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

3 February 1874		4,470/5,062	88.31
James Ludovic Lindsay, Baron Lindsay	Conservative Party	2,493	55.77
Thomas Knowles	Conservative Party	2,401	53.71
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	1,883	42.13
William Pickard	Liberal/Labour	1,134	25.37
Henry Woods	Liberal Party	1,029	23.02
Majority		518	11.59

1 April 1880		5,696/6,120	93.07
James Ludovic Lindsay, Baron Lindsay	Conservative Party	2,946	51.72
Thomas Knowles	Conservative Party	2,913	51.14
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	2,880	50.56
George McCorquodale	Liberal Party	2,653	46.58
Majority		33	0.58

13 December 1880 Succession of Baron Lindsay to the Peerage - 26th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.

20 January 1881		5,541/5,937	93.33
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	3,005	54.23
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	2,536	45.77
Majority		469	8.46

1 April 1881 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1882.

4 December 1882		5,110/6,097	83.81
Hon Algernon Fulke Egerton	Conservative Party	2,867	56.11
Walter Wren	Liberal Party	2,243	43.89
Majority		624	12.21

3 December 1883 Death of Thomas Knowles.

21 December 1883
Nathaniel Eckersley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		6,358/6,988	90.98
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	3,637	57.20
George Harris Lea	Liberal Party	2,721	42.80
Majority		916	14.41

3 July 1886		6,151/6,988	88.02
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	3,371	54.80
Cornelius McLeod Percy	Liberal Party	2,780	45.20
Majority		591	9.61

6 July 1892		6,734/7,390	91.12
Sir Francis Sharp Powell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,422	50.82
Thomas Aspinwall	Liberal/Labour	3,312	49.18
Majority		110	1.63

15 July 1895		7,024/7,864	89.32
Sir Francis Sharp Powell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,949	56.22
Thomas Aspinwall	Liberal/Labour	3,075	43.78
Majority		874	12.44

1 October 1900		6,902/8,059	85.64
Sir Francis Sharp Powell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,772	54.65
William Woods	Liberal Party	3,130	45.35
Majority		642	9.30

17 January 1906		7,678/8,804	87.21
Sir Francis Sharp Powell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,573	46.54
Thorley Smith	Independent Labour	2,205	28.72
William Woods	Liberal Party	1,900	24.75
Majority		1,368	17.82

Thorley Smith was the nominee of the Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee. He advocated the extension of the franchise to women and was supported by local women's suffrage organisations.

17 January 1910		9,096/9,577	94.98
Henry Twist	Labour Party	4,803	52.80
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	4,293	47.20
Majority		510	5.61

3 December 1910		8,783/9,577	91.71
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative Party	4,673	53.21
Henry Twist	Labour Party	4,110	46.79
Majority		563	6.41

14 December 1918		26,982/38,811	69.52
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	12,914	47.86
Reginald James Neville Neville	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,584	42.93
Robert Alstead	Liberal Party	2,484	9.21
Majority		1,330	4.93

15 November 1922		35,515/39,929	88.95
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	20,079	56.54
Albert Edward Baucher	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,436	43.46
Majority		4,643	13.07

6 December 1923		34,088/40,105	85.00
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	19,637	57.61
David Alexander Robert Lindsay, Lord Balniel	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,451	42.39
Majority		5,186	15.21

29 October 1924		35,356/40,217	87.91
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	20,350	57.56
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,006	42.44
Majority		5,344	15.11

30 May 1929		46,913/54,008	86.86
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	27,462	58.54
Ernest Barlow	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,144	38.68
Frank Bright	Communist Party	1,307	2.79
Majority		9,318	19.86

27 October 1931		46,070/54,689	84.24
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	23,544	51.10
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,526	48.90
Majority		1,018	2.21

14 November 1935		45,596/55,784	81.74
John Allen Parkinson	Labour Party	27,950	61.30
Robert Grant Grant-Ferris	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,646	38.70
Majority		10,304	22.60

7 December 1941 Death of John Parkinson.

11 March 1942
William Foster	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		46,058/57,281	80.41
William Foster	Labour Party	31,392	68.16
Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,666	31.84
Majority		16,726	36.32

2 December 1947 Death of William Foster.

4 March 1948		48,986/60,184	81.39
Ronald Watkins Williams	Labour Party	28,941	59.08
Harold Dowling	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,466	35.66
Thomas Rowlandson	Communist Party	1,647	3.36
Owen L Roberts	Independent	932	1.90
Majority		11,475	23.43

Owen Roberts sought election as a "King's Cavalier".

23 February 1950		52,373/58,667	89.27
Ronald Watkins Williams	Labour Party	32,746	62.52
Harold Dowling	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,733	30.04
Ian Stevenson Webster	Liberal Party	2,651	5.06
Thomas Rowlandson	Communist Party	1,243	2.37
Majority		17,013	32.48

25 October 1951		51,608/59,318	87.00
Ronald Watkins Williams	Labour Party	34,530	66.91
Dennis Charles Walls	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,078	33.09
Majority		17,452	33.82

26 May 1955		46,205/57,575	80.25
Ronald Watkins Williams	Labour Party	29,755	64.40
Harold Douglas Lowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,883	32.21
Thomas Rowlandson	Communist Party	1,567	3.39
Majority		14,872	32.19

14 March 1958 Death of Ronald Williams.

12 June 1958		38,635/54,956	70.30
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	27,415	70.96
John James Hodgson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,248	26.53
Michael Weaver	Communist Party	972	2.52
Majority		17,167	44.43

8 October 1959		46,224/55,155	83.81
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	30,664	66.34
John James Hodgson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,615	31.62
Michael Weaver	Communist Party	945	2.04
Majority		16,049	34.72

15 October 1964		41,276/51,986	79.40
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	28,640	69.39
Ian Keith Paley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,648	28.22
Michael Weaver	Communist Party	988	2.39
Majority		16,992	41.17

31 March 1966		39,488/51,967	75.99
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	28,754	72.82
Malcolm Kingston	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,876	25.01
Michael Weaver	Communist Party	858	2.17
Majority		18,878	47.81

18 June 1970		41,656/57,616	72.30
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	28,102	67.46
Anthony Daniels	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,882	30.92
Jack Kay	Communist Party	672	1.61
Majority		15,220	36.54

28 February 1974		42,768/56,415	75.81
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	30,485	71.28
Paul Michael Beard	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,283	28.72
Majority		18,202	42.56

10 October 1974		42,105/56,900	74.00
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	27,692	65.77
Paul Michael Beard	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,865	21.05
John Archibald Doon Campbell	Liberal Party	5,548	13.18
Majority		18,827	44.71

3 May 1979		43,743/59,024	74.11
Ernest Alan Fitch	Labour Party	26,144	59.77
Thomas Peet	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,149	30.06
Kenneth Frederick Bruce	Liberal Party	4,102	9.38
Anthony Smith	Workers Revolutionary Party	348	0.80
Majority		12,995	29.71

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,725/73,100	74.86
Roger W Stott	Labour Party	29,851	54.55
John Pigott	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,554	22.94
Henry Linton Cadman	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,320	22.51
Majority		17,297	31.61

11 June 1987		55,180/72,842	75.75
Roger W Stott	Labour Party	33,955	61.53
Kenneth Robinson Wade	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,493	24.45
Kevin Joseph White	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,732	14.01
Majority		20,462	37.08

9 April 1992		55,402/72,739	76.17
Roger W Stott	Labour Party	34,910	63.01
Edward John Watkin Hess	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,068	23.59
George Davies	Liberal Democrats	6,111	11.03
Kevin Joseph White	Official Liberal Party	1,116	2.01
Anne Binny Taylor	Natural Law Party	197	0.36
Majority		21,842	39.42

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,819/64,689	67.74
Roger W Stott	Labour Party	30,043	68.56
Mark Alan Loveday	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,400	16.89
Trevor Rushworth Beswick	Liberal Democrats	4,390	10.02
Anthony Hamilton Bradborne	Referendum Party	1,450	3.31
Christopher James Maile	Green Party	442	1.01
William John Ayliffe	Natural Law Party	94	0.21
Majority		22,643	51.67

9 August 1999 Death of Roger Stott.

23 September 1999		16,187/64,775	24.99
Neil Turner	Labour Party	9,641	59.56
Thomas Peet	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,912	17.99
Jonathan Daniel Rule	Liberal Democrats	2,148	13.27
Dr John Whittaker	UK Independence Party	834	5.15
William John Kelly	Socialist Labour	240	1.48
Christopher James Maile	Green Party	190	1.17
Stephen Ebbs	Independent	100	0.62
Paul Davis	Natural Law Party	64	0.40
Rev David Oswald Braid	Independent	58	0.36
Majority		6,729	41.57

Stephen Ebbs sought election for the National Democratic Resistance.

7 June 2001		33,591/64,040	52.45
Neil Turner	Labour Party	20,739	61.74
Mark Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,996	20.83
Trevor Rushworth Beswick	Liberal Democrats	4,970	14.80
David Lowe	Socialist Alliance	886	2.64
Majority		13,743	40.91

5 May 2005		34,278/64,267	53.34
Neil Turner	Labour Party	18,901	55.14
John Lewis Coombes	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,134	20.81
Denise Margaret Capstick	Liberal Democrats	6,051	17.65
Dr John Whittaker	UK Independence Party	1,166	3.40
Kevin Vincent Williams	Community Action	1,026	2.99
Majority		11,767	34.33

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		44,140/75,390	58.55
Lisa Eva Nandy	Labour Party	21,404	48.49
Michael William Winstanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,917	24.73
Richard Mark Clayton	Liberal Democrats	6,797	15.40
Alan Freeman	UK Independence Party	2,516	5.70
Charles Edward Mather	British National Party	2,506	5.68
Majority		10,487	23.76

7 May 2015		45,293/75,990	59.60
Lisa Eva Nandy	Labour Party	23,625	52.16
Caroline June Kerswell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,389	20.73
Mark Andrew Bradley	UK Independence Party	8,818	19.47
William John Patterson	Green Party	1,273	2.81
Richard Mark Clayton	Liberal Democrats	1,255	2.77
Gareth William Fairhurst	Wigan Independents	768	1.70
Brian Parr	Independent	165	0.36
Majority		14,236	31.43

8 June 2017		47,542/75,359	63.09
Lisa Eva Nandy	Labour Party	29,575	62.21
Alexander Paul Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,548	28.50
Nathan Alan Ryding	UK Independence Party	2,750	5.78
Richard Mark Clayton	Liberal Democrats	916	1.93
William John Patterson	Green Party	753	1.58
Majority		16,027	33.71

12 December 2019		45,042/75,680	59.52
Lisa Eva Nandy	Labour Party	21,042	46.72
Ashley John Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,314	31.78
William James Malloy	Brexit Party	5,959	13.23
Stuart David Thomas	Liberal Democrats	2,428	5.39
Peter Ernest Jacobs	Green Party	1,299	2.88
Majority		6,728	14.94

4 July 2024		40,899/77,537	52.75
Lisa Eva Nandy	Labour Party	19,401	47.44
Andrew James Dawber	Reform UK	9,852	24.09
Henry James Mitson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,310	10.54
Maureen Ann O'Bern	Independent	3,522	8.61
Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher	Liberal Democrats	1,692	4.14
Jane Frances Leicester	Green Party	1,629	3.98
Janet Cunliffe	Independent	406	0.99
Zoran Cvetkovic	Independent	87	0.21
Majority		9,549	23.35