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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		46,105/61,735	74.68
George Barrington Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,766	53.72
Peter James Michael Hollingworth	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,928	23.70
Keith Samuel Jeffrey Rimmer	Labour Party	10,411	22.58
Majority		13,838	30.01

11 June 1987		49,458/63,013	78.49
George Barrington Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,821	50.19
John Steven Swarbrooke	Labour Party	13,858	28.02
Phillip Norman Gilchrist	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,779	21.79
Majority		10,963	22.17

9 April 1992		50,344/61,116	82.37
George Barrington Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,590	50.83
Helen Mary Southworth	Labour Party	17,407	34.58
Edward Thomas Cunniffe	Liberal Democrats	6,581	13.07
Nigel Birchenough	Green Party	584	1.16
George Griffiths	Natural Law Party	182	0.36
Majority		8,183	16.25

3 November 1996 Death of Barry Porter.

27 February 1997
James Keith Chapman	Labour Party	22,767	52.59
Leslie Thomas Byrom	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,879	34.37
Helen Flora Clucas	Liberal Democrats	4,357	10.06
Richard Anthony Edward North	UK Ind	410	0.95
Harold David Bence	Independent	184	0.43
Michael B Cullen	Socialist Labour	156	0.36
Philip Arthur Gott	Independent Conservative	148	0.34
Roger Standring Taylor	Independent	132	0.30
Samuelson Anthony	Independent	124	0.29
Geoffrey Stewart Mead	Natural Law Party	52	0.12
Colin Richard Palmer	21st Century	44	0.10
Frederick George Astbury	Thal Act	40	0.09
Majority		7,888	18.22

Frederick Astbury sought election for the "Thalidomide Action Group UK Party".

Samuelson Anthony (Anthony Samuelson) sought election as "Stop Conservatives Pouncing on Tobacco Companies". He opposed party political donations from tobacco companies.

Philip Gott sought election as a "Disillusioned Conservative".

Minor Boundary Change
1 May 1997		48,095/59,372	81.01
James Keith Chapman	Labour Party	24,499	50.94
Leslie Thomas Byrom	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,495	36.38
Phillip Norman Gilchrist	Liberal Democrats	5,018	10.43
Donald Wilcox	Referendum Party	768	1.60
Jane Winefride Nielsen	Pro-Life Alliance	264	0.55
Geoffrey Stewart Mead	Natural Law Party	51	0.11
Majority		7,004	14.56

7 June 2001		39,818/60,653	65.65
James Keith Chapman	Labour Party	18,890	47.44
Anthony Paul Millard	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,841	34.76
Phillip Norman Gilchrist	Liberal Democrats	7,087	17.80
Majority		5,049	12.68

5 May 2005		39,704/58,834	67.48
James Keith Chapman	Labour Party	16,892	42.54
Carl Robert Cross	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,168	33.17
Simon Andrew Holbrook	Liberal Democrats	8,568	21.58
David Anthony Scott	UK Independence Party	616	1.55
Laurence Cresswell Jones	Independent	460	1.16
Majority		3,724	9.38

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		39,906/56,449	70.69
Alison McGovern	Labour Party	16,276	40.79
Jeffrey John Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,745	39.46
Jamie Robert Saddler	Liberal Democrats	6,611	16.57
David Anthony Scott	UK Independence Party	1,274	3.19
Majority		531	1.33

7 May 2015		41,837/56,956	73.45
Alison McGovern	Labour Party	20,165	48.20
John Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,566	37.21
David Anthony Scott	UK Independence Party	3,737	8.93
Elizabeth Brenda Jewkes	Liberal Democrats	1,474	3.52
Paul Thomas Cartlidge	Green Party	895	2.14
Majority		4,599	10.99

8 June 2017		45,195/57,670	78.37
Alison McGovern	Labour Party	25,871	57.24
Adam Sykes	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,548	38.83
Christopher David Carubia	Liberal Democrats	1,322	2.93
Mandi Roberts	Green Party	454	1.00
Majority		8,323	18.42

12 December 2019		43,547/57,280	76.02
Alison McGovern	Labour Party	22,284	51.17
Stewart Anthony Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,179	37.15
Christopher David Carubia	Liberal Democrats	2,917	6.70
Martin Paul Waring	Brexit Party	1,219	2.80
Harry Ross Gorman	Green Party	948	2.18
Majority		6,105	14.02