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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		49,309/59,338	83.10
John Baird	Labour Party	29,235	59.29
Alfred William Greenwood Holland	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,592	29.59
Dr Arthur Brown	Liberal Party	5,482	11.12
Majority		14,643	29.70

25 October 1951		49,206/60,808	80.92
John Baird	Labour Party	30,643	62.27
John Peter James Ellis	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,563	37.73
Majority		12,080	24.55

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		37,983/53,171	71.44
John Baird	Labour Party	23,596	62.12
Fred Hardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,387	37.88
Majority		9,209	24.25

8 October 1959		37,075/51,217	72.39
John Baird	Labour Party	20,436	55.12
Oscar Alexander Pomeroy	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,639	44.88
Majority		3,797	10.24

15 October 1964		33,911/49,843	68.04
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	18,997	56.02
Margaret May Miranda Greenaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,914	43.98
Majority		4,083	12.04

31 March 1966		34,032/49,109	69.30
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	21,067	61.90
Geoffrey Ian Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,965	38.10
Majority		8,102	23.81

18 June 1970		34,201/51,290	66.68
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	17,251	50.44
Geoffrey Ian Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,358	44.91
Sheila Mary Wright	National Front	1,592	4.65
Majority		1,893	5.53

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,512/68,892	70.42
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	28,935	59.65
Phillip Warren Hawksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,318	33.64
Anthony David Canivet Webber	National Front	2,548	5.25
John Colin Campbell Jordan	British Movement	711	1.47
Majority		12,617	26.01

10 October 1974		46,007/69,494	66.20
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	25,788	56.05
Phillip Warren Hawksley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,135	24.20
John Frederick Porter	Liberal Party	7,156	15.55
Anthony David Canivet Webber	National Front	1,928	4.19
Majority		14,653	31.85

3 May 1979		48,075/67,994	70.70
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	24,046	50.02
Jonathan Peter Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,986	37.41
Laurence McLean	Liberal Party	4,760	9.90
Garth Anthony Cooper	National Front	1,283	2.67
Majority		6,060	12.61

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,777/64,493	69.43
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	17,941	40.07
Anthony Trevor Burnside	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,727	39.59
Raymond Charles Yarnell	Liberal Party in Alliance	8,524	19.04
Charles Baugh	National Front	585	1.31
Majority		214	0.48

11 June 1987		47,133/64,237	73.37
Maureen Patricia Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,857	42.13
Kenneth Purchase	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,653	41.70
Malcolm Andrew Pearson	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,623	16.17
Majority		204	0.43

9 April 1992		48,906/62,695	78.01
Kenneth Purchase	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,106	49.29
Maureen Patricia Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,167	41.24
Malcolm Gwinnett	Liberal Democrats	3,546	7.25
Kenneth Edward John Bullman	Official Liberal Party	1,087	2.22
Majority		3,939	8.05

1 May 1997		41,403/61,642	67.17
Kenneth Purchase	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,534	59.26
David John Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,547	27.89
Brian William Niblett	Liberal Democrats	2,214	5.35
Colin George Hallmark	Official Liberal Party	1,560	3.77
Andrew Charles Muchall	Referendum Party	1,192	2.88
Martin Wingfield	Nat Dem	356	0.86
Majority		12,987	31.37

7 June 2001		31,494/60,486	52.07
Kenneth Purchase	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,984	60.28
Maria Frances Lewis Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,019	28.64
Steven Melvyn Bourne	Liberal Democrats	2,494	7.92
Thomas Patterson Gilfillian McCartney	UK Independence Party	997	3.17
Majority		9,965	31.64

5 May 2005		32,956/60,595	54.39
Kenneth Purchase	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,948	54.46
Alexandra Eleanor Kenner Robson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,792	29.71
David Roman Jack	Liberal Democrats	3,845	11.67
Lydia Patricia Simpson	UK Independence Party	1,371	4.16
Majority		8,156	24.75

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		34,894/59,444	58.70
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds	Labour Party	14,448	41.41
Julie Rook	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,964	34.29
Colin Andrew Ross	Liberal Democrats	4,711	13.50
Simon Geoffrey Patten	British National Party	2,296	6.58
Paul Valdmanis	UK Independence Party	1,138	3.26
Shangara Singh Bhatoe	Socialist Labour	337	0.97
Majority		2,484	7.12

7 May 2015		34,003/61,073	55.68
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds	Labour Party	15,669	46.08
Darren George Henry	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,174	29.92
Star Freedom Marie Etheridge	UK Independence Party	6,524	19.19
Ian Clive Jenkins	Liberal Democrats	935	2.75
Rebecca Charlotte Cooper	Green Party	701	2.06
Majority		5,495	16.16

8 June 2017		36,508/60,770	60.08
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds	Labour Party	19,282	52.82
Sarah Louise Macken	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,695	40.25
Graham Eardley	UK Independence Party	1,479	4.05
Ian Clive Jenkins	Liberal Democrats	570	1.56
Clive Wood	Green Party	482	1.32
Majority		4,587	12.56

12 December 2019		34,281/61,829	55.44
Jane Fiona Catherine Stevenson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,722	51.70
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds	Labour Party	13,642	39.79
Vishal Dilip Khatri	Brexit Party	1,354	3.95
Richard Maxwell	Liberal Democrats	960	2.80
Andrea Cantrill	Green Party	603	1.76
Majority		4,080	11.90

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		33,289/70,715	47.07
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour Party	14,282	42.90
Jane Fiona Catherine Stevenson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,860	26.62
Paul Graham Williams	Reform UK	7,721	23.19
Kwaku Tano-Yeboah	Green Party	1,424	4.28
Peter Thornton	Liberal Democrats	1,002	3.01
Majority		5,422	16.29