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23 February 1950 | 44,016/50,640 | 86.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,239 | 45.98 | |
Labour Party | 19,548 | 44.41 | |
Liberal Party | 4,229 | 9.61 | |
Majority | 691 | 1.57 | |
25 October 1951 | 44,124/51,124 | 86.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,660 | 53.62 | |
Labour Party | 20,464 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 3,196 | 7.24 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 42,216/54,303 | 77.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,318 | 59.97 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 16,898 | 40.03 | |
Majority | 8,420 | 19.95 | |
8 October 1959 | 40,225/51,293 | 78.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,696 | 63.88 | |
Labour Party | 14,529 | 36.12 | |
Majority | 11,167 | 27.76 | |
15 October 1964 | 37,849/50,244 | 75.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,736 | 57.43 | |
Labour Party | 11,880 | 31.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,233 | 11.18 | |
Majority | 9,856 | 26.04 | |
31 March 1966 | 36,347/49,390 | 73.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,466 | 59.06 | |
Labour Party | 14,881 | 40.94 | |
Majority | 6,585 | 18.12 | |
18 June 1970 | 40,750/53,484 | 76.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,220 | 64.34 | |
Labour Party | 11,753 | 28.84 | |
Liberal Party | 2,459 | 6.03 | |
Communist Party | 189 | 0.46 | |
Independent | 77 | 0.19 | |
Independent | 52 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 14,467 | 35.50 | |
Rowan Menzies advocated a pro-immigration policy. | |||
Dharam Dass sought election as a "Human Rights Coalition" candidate, and advocated a policy of racial harmony. He retired on the eve of the poll in favour of Joshua Bamfield. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 50,559/63,580 | 79.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,123 | 45.73 | |
Labour Party | 16,222 | 32.09 | |
Liberal Party | 9,691 | 19.17 | |
National Front | 1,523 | 3.01 | |
Majority | 6,901 | 13.65 | |
10 October 1974 | 47,196/64,060 | 73.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,854 | 44.19 | |
Labour Party | 15,554 | 32.96 | |
Liberal Party | 9,215 | 19.52 | |
National Front | 1,573 | 3.33 | |
Majority | 5,300 | 11.23 | |
3 May 1979 | 50,666/66,180 | 76.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,587 | 52.48 | |
Labour Party | 15,827 | 31.24 | |
Liberal Party | 6,939 | 13.70 | |
National Front | 912 | 1.80 | |
Independent | 401 | 0.79 | |
Majority | 10,760 | 21.24 | |
John Deary sought election as an Anti-Common Market Free Enterprise candidate. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 49,833/69,576 | 71.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,214 | 50.60 | |
Labour Party | 13,694 | 27.48 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 10,724 | 21.52 | |
Independent | 201 | 0.40 | |
Majority | 11,520 | 23.12 | |
11 June 1987 | 51,768/69,303 | 74.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,235 | 50.68 | |
Labour Party | 15,917 | 30.75 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 9,616 | 18.58 | |
Majority | 10,318 | 19.93 | |
9 April 1992 | 52,679/67,288 | 78.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,969 | 49.30 | |
Labour Party | 21,003 | 39.87 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,470 | 8.49 | |
Official Liberal Party | 1,237 | 2.35 | |
Majority | 4,966 | 9.43 | |
27 April 1994 The Conservative Whip was restored to Nick Budgen. | |||
28 November 1994 The Conservative Whip was removed from Nick Budgen following his abstention on a vote ofno confidence in the Government. | |||
24 April 1995 The Conservative Whip was restored to Nick Budgen. | |||
1 May 1997 | 48,921/67,482 | 72.49 | |
Labour Party | 24,657 | 50.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,539 | 39.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,012 | 8.20 | |
Official Liberal Party | 713 | 1.46 | |
Majority | 5,118 | 10.46 | |
7 June 2001 | 40,897/67,171 | 60.88 | |
Labour Party | 19,735 | 48.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,248 | 39.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,425 | 8.37 | |
Green Party | 805 | 1.97 | |
UK Independence Party | 684 | 1.67 | |
Majority | 3,487 | 8.53 | |
5 May 2005 | 41,679/67,096 | 62.12 | |
Labour Party | 18,489 | 44.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,610 | 37.45 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,568 | 13.36 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,029 | 2.47 | |
British National Party | 983 | 2.36 | |
Majority | 2,879 | 6.91 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 40,160/58,680 | 68.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,344 | 40.70 | |
Labour Party | 15,653 | 38.98 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,430 | 16.01 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,487 | 3.70 | |
Equal Parenting Alliance | 246 | 0.61 | |
Majority | 691 | 1.72 | |
7 May 2015 | 40,209/60,375 | 66.60 | |
Labour Party | 17,374 | 43.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,573 | 41.22 | |
UK Independence Party | 4,310 | 10.72 | |
Green Party | 1,058 | 2.63 | |
Liberal Democrats | 845 | 2.10 | |
Independent | 49 | 0.12 | |
Majority | 801 | 1.99 | |
8 June 2017 | 42,346/59,971 | 70.61 | |
Labour Party | 20,899 | 49.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,714 | 44.19 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,012 | 2.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | 784 | 1.85 | |
Green Party | 579 | 1.37 | |
Independent | 358 | 0.85 | |
Majority | 2,185 | 5.16 | |
12 December 2019 | 41,136/60,895 | 67.55 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,864 | 48.29 | |
Labour Party | 18,203 | 44.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,041 | 4.96 | |
Brexit Party | 1,028 | 2.50 | |
Majority | 1,661 | 4.04 | |