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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		20,545/34,248	59.99
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,348	60.10
Alexander Gordon Cameron	Labour Party	7,088	34.50
W A Adam	Independent	1,109	5.40
Majority		5,260	25.60

15 November 1922		24,003/34,242	70.10
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,453	60.21
John Thomas Sheppard	Labour Party	9,550	39.79
Majority		4,903	20.43

6 December 1923		23,737/35,032	67.76
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,380	52.15
William Barefoot	Labour Party	11,357	47.85
Majority		1,023	4.31

29 October 1924		28,808/36,153	79.68
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,504	57.29
William Barefoot	Labour Party	12,304	42.71
Majority		4,200	14.58

30 May 1929		38,400/50,014	76.78
Rt Hon Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,296	45.04
William Barefoot	Labour Party	16,964	44.18
Arthur Stanley Phillips	Liberal Party	4,140	10.78
Majority		332	0.86

27 October 1931		40,961/52,917	77.41
Rt Hon Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,441	64.55
Joseph Reeves	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,520	35.45
Majority		11,921	29.10

14 November 1935		42,022/55,452	75.78
Rt Hon Sir Howard Kingsley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,649	58.66
Arthur George Wansbrough	Labour Party	17,373	41.34
Majority		7,276	17.31

21 September 1943 Death of Rt Hon Sir Kingsley Wood.

10 November 1943		12,581/60,400	20.83
Francis William Beech	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,204	65.21
William Thomas Colyer	Independent Labour Party	3,419	27.18
L J Ellis	Independent	958	7.61
Majority		4,785	38.03

5 July 1945		38,426/53,288	72.11
Henry Berry	Labour Party	23,655	61.56
Francis William Beech	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,771	38.44
Majority		8,884	23.12

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,657/52,419	87.10
William Arthur Steward	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,259	46.56
Henry Berry	Labour Party	21,119	46.26
William Roden Roberts	Liberal Party	3,279	7.18
Majority		140	0.31

25 October 1951		47,466/54,226	87.53
William Arthur Steward	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,385	49.27
Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	22,041	46.44
David Phillips	Liberal Party	2,040	4.30
Majority		1,344	2.83

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		46,082/55,329	83.29
William Arthur Steward	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,981	52.04
William Hamling	Labour Party	22,101	47.96
Majority		1,880	4.08

8 October 1959		46,240/54,563	84.75
Colin William Carstairs Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,373	52.71
William Hamling	Labour Party	20,678	44.72
Ronald Stephen Mallone	Fellowship	1,189	2.57
Majority		3,695	7.99

15 October 1964		44,171/54,359	81.26
William Hamling	Labour Party	22,420	50.76
Colin William Carstairs Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,639	46.73
Ronald Stephen Mallone	Fellowship	1,112	2.52
Majority		1,781	4.03

31 March 1966		43,506/53,477	81.35
William Hamling	Labour Party	23,344	53.66
Maurice Patrick Gaffney	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,256	44.26
Ronald Stephen Mallone	Fellowship	906	2.08
Majority		4,088	9.40

18 June 1970		41,454/57,508	72.08
William Hamling	Labour Party	21,036	50.75
Maurice Patrick Gaffney	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,418	49.25
Majority		618	1.49

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		45,649/55,796	81.81
William Hamling	Labour Party	20,126	44.09
Peter James Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,690	38.75
John Paul Johnson	Liberal Party	7,833	17.16
Majority		2,436	5.34

10 October 1974		41,649/56,351	73.91
William Hamling	Labour Party	19,614	47.09
Peter James Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,073	38.59
John Paul Johnson	Liberal Party	5,962	14.31
Majority		3,541	8.50

20 March 1975 Death of William Hamling.

26 June 1975		35,421/56,839	62.32
Peter James Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,280	48.78
Joseph Stanyer	Labour Party	14,898	42.06
Sheilagh Mary Hobday	Liberal Party	1,884	5.32
Ruth M Robinson	National Front	856	2.42
Ronald Stephen Mallone	Fellowship	218	0.62
Dr Frank Herbert Hansford-Miller	Eng Nat	140	0.40
Reginald Ernest Garrick Simmerson	Independent Conservative	104	0.29
Peter Harold Howard Bishop	Independent	41	0.12
Majority		2,382	6.72

Reginald Simmerson opposed Britain's membership of the Common Market.

3 May 1979		44,828/56,327	79.59
Peter James Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,222	47.34
Diana Page	Labour Party	18,613	41.52
Peter John Churchill	Liberal Party	4,363	9.73
Malcolm Eric Leslie Skeggs	National Front	630	1.41
Majority		2,609	5.82