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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		20,298/28,691	70.75
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	10,441	51.44
D J Mason	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,946	29.29
Robert Strother Stewart	Liberal Party	2,968	14.62
R Millican	Independent	943	4.65
Majority		4,495	22.15

Robert Stewart was issued with the Coalition "coupon" but repudiated it.

15 November 1922		26,610/31,789	83.71
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	14,546	54.66
Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,064	45.34
Majority		2,482	9.33

6 December 1923		27,077/32,425	83.51
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	15,296	56.49
Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,781	43.51
Majority		3,515	12.98

29 October 1924		27,596/32,690	84.42
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	15,353	55.63
Edward Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,243	44.37
Majority		3,110	11.27

30 May 1929		31,586/38,915	81.17
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	20,591	65.19
Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,995	34.81
Majority		9,596	30.38

27 October 1931		33,634/39,152	85.91
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	18,469	54.91
Hon Christopher William Lowther	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,165	45.09
Majority		3,304	9.82

14 November 1935		39,668
Thomas Cape	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		34,314/42,617	80.52
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	24,876	72.50
George Campbell White	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,438	27.50
Majority		15,438	44.99

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,573/48,716	89.44
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	25,104	57.61
Helen Fox	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,009	32.15
David Cedric Gwynne Sibley	Liberal Party	4,460	10.24
Majority		11,095	25.46

25 October 1951		43,142/49,291	87.53
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	25,893	60.02
Helen Fox	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,249	39.98
Majority		8,644	20.04

26 May 1955		42,292/49,094	86.14
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	25,110	59.37
Thomas Martin Brannan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,182	40.63
Majority		7,928	18.75

8 October 1959		42,431/49,401	85.89
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	25,537	60.18
Thomas Martin Brannan	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,894	39.82
Majority		8,643	20.37

15 October 1964		41,087/49,220	83.48
Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	25,522	62.12
Harold Denman	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,565	37.88
Majority		9,957	24.23

31 March 1966		39,456/49,078	80.39
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	24,981	63.31
Michael Fernley Turner-Bridger	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,475	36.69
Majority		10,506	26.63

18 June 1970		40,507/52,280	77.48
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	24,975	61.66
Michael Fernley Turner-Bridger	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,532	38.34
Majority		9,443	23.31

28 February 1974		40,230/52,678	76.37
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	24,000	59.66
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,230	40.34
Majority		7,770	19.31

10 October 1974		40,255/53,101	75.81
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart	Labour Party	22,539	55.99
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,988	32.26
Jean Yvonne Lindsay Burns	Liberal Party	4,728	11.75
Majority		9,551	23.73

23 September 1976 Elevation of Rt Hon Thomas Peart to the Peerage - Baron Peart.

4 November 1976		40,207/54,178	74.21
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,396	48.24
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	18,331	45.59
Bernard North Wates	Liberal Party	2,480	6.17
Majority		1,065	2.65

3 May 1979		46,109/55,030	83.79
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	24,523	53.18
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,767	40.70
Neil Lindsay Blackshaw	Liberal Party	2,819	6.11
Majority		5,756	12.48

9 June 1983		44,661/56,819	78.60
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	23,239	52.03
Michael Drummond Moverley Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,111	36.07
Neil Lindsay Blackshaw	Liberal Party in Alliance	5,311	11.89
Majority		7,128	15.96

11 June 1987		45,872/57,565	79.69
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	24,019	52.36
Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,000	37.06
Greville William Badger	Liberal Party in Alliance	4,853	10.58
Majority		7,019	15.30

9 April 1992		46,955/57,597	81.52
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	26,719	56.90
Stuart Edward Sexton	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,270	34.65
Christine Ann Neale	Liberal Democrats	3,028	6.45
David Langstaff	Monster Raving Loony Party	755	1.61
Nicola Marie Escott	Natural Law Party	183	0.39
Majority		10,449	22.25

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		49,374/65,766	75.08
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours	Labour Party	31,717	64.24
Robert Matthew Blunden	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,061	24.43
Phillip John Roberts	Liberal Democrats	3,967	8.03
George William Donnan	Referendum Party	1,412	2.86
Chris Austin	Independent	217	0.44
Majority		19,656	39.81

Chris Austin sought election as a Universal Alliance candidate.

7 June 2001		41,822/65,965	63.40
Thomas Anthony Cunningham	Labour Party	23,209	55.49
Tim Stoddart	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,359	29.55
Ian William Francis	Liberal Democrats	5,214	12.47
John Peacock	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	1,040	2.49
Majority		10,850	25.94

5 May 2005		39,737/61,441	64.68
Thomas Anthony Cunningham	Labour Party	19,554	49.21
Judith Lorraine Pattinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,659	31.86
Kate Clarkson	Liberal Democrats	5,815	14.63
Mark Richardson	UK Independence Party	1,328	3.34
John Peacock	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	381	0.96
Majority		6,895	17.35

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		39,259/59,982	65.45
Thomas Anthony Cunningham	Labour Party	17,865	45.51
Judith Lorraine Pattinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,290	33.85
Stanley Bernard Collins	Liberal Democrats	5,318	13.55
Martin Wingfield	British National Party	1,496	3.81
Stephen Peter Lee	UK Independence Party	876	2.23
Ian Robert Lennox Logan	English Democrats Party	414	1.05
Majority		4,575	11.65

7 May 2015		38,463/58,672	65.56
Susan Mary Hayman	Labour Party	16,282	42.33
Rozila Kana	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,596	30.15
Mark Ian Jenkinson	UK Independence Party	7,538	19.60
Phillip John Roberts	Liberal Democrats	1,708	4.44
Jillian Barbara Perry	Green Party	1,149	2.99
Roy Alan Ivinson	Independent	190	0.49
Majority		4,686	12.18

8 June 2017		41,676/60,265	69.15
Susan Mary Hayman	Labour Party	21,317	51.15
Clark Edward Vasey	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,392	41.73
George Masterton Kemp	UK Independence Party	1,556	3.73
Phillip John Roberts	Liberal Democrats	1,133	2.72
Roy Alan Ivinson	Independent	278	0.67
Majority		3,925	9.42

12 December 2019		41,599/61,372	67.78
Mark Ian Jenkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,488	49.25
Susan Mary Hayman	Labour Party	16,312	39.21
David Rimmer Walker	Brexit Party	1,749	4.20
Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrats	1,525	3.67
Nicky Cockburn	Independent	842	2.02
Jillian Barbara Perry	Green Party	596	1.43
Roy Alan Ivinson	Independent	87	0.21
Majority		4,176	10.04