UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		186,190/509,749	36.53
Sir Charles Henry Plumb	Conservative & Unionist Party	109,139	58.62
James Anthony Honeybone	Labour Party	37,713	20.26
Muriel Eda Burton	Liberal Party	27,916	14.99
Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett	Independent	11,422	6.13
Majority		71,426	38.36

14 June 1984		177,276/527,081	33.63
Sir Charles Henry Plumb	Conservative & Unionist Party	94,740	53.44
Muriel Eda Burton	Liberal Party in Alliance	45,798	25.83
Janet Anne Royall	Labour Party	36,738	20.72
Majority		48,942	27.61

6 April 1987 Sir Charles Plumb was elevated to the Peerage as Baron Plumb.

15 June 1989		210,402/558,115	37.70
Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb	Conservative & Unionist Party	94,852	45.08
Margaret S Limb	Green Party	49,174	23.37
Thomas Levitt	Labour Party	48,180	22.90
Leslie Anthony Rowe	Liberal Democrats	18,196	8.65
Majority		45,678	21.71