UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		205,422/533,237	38.52
Charles Townley Strachey, Baron O'Hagan	Conservative & Unionist Party	127,032	61.84
Michael Azariah Pinney	Liberal Party	41,010	19.96
Reginald Cyril James Scott	Labour Party	37,380	18.20
Majority		86,022	41.88

14 June 1984		201,243/560,807	35.88
Charles Townley Strachey, Lord O'Hagan	Conservative & Unionist Party	110,129	54.72
Peter George Driver	Liberal Party in Alliance	53,519	26.59
David Arthur Gorbutt	Labour Party	30,017	14.92
Peter Stuart Christie	Ecology Party	6,919	3.44
Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Rous	Wessex Regiment	659	0.33
Majority		56,610	28.13

15 June 1989		238,151/596,671	39.91
Charles Townley Strachey, Lord O'Hagan	Conservative & Unionist Party	110,518	46.41
Peter Stuart Christie	Green Party	53,220	22.35
W J Cairns	Labour Party	40,675	17.08
M Edmunds	Liberal Democrats	23,306	9.79
R Edwards	Social Democratic Party	7,806	3.28
Stuart Basil Fawlty Hughes	Monster Raving Loony Party	2,241	0.94
Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Rous	Wessex Regiment	385	0.16
Majority		57,298	24.06