UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		151,119/546,625	27.65
Roland Boyes	Labour Party	81,982	54.25
R Sheaf	Conservative & Unionist Party	53,043	35.10
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Party	16,094	10.65
Majority		28,939	19.15

14 June 1984		183,226/530,104	34.56
Stephen Skipsey Hughes	Labour Party	106,073	57.89
Hon William Richard Fletcher Vane	Conservative & Unionist Party	44,846	24.48
Christopher Foote Wood	Liberal Party in Alliance	32,307	17.63
Majority		61,227	33.42

15 June 1989		189,187/530,137	35.69
Stephen Skipsey Hughes	Labour Party	124,448	65.78
R Hull	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,600	19.87
H I Lennox	Green Party	18,770	9.92
Peter Freitag	Liberal Democrats	8,369	4.42
Majority		86,848	45.91

9 June 1994		189,507/532,051	35.62
Stephen Skipsey Hughes	Labour Party	136,671	72.12
Philip Charles Bradbourn	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,033	13.21
Dr Nigel Martin	Liberal Democrats	20,935	11.05
S Hope	Green Party	5,670	2.99
Christopher James Adamson	Natural Law Party	1,198	0.63
Majority		111,638	58.91