UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		154,973/526,602	29.43
William Joseph Hopper	Conservative & Unionist Party	67,127	43.32
Peter Nurse	Labour Party	66,825	43.12
George Eberhard Arthur Otto Weddell	Liberal Party	21,021	13.56
Majority		302	0.19

14 June 1984		167,676/528,896	31.70
Rt Hon Barbara Anne Castle	Labour Party	93,740	55.91
William Joseph Hopper	Conservative & Unionist Party	56,042	33.42
John Redman Boddy	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	17,894	10.67
Majority		37,698	22.48

15 June 1989		202,565/506,930	39.96
Gary Titley	Labour Party	109,228	53.92
P H Twyman	Conservative & Unionist Party	59,093	29.17
D W Milne	Green Party	22,778	11.24
Adrian Hugh Cruden	Liberal Democrats	6,940	3.43
Mrs B Archer	Social Democratic Party	4,526	2.23
Majority		50,135	24.75

9 June 1994		152,232/512,618	29.70
Gary Titley	Labour Party	94,129	61.83
David Ernest Newns	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,494	23.32
Frank Harasiwka	Liberal Democrats	13,650	8.97
R Jackson	Green Party	3,950	2.59
G Harrison	MCCARTHY	3,693	2.43
Terence Leonard Brotheridge	Natural Law Party	1,316	0.86
Majority		58,635	38.52