UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		136,885/478,676	28.60
Derek Anthony Enright	Labour Party	62,475	45.64
Dr Peter Coles Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	54,405	39.75
David Austick	Liberal Party	20,005	14.61
Majority		8,070	5.90

14 June 1984		166,810/527,653	31.61
Michael McGowan	Labour Party	70,535	42.28
John Greaves Holt	Conservative & Unionist Party	60,178	36.08
Stephen John Cooksey	Liberal Party in Alliance	36,097	21.64
Majority		10,357	6.21

15 June 1989		186,530/519,631	35.90
Michael McGowan	Labour Party	97,385	52.21
John Wilfrid Tweddle	Conservative & Unionist Party	54,867	29.41
Clive Richard Lord	Green Party	22,558	12.09
Mrs J Ewens	Liberal Democrats	11,720	6.28
Majority		42,518	22.79

9 June 1994		156,731/521,989	30.03
Michael McGowan	Labour Party	89,160	56.89
William Neil Carmichael	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,078	23.02
Jane Harvey	Liberal Democrats	17,575	11.21
Michael James Meadowcroft	Official Liberal Party	6,617	4.22
Claire Daphne Nash	Green Party	6,283	4.01
Sarah Jane Evershed Hayward	Natural Law Party	1,018	0.65
Majority		53,082	33.87