UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		158,482/506,739	31.27
Nicholas William Bethell, Baron Bethell	Conservative & Unionist Party	87,596	55.27
Mildred Gordon	Labour Party	49,268	31.09
George Jacob Bridge	Liberal Party	21,618	13.64
Majority		38,328	24.18

14 June 1984		161,793/518,365	31.21
Nicholas William Bethell, Baron Bethell	Conservative & Unionist Party	69,803	43.14
Patricia Healy	Labour Party	62,381	38.56
Andrew Terence Ketteringham	Liberal Party in Alliance	29,609	18.30
Majority		7,422	4.59

15 June 1989		181,228/506,707	35.77
Nicholas William Bethell, Baron Bethell	Conservative & Unionist Party	74,900	41.33
Albert Keith Toms	Labour Party	67,500	37.25
Ian Edward Flindall	Green Party	28,275	15.60
Christopher David Noyce	Liberal Democrats	10,553	5.82
Majority		7,400	4.08

9 June 1994		169,088/481,272	35.13
Robert John Emlyn Evans	Labour Party	80,192	47.43
Nicholas William Bethell, Baron Bethell	Conservative & Unionist Party	62,750	37.11
Hilary Frances Leighter	Liberal Democrats	18,998	11.24
Darren Paul Johnson	Green Party	4,743	2.81
Anne Geraldine Murphy	Communist Party of Great Britain	858	0.51
T Sullivan	Natural Law Party	807	0.48
Colin Richard Palmer	Century	740	0.44
Majority		17,442	10.32