UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		138,991/508,306	27.34
Richard Andrew Balfe	Labour and Co-operative Party	67,830	48.80
John Valentine Butterfill	Conservative & Unionist Party	60,652	43.64
Richard Hallam Insoll	Liberal Party	10,509	7.56
Majority		7,178	5.16

14 June 1984		152,513/530,672	28.74
Richard Andrew Balfe	Labour and Co-operative Party	77,661	50.92
Doreen Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	46,180	30.28
James Daly	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	25,391	16.65
Janice Owens	Ecology Party	3,281	2.15
Majority		31,481	20.64

15 June 1989		173,845/528,188	32.91
Richard Andrew Balfe	Labour and Co-operative Party	90,378	51.99
Robin John Pearce Wheatley	Conservative & Unionist Party	45,360	26.09
Penelope Anne Shepherd	Green Party	26,230	15.09
Maltby John Pindar	Liberal Democrats	10,277	5.91
Peter Nigel Power	Communist Party	1,277	0.73
D Weppler	Communist League	323	0.19
Majority		45,018	25.90

9 June 1994		139,395/510,609	27.30
Richard Andrew Balfe	Labour Party	85,079	61.03
Andrew Boff	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,859	18.55
Adrian Paul Graves	Liberal Democrats	20,708	14.86
William Shane Barbour Collins	Green Party	6,570	4.71
Mark Clive Leighton	Natural Law Party	1,179	0.85
Majority		59,220	42.48