UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		147,876/541,275	27.32
Richard James Simmonds	Conservative & Unionist Party	69,916	47.28
Stuart Jeffrey Randall	Labour Party	68,024	46.00
Albert William Glyn Court	Liberal Party	9,936	6.72
Majority		1,892	1.28

14 June 1984		146,206/533,796	27.39
Terence John Pitt	Labour Party	74,091	50.68
Anthony Trevor Burnside	Conservative & Unionist Party	54,406	37.21
Christopher John Carter	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,709	12.11
Majority		19,685	13.46

3 October 1986 Death of Terence Pitt.

5 March 1987		152,603/536,004	28.47
John Alfred William Bird	Labour and Co-operative Party	59,761	39.16
Michael John Whitby	Conservative & Unionist Party	55,736	36.52
Christopher John Carter	Liberal Party	37,106	24.32
Majority		4,025	2.64

15 June 1989		197,455/529,505	37.29
John Alfred William Bird	Labour and Co-operative Party	105,529	53.44
Michael John Whitby	Conservative & Unionist Party	63,165	31.99
J Raven	Green Party	21,787	11.03
Frances Mary Oborski	Liberal Democrats	6,974	3.53
Majority		42,364	21.46

9 June 1994		166,937/533,742	31.28
Simon Francis Murphy	Labour Party	99,242	59.45
Mark George Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	44,419	26.61
G Baldauf-Good	Liberal Democrats	12,195	7.31
Michael Stephen Hyde	Official Liberal Party	5,050	3.03
C T Mattingly	Green Party	4,390	2.63
John David Oldbury	Natural Law Party	1,641	0.98
Majority		54,823	32.84