UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		173,801/529,239	32.84
Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	103,638	59.63
Alexander Gordon	Labour Party	47,029	27.06
Samuel Bennett Crooks	Liberal Party	23,134	13.31
Majority		56,609	32.57

14 June 1984		178,228/547,188	32.57
Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	88,668	49.75
John Dickie	Labour Party	48,809	27.39
Celia McClare Goodhart	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	37,421	21.00
Audrey Theodosin Bryant	Independent	3,330	1.87
Majority		39,859	22.36

15 June 1989		207,633/587,733	35.33
Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	86,695	41.75
Michael Francis Coyne	Labour Party	66,248	31.91
Audrey Theodosin Bryant	Green Party	43,071	20.74
Richard Wilfrid Church	Liberal Democrats	11,619	5.60
Majority		20,447	9.85