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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		44,276/56,582	78.25
John Howard Cordle	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,139	50.00
George Hamilton Musgrave	Liberal Party	13,005	29.37
Desmond Earle Lock	Labour Party	7,423	16.77
Michael John Hayes	National Front	875	1.98
Alan Stanley Reynolds	Conservative Against the Common Market	834	1.88
Majority		9,134	20.63

10 October 1974		40,169/56,997	70.48
John Howard Cordle	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,790	51.76
George Hamilton Musgrave	Liberal Party	10,129	25.22
Desmond Earle Lock	Labour Party	8,422	20.97
Michael John Hayes	National Front	828	2.06
Majority		10,661	26.54

25 July 1977 Resignation of John Cordle after being criticised for contempt of the House as a result of his business links with John Poulson. (Northstead)

24 November 1977		24,025/56,337	42.65
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,235	63.41
Joseph B N Goodwin	Labour Party	3,684	15.33
Donald Matthew	Liberal Party	3,212	13.37
John Philip Pratt	New Britain	1,127	4.69
Kenneth Roderick McKilliam	National Front	725	3.02
William George Boaks	Independent	42	0.17
Majority		11,551	48.08

3 May 1979		41,203/56,382	73.08
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,808	62.64
Joseph B N Goodwin	Labour Party	7,553	18.33
Donald Matthew	Liberal Party	6,738	16.35
John Philip Pratt	New Britain	581	1.41
Jacqueline Mary Dempsey	Ecology Party	523	1.27
Majority		18,255	44.31

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,104/71,507	65.87
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,176	53.45
Dr John Millward	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,760	29.21
Michael John Shutler	Labour Party	4,026	8.55
Phyllis Margaret Hogarth	Independent Conservative	3,644	7.74
Trevor Douglas Dykes	Ecology Party	273	0.58
Jeremy Stookes	Monster Raving Loony Party	225	0.48
Majority		11,416	24.24

11 June 1987		53,052/75,906	69.89
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,925	58.29
Dr John Millward	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,242	30.62
Ian Arundel Taylor	Labour Party	5,885	11.09
Majority		14,683	27.68

9 April 1992		54,683/75,089	72.82
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,820	56.36
Neil Robert Russell	Liberal Democrats	15,997	29.25
Peter John Brushett	Labour Party	7,541	13.79
Susan Teresa Holmes	Natural Law Party	325	0.59
Majority		14,823	27.11

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,428/61,862	70.20
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,997	41.44
Douglas Eyre	Liberal Democrats	13,651	31.43
Jessica Lilias Stevens	Labour Party	9,181	21.14
Alan Musgrave-Scott	Referendum Party	1,808	4.16
Kenneth Fred Benney	UK Independence Party	791	1.82
Majority		4,346	10.01

7 June 2001		35,799/60,454	59.22
David Anthony Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,501	43.30
Andrew Charles William Garratt	Liberal Democrats	12,067	33.71
Paul Matthew Nicholson	Labour Party	7,107	19.85
George Frederick John Chamberlaine	UK Independence Party	1,124	3.14
Majority		3,434	9.59

5 May 2005		37,599/63,426	59.28
Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,925	45.01
Andrew Charles William Garratt	Liberal Democrats	11,681	31.07
David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes	Labour Party	7,191	19.13
Thomas Edward Richard Collier	UK Independence Party	1,802	4.79
Majority		5,244	13.95

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		44,024/71,125	61.90
Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,320	48.43
Lisa Northover	Liberal Democrats	13,592	30.87
David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes	Labour Party	5,836	13.26
David Norman Hughes	UK Independence Party	3,027	6.88
Steven J Humphrey	Independent	249	0.57
Majority		7,728	17.55

7 May 2015		44,827/71,956	62.30
Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,060	49.21
Peter Stokes	Labour Party	7,448	16.61
David Norman Hughes	UK Independence Party	7,401	16.51
Jon Martin Nicholas	Liberal Democrats	3,752	8.37
Alasdair Keddie	Green Party	3,263	7.28
David Hugh Ross	Bournemouth Independent Alliance	903	2.01
Majority		14,612	32.60

8 June 2017		48,618/74,591	65.18
Rt Hon Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,221	51.88
Mel Semple	Labour Party	17,284	35.55
Jon Martin Nicholas	Liberal Democrats	3,168	6.52
David Norman Hughes	UK Independence Party	1,405	2.89
Alasdair Keddie	Green Party	1,236	2.54
Kieron Wilson	Independent	304	0.63
Majority		7,937	16.33

12 December 2019		49,274/74,125	66.47
Rt Hon Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,926	50.59
Corrie Rebecca Drew	Labour Party	16,120	32.72
Phillip Andrew Dunn	Liberal Democrats	5,418	11.00
Alasdair Keddie	Green Party	2,049	4.16
Ben Aston	Independent	447	0.91
Emma Victoria Johnson	Independent	314	0.64
Majority		8,806	17.87

19 July 2022 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood.

15 October 2022 The Conservative whip was restored to Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood.

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,910/72,354	62.07
Thomas John Hayes	Labour Party	18,316	40.78
Rt Hon Tobias Martin Ellwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,837	28.58
Martin James Houlden	Reform UK	6,268	13.96
Jon Martin Nicholas	Liberal Democrats	3,082	6.86
Joe Angus Salmon	Green Party	2,790	6.21
Kieron Wilson	Independent	1,529	3.40
Miles Penn	Social Democratic Party	88	0.20
Majority		5,479	12.20