UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		143,171/530,714	26.98
Brian Michael Key	Labour and Co-operative Party	83,490	58.31
Mark Noel Foster Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	46,656	32.59
William Patrick Capstick	Liberal Party	13,025	9.10
Majority		36,834	25.73

14 June 1984		147,597/516,431	28.58
Norman West	Labour Party	98,020	66.41
Rosemary Patricia Nora Pockley	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,271	20.51
Douglas Eden	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	19,306	13.08
Majority		67,749	45.90

15 June 1989		174,438/518,995	33.61
Norman West	Labour Party	121,060	69.40
William James Clappison	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,276	16.78
A Grace	Green Party	19,063	10.93
Brian James Boulton	Liberal Democrats	5,039	2.89
Majority		91,784	52.62

9 June 1994		149,901/523,401	28.64
Norman West	Labour Party	109,004	72.72
Jonathan Lee Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,695	13.81
Christine Roderick	Liberal Democrats	11,798	7.87
Peter Davies	UK Independence Party	3,948	2.63
John Hamilton Waters	Green Party	3,775	2.52
Nigel John Broome	Natural Law Party	681	0.45
Majority		88,309	58.91

1997 Resignation of Norman West.

7 May 1998
Linda McAvan	Labour Party	62,275	52.23
Diana Paulette Wallis	Liberal Democrats	22,051	18.49
Robert Goodwill	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,085	17.68
Peter Davies	UK Independence Party	13,830	11.60
Majority		40,224	33.73