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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,229/33,038	67.28
Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,042	49.67
John Henry Palin	Labour Party	6,499	29.24
Everett Binns	Liberal Party	4,688	21.09
Majority		4,543	20.44

15 November 1922		28,137/33,508	83.97
Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,260	36.46
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	9,008	32.01
John Henry Palin	Labour Party	8,869	31.52
Majority		1,252	4.45

6 December 1923		27,593/33,772	81.70
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	9,365	33.94
Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,192	33.31
Thomas Blythe	Labour Party	9,036	32.75
Majority		173	0.63

29 October 1924		28,908/34,114	84.74
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,459	39.64
Edward Frank Wise	Labour Party	9,442	32.66
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	8,007	27.70
Majority		2,017	6.98

30 May 1929		43,576/51,573	84.49
Ralph Norman Angell	Labour Party	17,873	41.02
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,413	35.37
Joseph Burton Hobman	Liberal Party	10,290	23.61
Majority		2,460	5.65

27 October 1931		43,938/52,864	83.12
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,537	71.78
Philip Butler	Labour Party	12,401	28.22
Majority		19,136	43.55

14 November 1935		39,881/55,100	72.38
Sir Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,150	53.03
Muriel Edith Nichol	Labour Party	14,047	35.22
Reginald Kenney	National Dividend	4,684	11.74
Majority		7,103	17.81

Reginald Kenney was supported by the Social Credit Secretariat.

5 July 1945		46,429/58,409	79.49
Muriel Edith Nichol	Labour Party	20,268	43.65
John Andrews Benn	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,824	36.24
Basil Robert Wilson Town	Liberal Party	9,337	20.11
Majority		3,444	7.42

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,130/51,462	87.70
William Johnson Taylor	National Liberal and Conservative Party	20,628	45.71
Muriel Edith Nichol	Labour Party	18,517	41.03
Jack Kitching	Liberal Party	5,985	13.26
Majority		2,111	4.68

25 October 1951		45,171/51,836	87.14
William Johnson Taylor	National Liberal and Conservative Party	24,524	54.29
Edward John Parris	Labour Party	20,647	45.71
Majority		3,877	8.58

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		42,099/51,472	81.79
William Johnson Taylor	National Liberal and Conservative Party	21,084	50.08
Rt Hon Maurice Webb	Labour Party	21,015	49.92
Majority		69	0.16

Minor Boundary Change
8 October 1959		43,029/51,957	82.82
William Johnson Taylor	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,850	53.10
John Marshall	Labour Party	20,179	46.90
Majority		2,671	6.21

15 October 1964		41,054/51,062	80.40
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	17,905	43.61
Sir William Johnson Taylor, Bt	National Liberal and Conservative Party	16,507	40.21
Edgar Robinson	Liberal Party	6,642	16.18
Majority		1,398	3.41

31 March 1966		39,255/50,512	77.71
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	21,727	55.35
William Herbert Peter Laycock	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,528	44.65
Majority		4,199	10.70

18 June 1970		38,652/52,290	73.92
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	20,141	52.11
William Herbert Peter Laycock	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,511	47.89
Majority		1,630	4.22

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,646/65,535	78.81
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	22,381	43.34
Hugh Patrick Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,764	30.52
Arthur Gordon Lishman	Liberal Party	13,115	25.39
Arnold Marriott	Independent Democrat	386	0.75
Majority		6,617	12.81

10 October 1974		46,568/66,117	70.43
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	22,841	49.05
Hugh Patrick Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,252	30.60
Arthur Gordon Lishman	Liberal Party	9,475	20.35
Majority		8,589	18.44

3 May 1979		49,208/68,530	71.81
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Labour Party	25,069	50.94
Mostyn Neil Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,548	35.66
Alan Bagshaw	Liberal Party	5,819	11.83
Andrew William Henry Brons	National Front	614	1.25
Colleen Elizabeth Smith	Workers Revolutionary Party	158	0.32
Majority		7,521	15.28

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		46,953/67,064	70.01
Geoffrey John Lawler	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,094	34.28
Charles Patrick Wall	Labour Party	14,492	30.86
Peter David Birkby	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,962	25.48
Benjamin Thomas Ford	Independent Labour	4,018	8.56
Anthony Michael Howarth	Monster Raving Loony Party	194	0.41
Michael David Stephen Easter	British National Party	193	0.41
Majority		1,602	3.41

11 June 1987		49,041/68,193	71.92
Charles Patrick Wall	Labour Party	21,009	42.84
Geoffrey John Lawler	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,376	39.51
Adrian Michael Berkeley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,656	17.65
Majority		1,633	3.33

6 August 1990 Death of Pat Wall.

8 November 1990		36,029/68,193	52.83
Terence Henry Rooney	Labour Party	18,619	51.68
David Ward	Liberal Democrats	9,105	25.27
Mary Elizabeth Joyce Atkin	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,048	16.79
David Moses Pidcock	Islamic	800	2.22
Michael Lee Knott	Green Party	447	1.24
Robert Ian Tenney	National Front	305	0.85
Joseph Floyd	Ch All	219	0.61
William Beckett	Monster Raving Loony Party	210	0.58
Noel Andrew Brittan Nowosielski	Official Liberal Party	187	0.52
Malcolm Wrigglesworth	Independent Conservative	89	0.25
Majority		9,514	26.41

9 April 1992		48,963/66,719	73.39
Terence Henry Rooney	Labour Party	23,420	47.83
Mohammed Riaz	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,756	32.18
David Ward	Liberal Democrats	9,133	18.65
William Beckett	Monster Raving Loony Party	350	0.71
Mohamed Hany Nasr	Islamic	304	0.62
Majority		7,664	15.65

1 May 1997		41,895/66,228	63.26
Terence Henry Rooney	Labour Party	23,493	56.08
Edward George Skinner	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,723	25.59
Terence Amandus Scott Browne	Liberal Democrats	6,083	14.52
Harry Wheatley	Referendum Party	1,227	2.93
William Beckett	Monster Raving Loony Party	369	0.88
Majority		12,770	30.48

7 June 2001		35,017/66,454	52.69
Terence Henry Rooney	Labour Party	17,419	49.74
Zahid Iqbal	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,450	24.13
David Ward	Liberal Democrats	6,924	19.77
John Richard Brayshaw	British National Party	1,613	4.61
Steven Schofield	Green Party	611	1.74
Majority		8,969	25.61

5 May 2005		34,397/64,515	53.32
Terence Henry Rooney	Labour Party	14,622	42.51
David Ward	Liberal Democrats	11,111	32.30
Teck Keong Khong	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,569	16.19
Lynda Jane Cromie	British National Party	2,061	5.99
Steven Schofield	Green Party	560	1.63
Umit Kemel Yildiz	Respect the Unity Coalition	474	1.38
Majority		3,511	10.21