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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		26,853/41,449	64.79
Francis Vernon Willey	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,949	44.50
William Hirst	Co-operative Party	8,291	30.88
George Muff	Liberal Party	6,613	24.63
Majority		3,658	13.62

15 November 1922		35,216/42,511	82.84
Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal Party	13,529	38.42
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,353	35.08
Hon Francis Vernon Willey	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,334	26.50
Majority		1,176	3.34

6 December 1923		33,031/42,967	76.88
Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal Party	12,218	36.99
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	11,543	34.95
George Gibson Mitcheson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,270	28.06
Majority		675	2.04

29 October 1924		35,742/43,495	82.17
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	13,919	38.94
George Gibson Mitcheson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,586	32.42
Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal Party	10,237	28.64
Majority		2,333	6.53

30 May 1929		47,580/57,301	83.04
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	23,251	48.87
Frederick Ogden	Liberal Party	12,279	25.81
Geoffrey William Ferrand	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,050	25.33
Majority		10,972	23.06

27 October 1931		47,525/57,526	82.61
Herbert Holdsworth	Liberal Party	31,531	66.35
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,994	33.65
Majority		15,537	32.69

14 November 1935		41,202/58,518	70.41
Herbert Holdsworth	Liberal Party	24,081	58.45
William Hirst	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,121	41.55
Majority		6,960	16.89

1938 Herbert Holdsworth resigns the Liberal whip and joins the National Liberals.

5 July 1945		46,493/60,584	76.74
Meredith Farrar Titterington	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,394	52.47
Herbert Walker Peel	National Liberal Party	15,392	33.11
Charles Ewart Hindley	Liberal Party	6,707	14.43
Majority		9,002	19.36

28 October 1949 Death of Meredith Titterington.

8 December 1949		45,530/61,176	74.42
George Craddock	Labour Party	23,335	51.25
John Lightfoot Windle	National Liberal and Conservative Party	19,313	42.42
Colin James Canning	Independent Liberal	2,882	6.33
Majority		4,022	8.83

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		44,936/52,315	85.90
George Craddock	Labour Party	21,344	47.50
John Lightfoot Windle	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,998	35.60
Edward Rushworth	Liberal Party	7,594	16.90
Majority		5,346	11.90

25 October 1951		45,299/52,544	86.21
George Craddock	Labour Party	21,364	47.16
Geoffrey Francis Greenbank	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,863	39.43
Edward Rushworth	Liberal Party	6,072	13.40
Majority		3,501	7.73

23 November 1954 The Labour whip is withdrawn from George Craddock.

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		43,275/53,849	80.36
George Craddock	Labour Party	20,478	47.32
Reginald Winston-Jones	National Liberal and Conservative Party	16,768	38.75
Arthur Taylor Ellis	Liberal Party	6,029	13.93
Majority		3,710	8.57

8 October 1959		46,180/57,018	80.99
George Craddock	Labour Party	21,172	45.85
Reginald Winston-Jones	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,158	39.32
Hugh Womersley	Liberal Party	6,850	14.83
Majority		3,014	6.53

15 October 1964		45,387/57,768	78.57
George Craddock	Labour Party	21,004	46.28
John Derek Whittaker Bottomley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,097	37.67
Allen Clegg	Liberal Party	7,286	16.05
Majority		3,907	8.61

31 March 1966		43,658/57,456	75.99
George Craddock	Labour Party	22,932	52.53
John Derek Whittaker Bottomley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,435	35.35
George Dunkerley	Liberal Party	5,291	12.12
Majority		7,497	17.17

18 June 1970		45,688/63,382	72.08
Thomas William Torney	Labour Party	20,985	45.93
John Derek Whittaker Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,009	41.61
George Dunkerley	Liberal Party	5,694	12.46
Majority		1,976	4.32

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		57,807/72,587	79.64
Thomas William Torney	Labour Party	25,875	44.76
Paul Gillman Dwyer	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,222	31.52
Gertrud Margareta Holmstedt	Liberal Party	12,961	22.42
Raymond Smith Pearson	Powellite	749	1.30
Majority		7,653	13.24

10 October 1974		52,469/73,252	71.63
Thomas William Torney	Labour Party	25,219	48.06
Gordon Clive Littlewood	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,944	32.29
Christopher Julian Cawood	Liberal Party	10,306	19.64
Majority		8,275	15.77

3 May 1979		55,877/76,353	73.18
Thomas William Torney	Labour Party	26,323	47.11
John Kenneth Hirst	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,005	39.38
Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor	Liberal Party	7,127	12.75
George Kay Wright	National Front	422	0.76
Majority		4,318	7.73

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,425/70,393	70.21
Thomas William Torney	Labour Party	18,542	37.52
Graham Thomas Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,432	37.29
David Anthony Pearl	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,143	24.57
Robert Adsett	Ecology Party	308	0.62
Majority		110	0.22

11 June 1987		51,260/70,372	72.84
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	21,230	41.42
Graham Thomas Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,921	40.81
Trevor Lindley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,109	17.77
Majority		309	0.60

9 April 1992		52,867/69,914	75.62
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	25,185	47.64
Surendra Popat	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,283	38.37
Brian James Boulton	Liberal Democrats	7,243	13.70
Mohammed Naseem	Islamic	156	0.30
Majority		4,902	9.27

13 April 1994 Death of Bob Cryer.

9 June 1994		30,753/69,521	44.24
Gerard Sutcliffe	Labour Party	17,014	55.32
Helen Wright	Liberal Democrats	7,350	23.90
Ronald Malcolm Farley	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,475	17.80
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	727	2.36
Keith Laycock	Natural Law Party	187	0.61
Majority		9,664	31.42

1 May 1997		45,058/68,391	65.88
Gerard Sutcliffe	Labour Party	25,558	56.72
Anne Gillian Hawkesworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,622	28.01
Alexander Charles Edward Wilson-Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	5,093	11.30
Marilyn Kershaw	Referendum Party	1,785	3.96
Majority		12,936	28.71

7 June 2001		35,137/68,450	51.33
Gerard Sutcliffe	Labour Party	19,603	55.79
Graham Stuart Gareth Tennyson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,941	28.29
Alexander Charles Edward Wilson-Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	3,717	10.58
Peter North	UK Independence Party	783	2.23
Anthony Kelly	Socialist Labour	571	1.63
Ateeq Siddique	Socialist Alliance	302	0.86
George Frank Riseborough	Independent	220	0.63
Majority		9,662	27.50

George Riseborough sought election as a Broad Left Against Blairism candidate.

5 May 2005		36,605/67,576	54.17
Gerard Sutcliffe	Labour Party	17,954	49.05
Geraldine Mary Carter	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,787	24.00
Michael Paul Doyle	Liberal Democrats	5,334	14.57
Dr James Graham Lewthwaite	British National Party	2,862	7.82
Derek Curtis	Green Party	695	1.90
Jason Paul Smith	UK Independence Party	552	1.51
Therese Muchewicz	Veritas	421	1.15
Majority		9,167	25.04

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		37,995/63,580	59.76
Gerard Sutcliffe	Labour Party	15,682	41.27
Matthew James Steven Palmer	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,060	29.11
Alun Owen Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	6,948	18.29
Sharon Sutton	British National Party	2,651	6.98
Jamie Illingworth	UK Independence Party	1,339	3.52
Dr James Graham Lewthwaite	Dem Nat	315	0.83
Majority		4,622	12.16

7 May 2015		37,600/63,670	59.05
Judith Mary Cummins	Labour Party	16,328	43.43
Tanya Ilsa Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,878	26.27
Jason Paul Smith	UK Independence Party	9,057	24.09
Andy Robinson	Green Party	1,243	3.31
Andrew Paul Tear	Liberal Democrats	1,094	2.91
Majority		6,450	17.15

8 June 2017		41,049/67,752	60.59
Judith Mary Cummins	Labour Party	22,364	54.48
Tanya Ilsa Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,664	38.16
Stephen Anthony Place	UK Independence Party	1,758	4.28
Stuart David Thomas	Liberal Democrats	516	1.26
Therese Hirst	English Democrats Party	377	0.92
Darren James Parkinson	Green Party	370	0.90
Majority		6,700	16.32

12 December 2019		39,741/69,046	57.56
Judith Mary Cummins	Labour Party	18,390	46.27
Narinder Singh Sekhon	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,044	40.37
Kulvinder Singh Manik	Brexit Party	2,819	7.09
Alun Owen Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	1,505	3.79
Matthew Clive Edwards	Green Party	983	2.47
Majority		2,346	5.90

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		33,042/71,002	46.54
Judith Mary Cummins	Labour Party	11,833	35.81
Ian Peter Eglin	Reform UK	7,441	22.52
Zaf Shah	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,853	14.69
Matthew Clive Edwards	Green Party	3,366	10.19
Rehiana Ali	Independent	3,345	10.12
Anthony John Smith	Liberal Democrats	954	2.89
Harry Boota	Workers Britain	513	1.55
Jonathan Daniel Stewart Barras	Yorkshire	489	1.48
Therese Hirst	English Democrats Party	248	0.75
Majority		4,392	13.29