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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		54,797/65,002	84.30
Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,797	37.95
John Keith Kyle	Labour Party	18,796	34.30
David Barrie Scott	Liberal Party	15,204	27.75
Majority		2,001	3.65

10 October 1974		52,032/65,522	79.41
Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,559	39.51
John Keith Kyle	Labour Party	19,469	37.42
Richard Gordon Holme	Liberal Party	12,004	23.07
Majority		1,090	2.09

3 May 1979		60,783/75,103	80.93
Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,593	51.98
John Edward Barrington Gyford	Labour Party	19,075	31.38
John Charles Malcolm Bryan	Liberal Party	10,115	16.64
Majority		12,518	20.59

Minor Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,034/74,471	75.24
Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,462	52.58
Inigo Geoffrey Bing	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	16,021	28.59
Janet Mary Dyson	Labour Party	10,551	18.83
Majority		13,441	23.99

11 June 1987		60,863/78,025	78.00
Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,978	54.18
Inigo Geoffrey Bing	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	16,121	26.49
Brian Laurence Stapleton	Labour Party	11,764	19.33
Majority		16,857	27.70

9 April 1992		65,794/78,880	83.41
Rt Hon Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,415	52.31
Ian Willmore	Labour Party	16,921	25.72
Diana Paulette Wallis	Liberal Democrats	13,603	20.68
James Edward Abbott	Green Party	855	1.30
Majority		17,494	26.59

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		55,576/72,772	76.37
Alan Arthur Hurst	Labour Party	23,729	42.70
Rt Hon Antony Harold Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,278	40.09
Trevor Keith Ellis	Liberal Democrats	6,418	11.55
Nicholas Penrose Westcott	Referendum Party	2,165	3.90
James Edward Abbott	Green Party	712	1.28
Michael Anthony Nolan	New Way	274	0.49
Majority		1,451	2.61

7 June 2001		50,315/79,157	63.56
Alan Arthur Hurst	Labour Party	21,123	41.98
Brooks Philip Victor Newmark	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,765	41.27
Peter John Russell Turner	Liberal Democrats	5,664	11.26
James Edward Abbott	Green Party	1,241	2.47
Michael Anthony Nolan	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	774	1.54
Charles John Cole	UK Independence Party	748	1.49
Majority		358	0.71

5 May 2005		53,055/80,458	65.94
Brooks Philip Victor Newmark	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,597	44.48
Alan Arthur Hurst	Labour Party	19,704	37.14
Peter John Russell Turner	Liberal Democrats	7,037	13.26
James Edward Abbott	Green Party	1,308	2.47
Roger Gordon Lord	UK Independence Party	1,181	2.23
Michael Anthony Nolan	Independent	228	0.43
Majority		3,893	7.34

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,203/71,163	69.14
Brooks Philip Victor Newmark	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,901	52.64
Bill Edwards	Labour Party	9,780	19.88
Stephen Kenneth Jarvis	Liberal Democrats	9,247	18.79
Michael Ford	UK Independence Party	2,477	5.03
Paul Stephen Hooks	British National Party	1,080	2.19
Daisy Eleanor Mary Blench	Green Party	718	1.46
Majority		16,121	32.76

7 May 2015		50,283/73,557	68.36
James Spencer Cleverly	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,071	53.84
Richard Audubon Bingley	UK Independence Party	9,461	18.82
Malcolm John Fincken	Labour Party	9,296	18.49
Matthew Thomas Klesel	Liberal Democrats	2,488	4.95
Paul Francis Jeater	Green Party	1,564	3.11
Toby Daniel Pereira	Independent	295	0.59
Paul Stephen Hooks	British National Party	108	0.21
Majority		17,610	35.02

8 June 2017		52,326/75,316	69.48
James Spencer Cleverly	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,873	62.82
Malcolm John Fincken	Labour Party	14,451	27.62
Peter John Russell Turner	Liberal Democrats	2,251	4.30
Richard Audubon Bingley	UK Independence Party	1,835	3.51
Thomas Pashby	Green Party	916	1.75
Majority		18,422	35.21

12 December 2019		50,499/75,208	67.15
Rt Hon James Spencer Cleverly	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,112	67.55
Joshua Isaac Daniel Garfield	Labour Party	9,439	18.69
Dominic Charles Graham	Liberal Democrats	4,779	9.46
Joanne Beavis	Independent	1,488	2.95
David James Mansell	Independent	420	0.83
Alan Geoffrey Dorkins	Independent	261	0.52
Majority		24,673	48.86

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,028/77,781	63.03
Rt Hon James Spencer Cleverly	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,414	35.52
Matthew Wright	Labour Party	13,744	28.03
Richard Thomson	Reform UK	11,346	23.14
Kieron Anthony Franks	Liberal Democrats	2,879	5.87
Paul Richard Thorogood	Green Party	2,878	5.87
David Christopher Norman Heather	Independent	767	1.56
Majority		3,670	7.49