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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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6 May 2010		38,021/69,525	54.69
Bridget Maeve Phillipson	Labour Party	19,137	50.33
Robert Geoffrey Oliver	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,147	21.43
Christopher Peter Boyle	Liberal Democrats	5,292	13.92
Colin Wakefield	Independent	2,462	6.48
Karen Allen	British National Party	1,961	5.16
Richard Peter Elvin	UK Independence Party	1,022	2.69
Majority		10,990	28.91

7 May 2015		38,489/68,324	56.33
Bridget Maeve Phillipson	Labour Party	21,218	55.13
Richard Peter Elvin	UK Independence Party	8,280	21.51
Stewart Thomas Hay	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,105	18.46
Alan Michael David Robinson	Green Party	1,095	2.84
Jim Murray	Liberal Democrats	791	2.06
Majority		12,938	33.61

8 June 2017		41,480/68,123	60.89
Bridget Maeve Phillipson	Labour Party	24,665	59.46
Paul Howell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,324	29.71
Michael Anthony Joyce	UK Independence Party	2,379	5.74
Paul John Edgeworth	Liberal Democrats	908	2.19
Richard Peter Bradley	Green Party	725	1.75
Mick Watson	Independent	479	1.15
Majority		12,341	29.75

12 December 2019		39,811/68,835	57.84
Bridget Maeve Phillipson	Labour Party	16,210	40.72
Christopher John Charles Howarth	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,095	32.89
Kevin Lawrence Yuill	Brexit Party	6,165	15.49
Paul John Edgeworth	Liberal Democrats	2,319	5.83
Richard Peter Bradley	Green Party	1,125	2.83
Richard Peter Elvin	UK Independence Party	897	2.25
Majority		3,115	7.82

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,032/78,448	51.03
Bridget Maeve Phillipson	Labour Party	18,837	47.05
Sam Woods-Brass	Reform UK	11,668	29.15
Chris Burnicle	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,514	13.77
Paul John Edgeworth	Liberal Democrats	2,290	5.72
Richard Peter Bradley	Green Party	1,723	4.30
Majority		7,169	17.91