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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		48,296/56,520	85.45
Charles James Simmons	Labour Party	24,302	50.32
Rolf Dudley Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,665	40.72
Thomas Patrick Hanley	Liberal Party	4,329	8.96
Majority		4,637	9.60

25 October 1951		48,722/57,322	85.00
Charles James Simmons	Labour Party	25,510	52.36
John Dalley	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,212	47.64
Majority		2,298	4.72

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		49,077/62,179	78.93
Charles James Simmons	Labour Party	25,013	50.97
William Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,064	49.03
Majority		949	1.93

8 October 1959		58,271/71,161	81.89
John Ellis Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,202	53.55
Charles James Simmons	Labour Party	27,069	46.45
Majority		4,133	7.09

15 October 1964		64,158/80,218	79.98
John Ellis Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,370	52.01
Peter Kingsley Archer	Labour Party	28,968	45.15
William Henry Brown	Independent	1,820	2.84
Majority		4,402	6.86

William Brown was opposed to Britain's entry into the Common Market.

31 March 1966		66,485/84,210	78.95
John Ellis Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,026	51.18
Dr Katharine Churchill Rogers	Labour Party	32,459	48.82
Majority		1,567	2.36

9 January 1967 Death of John Talbot.

27 April 1967		58,363/85,845	67.99
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,371	53.75
Derek Alan Forwood	Labour Party	21,151	36.24
Michael Steed	Liberal Party	4,536	7.77
John Creasey	All Party Alliance	1,305	2.24
Majority		10,220	17.51

18 June 1970		71,643/97,680	73.34
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,440	60.63
Thomas Stanley Pritchard	Labour Party	28,203	39.37
Majority		15,237	21.27