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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		45,934/58,909	77.97
Howard Sydney Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,431	48.83
Joseph Taylor Huddart	Labour Party	19,430	42.30
Robert Michael Buckley	Liberal Party	4,073	8.87
Majority		3,001	6.53

25 October 1951		46,649/60,483	77.13
Howard Sydney Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,923	55.57
Lewis Coleman Cohen	Labour Party	20,726	44.43
Majority		5,197	11.14

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		41,027/58,622	69.99
Howard Sydney Johnson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,142	56.41
Lewis Coleman Cohen	Labour Party	17,885	43.59
Majority		5,257	12.81

8 October 1959		45,076/61,119	73.75
David Pelham James	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,411	56.37
Lewis Coleman Cohen	Labour Party	19,665	43.63
Majority		5,746	12.75

15 October 1964		44,609/61,820	72.16
Dennis Harry Hobden	Labour Party	22,308	50.01
David Pelham James	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,301	49.99
Majority		7	0.02

31 March 1966		49,041/61,250	80.07
Dennis Harry Hobden	Labour Party	24,936	50.85
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,105	49.15
Majority		831	1.69

18 June 1970		49,146/65,414	75.13
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,208	49.26
Dennis Harry Hobden	Labour Party	21,105	42.94
Oliver Charles Napier Moxon	Liberal Party	3,833	7.80
Majority		3,103	6.31

28 February 1974		51,112/64,905	78.75
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,504	45.99
Dennis Harry Hobden	Labour Party	19,484	38.12
David John Domett Hall	Liberal Party	7,954	15.56
John Christopher Buckle	Communist Party of England	170	0.33
Majority		4,020	7.87

10 October 1974		47,326/65,427	72.33
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,725	45.90
Dennis Harry Hobden	Labour Party	19,060	40.27
Stephen John Osborne	Liberal Party	6,214	13.13
Robert Keith Beaumont	English National Party	155	0.33
John Christopher Buckle	Communist Party of England	125	0.26
Brian Ralfe	Independent	47	0.10
Majority		2,665	5.63

3 May 1979		47,599/64,170	74.18
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,512	53.60
Quintin Barry	Labour Party	17,504	36.77
Stephen John Osborne	Liberal Party	4,179	8.78
Valerie Dawn Tyndall	National Front	404	0.85
Majority		8,008	16.82

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		43,540/61,566	70.72
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,265	51.14
B Roderick Fitch	Labour Party	12,887	29.60
David Thomas Burke	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,098	18.60
Edward Budden	National Front	290	0.67
Majority		9,378	21.54

11 June 1987		44,882/60,869	73.74
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,031	53.54
John Stephen Bassam	Labour Party	14,771	32.91
Christopher John Berry	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,080	13.55
Majority		9,260	20.63

9 April 1992		43,893/57,646	76.14
Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,129	48.14
Gillian Olive Haynes	Labour Party	18,073	41.18
Paul Denzil Scott	Liberal Democrats	4,461	10.16
Elizabeth Jane Overall	Natural Law Party	230	0.52
Majority		3,056	6.96

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		46,132/65,147	70.81
Desmond Stanley Turner	Labour Party	21,479	46.56
Sir Andrew Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,945	38.90
Clive John Gray	Liberal Democrats	4,478	9.71
David Charles Inman	Referendum Party	1,526	3.31
Hannah Williams	Socialist Labour	316	0.68
Jeremy James Bowler	Natural Law Party	172	0.37
Lorri Newman	Monster Raving Loony Party	123	0.27
Richard Darlow	Dream	93	0.20
Majority		3,534	7.66

7 June 2001		39,203/67,621	57.97
Desmond Stanley Turner	Labour Party	18,745	47.82
Geoffrey Trevor Theobald	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,823	35.26
Janet Laura Marshall	Liberal Democrats	4,064	10.37
Hugh Miller	Green Party	1,290	3.29
James Anthony Amyas Seymour Chamberlain-Webber	UK Independence Party	543	1.39
John McLeod	Socialist Labour	364	0.93
Dave Dobbs	Freedom	227	0.58
Elaine Dupree Cook	Pro-Life Alliance	147	0.37
Majority		4,922	12.56

5 May 2005		39,719/65,985	60.19
Dr Desmond Stanley Turner	Labour Party	15,858	39.93
Judith Rosemary Symes	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,121	33.03
Marina Augusta Pepper	Liberal Democrats	6,560	16.52
Simon Nicholas Osborne Williams	Green Party	2,800	7.05
Dr James Anthony Amyas Seymour Chamberlain-Webber	UK Independence Party	758	1.91
Caroline Elizabeth O'Reilly	Peace	172	0.43
John McLeod	Socialist Labour	163	0.41
Elaine Dupree Cook	Ind Pro-Life	127	0.32
Philip Anthony Clarke	Socialist Alternative	113	0.28
Gene Dobbs	Free	47	0.12
Majority		2,737	6.89

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		42,705/66,015	64.69
Simon Gerard Kirby	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,217	37.97
Simon Burgess	Labour Party	14,889	34.86
Juliet Williams	Liberal Democrats	7,691	18.01
Ben Duncan	Green Party	2,330	5.46
Dr James Anthony Amyas Seymour Chamberlain-Webber	UK Independence Party	1,384	3.24
David Hill	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	194	0.45
Majority		1,328	3.11

7 May 2015		45,306/67,858	66.77
Simon Gerard Kirby	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,428	40.67
Nancy Mary Elizabeth Platts	Labour Party	17,738	39.15
Ian Verdun Buchanan	UK Independence Party	4,446	9.81
David Michael Jones	Green Party	3,187	7.03
Paul Jonathan Chandler	Liberal Democrats	1,365	3.01
Jacqueline Shodeke	Socialist Party of Great Britain	73	0.16
Matthew Daniel Taylor	Independent	69	0.15
Majority		690	1.52

8 June 2017		49,207/67,893	72.48
Lloyd Russell-Moyle	Labour and Co-operative Party	28,703	58.33
Simon Gerard Kirby	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,835	38.28
Emily Tester	Liberal Democrats	1,457	2.96
Doktor Haze	Independent	212	0.43
Majority		9,868	20.05

12 December 2019		48,533/69,833	69.50
Lloyd Russell-Moyle	Labour and Co-operative Party	25,033	51.58
Joe Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,972	34.97
Ben Thomas	Liberal Democrats	2,964	6.11
Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips	Green Party	2,237	4.61
Graham Russell Cushway	Brexit Party	1,327	2.73
Majority		8,061	16.61