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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		50,062/58,800	85.14
Joseph Gurney Braithwaite	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,884	47.71
Claud Morris	Labour Party	21,394	42.74
Frances Mary Pugh	Liberal Party	4,784	9.56
Majority		2,490	4.97

25 October 1951		52,947/61,506	86.08
Joseph Gurney Braithwaite	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,394	53.63
Claud Morris	Labour Party	24,553	46.37
Majority		3,841	7.25

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		44,245/55,942	79.09
Thomas Christopher Boyd	Labour Party	22,950	51.87
Sir Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,295	48.13
Majority		1,655	3.74

8 October 1959		47,957/57,831	82.93
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,938	52.00
Thomas Christopher Boyd	Labour Party	23,019	48.00
Majority		1,919	4.00

15 October 1964		49,042/59,025	83.09
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,129	45.12
David John Watkins	Labour Party	21,030	42.88
Thomas Grenfell Douglas	Liberal Party	5,883	12.00
Majority		1,099	2.24

31 March 1966		48,316/58,894	82.04
John Ellis	Labour Party	24,195	50.08
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,526	48.69
Brian Underwood	Communist Party	595	1.23
Majority		669	1.38

18 June 1970		50,725/65,003	78.03
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,124	47.56
John Ellis	Labour Party	23,075	45.49
Henry John Stevens	Liberal Party	3,299	6.50
William Ernest Williams	Communist Party	227	0.45
Majority		1,049	2.07

28 February 1974		54,240/65,728	82.52
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,569	39.77
Ronald Richard Thomas	Labour Party	20,919	38.57
Edward David	Liberal Party	11,312	20.86
Trevor Ellis Weatherall	Independent	440	0.81
Majority		650	1.20

10 October 1974		52,593/66,362	79.25
Ronald Richard Thomas	Labour Party	22,156	42.13
Martin John McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,523	40.92
Edward David	Liberal Party	8,914	16.95
Majority		633	1.20

3 May 1979		53,347/65,601	81.32
Michael Keith Beale Colvin	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,915	48.58
Ronald Richard Thomas	Labour Party	21,238	39.81
Gordon Austin Davis	Liberal Party	5,857	10.98
Philip Michael Kingston	National Front	264	0.49
Thomas Leslie Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	73	0.14
Majority		4,677	8.77

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,135/73,969	75.89
Michael Charles Stern	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,617	43.85
Dr Sarah Rosalind Palmer	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,290	32.58
Hilary Smethurst Long	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,228	23.56
Majority		6,327	11.27

11 June 1987		57,839/73,630	78.55
Michael Charles Stern	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,953	46.60
Terence William Walker	Labour Party	20,001	34.58
John Marcus Givens Kirkcaldy	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,885	18.82
Majority		6,952	12.02

9 April 1992		59,890/72,726	82.35
Michael Charles Stern	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,354	42.33
John Douglas Naysmith	Labour Party	25,309	42.26
John Douglas Taylor	Liberal Democrats	8,498	14.19
Hilary Smethurst Long	Social Democratic Party	729	1.22
Majority		45	0.08

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		55,245/75,009	73.65
John Douglas Naysmith	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,575	49.91
Michael Charles Stern	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,193	29.31
Ian Huw Parry	Liberal Democrats	7,263	13.15
Charles Edward Horton	Independent Labour	1,718	3.11
John Luis Quintanilla	Referendum Party	1,609	2.91
Giles Barralet Shorter	Socialist Labour	482	0.87
Stephen Lionel Parnell	British National Party	265	0.48
Thomas Gabriel Leighton	Natural Law Party	140	0.25
Majority		11,382	20.60

7 June 2001		46,692/76,756	60.83
John Douglas Naysmith	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,436	52.33
Charles Christopher Trevor Hansard	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,349	28.59
Peter Laurence Tyzack	Liberal Democrats	7,387	15.82
Dianne Mary Carr	UK Independence Party	1,149	2.46
Vincent Michael Horrigan	Socialist Labour	371	0.79
Majority		11,087	23.74

5 May 2005		47,492/77,703	61.12
Dr John Douglas Naysmith	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,192	46.73
Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,230	27.86
Robert C H Hoyle	Liberal Democrats	9,545	20.10
Christopher Mark Lees	UK Independence Party	1,132	2.38
Michael Thomas Martin Blundell	English Democrats Party	828	1.74
Graeme Martyn Levick Jones	Socialist Alternative	565	1.19
Majority		8,962	18.87

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		50,336/73,469	68.51
Charlotte Ann Leslie	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,115	37.97
Paul Harrod	Liberal Democrats	15,841	31.47
Samuel John Townend	Labour Party	13,059	25.94
Robert Upton	UK Independence Party	1,175	2.33
Raymond Christopher Carr	English Democrats Party	635	1.26
Alex Dunn	Green Party	511	1.02
Majority		3,274	6.50

7 May 2015		51,805/74,742	69.31
Charlotte Ann Leslie	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,767	43.95
Darren Paul Jones	Labour Party	17,823	34.40
Michael Frost	UK Independence Party	4,889	9.44
Clare Campion-Smith	Liberal Democrats	3,214	6.20
Justin Michael Quinnell	Green Party	2,952	5.70
Anne Martha Lemon	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	160	0.31
Majority		4,944	9.54

8 June 2017		54,096/75,434	71.71
Darren Paul Jones	Labour Party	27,400	50.65
Charlotte Ann Leslie	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,639	41.85
Celia Mary Downie	Liberal Democrats	2,814	5.20
Sharmila Bousa	Green Party	1,243	2.30
Majority		4,761	8.80

12 December 2019		55,885/76,273	73.27
Darren Paul Jones	Labour Party	27,330	48.90
Mark David Roscoe Weston	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,638	38.72
Christopher Francis Coleman	Liberal Democrats	4,940	8.84
Heather Jenny Mack	Green Party	1,977	3.54
Majority		5,692	10.19

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		48,464/74,869	64.73
Darren Paul Jones	Labour Party	24,058	49.64
Mary Elizabeth Page	Green Party	8,389	17.31
Laura-Rose Saunders	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,773	13.98
Scarlett O'Connor	Reform UK	4,863	10.03
Caroline Louise Gooch	Liberal Democrats	4,159	8.58
Ben Wulstan Smith	Social Democratic Party	222	0.46
Majority		15,669	32.33