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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		8,338/10,384	80.30
Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal Party	4,217	50.58
Edward Stock Hill	Conservative Party	4,121	49.42
Majority		96	1.15

2 July 1886		7,870/10,384	75.79
Edward Stock Hill	Conservative Party	4,447	56.51
Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal Party	3,423	43.49
Majority		1,024	13.01

5 July 1892		9,432/11,887	79.35
Sir Edward Stock Hill	Conservative Party	4,990	52.91
William Henry Wills	Liberal Party	4,442	47.09
Majority		548	5.81

15 July 1895		9,621/12,281	78.34
Sir Edward Stock Hill	Conservative Party	5,190	53.94
John O'Connor Power	Liberal Party	4,431	46.06
Majority		759	7.89

4 October 1900		10,329/13,206	78.21
Rt Hon Walter Hume Long	Conservative Party	5,470	52.96
William Howell Davies	Liberal Party	4,859	47.04
Majority		611	5.92

15 January 1906		13,236/14,935	88.62
William Howell Davies	Liberal Party	7,964	60.17
Rt Hon Walter Hume Long	Conservative Party	5,272	39.83
Majority		2,692	20.34

17 January 1910		14,291/16,171	88.37
Sir William Howell Davies	Liberal Party	7,281	50.95
Horace Whitehead Chatterton	Conservative Party	7,010	49.05
Majority		271	1.90

3 December 1910		13,652/16,171	84.42
Sir William Howell Davies	Liberal Party	6,895	50.51
J T Francombe	Conservative Party	6,757	49.49
Majority		138	1.01

14 December 1918		20,170/35,663	56.56
Sir William Howell Davies	Liberal Party - Coalition	13,761	68.23
Thomas Charles Lewis	Labour Party	6,409	31.77
Majority		7,352	36.45

15 November 1922		28,849/38,030	75.86
Sir William Beddoe Rees	National Liberal Party	16,199	56.15
David John Vaughan	Labour Party	12,650	43.85
Majority		3,549	12.30

6 December 1923		28,936/38,675	74.82
Sir William Beddoe Rees	Liberal Party	15,235	52.65
David John Vaughan	Labour Party	13,701	47.35
Majority		1,534	5.30

29 October 1924		32,424/39,056	83.02
Sir William Beddoe Rees	Liberal Party	16,722	51.57
David John Vaughan	Labour Party	15,702	48.43
Majority		1,020	3.15

30 May 1929		41,785/51,628	80.93
Alexander George Walkden	Labour Party	23,591	56.46
Sir William Beddoe Rees	Liberal Party	18,194	43.54
Majority		5,397	12.92

27 October 1931		43,868/53,291	82.32
Noel Ker Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,694	60.85
Alexander George Walkden	Labour Party	17,174	39.15
Majority		9,520	21.70

14 November 1935		44,829/58,325	76.86
Alexander George Walkden	Labour Party	22,586	50.38
Noel Ker Lindsay	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,153	44.96
John Osborne Marshall Skelton	Liberal Party	2,090	4.66
Majority		2,433	5.43

5 July 1945		42,391/56,434	75.12
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	24,929	58.81
Edwin Hartley Cameron Leather	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,379	29.20
Douglas Arthur Jones	Liberal Party	5,083	11.99
Majority		12,550	29.61

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,188/46,035	85.13
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	23,456	59.86
Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,473	31.83
Dr Harold Tutt Kay	Liberal Party	3,259	8.32
Majority		10,983	28.03

25 October 1951		38,605/45,697	84.48
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	24,444	63.32
Herbert Edward Pearce Buckle	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,161	36.68
Majority		10,283	26.64

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		38,932/52,142	74.67
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	24,954	64.10
George Edward McWatters	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,978	35.90
Majority		10,976	28.19

8 October 1959		44,438/58,671	75.74
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	27,010	60.78
George Edward McWatters	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,428	39.22
Majority		9,582	21.56

15 October 1964		41,851/57,449	72.85
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	26,569	63.48
Robert William Wall	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,282	36.52
Majority		11,287	26.97

31 March 1966		39,550/56,915	69.49
William Albert Wilkins	Labour Party	26,552	67.14
Robert William Wall	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,998	32.86
Majority		13,554	34.27

18 June 1970		39,936/61,502	64.93
Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	24,682	61.80
David James Fletcher Hunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,254	38.20
Majority		9,428	23.61

28 February 1974		45,156/60,425	74.73
Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	24,909	55.16
Richard James Kellaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,742	26.00
Henry John Stevens	Liberal Party	7,499	16.61
Philip Henry Gannaway	National Front	1,006	2.23
Majority		13,167	29.16

10 October 1974		42,316/61,022	69.35
Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	25,108	59.33
Richard James Kellaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,124	23.92
David Righton Fraser Burrows	Liberal Party	6,289	14.86
Philip Henry Gannaway	National Front	795	1.88
Majority		14,984	35.41

3 May 1979		43,235/60,149	71.88
Rt Hon Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	25,038	57.91
Terence Patrick Dicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,855	32.05
Charles James Bidwell	Liberal Party	3,815	8.82
Kenneth George Elliot	National Front	392	0.91
Linda June Cheek	Workers Revolutionary Party	135	0.31
Majority		11,183	25.87

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,592/72,967	67.96
Rt Hon Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	21,824	44.01
Alistair Byers Gammell	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,405	35.10
David Michael Stanbury	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,674	19.51
Geoff Collard	Ecology Party	352	0.71
Andrew Chester	Communist Party	224	0.45
Linda June Byrne	Workers Revolutionary Party	113	0.23
Majority		4,419	8.91

11 June 1987		50,893/69,392	73.34
Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	20,798	40.87
Philip Stewart Cutcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,394	38.11
Hilary Smethurst Long	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,952	19.55
Glenn Royston Vowles	Green Party	600	1.18
Carol Margaret Meghji	Red Front	149	0.29
Majority		1,404	2.76

9 April 1992		50,123/64,309	77.94
Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	25,164	50.20
John Simon Bercow	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,245	32.41
Paul Nigel Crossley	Liberal Democrats	7,822	15.61
John Howard Boxall	Green Party	756	1.51
Neil David Phillips	Natural Law Party	136	0.27
Majority		8,919	17.79

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		49,859/72,393	68.87
Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	29,890	59.95
Michael Roe	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,562	21.18
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	6,691	13.42
Derek William Guy	Referendum Party	1,486	2.98
John Howard Boxall	Green Party	722	1.45
Ian Peter Marshall	Socialist	355	0.71
Louis Paul Taylor	Independent	153	0.31
Majority		19,328	38.77

Louis Taylor sought election for the Go Bowling Party, and was an employee of the First Leisure Group.

7 June 2001		40,970/72,490	56.52
Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	23,299	56.87
Richard Stephen Eddy	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,118	22.26
James Russell Main	Liberal Democrats	6,078	14.84
Glenn Royston Vowles	Green Party	1,233	3.01
Bernard Marius Alexander Drummond	Socialist Alliance	496	1.21
Christopher Prasad	UK Independence Party	496	1.21
Giles Barralet Shorter	Socialist Labour	250	0.61
Majority		14,181	34.61

5 May 2005		42,328/70,835	59.76
Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	20,778	49.09
Kay Barnard	Liberal Democrats	9,636	22.77
Graham Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,466	20.00
Charles Nicholas Bolton	Green Party	2,127	5.03
Mark Anthony Dent	UK Independence Party	1,321	3.12
Majority		11,142	26.32

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		48,377/78,579	61.56
Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo	Labour Party	18,600	38.45
Mark Wright	Liberal Democrats	13,866	28.66
Mark Thomas Lloyd Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,086	22.92
Colin Richard Chidsey	British National Party	1,739	3.59
Colin Joseph McNamee	UK Independence Party	1,264	2.61
Charles Nicholas Bolton	Green Party	1,216	2.51
Craig Stuart Clarke	English Democrats Party	400	0.83
Thomas James Baldwin	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	206	0.43
Majority		4,734	9.79

7 May 2015		50,842/81,464	62.41
Karin Marguerite Smyth	Labour Party	19,505	38.36
Isobel Lucy Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,377	24.34
Stephen Edward Wood	UK Independence Party	8,381	16.48
Anthony Dean Dyer	Green Party	5,861	11.53
Mark Michael Wright	Liberal Democrats	4,416	8.69
Thomas James Baldwin	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	302	0.59
Majority		7,128	14.02

8 June 2017		54,382/83,012	65.51
Karin Marguerite Smyth	Labour Party	32,666	60.07
Mark David Roscoe Weston	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,679	30.67
Benjamin Nutland	Liberal Democrats	1,821	3.35
Ian Edmund Kealey	UK Independence Party	1,672	3.07
Anthony Dean Dyer	Green Party	1,428	2.63
John Langley	Independent	116	0.21
Majority		15,987	29.40

12 December 2019		55,196/84,079	65.65
Karin Marguerite Smyth	Labour Party	27,895	50.54
Richard Andrew Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,036	32.68
Andrew Charles Brown	Liberal Democrats	4,227	7.66
Anthony Dean Dyer	Green Party	2,713	4.92
Robert de Vito Boutin	Brexit Party	2,325	4.21
Majority		9,859	17.86

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		43,403/75,533	57.46
Karin Marguerite Smyth	Labour Party	18,521	42.67
Jaime Samantha Breitnauer	Green Party	10,855	25.01
Richard Faraz Visick	Reform UK	6,195	14.27
Liz Brennan	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,947	11.40
Andrew Charles Brown	Liberal Democrats	2,721	6.27
Neil Daniel Norton	Social Democratic Party	164	0.38
Majority		7,666	17.66