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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,561/37,284	41.74
James Parker	Labour Party - Coalition	8,068	51.85
Sir William Beddoe Rees	Liberal Party	7,493	48.15
Majority		575	3.70

James Parker was incorrectly designated as a Liberal Party candidate in the official list of Coalition candidates.

15 November 1922		26,933/40,273	66.88
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	9,889	36.72
James Parker	Independent	9,116	33.85
Harold Sydney Abrahamson	Liberal Party	7,928	29.44
Majority		773	2.87

6 December 1923		28,859/40,948	70.48
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	11,956	41.43
Wallace Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,438	32.70
Geoffrey le Mesurier Mander	Liberal Party	7,465	25.87
Majority		2,518	8.73

29 October 1924		31,513/42,473	74.20
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	16,347	51.87
Wallace Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,166	48.13
Majority		1,181	3.75

30 May 1929		48,725/62,871	77.50
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	26,388	54.16
Hon Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,055	30.90
Rev Abraham Ray	Liberal Party	7,282	14.95
Majority		11,333	23.26

27 October 1931		50,331/66,268	75.95
Sarah Adelaide Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,498	54.63
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	22,833	45.37
Majority		4,665	9.27

14 November 1935		54,798/76,735	71.41
William Murdoch Adamson	Labour Party	27,922	50.95
Sarah Adelaide Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,876	49.05
Majority		1,046	1.91

5 July 1945		78,084/109,455	71.34
Janet Lee	Labour Party	48,859	62.57
Cornelius William Shelford	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,225	37.43
Majority		19,634	25.14

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		49,294/57,520	85.70
Janet Lee	Labour Party	33,476	67.91
Marjorie Hickling	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,818	32.09
Majority		17,658	35.82

25 October 1951		48,420/58,234	83.15
Janet Lee	Labour Party	32,379	66.87
Alan Charles Farrington	National Liberal and Conservative Party	16,041	33.13
Majority		16,338	33.74

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		45,056/58,553	76.95
Janet Lee	Labour Party	26,677	59.21
John Henry Richard Newey	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,379	40.79
Majority		8,298	18.42

8 October 1959		52,109/65,472	79.59
Janet Lee	Labour Party	29,624	56.85
Philip Harrison Lugg	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,485	43.15
Majority		7,139	13.70

15 October 1964		54,942/72,149	76.15
Janet Lee	Labour Party	31,608	57.53
Charles John Prendergast Vereker	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,334	42.47
Majority		8,274	15.06

31 March 1966		56,215/76,299	73.68
Janet Lee	Labour Party	33,621	59.81
Harold Reginald Elliston	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,594	40.19
Majority		11,027	19.62

18 June 1970		63,801/89,982	70.90
Patrick Thomas Cormack	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,665	51.20
Rt Hon Janet Lee	Labour Party	31,136	48.80
Majority		1,529	2.40

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		46,383/56,084	82.70
Gwilym Edffwrd Roberts	Labour Party	23,869	51.46
Roger Douglas King	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,805	27.61
Michael Harry Windridge	Liberal Party	9,709	20.93
Majority		11,064	23.85

10 October 1974		43,011/56,558	76.05
Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts	Labour Party	23,887	55.54
Eric Grenville Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,665	27.12
Eric Freeman	Liberal Party	7,459	17.34
Majority		12,222	28.42

3 May 1979		47,483/59,511	79.79
Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts	Labour Party	25,050	52.76
Charles John Prendergast Vereker	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,704	37.28
Peter John Davis	Liberal Party	4,729	9.96
Majority		7,346	15.47