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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		42,274/60,207	70.21
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	17,448	41.27
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,172	35.89
George Winston Roddick	Liberal Party in Alliance	8,816	20.85
Sian Angharad Edwards	Plaid Cymru	673	1.59
Benjamin Thomas Lewis	Independent	165	0.39
Majority		2,276	5.38

Benjamin Lewis sought election as a "Freedom from World Domination" candidate.

11 June 1987		44,837/59,309	75.60
Alun Edward Michael	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,956	46.74
Gareth John Jarvis Neale	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,382	36.54
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,900	15.39
Sian Angharad Edwards	Plaid Cymru	599	1.34
Majority		4,574	10.20

9 April 1992		47,500/61,484	77.26
Alun Edward Michael	Labour and Co-operative Party	26,383	55.54
Thomas Hunter Jarvie	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,958	33.60
Prabhat Kumar Verma	Liberal Democrats	3,707	7.80
Barbara Ann Anglezarke	Plaid Cymru	776	1.63
Lester Davey	Green Party	676	1.42
Majority		10,425	21.95

1 May 1997		42,400/62,138	68.24
Alun Edward Michael	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,647	53.41
Caroline Elizabeth Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,766	20.67
Dr Simon John Wakefield	Liberal Democrats	3,964	9.35
John Foreman	New LAB	3,942	9.30
David Brian Langham Haswell	Plaid Cymru	1,356	3.20
Philip Stephen Eric Morgan	Referendum Party	1,211	2.86
Michael Kentigern Shepherd	Socialist	344	0.81
Barbara Caves	Natural Law Party	170	0.40
Majority		13,881	32.74

7 June 2001		35,751/62,627	57.09
Rt Hon Alun Edward Michael	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,094	56.21
Maureen Kelly Owen	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,807	21.84
Dr Rodney Simon Berman	Liberal Democrats	4,572	12.79
Lila Eilis Maire Haines	Plaid Cymru	1,983	5.55
Justin Patrick Callan	UK Independence Party	501	1.40
David Charles Bartlett	Socialist Alliance	427	1.19
Anne Savoury	Pro-Life Alliance	367	1.03
Majority		12,287	34.37

5 May 2005		36,912/65,784	56.11
Rt Hon Alun Edward Michael	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,447	47.27
Victoria Florence Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,210	22.24
Gavin Cameron Cox	Liberal Democrats	7,529	20.40
Jason Scott Toby	Plaid Cymru	2,023	5.48
John Matthews	Green Party	729	1.97
Jennifer Tuttle	UK Independence Party	522	1.41
David Charles Bartlett	Socialist Alternative	269	0.73
Andrew William Taylor	Independent	104	0.28
Catherine Taylor-Dawson	Rainbow	79	0.21
Majority		9,237	25.02

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		44,369/73,859	60.07
Rt Hon Alun Edward Michael	Labour Party	17,262	38.91
Simon James Hoare	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,553	28.29
Dominic John Hannigan	Liberal Democrats	9,875	22.26
Farida Tasleem Aslam	Plaid Cymru	1,851	4.17
Simon Christopher David Zeigler	UK Independence Party	1,145	2.58
George Burke	Independent	648	1.46
Matthew John Townsend	Green Party	554	1.25
Clive Stanley Bate	Christian	285	0.64
Robert David Griffiths	Communist Party of Great Britain	196	0.44
Majority		4,709	10.61

22 October 2012 Resignation of Rt Hon Alun Michael in order to contest the Police Commissioner election for South Wales. (Chiltern Hundreds)

15 November 2012		19,436/75,764	25.65
Stephen John Doughty	Labour Party	9,193	47.30
Alun Craig Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,859	19.85
Dr Bablin Nehar Molik	Liberal Democrats	2,103	10.82
Luke Nicholas	Plaid Cymru	1,854	9.54
Simon Christopher David Zeigler	UK Independence Party	1,179	6.07
Anthony David Slaughter	Green Party	800	4.12
Andrew Peter Jordan	Socialist Labour	235	1.21
Robert David Griffiths	Communist Party of Great Britain	213	1.10
Majority		5,334	27.44

7 May 2015		46,657/75,714	61.62
Stephen John Doughty	Labour Party	19,966	42.79
Emma Jayne Warman	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,513	26.82
John David Rees-Evans	UK Independence Party	6,423	13.77
Ben Foday	Plaid Cymru	3,433	7.36
Nigel Howells	Liberal Democrats	2,318	4.97
Anthony David Slaughter	Green Party	1,746	3.74
Ross Saunders	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	258	0.55
Majority		7,453	15.97

8 June 2017		50,736/76,499	66.32
Stephen John Doughty	Labour and Co-operative Party	30,182	59.49
Bill Rees	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,318	30.19
Ian Richard Titherington	Plaid Cymru	2,162	4.26
Emma Sands	Liberal Democrats	1,430	2.82
Andrew Bevan	UK Independence Party	942	1.86
Anthony David Slaughter	Green Party	532	1.05
Jeb Hedges	Pirate	170	0.34
Majority		14,864	29.30

12 December 2019		50,579/78,837	64.16
Stephen John Doughty	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,382	54.14
Philippa Ann Broom	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,645	28.95
Dan Schmeising	Liberal Democrats	2,985	5.90
Nasir Adam	Plaid Cymru	2,386	4.72
Tim Price	Brexit Party	1,999	3.95
Kenneth John Barker	Green Party	1,182	2.34
Majority		12,737	25.18

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		39,176/72,613	53.95
Stephen John Doughty	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,428	44.49
Anthony David Slaughter	Green Party	5,661	14.45
Ellis Michael Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,459	13.93
Simon Andrew Llewellyn	Reform UK	4,493	11.47
Sharifah Khirani Tanku Abdul Rahman	Plaid Cymru	3,227	8.24
Alexander Thomas Wilson	Liberal Democrats	2,908	7.42
Majority		11,767	30.04