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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		50,693/60,825	83.34
Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	26,254	51.79
Dr Joseph John Hayward	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,359	40.16
Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell	Liberal Party	4,080	8.05
Majority		5,895	11.63

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		51,725/60,902	84.93
Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	28,112	54.35
Harry West	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,613	45.65
Majority		4,499	8.70

26 May 1955		48,204/60,767	79.33
Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	25,722	53.36
Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,482	46.64
Majority		3,240	6.72

8 October 1959		52,962/64,574	82.02
Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	26,915	50.82
Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,047	49.18
Majority		868	1.64

15 October 1964		52,417/65,632	79.87
Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	30,129	57.48
Edward Ralph Dexter	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,288	42.52
Majority		7,841	14.96

31 March 1966		51,618/65,394	78.93
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	29,313	56.79
Norman Lloyd-Edwards	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,476	35.79
George William Parsons	Liberal Party	3,829	7.42
Majority		10,837	20.99

18 June 1970		50,564/69,067	73.21
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	26,226	51.87
Norman Lloyd-Edwards	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,771	41.08
Richard Bees Davies	Plaid Cymru	2,585	5.11
George William Parsons	Liberal Party	982	1.94
Majority		5,455	10.79

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		42,168/56,810	74.23
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	20,641	48.95
Stefan Terlezki	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,495	32.00
Christopher Homfray Bailey	Independent Liberal	3,800	9.01
Bernard Miles Christon	Liberal Party	2,978	7.06
Keith Bush	Plaid Cymru	1,254	2.97
Majority		7,146	16.95

10 October 1974		40,554/57,284	70.79
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	21,074	51.97
Stefan Terlezki	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,356	25.54
Christopher Homfray Bailey	Liberal Party	8,066	19.89
Keith Bush	Plaid Cymru	983	2.42
Bryn Clifford Derek Harris	Communist Party of England	75	0.18
Majority		10,718	26.43

5 April 1976 Rt Hon James Callaghan elected Leader of the Labour Party and appointed Prime Minister.

3 May 1979		40,288/54,556	73.85
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan	Labour Party	23,871	59.25
Ivor Alan Samuel Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,170	37.65
Eric Randolph Roberts	Plaid Cymru	628	1.56
Raymond William Aldridge	Independent	375	0.93
Margaret Pat Arrowsmith	Independent Socialist	132	0.33
Richard Horatio Spencer	Communist Party	112	0.28
Majority		8,701	21.60

Raymond Aldridge sought election as a "Severnside Libertarian Association" candidate.