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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		45,664/64,946	70.31
Sir Bernard Richard Braine	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,730	58.54
Anne Penelope Bastow	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,313	24.77
Lynne Cunningham	Labour Party	7,621	16.69
Majority		15,417	33.76

11 June 1987		49,536/67,447	73.44
Rt Hon Sir Bernard Richard Braine	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,681	59.92
Anne Penelope Bastow	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,433	21.06
William Albert Deal	Labour Party	9,422	19.02
Majority		19,248	38.86

9 April 1992		53,319/66,229	80.51
Dr Robert Michael Spink	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,629	55.57
David Frederick Leonard Flack	Labour Party	12,799	24.00
Allan Raymond Kenneth Petchey	Liberal Democrats	10,208	19.15
Irene Lilian Willis	Green Party	683	1.28
Majority		16,830	31.56

1 May 1997		48,572/67,146	72.34
Christine Margaret Butler	Labour Party	20,605	42.42
Dr Robert Michael Spink	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,489	40.12
Michael David Baker	Liberal Democrats	4,477	9.22
Hugh Alexander Maulkin	Referendum Party	2,700	5.56
Linda Diana Margaret Kendall	Independent	1,301	2.68
Majority		1,116	2.30

Miss Linda Kendall sought election as "Independent Democracy Means Consulting the People".

7 June 2001		39,763/68,108	58.38
Dr Robert Michael Spink	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,738	44.61
Christine Margaret Butler	Labour Party	16,753	42.13
Paul Anthony Boulton	Liberal Democrats	3,116	7.84
Ronald Hurrell	UK Independence Party	1,273	3.20
Douglas Charles Roberts	Independent Conservative	663	1.67
Nik Searle	Independent Labour	220	0.55
Majority		985	2.48

Nik Searle sought election as a candidate of the Independent Truth Party. He had been suspended as a Labour Party councillor in May 1998, and resigned from the council in February 1999.

5 May 2005		45,802/69,480	65.92
Dr Robert Michael Spink	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,118	48.29
Luke Akehurst	Labour Party	13,917	30.39
James Peter Charles Sandbach	Liberal Democrats	4,719	10.30
Neil Douglas Hamper	UK Independence Party	3,431	7.49
Irene Lilian Willis	Green Party	1,617	3.53
Majority		8,201	17.91

12 March 2008 The Conservative whip is removed from Dr Robert Spink after he threatened to resign it.

22 April 2008 Dr Robert Spink joins the UK Independence Party.

6 May 2010		45,026/68,047	66.17
Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,806	43.99
Dr Robert Michael Spink	Independent	12,174	27.04
Julian Gabriel St John Ware-Lane	Labour Party	6,609	14.68
Brendan Thomas D'Cruz	Liberal Democrats	4,232	9.40
Philip David Howell	British National Party	2,205	4.90
Majority		7,632	16.95

7 May 2015		45,450/68,170	66.67
Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,112	50.85
Jamie David Huntman	UK Independence Party	14,178	31.19
Joseph Patrick Cooke	Labour Party	6,283	13.82
Dominic George Ellis	Green Party	1,076	2.37
Sereena Davey	Liberal Democrats	801	1.76
Majority		8,934	19.66

8 June 2017		44,710/69,470	64.36
Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,076	67.27
Joseph Patrick Cooke	Labour Party	11,204	25.06
David Michael Kurten	UK Independence Party	2,381	5.33
Tom Holder	Liberal Democrats	1,049	2.35
Majority		18,872	42.21

12 December 2019		44,277/69,608	63.61
Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,971	76.72
Katie Elizabeth Curtis	Labour Party	7,337	16.57
Prof John Orrell Howson	Liberal Democrats	2,969	6.71
Majority		26,634	60.15

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,633/70,967	57.26
Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,485	38.11
Keiron Anthony McGill	Reform UK	12,234	30.11
Mark Jonathan Maguire	Labour Party	9,455	23.27
Robert Karl Chapman	Green Party	2,118	5.21
James Martin Willis	Liberal Democrats	1,341	3.30
Majority		3,251	8.00