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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		10,821/26,801	40.38
Alfred Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,314	76.83
Alfred Edmunds	National Party	2,507	23.17
Majority		5,807	53.66

15 November 1922		18,057/28,336	63.72
Robert Chancellor Nesbitt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,801	65.35
David Marshall Mason	Liberal Party	6,256	34.65
Majority		5,545	30.71

6 December 1923		17,531/28,961	60.53
Robert Chancellor Nesbitt	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,725	55.47
Robert Charles Reginald Nevill	Liberal Party	7,806	44.53
Majority		1,919	10.95

29 October 1924		21,844/30,029	72.74
Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,440	66.11
John Lamb Thomson	Labour Party	3,757	17.20
Robert Charles Reginald Nevill	Liberal Party	3,647	16.70
Majority		10,683	48.91

30 May 1929		31,379/45,116	69.55
Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,909	53.89
James Douglas Bateman	Liberal Party	9,025	28.76
John Lamb Thomson	Labour Party	5,445	17.35
Majority		7,884	25.13

27 October 1931		38,102/54,589	69.80
Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,371	84.96
William Thomas Colyer	Labour Party	5,731	15.04
Majority		26,640	69.92

14 November 1935		56,170/85,028	66.06
Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,705	68.91
William Thomas Colyer	Labour Party	12,227	21.77
John Alun Williams	Liberal Party	5,238	9.33
Majority		26,478	47.14

Major Boundary Change
5 July 1945		51,589/71,246	72.41
George Douglas Wallace	Labour Party	25,522	49.47
Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,243	37.30
Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins	Liberal Party	6,824	13.23
Majority		6,279	12.17

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		56,302/65,231	86.31
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,215	44.79
George Douglas Wallace	Labour Party	25,048	44.49
David Anthony Hughes	Liberal Party	6,039	10.73
Majority		167	0.30

25 October 1951		62,378/70,906	87.97
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,679	50.79
George Douglas Wallace	Labour Party	30,699	49.21
Majority		980	1.57

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		49,278/58,063	84.87
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,514	49.75
George Douglas Wallace	Labour Party	20,644	41.89
David Cyril Blackburn	Liberal Party	4,120	8.36
Majority		3,870	7.85

8 October 1959		51,183/59,646	85.81
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,748	50.31
Margaret Reid	Labour Party	19,069	37.26
David Cyril Blackburn	Liberal Party	6,366	12.44
Majority		6,679	13.05

15 October 1964		50,278/60,678	82.86
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,251	44.26
Ronald William Huzzard	Labour Party	20,736	41.24
Sheilagh Mary Hobday	Liberal Party	7,291	14.50
Majority		1,515	3.01

31 March 1966		50,465/59,898	84.25
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	22,757	45.09
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,947	43.49
Paul Hayden	Liberal Party	5,761	11.42
Majority		810	1.61

18 June 1970		50,205/66,483	75.52
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,650	49.10
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	21,287	42.40
Ronald Lawrence Coverson	Liberal Party	4,268	8.50
Majority		3,363	6.70

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,824/53,164	84.31
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,595	45.95
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	15,102	33.69
Robert Frank Webster	Liberal Party	9,127	20.36
Majority		5,493	12.25

10 October 1974		40,858/53,683	76.11
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,926	46.32
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	15,032	36.79
John Martin Crowley	Liberal Party	6,900	16.89
Majority		3,894	9.53

3 May 1979		42,652/54,024	78.95
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,259	54.53
Christopher Howes	Labour Party	13,494	31.64
Brian Harry Taylor	Liberal Party	5,335	12.51
Ramon Frederick George Hoy	National Front	564	1.32
Majority		9,765	22.89

9 June 1983		39,676/55,261	71.80
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,108	55.72
Philip Lingard	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,047	25.32
Alistair Huistean Macdonald	Labour Party	7,320	18.45
Alfred Waite	British National Party	201	0.51
Majority		12,061	30.40

11 June 1987		41,938/56,142	74.70
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,165	57.62
Richard Alan Younger-Ross	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,658	23.03
Selwyn Hilary Ward	Labour Party	8,115	19.35
Majority		14,507	34.59

9 April 1992		42,430/53,782	78.89
Roger Edward Sims	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,761	58.36
Robert Ian Wingfield	Labour Party	9,485	22.35
Thomas William Hawthorne	Liberal Democrats	6,683	15.75
Ian Richmond	Official Liberal Party	849	2.00
Dr Frances Mary Speed	Green Party	652	1.54
Majority		15,276	36.00