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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		53,079/73,316	72.40
Sir William Harold Webbe	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,672	61.55
John Edwin George Curthoys	Labour Party	14,849	27.98
Dr Jacob Arthur Gorsky	Liberal Party	4,670	8.80
Gabriel Carritt	Communist Party	888	1.67
Majority		17,823	33.58

25 October 1951		52,812/78,628	67.17
Sir William Harold Webbe	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,275	66.79
Hugh Findlay Sutherland	Labour Party	17,537	33.21
Majority		17,738	33.59

26 May 1955		44,584/74,162	60.12
Sir William Harold Webbe	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,314	70.24
Dennis John Nisbet	Labour Party	13,270	29.76
Majority		18,044	40.47

8 October 1959		42,199/68,896	61.25
Rt Hon Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,489	65.14
William Howie	Labour Party	10,301	24.41
Derek Monsey	Liberal Party	4,409	10.45
Majority		17,188	40.73

20 October 1959 Rt Hon Sir Harry Hylton-Foster elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

15 October 1964		36,984/61,988	59.66
Rt Hon Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster	Speaker of the House of Commons	21,588	58.37
Ronald George Wallace	Labour Party	11,309	30.58
John Wesley Derry	Liberal Party	4,087	11.05
Majority		10,279	27.79

2 September 1965 Death of Rt Hon Sir Harry Hylton-Foster.

4 November 1965		25,258/60,455	41.78
John Lindsay Eric Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,037	59.53
Alexander James Sommerville Pringle	Labour Party	8,300	32.86
Stephen Ronald Jakobi	Liberal Party	1,595	6.31
Desmond Horace Reginald Burgess	Independent	326	1.29
Majority		6,737	26.67

31 March 1966		35,167/58,630	59.98
John Lindsay Eric Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,242	54.72
Alexander James Sommerville Pringle	Labour Party	12,349	35.12
Thomas Patrick McNeil Houston	Liberal Party	3,576	10.17
Majority		6,893	19.60

18 June 1970		32,171/58,798	54.71
Christopher Samuel Tugendhat	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,102	59.38
Alfred Max Dubs	Labour Party	10,062	31.28
David Alexander Nicholson	Liberal Party	2,708	8.42
Dr Willoughby Adams Clark	Independent Liberal	157	0.49
David Edward Sutch	Young Ideas Party	142	0.44
Majority		9,040	28.10

Dr Willoughby Clark sought election as a Free Liberal Radical candidate.

New
1 May 1997		40,155/69,047	58.16
Rt Hon Peter Leonard Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,981	47.27
Katherine Anne Green	Labour Party	14,100	35.11
Michael Christopher Dumigan	Liberal Democrats	4,933	12.28
Prof Sir Alan Arthur Walters	Referendum Party	1,161	2.89
Patricia Margaret Wharton	Independent	266	0.66
Colin Ralph Merton	UK Independence Party	215	0.54
Richard Peter Johnson	Natural Law Party	176	0.44
Nicholas Tristan Walsh	Monster Raving Loony Party	138	0.34
Gordon Christopher Webster	Independent	112	0.28
Jerry Sadowitz	Dream	73	0.18
Majority		4,881	12.16

Gordon Webster sought election for the "Hemp Coalition".

Ms Patricia Wharton sought election as an "Independent Save Barts Candidate".

7 June 2001		33,975/71,935	47.23
Mark Christopher Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,737	46.32
Michael David Katz	Labour Party	11,238	33.08
Martin Charles Horwood	Liberal Democrats	5,218	15.36
Hugo C Charlton	Green Party	1,318	3.88
Colin Ralph Merton	UK Independence Party	464	1.37
Majority		4,499	13.24

5 May 2005		36,487/72,577	50.27
Mark Christopher Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,260	47.30
Hywel Wyn Lloyd	Labour Party	9,165	25.12
Marie-Louise Elizabeth Rossi	Liberal Democrats	7,306	20.02
Tristan James Law Smith	Green Party	1,544	4.23
Colin Ralph Merton	UK Independence Party	399	1.09
Brian William Haw	Independent	298	0.82
Jillian Mary McLachlan	Christian Peoples	246	0.67
David Harris	Veritas	218	0.60
Cass Jean-Claude Cass-Horne	Independent	51	0.14
Majority		8,095	22.19

Brian Haw opposed the new law restricting protests near Parliament. He had been sleeping rough outside the Houses of Parliament since June 2001 campaigning for pacifism.

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		36,931/64,139	57.58
Mark Christopher Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,264	52.16
David Alexander de Home Rowntree	Labour Party	8,188	22.17
Naomi Smith	Liberal Democrats	7,574	20.51
Dr Derek Chase	Green Party	778	2.11
Paul Martin Lawrence Weston	UK Independence Party	664	1.80
Francis Roseman	English Democrats Party	191	0.52
Dennis William Delderfield	Independent	98	0.27
Jack Stephen Nunn	Pirate	90	0.24
Thomas Adrian Scott	Independent	84	0.23
Majority		11,076	29.99

7 May 2015		36,185/60,992	59.33
Mark Christopher Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,570	54.08
Nik Slingsby	Labour Party	9,899	27.36
Dr Belinda Margaret Brooks-Gordon	Liberal Democrats	2,521	6.97
Hugh Small	Green Party	1,953	5.40
Robert Stephenson	UK Independence Party	1,894	5.23
Edward-Henri Olivier Desforges	CISTA	160	0.44
Jillian Mary McLachlan	Christian Peoples Alliance	129	0.36
Adam Benjamin Clifford	Class War	59	0.16
Majority		9,671	26.73

8 June 2017		38,654/61,533	62.82
Mark Christopher Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,005	46.58
Ibrahim Dogus	Labour Party	14,857	38.44
Bridget Caroline Fox	Liberal Democrats	4,270	11.05
Lawrence McNally	Green Party	821	2.12
Anil Bhatti	UK Independence Party	426	1.10
Tim Lord	Independent	173	0.45
Ankit Love	Independent	59	0.15
Benjamin David Weenen	Young Peoples	43	0.11
Majority		3,148	8.14

12 December 2019		42,723/63,700	67.07
Nickie Aiken	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,049	39.91
Chuka Harrison Umunna	Liberal Democrats	13,096	30.65
Gordon Lawrence Nardell	Labour Party	11,624	27.21
Zack Polanski	Green Party	728	1.70
Jill McLachlan	Christian Peoples Alliance	125	0.29
Dirk Vincent van Heck	Official Liberal Party	101	0.24
Majority		3,953	9.25

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		39,215/73,369	53.45
Rachel Nancy Blake	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,302	39.02
Timothy Patrick Logie Barnes	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,594	32.12
Edward Lucas	Liberal Democrats	4,335	11.05
Rajiv Rahul Sinha	Green Party	2,844	7.25
Tarun Ghulati	Reform UK	2,752	7.02
Hussain Shafiei	Workers Britain	727	1.85
Elizabeth Rosemary Burford	Rejoin EU	352	0.90
Hugo de Burgh	Social Democratic Party	110	0.28
Ahmad John Biltaji	Independent	110	0.28
Timothy Frederick Hallett	Independent	55	0.14
Mathew Nigel Carr	Independent	34	0.09
Majority		2,708	6.91