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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		49,114/64,739	75.86
Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,895	48.65
Clive Vernon Smedley	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,436	31.43
Eric Charles Gill	Labour Party	9,783	19.92
Majority		8,459	17.22

11 June 1987		54,867/69,058	79.45
Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,513	48.32
Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,544	33.80
Michael Knowles	Labour Party	9,810	17.88
Majority		7,969	14.52

9 April 1992		59,532/70,477	84.47
Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,163	48.99
Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne	Liberal Democrats	18,043	30.31
Matthew Finnegan	Labour Party	11,927	20.03
Peter Brown	Natural Law Party	399	0.67
Majority		11,120	18.68

1 May 1997		53,419/66,873	79.88
Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,012	41.21
Joan Margaret Walmsley	Liberal Democrats	15,882	29.73
Freda Helen Elizabeth Scholey	Labour Party	14,714	27.54
Jeffery Bannerman Lockett	UK Independence Party	811	1.52
Majority		6,130	11.48

7 June 2001		45,083/71,941	62.67
Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,872	46.30
John Anthony Flanagan	Labour Party	13,738	30.47
David Lloyd-Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	9,719	21.56
William James Young	UK Independence Party	754	1.67
Majority		7,134	15.82

25 February 2004 Mrs Ann Winterton was suspended from the Parliamentary Conservative Party following her refusal to apologise for making a racist joke.

31 March 2004 The Conservative Whip was restored to Ann Winterton.

5 May 2005		46,682/72,770	64.15
Lady Jane Ann Winterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,189	45.39
Nicholas David Milton	Labour Party	12,943	27.73
Eleanor Charlotte Anne Key	Liberal Democrats	12,550	26.88
Majority		8,246	17.66

6 May 2010		50,780/75,542	67.22
Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,250	45.79
Peter John Hirst	Liberal Democrats	16,187	31.88
David John Bryant	Labour Party	8,747	17.23
Lee William Slaughter	UK Independence Party	2,147	4.23
Paul John Edwards	Independent	276	0.54
Paul Rothwell	Independent	94	0.19
Adam Robert Parton	Independent	79	0.16
Majority		7,063	13.91

7 May 2015		50,976/72,398	70.41
Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,164	53.29
Darren Anthony Price	Labour Party	10,391	20.38
Lee William Slaughter	UK Independence Party	6,922	13.58
Peter John Hirst	Liberal Democrats	4,623	9.07
Alexander Heath	Green Party	1,876	3.68
Majority		16,773	32.90

8 June 2017		56,231/76,694	73.32
Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,830	56.61
Sam Corcoran	Labour Party	19,211	34.16
Peter John Hirst	Liberal Democrats	2,902	5.16
Mark Davies	UK Independence Party	1,289	2.29
Alexander Heath	Green Party	999	1.78
Majority		12,619	22.44

12 December 2019		57,233/80,930	70.72
Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,747	58.96
Jo Dale	Labour Party	15,186	26.53
Paul Michael Duffy	Liberal Democrats	6,026	10.53
Richard Giles McCarthy	Green Party	1,616	2.82
Jane Catherine Smith	Animal Welfare	658	1.15
Majority		18,561	32.43

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		50,125/74,243	67.51
Sarah Alison Russell	Labour Party	18,875	37.66
Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,488	30.90
Martin William York	Reform UK	8,245	16.45
Paul Michael Duffy	Liberal Democrats	2,785	5.56
Rob Moreton	Independent	2,181	4.35
Richard Giles McCarthy	Green Party	2,007	4.00
Kay Wesley	Womens Equality	544	1.09
Majority		3,387	6.76