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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		22,127/34,393	64.34
Aneurin Williams	Liberal Party	7,576	34.24
Robert Gee	National Democratic Party - Coalition	7,283	32.91
G H Stuart-Bunning	Labour Party	7,268	32.85
Majority		293	1.32

15 November 1922		31,084/37,886	82.05
Rev Herbert Dunnico	Labour Party	14,469	46.55
Aneurin Williams	Liberal Party	9,870	31.75
Sydney Erskine Dare Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,745	21.70
Majority		4,599	14.80

6 December 1923		30,481/38,989	78.18
Rev Herbert Dunnico	Labour Party	15,862	52.04
Helen Ursula Williams	Liberal Party	14,619	47.96
Majority		1,243	4.08

29 October 1924		33,678/40,363	83.44
Rev Herbert Dunnico	Labour Party	18,842	55.95
James Edward Davis	Constitutionalist	14,836	44.05
Majority		4,006	11.90

30 May 1929		39,428/49,233	80.08
Rev Herbert Dunnico	Labour Party	22,256	56.45
John Purcell Dickie	Liberal Party	10,772	27.32
John William Watts	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,400	16.23
Majority		11,484	29.13

27 October 1931		42,401/50,940	83.24
John Purcell Dickie	National Liberal Party	22,474	53.00
Rev Herbert Dunnico	Labour Party	19,927	47.00
Majority		2,547	6.01

14 November 1935		43,316/51,667	83.84
David Adams	Labour Party	25,419	58.68
John Purcell Dickie	National Liberal Party	17,897	41.32
Majority		7,522	17.37

16 August 1943 Death of David Adams.

15 November 1943
James Edward Glanville	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		40,815/52,915	77.13
James Edward Glanville	Labour Party	28,617	70.11
James Aloysius McGilley	National Liberal Party	12,198	29.89
Majority		16,419	40.23

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		52,262/60,181	86.84
James Edward Glanville	Labour Party	34,907	66.79
Philip Carter Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,634	24.17
Norman Dees	Liberal Party	4,721	9.03
Majority		22,273	42.62

25 October 1951		51,566/60,622	85.06
James Edward Glanville	Labour Party	35,705	69.24
George Frederick Hylton Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,861	30.76
Majority		19,844	38.48

26 May 1955		46,203/59,607	77.51
William Stones	Labour Party	30,979	67.05
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,224	32.95
Majority		15,755	34.10

8 October 1959		48,344/59,206	81.65
William Stones	Labour Party	32,307	66.83
Denis Alan Orde	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,037	33.17
Majority		16,270	33.65

15 October 1964		43,577/56,792	76.73
William Stones	Labour Party	29,676	68.10
Denis William Stokoe	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,901	31.90
Majority		15,775	36.20

31 March 1966		40,611/55,246	73.51
David John Watkins	Labour Party	29,753	73.26
Robert William Geoffrey Sanderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,858	26.74
Majority		18,895	46.53

18 June 1970		40,899/58,246	70.22
David John Watkins	Labour Party	28,985	70.87
Neville Guthrie Trotter	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,914	29.13
Majority		17,071	41.74

28 February 1974		44,843/58,641	76.47
David John Watkins	Labour Party	27,401	61.10
Trevor Sharp Wilkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,058	20.20
Raymond McClure	Liberal Party	8,384	18.70
Majority		18,343	40.90

10 October 1974		40,495/59,003	68.63
David John Watkins	Labour Party	27,123	66.98
Michael Hildesley Lycett Lycett	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,677	18.96
John Nicholas Gillinder	Liberal Party	5,695	14.06
Majority		19,446	48.02

3 May 1979		43,597/57,547	75.76
David John Watkins	Labour Party	26,708	61.26
Michael Hildesley Lycett Lycett	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,841	24.87
Robert Bell Kennedy	Liberal Party	6,048	13.87
Majority		15,867	36.39