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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		42,397/54,967	77.13
Dr John Anderson Cunningham	Labour Party	18,756	44.24
Veronica Barbara Carstairs Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,919	39.91
John Beasley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,722	15.85
Majority		1,837	4.33

11 June 1987		44,475/55,312	80.41
Dr John Anderson Cunningham	Labour Party	20,999	47.22
Ashton Reginald Marson Toft	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,105	42.96
Edward Thomas Colgan	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	4,052	9.11
Robert Anthony Gibson	Green Party	319	0.72
Majority		1,894	4.26

9 April 1992		45,873/54,911	83.54
Dr John Anderson Cunningham	Labour Party	22,328	48.67
Philip Glyn Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,889	43.36
Roger Charles Putnam	Liberal Democrats	3,508	7.65
James Raeburn Sinton	Natural Law Party	148	0.32
Majority		2,439	5.32

1 May 1997		41,345/54,263	76.19
Rt Hon Dr John Anderson Cunningham	Labour Party	24,025	58.11
Andrew Cumpsty	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,081	29.22
Roger Charles Putnam	Liberal Democrats	3,814	9.22
Chris Johnston	Referendum Party	1,036	2.51
Gerard Hanratty	Pro-Life Alliance	389	0.94
Majority		11,944	28.89

7 June 2001		34,750/53,526	64.92
Rt Hon Dr John Anderson Cunningham	Labour Party	17,991	51.77
Michael Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,027	37.49
Mark Adrian Gayler	Liberal Democrats	3,732	10.74
Majority		4,964	14.28

5 May 2005		33,757/54,206	62.28
Jamieson Ronald Reed	Labour Party	17,033	50.46
Christopher John Whiteside	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,713	31.74
Francis Graeme Hollowell	Liberal Democrats	3,880	11.49
Edward Caley-Knowles	UK Independence Party	735	2.18
Brian Earley	Independent	734	2.17
Alan Mossop	English Democrats Party	662	1.96
Majority		6,320	18.72

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		42,787/63,960	66.90
Jamieson Ronald Reed	Labour Party	19,699	46.04
Christopher John Whiteside	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,866	37.08
Francis Graeme Hollowell	Liberal Democrats	4,365	10.20
Clive Jefferson	British National Party	1,474	3.44
Edward Caley-Knowles	UK Independence Party	994	2.32
Jillian Barbara Perry	Green Party	389	0.91
Majority		3,833	8.96

7 May 2015		39,631/62,119	63.80
Jamieson Ronald Reed	Labour Party	16,750	42.26
Stephen Haraldsen	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,186	35.80
Michael Pye	UK Independence Party	6,148	15.51
Danny Gallagher	Liberal Democrats	1,368	3.45
Allan Franciscus Todd	Green Party	1,179	2.97
Majority		2,564	6.47

20 January 2017 Resignation of Jamie Reed.

23 February 2017
Trudy Lynne Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,748	44.25
Gillian Ruth Troughton	Labour Party	11,601	37.34
Rebecca Charlotte Hanson	Liberal Democrats	2,252	7.25
Fiona Rachel Mills	UK Independence Party	2,025	6.52
Michael Patrick Anthony Guest	Independent	811	2.61
Jack Frederick Lenox	Green Party	515	1.66
Roy Alan Ivinson	Independent	116	0.37
Majority		2,147	6.91

8 June 2017		42,927/61,751	69.52
Trudy Lynne Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,062	49.06
Gillian Ruth Troughton	Labour Party	19,367	45.12
Rebecca Charlotte Hanson	Liberal Democrats	1,404	3.27
Herbert Winford Crossman	UK Independence Party	1,094	2.55
Majority		1,695	3.95

12 December 2019		42,523/61,693	68.93
Trudy Lynne Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,856	53.75
Tony Lywood	Labour Party	17,014	40.01
John Studholme	Liberal Democrats	1,888	4.44
Jack Frederick Lenox	Green Party	765	1.80
Majority		5,842	13.74