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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		53,101/60,861	87.25
Elaine Frances Burton	Labour Party	27,977	52.69
Rt Hon Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,885	41.21
Richard John Soper	Liberal Party	3,239	6.10
Majority		6,092	11.47

25 October 1951		53,074/61,590	86.17
Elaine Frances Burton	Labour Party	29,271	55.15
John Alec Biggs-Davison	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,803	44.85
Majority		5,468	10.30

26 May 1955		53,210/65,404	81.36
Elaine Frances Burton	Labour Party	27,449	51.59
Muriel Evelyn Williamson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,761	48.41
Majority		1,688	3.17

8 October 1959		55,338/67,394	82.11
Philip Norman Hocking	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,584	51.65
Elaine Frances Burton	Labour Party	26,754	48.35
Majority		1,830	3.31

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		56,647/70,992	79.79
William Wilson	Labour Party	29,240	51.62
Philip Norman Hocking	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,407	48.38
Majority		1,833	3.24

31 March 1966		56,934/70,983	80.21
William Wilson	Labour Party	31,237	54.87
Philip Norman Hocking	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,697	45.13
Majority		5,540	9.73

18 June 1970		57,826/77,626	74.49
William Wilson	Labour Party	30,010	51.90
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,816	48.10
Majority		2,194	3.79

New
1 May 1997		50,124/71,826	69.79
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	25,511	50.90
Paul Crago Ivey	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,558	29.04
Gordon Findlay MacDonald	Liberal Democrats	4,617	9.21
David John Nellist	Socialist Labour	3,262	6.51
Paul Johnathan Garratt	Referendum Party	943	1.88
Roger Edward Jenking	Official Liberal Party	725	1.45
Jeffrey Astbury	British National Party	328	0.65
Anne-Marie Bradshaw	Dream	180	0.36
Majority		10,953	21.85

7 June 2001		40,096/72,527	55.28
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	20,125	50.19
Heather Kay Wheeler	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,846	29.54
Vincent John McKee	Liberal Democrats	5,672	14.15
Robert Piers Windsor	Socialist Alliance	1,475	3.68
Irene Elizabeth Rogers	Independent	564	1.41
Timothy Peter Logan	Socialist Labour	414	1.03
Majority		8,279	20.65

5 May 2005		40,685/68,884	59.06
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	18,649	45.84
Heather Kay Wheeler	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,394	30.46
Vincent John McKee	Liberal Democrats	7,228	17.77
Robert Piers Windsor	Socialist Alternative	1,097	2.70
William David Brown	UK Independence Party	829	2.04
Irene Elizabeth Rogers	Independent	344	0.85
James Christopher Rooney	Independent	144	0.35
Majority		6,255	15.37

James Rooney sought election as a Families First candidate.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,924/73,642	62.36
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	19,197	41.80
Kevin John Foster	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,352	33.43
Brian David Patton	Liberal Democrats	8,278	18.03
Mark P Taylor	UK Independence Party	1,767	3.85
Judy Griffiths	Socialist Alternative	691	1.50
Stephen Robert George Gray	Green Party	639	1.39
Majority		3,845	8.37

7 May 2015		43,699/70,397	62.08
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	18,472	42.27
Gary Christopher Ridley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,284	34.98
Mark P Taylor	UK Independence Party	5,709	13.06
Greg Paul Judge	Liberal Democrats	1,779	4.07
Benjamin Gallaher	Green Party	1,719	3.93
Judy Griffiths	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	650	1.49
James Christopher Rooney	Mainstream	86	0.20
Majority		3,188	7.30

8 June 2017		47,009/70,736	66.46
James Dolan Cunningham	Labour Party	25,874	55.04
Michelle Jane Maria Lowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,927	38.14
Greg Paul Judge	Liberal Democrats	1,343	2.86
Ian Rogers	UK Independence Party	1,037	2.21
Aimee Challenor	Green Party	604	1.28
Sandra Findlay	Independent	224	0.48
Majority		7,947	16.91

12 December 2019		45,044/70,979	63.46
Zarah Sultana	Labour Party	19,544	43.39
Martha Heaven	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,143	42.50
Stephen John Richmond	Liberal Democrats	3,398	7.54
James Phillip Crocker	Brexit Party	1,432	3.18
Rebecca Anne Finlayson	Green Party	1,092	2.42
Edmund Thomas Reece Manning	Independent	435	0.97
Majority		401	0.89

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,731/76,262	56.03
Zarah Sultana	Labour Party	20,361	47.65
Mattie Heaven	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,160	23.78
Chris Baddon	Reform UK	5,711	13.37
Stephen John Richmond	Liberal Democrats	2,531	5.92
Anne Patterson	Green Party	2,363	5.53
Mohammed Syed	Workers Britain	777	1.82
Alastair Mellon	Social Democratic Party	334	0.78
Nikolas Omilana	Independent	263	0.62
Joshua Morland	Independent	231	0.54
Majority		10,201	23.87

23 July 2024 The Labour whip was withdrawn from Zarah Sultana following her voting against the government in a King's Speech debate.