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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		37,086/43,885	84.51
Harold Malcolm Bullock	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,347	60.26
Ronald Howard Lewis	Labour Party	9,403	25.35
James Burnie	Liberal Party	5,336	14.39
Majority		12,944	34.90

25 October 1951		35,285/44,232	79.77
Harold Malcolm Bullock	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,034	70.95
Edith May Edwards	Labour Party	10,251	29.05
Majority		14,783	41.90

14 October 1953 Resignation of Malcolm Bullock. (Northstead)

12 November 1953		27,339/43,720	62.53
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,614	68.09
Ernest James Adams	Labour Party	7,545	27.60
J A Freeman	Independent Conservative	1,180	4.32
Majority		11,069	40.49

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		42,886/58,188	73.70
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,161	68.00
Ernest James Adams	Labour Party	13,725	32.00
Majority		15,436	35.99

8 October 1959		44,546/57,495	77.48
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,801	66.90
Douglas Englefield Brown	Labour Party	14,745	33.10
Majority		15,056	33.80

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		44,286/57,771	76.66
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,538	48.63
Robert Hodge	Labour Party	14,158	31.97
Norman Sellers	Liberal Party	8,590	19.40
Majority		7,380	16.66

31 March 1966		40,654/56,318	72.19
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,980	54.07
Alan John Whipp	Labour Party	18,674	45.93
Majority		3,306	8.13

18 June 1970		42,392/59,525	71.22
Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,042	56.71
Peter James Caswell	Labour Party	18,350	43.29
Majority		5,692	13.43

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		62,310/77,860	80.03
Rt Hon Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,519	52.19
Sean Francis Hughes	Labour Party	16,949	27.20
Geoffrey Laurence Woodcock	Liberal Party	12,842	20.61
Majority		15,570	24.99

10 October 1974		57,782/78,583	73.53
Rt Hon Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,764	51.51
Margaret Hignett	Labour Party	17,589	30.44
Michael Anthony Hill	Liberal Party	10,429	18.05
Majority		12,175	21.07

3 May 1979		61,055/81,208	75.18
Rt Hon Rodney Graham Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,768	56.95
Anthony Mulhearn	Labour Party	15,496	25.38
Michael Anthony Hill	Liberal Party	9,302	15.24
Peter Michael Hussey	Ecology Party	1,489	2.44
Majority		19,272	31.56

1 October 1981 Death of Rt Hon Sir Graham Page.

26 November 1981		57,297/82,687	69.29
Rt Hon Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	28,118	49.07
John Valentine Chasney Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,829	39.84
John Backhouse	Labour Party	5,450	9.51
Richard W Small	Ecology Party	480	0.84
Tarquin F Stop-F'Tang-F'Tang-Ole-Biscuit-Barrel	Independent	223	0.39
Thomas Leslie Keen	Independent	99	0.17
William George Boaks	Independent	36	0.06
John Kennedy	Independent	31	0.05
Donald S Potter	Independent	31	0.05
Majority		5,289	9.23

Thomas Keen sought election as a Conservative/Liberal Alliance.

Donald Potter sought election as a Humanitarian candidate.

Tarquin Stop-F'Tang-F'Tang-Ole-Biscuit-Barrel changed his name by deed poll from John Desmond Lewis, who was president of the Cambridge University Raving Loony Society. The name change was an attempt to have the longest name on a ballot paper.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		64,833/84,550	76.68
George Malcolm Thornton	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,604	47.20
Rt Hon Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	27,203	41.96
Robert David Waring	Labour Party	6,611	10.20
Peter Michael Hussey	Ecology Party	415	0.64
Majority		3,401	5.25

11 June 1987		66,823/85,099	78.52
George Malcolm Thornton	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,842	46.15
Anthony Francis Scott Donovan	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	23,989	35.90
Christopher William Cheetham	Labour Party	11,992	17.95
Majority		6,853	10.26

9 April 1992		68,053/82,537	82.45
George Malcolm Thornton	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,267	47.41
Maria Eagle	Labour Party	17,461	25.66
Helen Flora Clucas	Liberal Democrats	16,562	24.34
John Angus Marks	Official Liberal Party	1,052	1.55
Francis Patrick Sean Brady	Green Party	559	0.82
Neil Laughlin Paterson	Natural Law Party	152	0.22
Majority		14,806	21.76

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		44,141/57,190	77.18
Clare Curtis-Tansley	Labour Party	22,549	51.08
Sir George Malcolm Thornton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,367	34.81
Paul James McVey	Liberal Democrats	5,080	11.51
John Alexander Gauld	Referendum Party	813	1.84
John Angus Marks	Official Liberal Party	233	0.53
William Ross Hite	Natural Law Party	99	0.22
Majority		7,182	16.27

7 June 2001		36,866/57,375	64.25
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Labour Party	20,327	55.14
Robert John Collinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,974	32.48
Timothy Jason Drake	Liberal Democrats	4,084	11.08
Alan Mark Holt	Socialist Labour	481	1.30
Majority		8,353	22.66

5 May 2005		36,194/54,255	66.71
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Labour Party	17,463	48.25
Debi Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,623	32.11
James Peter Murray	Liberal Democrats	6,298	17.40
Dr John Whittaker	UK Independence Party	454	1.25
Geoffrey Dennis Bottoms	Communist Party of Great Britain	199	0.55
David Oswald Braid	Christian Democrat	157	0.43
Majority		5,840	16.14