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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		52,738/66,169	79.70
John Edward Michael Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,353	40.49
Richard Andrew Rosser	Labour Party	20,039	38.00
Ian Henry Maxwell	Liberal Party	11,346	21.51
Majority		1,314	2.49

10 October 1974		48,450/66,729	72.61
John Edward Michael Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,390	42.08
David Julian Winnick	Labour Party	20,226	41.75
Ian Henry Maxwell	Liberal Party	7,834	16.17
Majority		164	0.34

3 May 1979		50,422/66,629	75.68
John Edward Michael Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,457	52.47
David Frank White	Labour Party	18,499	36.69
John Paul Johnson	Liberal Party	5,112	10.14
Michael James Soper	Independent Conservative	238	0.47
Peter Charles Gibson	Workers Revolutionary Party	116	0.23
Majority		7,958	15.78

Michael Soper advocated the re-introduction of capital punishment.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		38,775/57,138	67.86
John Edward Michael Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,866	53.81
Andrew Stuart MacKinlay	Labour Party	9,045	23.33
Tyrell Burgess	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,864	22.86
Majority		11,821	30.49

11 June 1987		39,084/55,962	69.84
Rt Hon John Edward Michael Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,133	56.63
Bridget Therese Prentice	Labour Party	9,516	24.35
Tyrell Burgess	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,435	19.02
Majority		12,617	32.28

9 April 1992		40,028/55,798	71.74
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,168	55.38
Geraint Richard Davies	Labour Party	12,518	31.27
Deborah Jane Richardson	Liberal Democrats	5,342	13.35
Majority		9,650	24.11

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		55,799/80,152	69.62
Geraint Richard Davies	Labour Party	25,432	45.58
David Leonard Congdon	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,535	38.59
George William Schlich	Liberal Democrats	6,061	10.86
Charles Edward Cook	Referendum Party	1,886	3.38
Mario Simon George Gabriel Barnsley	Green Party	595	1.07
John Lawrence Amor Woollcott	UK Independence Party	290	0.52
Majority		3,897	6.98

7 June 2001		45,860/77,567	59.12
Geraint Richard Davies	Labour Party	21,643	47.19
David Leonard Congdon	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,659	38.51
Dr Paul Jeremy Hudson Booth	Liberal Democrats	5,156	11.24
James Rosewell Feisenberger	UK Independence Party	545	1.19
Lynda Miller	British National Party	449	0.98
John Sydney Cartwright	Monster Raving Loony Party	408	0.89
Majority		3,984	8.69

5 May 2005		48,957/80,825	60.57
Andrew John Pelling	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,974	40.80
Geraint Richard Davies	Labour Party	19,899	40.65
Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves	Liberal Democrats	6,384	13.04
Ian David Edwards	UK Independence Party	1,066	2.18
Bernice Clare Golberg	Green Party	1,036	2.12
Marianne Bowness	Veritas	304	0.62
John Sydney Cartwright	Monster Raving Loony Party	193	0.39
Janet Ann Stears	Independent	101	0.21
Majority		75	0.15

Janet Stears sought election as The People's Choice Making Politicians Work.

25 September 2007 The Conservative whip was withdrawn from Andrew Pelling following his arrest on a charge of assault.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,757/75,973	65.49
Gavin Laurence Barwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,657	39.51
Gerry Ryan	Labour Party	16,688	33.54
Peter John Lambell	Liberal Democrats	6,553	13.17
Andrew John Pelling	Independent	3,239	6.51
Cliff le May	British National Party	1,448	2.91
Ralph Steven Atkinson	UK Independence Party	997	2.00
Bernice Clare Golberg	Green Party	581	1.17
James Gitau	Christian	264	0.53
John Sydney Cartwright	Monster Raving Loony Party	192	0.39
Michael Max Castle	Independent	138	0.28
Majority		2,969	5.97

7 May 2015		52,941/78,171	67.72
Gavin Laurence Barwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,753	42.98
Sarah Ann Jones	Labour Party	22,588	42.67
Peter Staveley	UK Independence Party	4,810	9.09
Esther Mary Sutton	Green Party	1,454	2.75
James Robert Fearnley	Liberal Democrats	1,152	2.18
April Jacqueline Ashley	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	127	0.24
Martin John Arthur Camden	UK Progressive Democracy	57	0.11
Majority		165	0.31

8 June 2017		57,091/80,045	71.32
Sarah Ann Jones	Labour Party	29,873	52.33
Rt Hon Gavin Laurence Barwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,221	42.43
Ghislaine Cecilia Hickson	Liberal Democrats	1,083	1.90
Peter Staveley	UK Independence Party	1,040	1.82
Tracey Jo Hague	Green Party	626	1.10
John Boadu	Christian Alliance	177	0.31
Don Locke	Independent	71	0.12
Majority		5,652	9.90

12 December 2019		54,045/81,407	66.39
Sarah Ann Jones	Labour Party	27,124	50.19
Mario Creatura	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,175	39.18
Simon James Sprague	Liberal Democrats	3,532	6.54
Esther Mary Sutton	Green Party	1,215	2.25
Peter Spencer Sonnex	Brexit Party	999	1.85
Majority		5,949	11.01