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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1832		372/433	85.91
George Williams	Radical	176	47.31
Charles Hindley	Radical	163	43.82
Thomas Williams Helps	Tory	33	8.87
Majority		13	3.49

9 January 1835		380/515	73.79
Charles Hindley	Radical	212	55.79
Thomas Williams Helps	Conservative Party	105	27.63
George Williams	Radical	63	16.58
Majority		107	28.16

27 July 1837		457/603	75.79
Charles Hindley	Whig	237	51.86
James Wood	Conservative Party	201	43.98
Joseph Rayner Stephens	Chartist	19	4.16
Majority		36	7.88

1 July 1841		557/713	78.12
Charles Hindley	Radical	303	54.40
Jonah Harrop	Conservative Party	254	45.60
Majority		49	8.80

29 July 1847		871
Charles Hindley	Radical	Unopposed

6 July 1852		937
Charles Hindley	Radical	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,085
Charles Hindley	Radical	Unopposed

1 December 1857 Death of Charles Hindley.

14 December 1857		912/1,085	84.06
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Radical	522	57.24
Booth Mason	Conservative Party	390	42.76
Majority		132	14.47

29 April 1859		1,081
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1859 Appointment of Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson as Poor Law Commissioner.

27 June 1859		1,081
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 July 1859 Appointment of Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson as President of the Board of Trade.

9 July 1859		1,081
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		967
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		4,427/4,822	91.81
Thomas Walton Mellor	Conservative Party	2,318	52.36
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	2,109	47.64
Majority		209	4.72

4 February 1874		5,044/5,471	92.20
Thomas Walton Mellor	Conservative Party	2,612	51.78
Abel Buckley	Liberal Party	2,432	48.22
Majority		180	3.57

3 April 1880		5,552/5,901	94.09
Hugh Mason	Liberal Party	2,966	53.42
John Ross Coulthart	Conservative Party	2,586	46.58
Majority		380	6.84

25 November 1885		6,257/6,553	95.48
John Edmund Wentworth Addison	Conservative Party	3,153	50.39
Hugh Mason	Liberal Party	3,104	49.61
Majority		49	0.78

2 February 1886 Petition - lapsed on the death of Hugh Mason a few hours after the recount was completed. The original figures were Addison 3164; Mason 3118.

3 July 1886		6,099/6,553	93.07
John Edmund Wentworth Addison	Conservative Party	3,050	50.01
Alexander B Rowley	Liberal Party	3,049	49.99
Majority		1	0.02

The vote was tied and John Addison was elected on the casting vote of the Returning Officer.

4 July 1892		6,581/7,012	93.85
John Edmund Wentworth Addison	Conservative Party	3,358	51.03
Octavius Vaughan Morgan	Liberal Party	3,223	48.97
Majority		135	2.05

15 July 1895		6,529/7,152	91.29
Herbert James Whiteley	Conservative Party	3,434	52.60
William Woods	Liberal Party	2,680	41.05
James Sexton	Independent Labour Party	415	6.36
Majority		754	11.55

3 October 1900		6,682/7,753	86.19
Herbert James Whiteley	Conservative Party	3,545	53.05
Ernest Albert Parkyn	Liberal Party	2,400	35.92
James Johnston	Labour Party	737	11.03
Majority		1,145	17.14

13 January 1906		7,652/8,248	92.77
Alfred Henry Scott	Liberal Party	4,310	56.33
Herbert James Whiteley	Conservative Party	3,342	43.67
Majority		968	12.65

15 January 1910		8,198/8,595	95.38
Alfred Henry Scott	Liberal Party	4,039	49.27
Herbert James Whiteley	Conservative Party	3,746	45.69
William Gee	Independent Labour	413	5.04
Majority		293	3.57

3 December 1910		7,892/8,595	91.82
William Maxwell Aitken	Conservative Party	4,044	51.24
Alfred Henry Scott	Liberal Party	3,848	48.76
Majority		196	2.48

16 December 1916 Resignation of William Aitken prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Beaverbrook. (Northstead)

23 December 1916
Rt Hon Sir Albert Henry Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		17,595/25,715	68.42
Rt Hon Sir Albert Henry Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,261	58.32
Thomas Frederick Lister	National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers	7,334	41.68
Majority		2,927	16.64

6 January 1920 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Albert Stanley to the Peerage - Baron Ashfield.

31 January 1920		20,502/24,912	82.30
Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,864	43.23
William Cornforth Robinson	Labour Party	8,127	39.64
Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	Liberal Party	3,511	17.13
Majority		737	3.59

15 November 1922		20,840/25,014	83.31
Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,006	57.61
Thomas William Gillinder	Labour Party	8,834	42.39
Majority		3,172	15.22

6 December 1923		21,595/25,327	85.26
Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,813	36.18
Henry Thomas Greenwood	Liberal Party	7,574	35.07
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	6,208	28.75
Majority		239	1.11

Ellen Wilkinson was a member of the Communist Party but received support from the Labour Party.

29 October 1924		22,714/25,736	88.26
Cornelius William James Homan	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,971	39.50
Cecil John L'Estrange Malone	Labour Party	7,451	32.80
Henry Thomas Greenwood	Liberal Party	6,292	27.70
Majority		1,520	6.69

1 October 1928 Cornelius Homan was adjucated a bankrupt on 31 March 1928, and was unable to discharge his debts within six months. As a result he was declared ineligible to sit in the House of Commons.

29 October 1928		23,602/26,497	89.07
Albert Bellamy	Labour Party	9,567	40.53
Gordon Cosmo Touche	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,161	30.34
William Gilbert Greenwood	Liberal Party	6,874	29.12
Majority		2,406	10.19

30 May 1929		29,626/34,471	85.94
Albert Bellamy	Labour Party	13,170	44.45
John Broadbent	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,763	32.95
William Gilbert Greenwood	Liberal Party	6,693	22.59
Majority		3,407	11.50

26 March 1931 Death of Albert Bellamy.

30 April 1931		27,897/34,784	80.20
John Broadbent	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,420	44.52
John William Gordon	Labour Party	11,005	39.45
Allan Young	New Party	4,472	16.03
Majority		1,415	5.07

27 October 1931		29,846/34,974	85.34
John Broadbent	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,652	52.44
John William Gordon	Labour Party	11,074	37.10
James Taylor Middleton	Liberal Party	2,696	9.03
Christopher Bernard Hobhouse	New Party	424	1.42
Majority		4,578	15.34

14 November 1935		28,166/34,785	80.97
Fred Brown Simpson	Labour Party	14,140	50.20
John Broadbent	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,026	49.80
Majority		114	0.40

23 September 1939 Death of Fred Simpson.

28 October 1939
Rt Hon Sir William Allen Jowitt	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		26,602/33,834	78.63
Rt Hon Sir William Allen Jowitt	Labour Party	14,998	56.38
Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,604	43.62
Majority		3,394	12.76

2 August 1945 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir William Jowitt to the Peerage - Baron Jowitt.

2 October 1945		23,853/33,834	70.50
Hervey Rhodes	Labour Party	12,889	54.04
Sir Robert Archibald Cary	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,360	35.05
A Beale	Liberal Party	2,604	10.92
Majority		4,529	18.99

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		41,475/47,989	86.43
Hervey Rhodes	Labour Party	20,970	50.56
Gilbert Burdett Howcroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,046	48.33
Hugh Hague Hulme Blackwell	Communist Party	459	1.11
Majority		924	2.23

25 October 1951		41,164/47,558	86.56
Hervey Rhodes	Labour Party	21,424	52.05
Kenneth Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,740	47.95
Majority		1,684	4.09

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		50,467/62,468	80.79
Hervey Rhodes	Labour Party	26,216	51.95
Edwin Hodson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,251	48.05
Majority		1,965	3.89

8 October 1959		49,230/60,706	81.10
Hervey Rhodes	Labour Party	25,991	52.80
Robert Horrocks	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,239	47.20
Majority		2,752	5.59

14 September 1964 Elevation of Hervey Rhodes to the Peerage - Baron Rhodes.

15 October 1964		45,207/58,411	77.39
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	24,657	54.54
Henry Donald Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,550	45.46
Majority		4,107	9.08

31 March 1966		42,124/57,159	73.70
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	24,728	58.70
Henry Donald Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,396	41.30
Majority		7,332	17.41

18 June 1970		43,900/61,402	71.50
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	23,927	54.50
Alan d'Arcy Fearn	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,973	45.50
Majority		3,954	9.01

Boundary Change
28 February 1974		47,574/59,906	79.41
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	23,019	48.39
Timothy Maxwell Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,718	30.94
Trevor Gordon Jones	Liberal Party	9,837	20.68
Majority		8,301	17.45

10 October 1974		43,609/60,378	72.23
Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	23,490	53.87
Michael Hugh Litchfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,763	29.27
Trevor Gordon Jones	Liberal Party	7,356	16.87
Majority		10,727	24.60

3 May 1979		44,876/58,588	76.60
Rt Hon Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	24,535	54.67
Alan d'Arcy Fearn	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,156	36.00
George Gordon Taylor	Liberal Party	3,699	8.24
Anthony David Jones	National Front	486	1.08
Majority		8,379	18.67

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		42,205/59,568	70.85
Rt Hon Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	20,987	49.73
Richard John Greville Spring	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,290	31.49
John Adler	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,521	17.82
David Phipps Hallsworth	Revolutionary Communist Party	407	0.96
Majority		7,697	18.24

11 June 1987		43,252/59,019	73.28
Rt Hon Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	22,389	51.76
Henry Linton Cadman	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,103	30.29
Mark James Hunter	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,760	17.94
Majority		9,286	21.47

9 April 1992		43,366/58,701	73.88
Rt Hon Robert Edward Sheldon	Labour Party	24,550	56.61
John Remfrey Pinniger	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,615	31.40
Charles William Turner	Liberal Democrats	4,005	9.24
Colin Lyngate Hall	Official Liberal Party	907	2.09
John Brannigan	Natural Law Party	289	0.67
Majority		10,935	25.22

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		35,461/71,002	49.94
Angela Rayner	Labour Party	15,575	43.92
Robert Barrowcliffe	Reform UK	8,784	24.77
Lizzie Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,375	12.34
Aroma Hassan	Workers Britain	2,835	7.99
Lee Alan Huntbach	Green Party	2,481	7.00
Dominic Francis Thomas Hardwick	Liberal Democrats	1,411	3.98
Majority		6,791	19.15