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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		59,588/74,245	80.26
Dr Colin Barry Phipps	Labour Party	29,143	48.91
William Fergus Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,474	41.07
Malcolm James Thirlby	Independent Liberal	5,971	10.02
Majority		4,669	7.84

10 October 1974		56,214/74,731	75.22
Dr Colin Barry Phipps	Labour Party	28,740	51.13
Lionel Edward Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,215	35.96
Alan William Martin	Liberal Party	7,259	12.91
Majority		8,525	15.17

3 May 1979		59,177/77,525	76.33
John Graham Blackburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,158	50.96
Michael John Hartley-Brewer	Labour Party	29,019	49.04
Majority		1,139	1.92

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		59,028/78,890	74.82
Dr John Graham Blackburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,250	46.16
William George Price	Labour Party	18,527	31.39
Gerald Patrick Thomas Lewis	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,251	22.45
Majority		8,723	14.78

11 June 1987		64,681/82,884	78.04
Dr John Graham Blackburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,224	49.82
Gary Titley	Labour Party	21,980	33.98
Gerald Patrick Thomas Lewis	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,477	16.20
Majority		10,244	15.84

9 April 1992		71,115/86,632	82.09
Dr John Graham Blackburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,729	48.83
Kevin Joseph Lomax	Labour Party	28,940	40.69
Gerald Patrick Thomas Lewis	Liberal Democrats	7,446	10.47
Majority		5,789	8.14

12 October 1994 Death of Dr John Blackburn.

15 December 1994		41,307/87,972	46.95
Ian Phares Pearson	Labour Party	28,400	68.75
Graham Eric Postles	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,706	18.66
Michael Peter James Hadley	Liberal Democrats	3,154	7.64
Malcolm Ronald Floyd	UK Independence Party	590	1.43
Andrew Carmichael	National Front	561	1.36
Michael Stephen Hyde	Official Liberal Party	548	1.33
Michael Henry Nattrass	New Britain	146	0.35
Marjorie Diana Nicholson	FOREST	77	0.19
John David Oldbury	Natural Law Party	70	0.17
Colin Richard Palmer	21st Century	55	0.13
Majority		20,694	50.10

Mrs Marjorie Nicholson was sponsored by FOREST - "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco" - and sought election as a "FOREST - Freedom of Choice for Smokers" candidate.