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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		47,339/53,984	87.69
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	38,367	81.05
Charles Alston Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,972	18.95
Majority		29,395	62.09

25 October 1951		46,924/54,096	86.74
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	37,899	80.77
George William Rossiter	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,025	19.23
Majority		28,874	61.53

26 May 1955		43,447/54,748	79.36
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	34,352	79.07
George William Rossiter	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,095	20.93
Majority		25,257	58.13

8 October 1959		45,811/56,690	80.81
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	36,552	79.79
George William Rossiter	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,259	20.21
Majority		27,293	59.58

15 October 1964		42,298/56,229	75.22
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	34,028	80.45
George William Rossiter	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,270	19.55
Majority		25,758	60.90

31 March 1966		39,447/55,923	70.54
Rt Hon Emanuel Shinwell	Labour Party	32,097	81.37
William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,350	18.63
Majority		24,747	62.73

18 June 1970		41,875/60,290	69.46
John Donkin Dormand	Labour Party	33,418	79.80
William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,457	20.20
Majority		24,961	59.61

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		46,744/63,240	73.92
John Donkin Dormand	Labour Party	33,637	71.96
John Stephen Smailes	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,107	28.04
Majority		20,530	43.92

10 October 1974		44,036/63,798	69.02
John Donkin Dormand	Labour Party	28,984	65.82
John Stephen Smailes	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,047	18.27
Norman Jevons Scaggs	Liberal Party	7,005	15.91
Majority		20,937	47.55

3 May 1979		48,497/65,242	74.33
John Donkin Dormand	Labour Party	29,537	60.90
John Stephen Smailes	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,981	24.70
Vivienne Walsh Morley	Liberal Party	6,979	14.39
Majority		17,556	36.20

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,374/66,503	66.72
John Donkin Dormand	Labour Party	25,912	58.39
Francis Edward Patterson	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,120	25.06
Colin Joseph Coulson-Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,342	16.55
Majority		14,792	33.33

11 June 1987		47,600/65,457	72.72
John Scott Cummings	Labour Party	32,396	68.06
William John Perry	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,757	16.30
George William Beaumont Howard, Viscount Morpeth	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,447	15.64
Majority		24,639	51.76

9 April 1992		47,149/65,061	72.47
John Scott Cummings	Labour Party	34,269	72.68
William John Perry	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,879	16.71
Peter Freitag	Liberal Democrats	5,001	10.61
Majority		26,390	55.97

1 May 1997		41,895/62,518	67.01
John Scott Cummings	Labour Party	33,600	80.20
Jason Daniel Hollands	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,588	8.56
James Philip Heppell	Liberal Democrats	3,025	7.22
Richard Bradford Pulfrey	Referendum Party	1,179	2.81
Stephen Paul Colborn	Socialist Party of Great Britain	503	1.20
Majority		30,012	71.64

7 June 2001		33,010/61,532	53.65
John Scott Cummings	Labour Party	25,360	76.83
Philip Foster Lovel	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,411	10.33
Christopher James Ord	Liberal Democrats	3,408	10.32
David Robinson	Socialist Labour	831	2.52
Majority		21,949	66.49

5 May 2005		31,855/61,084	52.15
John Scott Cummings	Labour Party	22,733	71.36
Christopher James Ord	Liberal Democrats	4,097	12.86
Lucille Diana Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,400	10.67
Ian McDonald	British National Party	1,042	3.27
David Robinson	Socialist Labour	583	1.83
Majority		18,636	58.50

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		34,914/63,642	54.86
Grahame Mark Morris	Labour Party	20,579	58.94
Tara Julie Saville	Liberal Democrats	5,597	16.03
Richard Jefferies Harrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,790	13.72
Cheryl Ann Dunn	British National Party	2,317	6.64
Martyn David Aiken	UK Independence Party	1,631	4.67
Majority		14,982	42.91

7 May 2015		34,624/61,659	56.15
Grahame Mark Morris	Labour Party	21,132	61.03
Jonathan William Arnott	UK Independence Party	6,491	18.75
Christopher David Hampsheir	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,478	12.93
Luke Christopher Armstrong	Liberal Democrats	834	2.41
Susan McDonnell	North East	810	2.34
Martin George Warin	Green Party	733	2.12
Stephen Paul Colborn	Socialist Party of Great Britain	146	0.42
Majority		14,641	42.29

8 June 2017		36,364/62,385	58.29
Grahame Mark Morris	Labour Party	23,152	63.67
Barney Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,260	22.71
Susan McDonnell	North East	2,355	6.48
Allyn Rhys Roberts	UK Independence Party	1,727	4.75
Thomas David Hancock	Liberal Democrats	460	1.26
Martin George Warin	Green Party	410	1.13
Majority		14,892	40.95

12 December 2019		34,583/61,182	56.52
Grahame Mark Morris	Labour Party	15,723	45.46
Clare Ambrosino	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,142	26.43
Julie Ann Maughan	Brexit Party	6,744	19.50
Dominic John Haney	Liberal Democrats	1,526	4.41
Susan McDonnell	North East	1,448	4.19
Majority		6,581	19.03

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		34,324/69,411	49.45
Grahame Mark Morris	Labour Party	16,774	48.87
Lynn Murphy	Reform UK	10,232	29.81
Joanne Howey	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,753	10.93
Mary Alison Cartwright	North East	1,581	4.61
Stephen James Ashfield	Green Party	1,173	3.42
Antony David Ferguson	Liberal Democrats	811	2.36
Majority		6,542	19.06