UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		44,371/50,411	88.02
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	21,529	48.52
George Boyle Hanna Currie	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,832	33.43
Stuart Gough Waterhouse	Liberal Party	8,010	18.05
Majority		6,697	15.09

25 October 1951		44,539/51,575	86.36
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	23,959	53.79
George Boyle Hanna Currie	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,580	46.21
Majority		3,379	7.59

26 May 1955		43,382/51,560	84.14
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	22,828	52.62
Kenneth Gordon Knee	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,554	47.38
Majority		2,274	5.24

8 October 1959		45,477/52,635	86.40
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	22,776	50.08
Fred Hardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,701	49.92
Majority		75	0.16

15 October 1964		46,982/54,076	86.88
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	25,469	54.21
Fred Hardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,513	45.79
Majority		3,956	8.42

31 March 1966		47,652/55,119	86.45
Eirene Lloyd White	Labour Party	24,442	51.29
Fred Hardman	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,960	33.49
Dennis Oscar Diamond	Liberal Party	6,348	13.32
Gwilym Hughes	Plaid Cymru	902	1.89
Majority		8,482	17.80

18 June 1970		52,592/64,793	81.17
Stephen Barry Jones	Labour Party	24,227	46.07
Rodney Maynard Amyes	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,145	38.30
Dennis Oscar Diamond	Liberal Party	5,888	11.20
Gwilym Hughes	Plaid Cymru	2,332	4.43
Majority		4,082	7.76