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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 December 1885		6,109/7,660	79.75
George Burrow Gregory	Conservative Party	3,530	57.78
C J Heald	Liberal Party	2,579	42.22
Majority		951	15.57

13 July 1886		5,166/7,660	67.44
Hon Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy	Conservative Party	3,289	63.67
C J Heald	Liberal Party	1,877	36.33
Majority		1,412	27.33

9 July 1892		6,336/8,754	72.38
Hon Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy	Conservative Party	3,987	62.93
Sir E G Jenkinson	Liberal Party	2,349	37.07
Majority		1,638	25.85

20 July 1895		6,605/9,262	71.31
George Joachim Goschen	Conservative Party	3,731	56.49
Charles Joseph Henry Corbett	Liberal Party	2,874	43.51
Majority		857	12.98

11 October 1900		6,893/9,596	71.83
George Joachim Goschen	Conservative Party	3,890	56.43
Charles Joseph Henry Corbett	Liberal Party	3,003	43.57
Majority		887	12.87

25 January 1906		9,324/10,726	86.93
Charles Joseph Henry Corbett	Liberal Party	4,793	51.40
Edgar March Crookshank	Conservative Party	4,531	48.60
Majority		262	2.81

28 January 1910		10,223/11,562	88.42
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative Party	6,563	64.20
Charles Joseph Henry Corbett	Liberal Party	3,660	35.80
Majority		2,903	28.40

7 December 1910		9,457/11,562	81.79
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative Party	5,926	62.66
H N Spalding	Liberal Party	3,531	37.34
Majority		2,395	25.33

1918 Resignation of Henry Cautley on appointment as Recorder of Sunderland.

29 July 1918
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		18,792/35,955	52.27
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,584	66.96
D G Pole	Labour Party	6,208	33.04
Majority		6,376	33.93

15 November 1922		22,508/38,664	58.21
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,981	71.00
Thomas Crawford	Labour Party	6,527	29.00
Majority		9,454	42.00

6 December 1923		20,666/39,405	52.45
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,215	68.78
Thomas Crawford	Labour Party	6,451	31.22
Majority		7,764	37.57

29 October 1924		28,448/40,500	70.24
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,365	64.56
Godfrey Frerichs Mowatt	Liberal Party	5,604	19.70
John Morgan	Labour Party	4,479	15.74
Majority		12,761	44.86

30 May 1929		33,809/55,352	61.08
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,940	64.89
Barbara Ellen Mary Stevenson Bliss	Liberal Party	5,604	16.58
Thomas Crawford	Labour Party	6,265	18.53
Majority		16,336	48.32

27 October 1931		39,947/57,697	69.24
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,826	87.18
Evan Frank Mottram Durbin	Labour Party	5,121	12.82
Majority		29,705	74.36

14 November 1935		37,537/61,302	61.23
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,440	78.43
Stanislaus Seuffert	Labour Party	8,097	21.57
Majority		21,343	56.86

1 July 1936 Resignation of Sir Henry Cautley prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Cautley. (Northstead)

23 July 1936		27,915/61,302	45.54
Ralph Stephenson Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,207	79.55
Albert Edward Millett	Labour Party	5,708	20.45
Majority		16,499	59.10

5 July 1945		49,503/69,860	70.86
Ralph Stephenson Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,273	57.11
David George Packham	Labour Party	12,519	25.29
John Charles McLaughlin	Liberal Party	8,711	17.60
Majority		15,754	31.82

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		54,098/66,243	81.67
Ralph Stephenson Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,786	55.06
Catherine Ellis Williamson	Labour Party	12,983	24.00
John Charles McLaughlin	Liberal Party	11,329	20.94
Majority		16,803	31.06

25 October 1951		54,449/67,771	80.34
Ralph Stephenson Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,803	60.25
Herbert Atkinson	Labour Party	14,271	26.21
John Charles McLaughlin	Liberal Party	7,375	13.54
Majority		18,532	34.04

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		46,234/61,567	75.10
Hon Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,450	61.53
Martin Mason	Labour Party	11,750	25.41
Judith St John Thornton	Liberal Party	6,034	13.05
Majority		16,700	36.12

8 October 1959		50,963/65,437	77.88
Hon Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,759	62.32
Robert William George Humphreys	Labour Party	10,104	19.83
Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell	Liberal Party	9,100	17.86
Majority		21,655	42.49

15 October 1964		54,706/70,172	77.96
Hon Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,094	53.18
Richard Gordon Holme	Liberal Party	14,753	26.97
William Henry Hill	Labour Party	10,859	19.85
Majority		14,341	26.21

8 December 1964 Elevation of Hon Evelyn Emmet to the Peerage - Baroness Emmet of Amberley.

4 February 1965		45,276/70,172	64.52
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,896	54.99
Richard Gordon Holme	Liberal Party	14,279	31.54
Jon Anthony Arnold Evans	Labour Party	6,101	13.48
Majority		10,617	23.45

31 March 1966		57,144/74,383	76.82
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,595	55.29
James Hubert Downie	Liberal Party	13,611	23.82
Arthur Harris Roberts	Labour Party	11,938	20.89
Majority		17,984	31.47

18 June 1970		62,716/86,448	72.55
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,359	61.16
David Smithers	Liberal Party	12,343	19.68
Anthony Louis Banks	Labour Party	12,014	19.16
Majority		26,016	41.48

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,908/55,124	81.47
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,928	53.28
Peter Hasler Billenness	Liberal Party	15,351	34.18
William John Short	Labour Party	5,629	12.53
Majority		8,577	19.10

10 October 1974		41,438/55,588	74.54
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,035	53.18
Paul Hayden	Liberal Party	12,755	30.78
David William John Blake	Labour Party	6,648	16.04
Majority		9,280	22.39

3 May 1979		45,577/59,124	77.09
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,279	62.05
Jeremy Christopher Savill Nieboer	Liberal Party	11,102	24.36
Richard J Taylor	Labour Party	6,196	13.59
Majority		17,177	37.69