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25 November 1885 | 6,989/8,269 | 84.52 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,930 | 41.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,683 | 24.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,606 | 22.98 | |
Independent Liberal | 770 | 11.02 | |
Majority | 1,247 | 17.84 | |
1886 John Wilson joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,996/8,269 | 72.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,760 | 62.71 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,236 | 37.29 | |
Majority | 1,524 | 25.42 | |
6 July 1892 | 5,925/7,725 | 76.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,733 | 63.00 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,758 | 29.67 | |
Scottish Socialist Federation | 434 | 7.32 | |
Majority | 1,975 | 33.33 | |
12 July 1895 | 7,580 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 October 1900 | 5,487/7,630 | 71.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,028 | 55.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,459 | 44.82 | |
Majority | 569 | 10.37 | |
16 January 1906 | 5,792/6,926 | 83.63 | |
Liberal Party | 3,935 | 67.94 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,857 | 32.06 | |
Majority | 2,078 | 35.88 | |
18 January 1910 | 5,945/7,005 | 84.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,965 | 66.69 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,980 | 33.31 | |
Majority | 1,985 | 33.39 | |
6 December 1910 | 5,718/7,023 | 81.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,771 | 65.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,947 | 34.05 | |
Majority | 1,824 | 31.90 | |
14 December 1918 | 13,958/30,867 | 45.22 | |
Labour Party | 7,161 | 51.30 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 6,797 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 364 | 2.61 | |
15 November 1922 | 22,247/30,970 | 71.83 | |
Labour Party | 12,876 | 57.88 | |
National Liberal Party | 9,371 | 42.12 | |
Majority | 3,505 | 15.75 | |
6 December 1923 | 19,411/32,492 | 59.74 | |
Labour Party | 13,186 | 67.93 | |
Liberal Party | 6,225 | 32.07 | |
Majority | 6,961 | 35.86 | |
29 October 1924 | 22,525/32,744 | 68.79 | |
Labour Party | 13,628 | 60.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,897 | 39.50 | |
Majority | 4,731 | 21.00 | |
30 May 1929 | 28,396/40,975 | 69.30 | |
Labour Party | 16,762 | 59.03 | |
Liberal Party | 6,745 | 23.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,889 | 17.22 | |
Majority | 10,017 | 35.28 | |
27 October 1931 | 29,178/39,306 | 74.23 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,293 | 59.27 | |
Labour Party | 10,566 | 36.21 | |
Communist Party | 1,319 | 4.52 | |
Majority | 6,727 | 23.06 | |
14 November 1935 | 23,357/36,201 | 64.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,612 | 54.00 | |
Labour Party | 9,659 | 41.35 | |
Liberal Party | 1,086 | 4.65 | |
Majority | 2,953 | 12.64 | |
24 November 1941 Resignation of James Guy. (Northstead) | |||
11 December 1941 | 6,721/33,641 | 19.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,771 | 70.99 | |
Independent Labour Party | 1,950 | 29.01 | |
Majority | 2,821 | 41.97 | |
5 July 1945 | 20,116/33,783 | 59.54 | |
Labour Party | 10,921 | 54.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,701 | 33.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,262 | 11.24 | |
Independent | 232 | 1.15 | |
Majority | 4,220 | 20.98 | |
Hume Sleigh advocated Scottish nationalism. | |||
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 34,573/16,568 | 208.67 | |
Labour Party | 16,568 | 47.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,631 | 39.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,446 | 9.97 | |
Communist Party | 646 | 1.87 | |
Independent | 282 | 0.82 | |
Majority | 2,937 | 8.50 | |
Hume Sleigh advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism. | |||
25 October 1951 | 35,276/45,993 | 76.70 | |
Labour Party | 18,429 | 52.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,847 | 47.76 | |
Majority | 1,582 | 4.48 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 32,531/47,251 | 68.85 | |
Labour Party | 16,735 | 51.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,796 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 939 | 2.89 | |
8 October 1959 | 31,081/42,781 | 72.65 | |
Labour Party | 15,849 | 50.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,232 | 49.01 | |
Majority | 617 | 1.99 | |
15 October 1964 | 26,256/36,588 | 71.76 | |
Labour Party | 14,174 | 53.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,082 | 46.02 | |
Majority | 2,092 | 7.97 | |
31 March 1966 | 23,529/33,910 | 69.39 | |
Labour Party | 13,862 | 58.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,667 | 41.09 | |
Majority | 4,195 | 17.83 | |
18 June 1970 | 20,713/31,364 | 66.04 | |
Labour Party | 9,561 | 46.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,000 | 38.62 | |
Scottish National Party | 1,666 | 8.04 | |
Liberal Party | 1,486 | 7.17 | |
Majority | 1,561 | 7.54 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 30,001/40,781 | 73.57 | |
Labour Party | 11,354 | 37.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,393 | 34.64 | |
Liberal Party | 4,180 | 13.93 | |
Scottish National Party | 4,074 | 13.58 | |
Majority | 961 | 3.20 | |
10 October 1974 | 27,634/40,956 | 67.47 | |
Labour Party | 11,129 | 40.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,176 | 25.97 | |
Scottish National Party | 6,866 | 24.85 | |
Liberal Party | 2,463 | 8.91 | |
Majority | 3,953 | 14.30 | |
3 May 1979 | 25,479/37,740 | 67.51 | |
Labour Party | 12,191 | 47.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,530 | 29.55 | |
Liberal Party | 3,096 | 12.15 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,486 | 9.76 | |
Scottish Labour | 176 | 0.69 | |
Majority | 4,661 | 18.29 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 37,051/57,320 | 64.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,095 | 38.04 | |
Labour Party | 11,529 | 31.12 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 9,498 | 25.63 | |
Scottish National Party | 1,810 | 4.89 | |
Communist Party | 119 | 0.32 | |
Majority | 2,566 | 6.93 | |
11 June 1987 | 41,072/59,757 | 68.73 | |
Labour Party | 16,502 | 40.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,240 | 34.67 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 7,333 | 17.85 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,559 | 6.23 | |
Green Party | 438 | 1.07 | |
Majority | 2,262 | 5.51 | |
9 April 1992 | 39,156/56,527 | 69.27 | |
Labour Party | 15,189 | 38.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,063 | 33.36 | |
Scottish National Party | 5,539 | 14.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,500 | 11.49 | |
Green Party | 630 | 1.61 | |
Official Liberal Party | 235 | 0.60 | |
Majority | 2,126 | 5.43 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 42,736/63,695 | 67.09 | |
Labour Party | 20,125 | 47.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,055 | 21.19 | |
Scottish National Party | 6,750 | 15.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,606 | 13.12 | |
Green Party | 607 | 1.42 | |
Referendum Party | 495 | 1.16 | |
Independent Democrat | 98 | 0.23 | |
Majority | 11,070 | 25.90 | |
7 June 2001 | 34,390/66,089 | 52.04 | |
Labour Party | 14,495 | 42.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,353 | 18.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,643 | 16.41 | |
Scottish National Party | 4,832 | 14.05 | |
Green Party | 1,809 | 5.26 | |
Scottish Socialist | 1,258 | 3.66 | |
Majority | 8,142 | 23.68 | |