UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		40,491/47,745	84.81
Ernest Albert John Davies	Labour Party	24,013	59.30
Colin William Carstairs Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,110	32.38
Alfred Bramwell Tyler	Liberal Party	3,368	8.32
Majority		10,903	26.93

25 October 1951		39,892/48,309	82.58
Ernest Albert John Davies	Labour Party	25,298	63.42
Colin William Carstairs Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,594	36.58
Majority		10,704	26.83

26 May 1955		35,615/47,197	75.46
Ernest Albert John Davies	Labour Party	21,658	60.81
James Lionel Manning	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,957	39.19
Majority		7,701	21.62

8 October 1959		36,578/47,183	77.52
John Mackie	Labour Party	20,101	54.95
Francis John Victor Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,477	45.05
Majority		3,624	9.91

15 October 1964		35,128/46,043	76.29
John Mackie	Labour Party	17,958	51.12
Francis John Victor Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,447	32.59
Julian Francis Burnett	Liberal Party	5,723	16.29
Majority		6,511	18.54

31 March 1966		34,206/45,487	75.20
John Mackie	Labour Party	18,772	54.88
Robin Hubert Leach	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,245	32.87
Julian Francis Burnett	Liberal Party	4,189	12.25
Majority		7,527	22.00

18 June 1970		32,209/48,272	66.72
John Mackie	Labour Party	16,433	51.02
Dr Trevor Edmund Thomas Weston	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,403	38.51
Anthony Allan Stowell	Liberal Party	3,373	10.47
Majority		4,030	12.51