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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		23,870/34,132	69.93
Edward Albert Ashton Bagley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,237	42.89
Thomas Greenall	Labour Party	9,740	40.80
Sir Thomas Evans Flitcroft	Liberal Party	3,893	16.31
Majority		497	2.08

15 November 1922		29,355/34,606	84.83
Thomas Greenall	Labour Party	13,391	45.62
Edward Albert Ashton Bagley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,037	34.19
Edward Rudd	Liberal Party	5,927	20.19
Majority		3,354	11.43

6 December 1923		25,992/35,351	73.53
Thomas Greenall	Labour Party	14,858	57.16
Alexander Lexy Koch Worsthorne	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,134	42.84
Majority		3,724	14.33

29 October 1924		32,315/36,058	89.62
Thomas Greenall	Labour Party	15,327	47.43
Alexander Lexy Koch Worsthorne	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,521	38.75
Joseph Charles Martin	Liberal Party	4,467	13.82
Majority		2,806	8.68

30 May 1929		41,881/47,841	87.54
Guy Rowson	Labour Party	21,857	52.19
Hon Mary Ada Pickford	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,643	25.41
Ernest Frederick Dyer	Liberal Party	9,381	22.40
Majority		11,214	26.78

27 October 1931		42,013/49,550	84.79
James Stones	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,460	53.46
Guy Rowson	Labour Party	19,553	46.54
Majority		2,907	6.92

17 September 1935 Death of James Stones.

14 November 1935		42,642/51,739	82.42
Guy Rowson	Labour Party	22,040	51.69
Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,839	39.49
James Monteith Erskine	Peoples Peace	3,763	8.82
Majority		5,201	12.20

James Erskine received support from the local Liberal Party.

16 November 1937 Death of Guy Rowson.

27 January 1938		41,133/52,784	77.93
George Tomlinson	Labour Party	24,298	59.07
Herbert Felix Ryan	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,835	40.93
Majority		7,463	18.14

5 July 1945		43,032/55,549	77.47
George Tomlinson	Labour Party	28,462	66.14
Fred Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,570	33.86
Majority		13,892	32.28

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		44,830/50,863	88.14
Rt Hon George Tomlinson	Labour Party	25,375	56.60
Frank Kay	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,266	31.82
Abraham Lomax	Liberal Party	5,189	11.57
Majority		11,109	24.78

25 October 1951		44,409/51,189	86.75
Rt Hon George Tomlinson	Labour Party	26,297	59.22
Jesse Seddon	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,112	40.78
Majority		8,185	18.43

22 September 1952 Death of Rt Hon George Tomlinson.

27 November 1952		36,449/51,340	71.00
Ernest Thornton	Labour Party	21,834	59.90
Henry Donald Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,615	40.10
Majority		7,219	19.81

26 May 1955		43,060/52,818	81.53
Ernest Thornton	Labour Party	24,829	57.66
David Charles Waddington	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,231	42.34
Majority		6,598	15.32

Minor Boundary Change
8 October 1959		46,749/56,092	83.34
Ernest Thornton	Labour Party	27,393	58.60
Albert Samuel Royse	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,356	41.40
Majority		8,037	17.19

15 October 1964		45,914/58,275	78.79
Ernest Thornton	Labour Party	28,493	62.06
Albert Samuel Royse	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,421	37.94
Majority		11,072	24.11

31 March 1966		45,344/60,634	74.78
Ernest Thornton	Labour Party	30,015	66.19
Mark Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,329	33.81
Majority		14,686	32.39

18 June 1970		50,259/69,494	72.32
John Francis Hodgess Roper	Labour and Co-operative Party	29,392	58.48
Ivan Andrew Johnston	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,867	41.52
Majority		8,525	16.96

28 February 1974		56,417/69,913	80.70
John Francis Hodgess Roper	Labour and Co-operative Party	28,068	49.75
Albert Samuel Royse	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,431	27.35
Margaret Patricia Rothwell	Liberal Party	12,918	22.90
Majority		12,637	22.40

10 October 1974		52,732/70,545	74.75
John Francis Hodgess Roper	Labour and Co-operative Party	28,184	53.45
Richard Henry Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,489	25.58
Margaret Patricia Rothwell	Liberal Party	11,059	20.97
Majority		14,695	27.87

3 May 1979		55,866/71,844	77.76
John Francis Hodgess Roper	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,965	50.06
Stanley Windle	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,858	35.55
Margaret Patricia Rothwell	Liberal Party	8,043	14.40
Majority		8,107	14.51

2 March 1981 John Roper resigns the Labour whip to join the Social Democratic Party.