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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 November 1885		9,190/11,370	80.83
Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	Conservative Party	5,067	55.14
Francis Flint Belsey	Liberal Party	4,123	44.86
Majority		944	10.27

2 July 1886		11,370
Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1892		9,486/14,219	66.71
Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen	Conservative Party	4,846	51.09
Sydney Halifax	Liberal Party	4,640	48.91
Majority		206	2.17

19 July 1895		10,295/13,701	75.14
Frederic Gorell Barnes	Conservative Party	5,738	55.74
Samuel Barrow	Liberal Party	4,557	44.26
Majority		1,181	11.47

1 October 1900
John Howard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 January 1906		12,016/14,860	80.86
Thomas Bateman Napier	Liberal Party	6,925	57.63
John Howard	Conservative Party	5,091	42.37
Majority		1,834	15.26

22 January 1910		12,832/14,649	87.60
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative Party	7,438	57.96
Thomas Bateman Napier	Liberal Party	5,394	42.04
Majority		2,044	15.93

9 December 1910		12,008/14,649	81.97
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative Party	6,897	57.44
George Nicholls	Liberal/Labour	5,111	42.56
Majority		1,786	14.87

14 December 1918		18,807/37,478	50.18
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,826	68.20
Rev Stanley James Wells Morgan	Labour Party	5,981	31.80
Majority		6,845	36.40

15 November 1922		24,771/40,156	61.69
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,675	55.21
Rev Stanley James Wells Morgan	Labour Party	11,096	44.79
Majority		2,579	10.41

6 December 1923		25,783/40,676	63.39
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,422	52.06
Rev Stanley James Wells Morgan	Labour Party	12,361	47.94
Majority		1,061	4.12

29 October 1924		30,744/41,589	73.92
Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,432	46.94
Rev Stanley James Wells Morgan	Labour Party	9,180	29.86
Albert James Solomon	Liberal Party	7,132	23.20
Majority		5,252	17.08

14 December 1927 Death of Sir Granville Wheler, Bt.

25 January 1928		31,213/43,122	72.38
Adam Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,997	41.64
Dudley Leigh Aman	Labour Party	11,313	36.24
John Freeman Dunn	Liberal Party	5,813	18.62
E A Hailwood	Independent Conservative	1,090	3.49
Majority		1,684	5.40

30 May 1929		39,276/52,047	75.46
Adam Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,219	41.29
Dudley Leigh Aman	Labour Party	15,275	38.89
Prof Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl	Liberal Party	7,782	19.81
Majority		944	2.40

27 October 1931		38,794/53,733	72.20
Adam Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,568	65.91
Henry Norman Smith	Labour Party	13,226	34.09
Majority		12,342	31.81

14 November 1935		41,941/56,664	74.02
Adam Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,881	54.56
Henry Norman Smith	Labour Party	19,060	45.44
Majority		3,821	9.11

5 July 1945		44,539/60,933	73.10
Percy Lawrence Wells	Labour Party	23,502	52.77
Sir Adam Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,037	47.23
Majority		2,465	5.53

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,487/56,162	86.33
Percy Lawrence Wells	Labour Party	23,620	48.71
John Elliott Brooks	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,381	44.10
Elizabeth May Graham	Liberal Party	3,486	7.19
Majority		2,239	4.62

25 October 1951		49,206/57,193	86.04
Percy Lawrence Wells	Labour Party	24,884	50.57
Clive Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,322	49.43
Majority		562	1.14

26 May 1955		47,903/57,543	83.25
Percy Lawrence Wells	Labour Party	23,981	50.06
Clive Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,922	49.94
Majority		59	0.12

8 October 1959		48,401/57,760	83.80
Percy Lawrence Wells	Labour Party	24,327	50.26
Elsie Maude Strom Olsen	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,074	49.74
Majority		253	0.52

3 April 1964 Death of Percy Wells.

4 June 1964		44,909/60,047	74.79
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	24,749	55.11
Elsie Maude Strom Olsen	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,808	44.11
Russell Ernest Eckley	Independent	352	0.78
Majority		4,941	11.00

15 October 1964		49,404/60,500	81.66
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	24,243	49.07
Elsie Maude Strom Olsen	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,279	41.05
Paul Hayden	Liberal Party	4,882	9.88
Majority		3,964	8.02

31 March 1966		50,261/62,896	79.91
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	26,375	52.48
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,886	47.52
Majority		2,489	4.95

18 June 1970		56,017/71,677	78.15
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,914	53.40
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	26,103	46.60
Majority		3,811	6.80

28 February 1974		62,303/75,444	82.58
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,316	42.24
Michael Freedman	Labour Party	20,909	33.56
Peter James Morgan	Liberal Party	14,927	23.96
Eric Dignan	Independent	151	0.24
Majority		5,407	8.68

10 October 1974		58,276/75,983	76.70
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,087	43.05
Michael Freedman	Labour Party	22,210	38.11
Peter James Morgan	Liberal Party	10,979	18.84
Majority		2,877	4.94

3 May 1979		61,652/78,509	78.53
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,513	54.36
John Timothy Russell Sherwen	Labour Party	21,351	34.63
Anthony Charles Aldous	Liberal Party	6,349	10.30
Robert Leslie Webb	National Front	439	0.71
Majority		12,162	19.73

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,231/77,510	72.55
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,849	53.08
Edward Mark Goyder	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,252	27.12
Christopher Martin Bromley	Labour Party	11,130	19.79
Majority		14,597	25.96

11 June 1987		60,786/80,171	75.82
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,074	51.12
Edward Mark Goyder	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	17,096	28.12
Philip Dangerfield	Labour Party	12,616	20.75
Majority		13,978	23.00

9 April 1992		65,349/81,977	79.72
Roger Denis Moate	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,755	50.12
Helen Rosemary Brinton	Labour Party	16,404	25.10
Roger Truelove	Liberal Democrats	15,896	24.32
Robin Michael Bradshaw	Natural Law Party	294	0.45
Majority		16,351	25.02