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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		36,532/55,781	65.49
Rt Hon Roy Mason	Labour Party	21,847	59.80
Howard Stuart Oldfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,674	21.01
Geoffrey Charles Reid	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,011	19.19
Majority		14,173	38.80

11 June 1987		39,155/56,574	69.21
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	26,139	66.76
Vivien Prais	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,088	18.10
Susan Anne Maxwell Holland	Liberal Party in Alliance	5,928	15.14
Majority		19,051	48.66

9 April 1992		39,056/55,373	70.53
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	27,048	69.25
David Norman Senior	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,687	19.68
Stephen Roy Cowton	Liberal Democrats	4,321	11.06
Majority		19,361	49.57

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		36,485/61,133	59.68
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	28,090	76.99
Simon Peter Gutteridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,589	9.84
Darren Finlay	Liberal Democrats	3,481	9.54
James Jackson Walsh	Referendum Party	1,325	3.63
Majority		24,501	67.15

7 June 2001		27,543/60,086	45.84
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	19,181	69.64
Alan William Hartley	Liberal Democrats	4,051	14.71
Ian Alexander McCord	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,608	13.10
Henry Rajch	Socialist Alliance	703	2.55
Majority		15,130	54.93

5 May 2005		28,615/60,592	47.23
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	17,478	61.08
Miles Crompton	Liberal Democrats	4,746	16.59
Peter Howitt Edward Morel	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,813	13.33
Geoffrey Broadley	British National Party	1,403	4.90
Donald Wood	Independent	1,175	4.11
Majority		12,732	44.49

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		37,001/65,543	56.45
Eric Evlyn Illsley	Labour Party	17,487	47.26
Christopher James Wiggin	Liberal Democrats	6,394	17.28
Piers Tempest	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,388	17.26
Ian Sutton	British National Party	3,307	8.94
David William Silver	UK Independence Party	1,727	4.67
Donald Wood	Independent	732	1.98
Anthony John Devoy	Independent	610	1.65
Terence Robinson	Socialist Labour	356	0.96
Majority		11,093	29.98

19 May 2010 The Labour Party whip was withdrawn from Eric Illsley after he was charged with dishonest parliamentary expenses claims.

8 February 2011 Resignation of Eric Illsley. (Chiltern Hundreds)

3 March 2011
Dan Jarvis	Labour Party	14,724	60.80
Jane Maria Collins	UK Independence Party	2,953	12.19
James Andrew Hockney	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,999	8.25
Enis Dalton	British National Party	1,463	6.04
Anthony John Devoy	Independent	1,266	5.23
Dominic Simon Evelyn Carman	Liberal Democrats	1,012	4.18
Kevin David Riddiough	English Democrats Party	544	2.25
Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	198	0.82
Michael Val Davies	Independent	60	0.25
Majority		11,771	48.60

7 May 2015		36,560/64,534	56.65
Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis	Labour Party	20,376	55.73
Lee James Hunter	UK Independence Party	7,941	21.72
Kay Carter	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,485	15.00
Michael Short	Green Party	938	2.57
John Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	770	2.11
Dave Gibson	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	573	1.57
Ian Sutton	English Democrats Party	477	1.30
Majority		12,435	34.01

8 June 2017		39,089/64,204	60.88
Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis	Labour Party	24,982	63.91
Amanda Jayne Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,436	24.14
Gavin Felton	UK Independence Party	3,339	8.54
Richard Thomas James Trotman	Green Party	572	1.46
John Anthony David Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	549	1.40
Stephen Morris	English Democrats Party	211	0.54
Majority		15,546	39.77

12 December 2019		36,903/65,277	56.53
Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis	Labour Party	14,804	40.12
Victoria Louise Felton	Brexit Party	11,233	30.44
Iftikhar Ahmed	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,892	21.39
William Harvey Sapwell	Liberal Democrats	1,176	3.19
Thomas George Heyes	Green Party	900	2.44
Ryan Thomas Williams	Yorkshire	710	1.92
Donald Wood	Independent	188	0.51
Majority		3,571	9.68