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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,496/27,624	56.10
James Wignall	Labour Party	9,731	62.80
Sir Henry Webb, Bt	Liberal Party - Coalition	5,765	37.20
Majority		3,966	25.59

15 November 1922		20,657/28,686	72.01
James Wignall	Labour Party	10,820	52.38
Augustus George Cuthbert Dinnick	Independent Conservative	5,976	28.93
Winifred Margaret Coombe Tennant	National Liberal Party	3,861	18.69
Majority		4,844	23.45

6 December 1923		18,868/29,174	64.67
James Wignall	Labour Party	11,485	60.87
Augustus George Cuthbert Dinnick	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,383	39.13
Majority		4,102	21.74

29 October 1924		20,787/29,696	70.00
James Wignall	Labour Party	11,048	53.15
Michael Wentworth Beaumont	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,739	46.85
Majority		1,309	6.30

10 June 1925 Death of James Wignall.

14 July 1925		24,010/29,696	80.85
Albert Arthur Purcell	Labour Party	11,629	48.43
Michael Wentworth Beaumont	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,607	35.85
W H West	Liberal Party	3,774	15.72
Majority		3,022	12.59

30 May 1929		26,806/36,563	73.31
David John Vaughan	Labour Party	13,976	52.14
William Campbell Mitchell-Cotts	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,092	26.46
Joseph William Westwood	Liberal Party	5,738	21.41
Majority		6,884	25.68

27 October 1931		28,106/36,547	76.90
Dr John Vigers Worthington	National Labour	14,815	52.71
David John Vaughan	Labour Party	13,291	47.29
Majority		1,524	5.42

14 November 1935		29,105/37,643	77.32
Morgan Philips Price	Labour Party	16,768	57.61
Sir John Vigers Worthington	National Labour	12,337	42.39
Majority		4,431	15.22

5 July 1945		30,250/42,667	70.90
Morgan Philips Price	Labour Party	19,721	65.19
John Brown	Nat Ind	10,529	34.81
Majority		9,192	30.39

1 May 1997		50,184/63,465	79.07
Diana Mary Organ	Labour Party	24,203	48.23
Paul Marland	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,860	35.59
Dr Anthony Stephen Lynch	Liberal Democrats	6,165	12.28
Dominic John Hopkins	Referendum Party	1,624	3.24
Gerald Raymond Morgan	Independent	218	0.43
Colin Richard Palmer	21st Century	80	0.16
Stephen Rex Porter	Independent	34	0.07
Majority		6,343	12.64

Gerald Morgan sought election as an Independent - Royal Forest of Dean candidate.

Stephen Porter sought election as an Independent Forester candidate.

7 June 2001		44,607/66,240	67.34
Diana Mary Organ	Labour Party	19,350	43.38
Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,301	38.79
David Richard Gayler	Liberal Democrats	5,762	12.92
Simon Paul Christopher Pickering	Green Party	1,254	2.81
Allen Gilbert Prout	UK Independence Party	661	1.48
Gerald Raymond Morgan	Independent	279	0.63
Majority		2,049	4.59

Gerald Morgan sought election as an Independent - Royal Forest of Dean candidate.

5 May 2005		47,640/67,225	70.87
Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,474	40.88
Isabel Martha Owen	Labour Party	17,425	36.58
Christopher Francis Coleman	Liberal Democrats	8,185	17.18
Patricia Heather Hill	UK Independence Party	1,140	2.39
Stephen John Oliver Tweedie	Green Party	991	2.08
Anthony Reeve	Independent	300	0.63
Gerald Raymond Morgan	Eng Parliamentary	125	0.26
Majority		2,049	4.30

6 May 2010		48,763/69,377	70.29
Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,853	46.87
Bruce Alan Hogan	Labour Party	11,789	24.18
Christopher Francis Coleman	Liberal Democrats	10,676	21.89
Tim Congdon	UK Independence Party	2,522	5.17
James Carwithen Greenwood	Green Party	923	1.89
Majority		11,064	22.69

7 May 2015		49,520/69,882	70.86
Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,191	46.83
Steve Parry-Hearn	Labour Party	12,204	24.64
Steven George Stanbury	UK Independence Party	8,792	17.75
James Carwithen Greenwood	Green Party	2,703	5.46
Christopher Francis Coleman	Liberal Democrats	2,630	5.31
Majority		10,987	22.19

8 June 2017		51,767/70,898	73.02
Rt Hon Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,096	54.27
Shaun Stammers	Labour Party	18,594	35.92
Janet Katherine Olive Ellard	Liberal Democrats	2,029	3.92
James Carwithen Greenwood	Green Party	1,241	2.40
Ernest John Valentine Warrender	UK Independence Party	1,237	2.39
Julian Marcus Burrett	Independent	570	1.10
Majority		9,502	18.36

12 December 2019		51,475/71,438	72.06
Rt Hon Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,680	59.60
Elizabeth Diana Martin	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,811	28.77
Christian Andrew McFarling	Green Party	4,681	9.09
Julian Marcus Burrett	Independent	1,303	2.53
Majority		15,869	30.83

4 July 2024		48,091/72,052	66.74
Matthew Adrian Bishop	Labour Party	16,373	34.05
Rt Hon Mark James Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,095	33.47
Stanley Brabant Livingstone Goodin	Reform UK	8,194	17.04
Christian Andrew McFarling	Green Party	4,735	9.85
James Michael Joyce	Liberal Democrats	2,604	5.41
Saiham Sikder	Socialist Labour	90	0.19
Majority		278	0.58