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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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8 December 1885		8,805/11,107	79.27
Joseph Bennett	Liberal Party	4,955	56.27
Charles Alexander Sim	Conservative Party	3,850	43.73
Majority		1,105	12.55

10 July 1886		8,161/11,107	73.48
Henry Eyre	Conservative Party	4,123	50.52
Joseph Bennett	Liberal Party	4,038	49.48
Majority		85	1.04

13 July 1892		8,982/11,546	77.79
Joseph Bennett	Liberal Party	4,945	55.05
Henry Eyre	Conservative Party	4,037	44.95
Majority		908	10.11

26 July 1895		9,378/13,057	71.82
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge	Liberal Party	5,077	54.14
Edward Pearson	Conservative Party	4,301	45.86
Majority		776	8.27

12 October 1900		9,285/12,328	75.32
Hon Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	4,661	50.20
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge	Liberal Party	4,624	49.80
Majority		37	0.40

24 January 1906		10,993/12,370	88.87
Alexander Leslie Renton	Liberal Party	5,922	53.87
Charles Algernon Moreing	Conservative Party	5,071	46.13
Majority		851	7.74

27 January 1910		11,841/13,164	89.95
George Jackson Bentham	Liberal Party	6,178	52.17
Robert Ronald Henderson	Conservative Party	5,663	47.83
Majority		515	4.35

7 December 1910		11,570/13,164	87.89
George Jackson Bentham	Liberal Party	5,825	50.35
William Ernest George Archibald Weigall	Conservative Party	5,745	49.65
Majority		80	0.69

14 December 1918		15,190/27,503	55.23
Dr John Elsdale Molson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,634	56.84
George Jackson Bentham	Liberal Party	6,556	43.16
Majority		2,078	13.68

15 November 1922		21,115/27,219	77.57
Dr John Elsdale Molson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,015	42.69
Joel Herbert Seaverns	Liberal Party	7,216	34.17
James Read	Labour Party	4,884	23.13
Majority		1,799	8.52

6 December 1923		20,574/27,294	75.38
Sir Richard Winfrey	Liberal Party	9,694	47.12
Dr John Elsdale Molson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,841	38.11
James Read	Labour Party	3,039	14.77
Majority		1,853	9.01

29 October 1924		21,829/27,619	79.04
Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,281	47.10
Francis Joseph Knowles	Labour Party	5,958	27.29
Sir Richard Winfrey	Liberal Party	5,590	25.61
Majority		4,323	19.80

30 May 1929		27,081/33,977	79.70
Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,058	37.14
Arthur Neal	Liberal Party	9,991	36.89
George Deer	Labour Party	7,032	25.97
Majority		67	0.25

27 October 1931		28,704/34,496	83.21
Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,839	51.70
Henry George Purchase	Liberal Party	8,009	27.90
George Deer	Labour Party	5,856	20.40
Majority		6,830	23.79

14 November 1935		28,135/35,004	80.38
Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,597	44.77
John Johnson Till Ferens	Liberal Party	10,840	38.53
Edwin Pittwood	Labour Party	4,698	16.70
Majority		1,757	6.24

5 July 1945		28,801/38,290	75.22
Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,081	38.47
Gerald Samson Saville	Labour Party	9,436	32.76
Roy Desmond Robinson	Liberal Party	8,284	28.76
Majority		1,645	5.71

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		41,235/49,402	83.47
Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,066	41.39
Gerald Samson Saville	Labour Party	14,890	36.11
Henry Ivan Spence	Liberal Party	9,279	22.50
Majority		2,176	5.28

25 October 1951		40,569/50,672	80.06
Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,915	49.09
Gordon Robert Stanley Hawkins	Labour Party	16,074	39.62
John Wilfrid Lawson Gregory	Liberal Party	4,580	11.29
Majority		3,841	9.47

26 May 1955		38,683/50,399	76.75
Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,576	55.78
Gordon Robert Stanley Hawkins	Labour Party	17,107	44.22
Majority		4,469	11.55

13 January 1956 Elevation of Rt Hon Harry Crookshank to the Peerage - Viscount Crookshank.

14 February 1956		31,472/50,806	61.95
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,836	40.79
Henry David Leonard George Walston	Labour Party	11,830	37.59
Henry Ivan Spence	Liberal Party	6,806	21.63
Majority		1,006	3.20

8 October 1959		40,450/50,051	80.82
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,056	49.58
Henry David Leonard George Walston	Labour Party	13,247	32.75
Dr Roy Ian Douglas	Liberal Party	7,147	17.67
Majority		6,809	16.83

15 October 1964		40,291/51,499	78.24
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,235	47.74
Dr Douglas Rene Louis Marcel Poirier	Labour Party	12,126	30.10
Dr Roy Ian Douglas	Liberal Party	8,930	22.16
Majority		7,109	17.64

31 March 1966		39,738/52,432	75.79
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,770	47.23
Alan Day	Labour Party	14,904	37.51
Geoffrey Richard Smedley Stevenson	Liberal Party	6,064	15.26
Majority		3,866	9.73

18 June 1970		44,160/59,099	74.72
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,163	50.19
Maurice Peter Tracy	Labour Party	14,454	32.73
Roger Brian Blackmore	Liberal Party	7,543	17.08
Majority		7,709	17.46

28 February 1974		50,155/61,181	81.98
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,177	44.22
Roger Brian Blackmore	Liberal Party	15,967	31.84
Terence James Lansbury	Labour Party	12,011	23.95
Majority		6,210	12.38

10 October 1974		46,155/61,732	74.77
Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,163	41.52
Roger Brian Blackmore	Liberal Party	15,195	32.92
Terence James Lansbury	Labour Party	11,797	25.56
Majority		3,968	8.60

3 May 1979		51,830/65,654	78.94
Sir Marcus Richard Kimball	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,040	46.38
Roger Brian Blackmore	Liberal Party	16,885	32.58
William Stephen Goulden Bach	Labour Party	10,335	19.94
Robert Edward August	Independent Conservative	570	1.10
Majority		7,155	13.80

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1 May 1997		47,796/64,106	74.56
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,593	43.09
Paul Taylor	Labour Party	13,767	28.80
Neil Taylor	Liberal Democrats	13,436	28.11
Majority		6,826	14.28

7 June 2001		42,319/65,871	64.25
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,555	46.21
Alan Rhodes	Labour Party	11,484	27.14
Stephen Carl Taylor	Liberal Democrats	11,280	26.65
Majority		8,071	19.07

5 May 2005		45,681/70,733	64.58
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,040	43.87
Adrian James Russell Heath	Liberal Democrats	12,037	26.35
John Russell Knight	Labour Party	11,744	25.71
Steven Pearson	UK Independence Party	1,860	4.07
Majority		8,003	17.52

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,251/73,258	67.23
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,266	49.27
Patrick Joseph O'Connor	Liberal Democrats	13,707	27.83
Jamie Steven McMahon	Labour Party	7,701	15.64
Steven Pearson	UK Independence Party	2,065	4.19
Malcolm Douglas Porter	British National Party	1,512	3.07
Majority		10,559	21.44

7 May 2015		49,261/74,686	65.96
Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,949	52.68
David Peter Prescott	Labour Party	10,500	21.32
John Edwin Saxon	UK Independence Party	7,727	15.69
Lesley Anne Rollings	Liberal Democrats	3,290	6.68
Geoffrey John Barnes	Green Party	1,290	2.62
Christopher John Darcel	Lincolnshire Independent	505	1.03
Majority		15,449	31.36

8 June 2017		51,425/75,893	67.76
Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,790	61.82
Catherine Tite	Labour Party	14,767	28.72
Lesley Anne Rollings	Liberal Democrats	3,630	7.06
Vicky Pearson	Green Party	1,238	2.41
Majority		17,023	33.10

12 December 2019		51,046/76,343	66.86
Rt Hon Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,893	66.40
Perry Peter Smith	Labour Party	10,926	21.40
Lesley Anne Rollings	Liberal Democrats	5,157	10.10
Mary Elaine Cavill	Independent	1,070	2.10
Majority		22,967	44.99

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,685/75,836	61.56
Rt Hon Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,636	35.63
Jessica Ellen Ann McGuire	Labour Party	13,104	28.07
Patrick Joseph O'Connor	Reform UK	9,916	21.24
Lesley Anne Rollings	Liberal Democrats	5,001	10.71
Vanessa Mary Smith	Green Party	1,832	3.92
Tim Bray Mellors	Social Democratic Party	196	0.42
Majority		3,532	7.57