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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		38,928/45,866	84.87
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,504	52.67
Joseph Binns	Labour Party	18,424	47.33
Majority		2,080	5.34

25 October 1951		39,942/46,731	85.47
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,453	53.71
Edward Charles Redhead	Labour Party	18,489	46.29
Majority		2,964	7.42

26 May 1955		37,823/47,561	79.53
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,984	55.48
Joseph Taylor Huddart	Labour Party	16,839	44.52
Majority		4,145	10.96

8 October 1959		39,005/48,390	80.61
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,142	59.33
Gerald Bernard Kaufman	Labour Party	15,863	40.67
Majority		7,279	18.66

15 October 1964		39,391/50,471	78.05
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,228	51.35
John Ryman	Labour Party	14,584	37.02
Godfrey Arthur Payne	Liberal Party	4,052	10.29
Frederick Cotter	Independent	527	1.34
Majority		5,644	14.33

31 March 1966		40,722/51,874	78.50
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,158	49.50
Joseph Christopher Binns	Labour Party	17,018	41.79
Godfrey Arthur Payne	Liberal Party	3,546	8.71
Majority		3,140	7.71

18 June 1970		43,870/59,742	73.43
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,813	58.84
Robert Ernest Bean	Labour Party	18,057	41.16
Majority		7,756	17.68

28 February 1974		50,836/61,527	82.62
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,934	41.18
Robert John Sayer	Liberal Party	15,052	29.61
Henry Gordon Nansen Clother	Labour Party	14,850	29.21
Majority		5,882	11.57

10 October 1974		47,141/62,082	75.93
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,042	40.39
Henry Gordon Nansen Clother	Labour Party	15,046	31.92
Trevor Jones	Liberal Party	12,131	25.73
Sidney George Campbell	National Front	922	1.96
Majority		3,996	8.48

3 May 1979		50,423/63,951	78.85
Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,791	53.13
Stephen Sidney Earnest William Love	Labour Party	16,292	32.31
David Philip Sidebottom	Liberal Party	6,219	12.33
Sidney George Campbell	National Front	528	1.05
Colin Richard Fry	Ecology Party	501	0.99
Terence Frederick Beckwith	Workers Revolutionary Party	92	0.18
Majority		10,499	20.82

9 June 1983		51,003/70,153	72.70
James Randall Couchman	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,381	51.72
Christopher Peter Lewcock	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,538	30.46
Anthony Stanley West	Labour Party	9,084	17.81
Majority		10,843	21.26

11 June 1987		54,103/72,685	74.43
James Randall Couchman	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,711	53.07
Leighton Russell Andrews	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,162	29.87
David John Bishop	Labour Party	9,230	17.06
Majority		12,549	23.19

9 April 1992		57,711/71,851	80.32
James Randall Couchman	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,201	52.33
Paul Gordon Clark	Labour Party	13,563	23.50
Mark Andrew Wallbank	Liberal Democrats	13,509	23.41
Craig MacKinlay	Independent	248	0.43
Daniel Jolicoeur	Natural Law Party	190	0.33
Majority		16,638	28.83

1 May 1997		50,785/70,389	72.15
Paul Gordon Clark	Labour Party	20,187	39.75
James Randall Couchman	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,309	36.05
Robert John Sayer	Liberal Democrats	9,649	19.00
Geoffrey Stanley Cann	Referendum Party	1,492	2.94
Craig MacKinlay	UK Independence Party	590	1.16
David Arthur Robinson	Monster Raving Loony Party	305	0.60
Christopher John Jury	British National Party	195	0.38
Gabriel Duguay	Natural Law Party	58	0.11
Majority		1,878	3.70

7 June 2001		42,212/70,898	59.54
Paul Gordon Clark	Labour Party	18,782	44.49
Timothy Richard Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,510	39.11
Jonathan Nigel Hunt	Liberal Democrats	5,755	13.63
Anthony John Edward Scholefield	UK Independence Party	933	2.21
Wynford Vaughan Thomas	Socialist Alliance	232	0.55
Majority		2,272	5.38

5 May 2005		45,167/72,223	62.54
Paul Gordon Clark	Labour Party	18,621	41.23
Timothy Richard Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,367	40.66
Andrew Timothy Owen Stamp	Liberal Democrats	6,734	14.91
Craig MacKinlay	UK Independence Party	1,191	2.64
Gordon Craig Bryan	Independent	254	0.56
Majority		254	0.56