| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (Independent) | 26714 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19974 | |
| Liberal | 3280 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 479 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26580 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23730 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27072 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24188 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29587 | Elected |
| Conservative | 28647 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29301 | Elected |
| Conservative | 25063 | |
| Liberal | 7682 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 36801 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24899 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1029 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 33364 | Elected |
| Conservative | 32148 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 605 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31704 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23175 | |
| Independent | 1237 | |
| Communist Party | 368 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27435 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16838 | |
| Liberal | 7851 | |
| People Party | 359 | |
| Communist Party | 180 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 25304 | Elected |
| Labour | 25100 | |
| Liberal | 4538 | |
| National Front | 614 | |
| WRP | 144 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Oct, 1982 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15904 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15615 | |
| Liberal | 11453 | |
| National Front | 411 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 349 | |
| People's Progressive Party | 63 | |
| Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | 60 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22596 | Elected |
| Labour | 19836 | |
| Liberal | 10045 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 420 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24024 | Elected |
| Labour | 20889 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 8319 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24433 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23803 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5431 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22316 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10873 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4078 | |
| Referendum Party | 1243 | |
| British National Party | 337 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16528 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8730 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3322 | |
| UK Independence Party | 550 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 193 | |
| Socialist Labour Party | 151 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 60 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15419 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8965 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4171 | |
| British National Party | 1278 | |
| UK Independence Party | 641 | |
| The Common Good | 428 | |
| Socialist Alternative | 120 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party | 34 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16841 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14059 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6550 | |
| British National Party | 2290 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1363 | |
| Green | 406 | |
| The Common Good | 305 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17673 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15164 | |
| UK Independence Party | 7106 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1349 | |
| Green | 1169 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23596 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18929 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 959 | |
| Green | 864 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19957 | Elected |
| Labour | 18317 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1961 | |
| Brexit Party | 1655 | |
| Green | 954 | |
| UK Independence Party | 254 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election