Political Parties
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17671 | Elected |
| Labour | 15512 | |
| Liberal | 9511 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19681 | Elected |
| Labour | 17818 | |
| Liberal | 5863 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23012 | Elected |
| Labour | 19048 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21301 | Elected |
| Labour | 16127 | |
| Liberal | 8099 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 16th Nov, 1960 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17503 | Elected |
| Labour | 11281 | |
| Liberal | 9550 | |
| New Conservative Party | 235 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22414 | Elected |
| Labour | 17096 | |
| Liberal | 9184 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23447 | Elected |
| Labour | 20369 | |
| Liberal | 7138 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29670 | Elected |
| Labour | 19035 | |
| Liberal | 7799 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28973 | Elected |
| Labour | 17862 | |
| Liberal | 17151 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26885 | Elected |
| Labour | 17559 | |
| Liberal | 14388 | |
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 | 37724 | Elected |
| Labour | 17140 | |
| Liberal | 11467 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 33042 | Elected |
| Liberal | 15661 | |
| Labour | 9420 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37411 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 14560 | |
| Labour | 11463 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 40230 | Elected |
| Labour | 15092 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 11957 | |
| Liberal | 1582 | |
| Natural Law | 279 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24176 | Elected |
| Labour | 17086 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8823 | |
| Referendum Party | 2257 | |
| Natural Law | 174 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22109 | Elected |
| Labour | 14043 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 9205 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1281 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23345 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 11990 | |
| Labour | 11351 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1372 | |
| Green | 1292 | |
| Veritas | 769 | |
| Independent | 301 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28815 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 13663 | |
| Labour | 8108 | |
| UK Independence Party | 2826 | |
| Green | 773 | |
| English Democrats | 712 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32544 | Elected |
| Labour | 9217 | |
| UK Independence Party | 8966 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4193 | |
| Green | 2462 | |
| Independent | 384 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 294 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 38936 | Elected |
| Labour | 17953 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3788 | |
| Green | 1794 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 667 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 38692 | Elected |
| Labour | 14028 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8171 | |
| Green | 2478 | |
| Independent | 812 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 536 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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