Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)
Lancaster | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Lancaster in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983 | |
County | Lancashire |
1885–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Lancaster and Wyre, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Fylde |
Created from | North Lancashire |
1523–1867 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | North Lancashire |
Created from | Lancashire |
1295–1376 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Lancaster was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1867, centred on the historic city of Lancaster in north-west England. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until the constituency was disenfranchised for corruption in 1867.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lancaster was re-established for the 1885 general election as a county constituency. It then returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with elections held under the first-past-the-post system. This constituency in turn was abolished when it was largely replaced by the new Lancaster and Wyre constituency for the 1997 general election.
History[]
Lancaster returned Members to Parliament between 1295 and 1331 but is not known to have done so again, on the grounds of the poverty of the town's burgesses, until the election of William Banester in 1523.
Representation was reduced during the protectorate: Lancaster was not represented in the Barebones Parliament and sent only one Member to the first and second Protectorate Parliaments.
The two Member constituency was disenfranchised in 1867 for corruption and representation not restored until 1885 as a one Member constituency. The constituency was finally abolished in 1997 and replaced by the constituency of Lancaster and Wyre.
Boundaries[]
1885–1918: The Borough of Lancaster, the Sessional Divisions of Garstang and Hornby, and part of the Sessional Division of South Lonsdale.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Lancaster and Morecambe, the Urban Districts of Heysham and Preesall, the Rural District of Garstang, and part of the Rural District of Lancaster.
1950–1983: The Borough of Lancaster, the Urban District of Carnforth, the Rural District of Lunesdale, and in the Rural District of Lancaster the parishes of Ashton with Stodday, Cockerham, Elllel, Heaton with Oxcliffe, Middleton, Overton, Over Wyresdale, Scotforth, and Thurnham.
1983–1997: The City of Lancaster wards of Bulk, Castle, Caton, Ellel, Hornby, John O'Gaunt, Scotforth East, Scotforth West, Skerton Central, Skerton East, and Skerton West, and the Borough of Wyre wards of Brock, Calder, Catterall, Duchy, Garstang, Great Eccleston, Pilling, and Wyresdale.
Members of Parliament[]
Lancaster borough[]
1295–1640[]
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1640–1867[]
Lancaster county constituency[]
1885–1997[]
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1885 | Constituency re-created | ||
1885 | George Marton | Conservative | |
1886 | James Williamson | Liberal | |
1895 | William Foster | Conservative | |
1900 | Norval Helme | Liberal | |
1918 | Archibald Hunter | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | John Singleton | Conservative | |
1923 | John O'Neill | Liberal | |
1924 | Gerald Strickland | Conservative | |
1928 by-election | Robert Tomlinson | Liberal | |
1929 | Herwald Ramsbotham | Conservative | |
1941 by-election | Fitzroy Maclean | Conservative | |
1959 | Humphry Berkeley | Conservative | |
1966 | Stan Henig | Labour | |
1970 | Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Lancaster and Wyre |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Greene | 363 | 50.8 | ||
Tory | John Fenton-Cawthorne | 239 | 33.5 | ||
Whig | Robert Hyde Greg | 112 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 127 | 17.8 | |||
Turnout | 390 | 9.8 | |||
Registered electors | c. 4,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Fenton-Cawthorne's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Patrick Maxwell Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 4,000 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Greene | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Patrick Maxwell Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 4,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Greene | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Patrick Maxwell Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,109 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Greene | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Patrick Maxwell Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,207 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Greene | 614 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | George Marton | 527 | 27.2 | ||
Whig | Patrick Maxwell Stewart | 453 | 23.3 | ||
Whig | William Rathbone Greg | 347 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 74 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 989 | 85.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,161 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Greene | 699 | 37.5 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | George Marton | 594 | 31.8 | +4.6 | |
Whig | John Armstrong[22] | 572 | 30.7 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.1 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 933 (est) | 72.0 (est) | c. −13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,296 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel Gregson | 724 | 35.0 | +4.3 | |
Peelite | Thomas Greene | 721 | 34.9 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Dodson Salisbury[23] | 621 | 30.1 | −1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,033 (est) | 75.0 (est) | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,377 | ||||
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Majority | 100 | 4.8 | +3.6 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −0.9 |
Gregson's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election.[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Baynes Armstrong | 636 | 50.6 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Stanley[25] | 620 | 49.4 | −15.6 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.2 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,256 | 91.2 | +16.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,377 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +15.6 |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel Gregson | 699 | 30.0 | −5.0 | |
Radical | Robert Baynes Armstrong | 690 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Peelite | Thomas Greene | 509 | 21.8 | −13.1 | |
Conservative | John Ellis[26] | 432 | 18.5 | −11.6 | |
Turnout | 1,165 (est) | 83.6 (est) | +8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,393 | ||||
Majority | 9 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Majority | 181 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A |
Armstrong's election was declared void due to corruption and bribery, causing a by-election.[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Thomas Greene | 686 | 55.3 | +33.5 | |
Radical | John Armstrong[13] | 554 | 44.7 | +15.1 | |
Majority | 132 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,240 | 87.3 (est) | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,420 | ||||
Peelite gain from Radical | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel Gregson | 827 | 38.7 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | William Garnett | 773 | 36.2 | +26.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Gladstone[28] | 537 | 25.1 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 54 | 2.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,069 (est) | 80.5 (est) | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,328 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −25.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +15.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Garnett | 660 | 29.1 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Samuel Gregson | 641 | 28.3 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | William Allen Francis Saunders[29] | 509 | 22.4 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Matthew Fenwick | 459 | 20.2 | +0.8 | |
Turnout | 1,135 (est) | 88.1 (est) | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,288 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Majority | 132 | 5.9 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Garnett resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Matthew Fenwick | 682 | 56.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | William Allen Francis Saunders[30] | 525 | 43.5 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 157 | 13.0 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,207 | 86.6 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,394 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 |
Gregson's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Schneider | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Matthew Fenwick | 713 | 34.5 | +14.3 | |
Liberal | Henry Schneider | 687 | 33.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Lawrence[31] | 665 | 32.2 | −19.3 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.1 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,365 (est) | 93.2 (est) | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,465 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 |
Extensive bribery caused both members to be unseated on 23 April 1866, and the seat to lose its right to return a member of Parliament under the Reform Act 1867. It was incorporated into North Lancashire.[32]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Marton | 4,387 | 55.4 | ||
Liberal | James Carlile McCoan[34] | 3,530 | 44.6 | ||
Majority | 857 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,917 | 88.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,961 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Williamson | 3,886 | 51.3 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | George Marton | 3,691 | 48.7 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 195 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,577 | 84.6 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,961 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Williamson | 4,755 | 53.9 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Storey | 4,075 | 46.1 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 680 | 7.8 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,830 | 88.3 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,995 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Henry Foster | 5,028 | 53.4 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Isaac Saunders Leadam | 4,394 | 46.6 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 634 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,422 | 87.4 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,778 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norval Helme | 5,113 | 50.2 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | William Henry Foster | 5,069 | 49.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,182 | 82.6 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,334 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norval Helme | 6,524 | 53.6 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | William Henry Foster | 5,640 | 46.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 884 | 7.2 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,164 | 86.4 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 14,085 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norval Helme | 7,132 | 54.1 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Russell-Taylor | 6,048 | 45.9 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,084 | 8.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 13,180 | 89.1 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norval Helme | 6,168 | 50.5 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Herwald Ramsbotham | 6,052 | 49.5 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 116 | 1.0 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,220 | 82.6 | -6.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Norval Helme
- Unionist:
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Archibald Hunter | 14,403 | 59.6 | +10.1 |
Liberal | Norval Helme | 9,778 | 40.4 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 4,625 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,181 | 65.4 | −17.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,960 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.1 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Singleton | 19,571 | 68.4 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Fenner Brockway | 9,043 | 31.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,528 | 36.8 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,614 | 79.2 | +13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 36,121 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John O'Neill | 17,763 | 59.2 | New | |
Unionist | John Singleton | 12,263 | 40.8 | −27.6 | |
Majority | 5,500 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,026 | 80.0 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 37,522 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gerald Strickland | 15,243 | 47.8 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | John O'Neill | 11,085 | 34.7 | −24.5 | |
Labour | Harold Mostyn Watkins | 5,572 | 17.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,158 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,900 | 82.9 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 38,466 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Tomlinson | 14,689 | 43.7 | +9.0 | |
Unionist | Herwald Ramsbotham | 12,860 | 38.2 | −9.6 | |
Labour | David R Davies | 6,101 | 18.1 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,829 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,650 | 82.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 40,705 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herwald Ramsbotham | 17,414 | 39.3 | −8.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Tomlinson | 16,977 | 38.3 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Reginald Penrith Burnett | 9,903 | 22.4 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 437 | 1.0 | −12.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,294 | 83.9 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 52,774 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | −6.1 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herwald Ramsbotham | 32,185 | 75.7 | 36.4 | |
Labour | Robert Carrington-Willis | 10,309 | 24.2 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 21,876 | 50.5 | +49.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- George H Bryans was adopted as Liberal candidate but in October 1931 had a heart attack and withdrew.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herwald Ramsbotham | 26,632 | 53.7 | -22.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Tomlinson | 13,054 | 26.3 | New | |
Labour | Charles Royle | 9,938 | 20.0 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 13,578 | 27.4 | -23.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,624 | 79.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Herwald Ramsbotham
- Liberal: William Ross
- Labour: Albert Farrer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy MacLean | 15,783 | 56.9 | +3.2 | |
Independent Liberal | William Ross | 6,551 | 23.6 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 5,418 | 19.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,232 | 33.3 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,752 | 41.9 | -37.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy Maclean | 27,090 | 49.42 | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Victor Ainsworth Farrer | 19,367 | 35.33 | ||
Liberal | Eric Johnson | 8,357 | 15.25 | ||
Majority | 7,723 | 14.09 | |||
Turnout | 54,814 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy MacLean | 18,437 | 48.27 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Albert Edward Victor Ainsworth Farrer | 15,341 | 40.17 | +4.84 | |
Liberal | Harold Rogerson | 4,416 | 11.56 | −3.69 | |
Majority | 3,096 | 8.10 | −5.99 | ||
Turnout | 38,194 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy MacLean | 20,555 | 53.18 | ||
Labour | Dodo Lees | 18,099 | 46.82 | ||
Majority | 2,456 | 6.36 | |||
Turnout | 38,654 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy MacLean | 19,873 | 56.46 | +8.19 | |
Labour | Christopher Sebastian Bravery Attlee | 15,324 | 43.54 | +3.37 | |
Majority | 4,549 | 12.92 | +4.81 | ||
Turnout | 35,197 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphry Berkeley | 20,783 | 56.67 | +1.21 | |
Labour | Ernest Gardner | 15,255 | 42.33 | −1.21 | |
Majority | 5,528 | 15.34 | +2.42 | ||
Turnout | 36,038 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphry Berkeley | 18,811 | 53.5 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Ernest Gardner | 16,330 | 46.47 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,481 | 7.06 | −8.28 | ||
Turnout | 35,141 | 79.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Henig | 18,168 | 52.62 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Humphry Berkeley | 16,357 | 47.38 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 1,811 | 5.25 | |||
Turnout | 34,525 | 79.17 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett | 18,584 | 49.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Stanley Henig | 16,843 | 44.5 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Andrew Paton | 2,436 | 6.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,741 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,863 | 79.5 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 17,666 | 43.47 | −5.6 | |
Labour | David Owen | 15,197 | 37.40 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Anthony Walstan Drury | 6,898 | 17.0 | +10.6 | |
Independent Liberal | Philip Edgar Wallace | 631 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | Geoffrey Darnton | 245 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,469 | 6.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,637 | 82.45 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 16,540 | 42.61 | −0.86 | |
Labour | D Owen | 15,119 | 38.95 | +1.55 | |
Liberal | Michael Mumford | 7,161 | 18.45 | +1.48 | |
Majority | 1,421 | 3.66 | −2.42 | ||
Turnout | 38,820 | 83.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 19,400 | 47.64 | +5.03 | |
Labour | Ruth Henig | 15,174 | 37.27 | −1.68 | |
Liberal | Michael Mumford | 5,949 | 14.61 | −3.84 | |
National Front | David F. White | 196 | 0.48 | New | |
Majority | 4,226 | 10.38 | +6.72 | ||
Turnout | 40,719 | 79.45 | −3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 21,050 | 50.3 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Colin Harkins | 10,414 | 24.9 | −12.4 | |
Liberal | William Booth | 10,214 | 24.4 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Stuart R. Leach | 179 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,636 | 25.4 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,857 | 74.69 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 21,142 | 46.7 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Joseph Gallacher | 14,689 | 32.4 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Claire Brooks | 9,003 | 19.9 | −4.5 | |
Green (UK) | Peter Jones | 473 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 6,453 | 14.2 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,307 | 79.17 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 21,084 | 45.6 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Ruth Henig | 18,131 | 39.2 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John C. Humberstone | 6,524 | 14.1 | −5.8 | |
Green | Gina Dowding | 433 | 0.9 | −0.1 | |
Natural Law | Robert Barcis | 83 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,953 | 6.4 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,255 | 78.9 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.9 |
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