Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1950 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | Oldham East and Oldham West |
Created from | Lancashire |
Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 and was abolished for the 1950 general election when it was split into the Oldham East and Oldham West constituencies.
The Oldham constituency was where Winston Churchill began his political career. Although taking two attempts to succeed, in the 1900 general election Churchill was elected as the member of Parliament for Oldham. He held the constituency for the Conservative Party until he defected from them in defence of free trade in 1904. He then represented the Liberal Party as MP for the seat until the 1906 general election.
Boundaries[]
Though centred on Oldham (the town), the constituency covered a much broader territory; Shaw and Crompton, Royton, Chadderton and Lees all formed part of this district, though these were each granted individual urban district status at a local government level in 1894.
Members of Parliament[]
Notes:-
- a J M Cobbett's political affiliations are complicated.[17] He had stood unsuccessfully on an all-Radical 'plague on both your houses' slate with John Fielden in 1847. He was elected in 1852 as the Radical half of an explicit Radical-Tory alliance.[18] At the 1857 election he was opposed by two Liberals and denied that he had sold out to Palmerston, asserting that the Liberal Chief Whip had no confidence in him.[19] In 1865 he stood unsuccessfully in conjunction with a Conservative,[20] opposed by two Liberals. Nonetheless, from 1852 to 1865 outside Oldham he was generally taken to be a Liberal. From 1872 to his death in 1877 he sat as a Conservative (but one calling for annual Parliaments and manhood suffrage)[21]
- b Churchill changed his party allegiance in April 1904.
- c Denniss changed his surname to Bartley-Denniss, when he was knighted in 1922.
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
677 | 43.0 | ||
Radical | ![]() |
645 | 40.9 | ||
Whig | Benjamin Heywood Bright[23] | 150 | 9.5 | ||
Tory | William Burge | 101 | 6.4 | ||
Whig | George Stephen | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 495 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 848 | 75.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,131 | ||||
Radical win (new seat) | |||||
Radical win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
Unopposed | |||
Radical | ![]() |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Cobbett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
394 | 48.7 | ||
Radical | John Morgan Cobbett | 381 | 47.1 | ||
Radical | Feargus O'Connor | 34 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 13 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 809 | 78.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
545 | 32.4 | ||
Radical | ![]() |
541 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Jones | 315 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | John Frederick Lees | 279 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 859 | 62.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,372 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
Unopposed | |||
Radical | ![]() |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,467 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
726 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Peelite | ![]() |
696 | 26.2 | New | |
Radical | John Morgan Cobbett | 624 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Radical | John Fielden | 612 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,329 (est) | 78.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,691 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 72 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
957 | 36.8 | +13.3 | |
Peelite | ![]() |
868 | 33.4 | +7.2 | |
Radical | William Johnson Fox | 777 | 29.9 | +2.6 | |
Turnout | 1,301 (est) | 68.8 (est) | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,890 | ||||
Majority | 89 | 3.4 | +2.3 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Majority | 91 | 3.5 | +0.8 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −11.6 |
Duncuft's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
895 | 53.3 | −13.4 | |
Conservative | James Heald[24] | 783 | 46.7 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 112 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,678 | 84.8 | +16.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,978 | ||||
Radical gain from Peelite | Swing | −13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | ![]() |
949 | 34.1 | −2.7 | |
Radical | ![]() |
934 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Radical | William Johnson Fox | 898 | 32.3 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.3 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,391 (est) | 66.3 (est) | −2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,098 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Radical gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A |
Platt's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William Johnson Fox | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
1,039 | 35.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
966 | 32.6 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert | 955 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11 | 0.3 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,480 (est) | 68.8 (est) | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,151 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Fox's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
1,104 | 28.1 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
1,075 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Morgan Cobbett | 899 | 22.9 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Spinks | 846 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 176 | 4.5 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,962 (est) | 85.9 (est) | +17.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,285 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
6,140 | 25.1 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
6,122 | 25.0 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | John Morgan Cobbett | 6,116 | 25.0 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Frederick Spinks | 6,084 | 24.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.0 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,231 (est) | 90.9 (est) | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,454 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Platt's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
7,278 | 51.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Stanley | 6,984 | 49.0 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 294 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,262 | 88.8 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 16,063 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
8,582 | 25.3 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | ![]() |
8,541 | 25.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert | 8,397 | 24.8 | -0.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Stanley | 8,360 | 24.7 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 144 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,940 (est) | 91.3 (est) | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 18,560 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.3 |
Cobbett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
9,542 | 51.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Evans Lees[25] | 8,831 | 48.1 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 711 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,373 | 90.7 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 20,249 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
10,630 | 27.5 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
10,409 | 27.0 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Frederick Spinks | 8,982 | 23.3 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Smith Taylor-Whitehead[26] | 8,593 | 22.3 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 1,427 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,307 (est) | 91.6 (est) | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 21,084 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
12,259 | 25.7 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | ![]() |
11,992 | 25.2 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Stanley | 11,847 | 24.9 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Smith Taylor-Whitehead[26] | 11,491 | 24.9 | +1.9 | |
Turnout | 24,016 | 93.8 | +2.2 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 25,600 | ||||
Majority | 768 | 1.5 | −2.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Majority | 145 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.0 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Elliott_Lees.jpg/120px-Elliott_Lees.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
11,606 | 25.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | ![]() |
11,484 | 25.6 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert | 10,921 | 24.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Joshua Cheetham | 10,891 | 24.3 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 563 | 1.3 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,608 | 88.3 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 25,600 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
12,619 | 25.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
12,541 | 25.4 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Elliot Lees | 12,205 | 24.7 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | James Mackenzie Maclean | 11,952 | 24.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 336 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,857 (est) | 89.0 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 27,929 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.4 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c8/Robert_Ascroft.jpg/120px-Robert_Ascroft.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/James_Francis_Oswald.jpg/120px-James_Francis_Oswald.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
13,085 | 26.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | ![]() |
12,465 | 25.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Adam Lee | 12,249 | 24.6 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert | 12,092 | 24.2 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 216 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,185 (est) | 87.5 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 28,783 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.0 |
Ashcroft's death and Oswald's resignation caused a by-election.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg/120px-1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
12,976 | 26.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
12,770 | 26.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 11,477 | 23.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | James Mawdsley | 11,449 | 23.5 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,293 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,546 (est) | 86.2 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 28,476 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
12,947 | 25.3 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | ![]() |
12,931 | 25.3 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 12,709 | 24.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Birch Crisp | 12,522 | 24.5 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 51,109 | 87.9 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 29,253 | ||||
Majority | 425 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 222 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
17,397 | 30.3 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
16,672 | 29.0 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Birch Crisp | 11,989 | 20.9 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | E. L. Hartley | 11,391 | 19.8 | −5.5 | |
Turnout | 57,449 | 89.3 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 32,387 | ||||
Majority | 4,683 | 8.1 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
19,252 | 30.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
18,840 | 29.4 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hilton | 13,462 | 21.0 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Sidney Stott | 12,577 | 19.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 5,378 | 8.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,131 | 91.8 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 35,315 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
17,108 | 28.1 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
16,941 | 27.9 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Arthur Edward Wrigley | 13,440 | 22.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Edmund Bartley-Denniss | 13,281 | 21.9 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 3,501 | 5.8 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 60,770 | 86.8 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 35,315 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/SirERBBartleyDenniss.jpg/120px-SirERBBartleyDenniss.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
12,255 | 40.4 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Arthur Stanley | 10,623 | 35.0 | −21.0 | |
Labour | William C. Robinson | 7,448 | 24.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,632 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,326 | 85.1 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 35,626 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.7 |
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: W. H. Sumnervell
- Unionist: John Radcliffe Platt, Edmund Bartley-Denniss
- Labour: William C. Robinson
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/1922_Sir_William_Barton.jpg/120px-1922_Sir_William_Barton.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | ![]() |
26,568 | 34.3 | +12.4 |
C | Liberal | ![]() |
26,254 | 34.0 | +6.1 |
Labour | William C. Robinson | 15,178 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Walter Rea | 9,323 | 12.1 | −16.0 | |
Turnout | 77,323 | 54.2 | −32.6 | ||
Registered electors | 71,378 | ||||
Majority | 11,390 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 | |||
Majority | 11,076 | 14.4 | +8.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | ![]() |
24,762 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Labour | ![]() |
24,434 | 27.7 | +8.1 | |
Unionist | Samuel Smethurst | 23,200 | 26.2 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | William Tudor Davies | 9,812 | 11.1 | −22.9 | |
Liberal | Mary Emmott | 6,186 | 7.0 | −5.1 | |
Turnout | 88,394 | 62.6 | +8.4 | ||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1,562 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Majority | 1,234 | 1.5 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
20,939 | 23.4 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
20,681 | 23.2 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | William Wiggins | 17,990 | 20.1 | +9.0 | |
Unionist | W.E. Freeman | 15,819 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Unionist | Samuel Smethurst | 13,894 | 15.6 | -10.6 | |
Majority | 2,949 | 3.3 | +1.8 | ||
Majority | 4,862 | 3.1 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 89,323 | 76.3 | -2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | ![]() |
37,419 | 31.2 | ||
Liberal | ![]() |
36,761 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | William Tout | 23,623 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | James Wilson | 22,081 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 658 | 11.0 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 119,884 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | ![]() |
26,325 | 54.8 | +24.1 | |
Labour | William Tout | 21,702 | 45.2 | +26.8 | |
Majority | 4,623 | 9.6 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,027 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
34,223 | 26.2 | +6.5 | |
Labour | ![]() |
32,727 | 25.0 | +6.6 | |
Unionist | Duff Cooper | 29,424 | 22.5 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 20,810 | 15.9 | -14.8 | |
Liberal | George James Jenkins | 13,528 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,303 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 130,712 | 81.2 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
50,693 | 32.42 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
50,395 | 32.23 | ||
Labour | Gordon Lang | 28,629 | 18.31 | ||
Labour | James Wilson | 26,631 | 17.03 | ||
Majority | 298 | 0.19 | |||
Turnout | 156,348 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
36,738 | 25.51 | ||
Liberal National | ![]() |
34,755 | 24.13 | ||
Labour | Gordon Lang | 34,316 | 23.83 | ||
Labour | Matthew Burrow Farr | 29,647 | 20.58 | ||
Liberal | William Gretton Ward | 8,534 | 5.92 | ||
Majority | 1,983 | 0.30 | |||
Turnout | 143,990 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal National gain from Conservative | Swing |
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Hamilton Kerr
- Liberal National: John Dodd
- Labour: Leslie Hale, D A Mainds[36]
- Liberal: James Taylor Middleton[37]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
31,704 | 23.9 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
31,327 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | Hamilton Kerr | 26,911 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal National | John Dodd | 24,199 | 18.2 | ||
Liberal | James Taylor Middleton | 10,365 | 7.8 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Donald Farrell Powell | 8,264 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | 4,416 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 132,770 | 74.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing |
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