| Election | Electors | T'out | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1964 | 9,317 | 14.0 | C. Dimes
J. Milrood
Mrs. K.M. O’Connor
H.F. Rackley
S.S. Bailey
Ms. E. Collins
Ms. E. Hiscock
Ms. E. Robson
B. Seymour | Lab
Lab
Lab
Lab
UM
L
C
C
C | 1,113
1,094
1,094
1,088
121
116
104
96
74
967 | 77.0
8.5
8.1
6.4
67.8 |
|
|
| 1968 |
|
| J. Milrood
A.R. Moffat
Mrs. K.M. O’Connor
J. Riley | Lab
Lab
Lab
Lab | unop.
unop.
unop.
unop. |
|
|
|
| 1971 |
|
| J. Milrood
A.R. Moffat
Mrs. K.M. O’Connor
J. Riley | Lab
Lab
Lab
Lab | unop.
unop.
unop.
unop. |
|
|
|
| 1974 | 6,982 | 14.9 | H.F. Rackley
J. Milrood
J. Riley
A.R. Moffat
Mrs. M.L.B. Campbell | Lab
Lab
Lab
Lab
Com | 825
819
813
810
141
669 | 85.3
14.7
69.9 |
|
|
| [Death of Moffat] |
1975
(20/3) | 7,101 | 17.3 | J.C. O’Neill
M. Caplan
F.C. Berry | Lab
L
NF | 776
289
161
487 | 63.3
23.6
13.1
39.7 | -22.0 |
|
| 1978 | 7,147** | 24.0 | J. Riley
J.C. O’Neill
D. Twomey
T.D. Poole
V.J. Clark
J.W. Tear
T.B. Rowe
Mrs. A.E. Halpin | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
NF
NF
NF
Com | 1,101
1,093
1,003
285
221
200
191
93
718 | 64.7
17.3
12.4
5.6
43.6 |
|
|
| 1982 | 6,627 | 22.1 | J. Riley
J.C. O’Neill
D. Twomey
A.G. Williams
P.J. Ainsworth
P.S. Chappell | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
WRP | 995
912
888
343
341
122
545 | 66.8
24.5
8.7
39.0 | +2.1
+7.2 |
|
| 1986 | 7,064 | 38.2 | D.S.E. Lewis
S.G. Rayment
Ms. C.S. Manser
D. Twomey
M.J. Tyrrell
Ms. O.T. Hickson
D.C. Hughes
G.M. Lenox-Smith | L
L
L
Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C | 1,223
1,153
1,147
1,142
1,105
1,055
147
137
5 | 48.6
45.5
5.9
0.2 |
-21.2
-18.6 |
|
| 1990 | 6,110 | 48.2 | D.S.E. Lewis
M. Caplan
S.G. Rayment
D. Twomey
K.A. Murshid
P. Seery
A.B. Hopwood | L Dem
L Dem
L Dem
Lab
Lab
Lab
GP | 1,655
1,652
1,625
1,033
1,005
1,004
130
592 | 59.0
36.4
4.6
21.2 | +10.4
-9.2 |
|
| 1994 | 5,191 | 54.3 | D.J. Edgar
J.P. Ryan
S. Alom
M. Caplan
Ms. G. Lee
S.G. Rayment
P.A. Goodman
M.T. Khan
H.C. Smith
A. Samih | Lab
Lab
Lab
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem
C
Ind
C
C | 1,592
1,562
1,559
989
886
858
109
98
88
71
570 | 58.9
34.1
3.3
3.7
21.4 | +22.5
-24.8 |
|
| [Resignation of Ryan] |
1995
(9/11) | 5,877 | 39.0 | W.E. Wakefield
P.A. Bargery
G.T. Callow
D.C. Hoile | Lab (Ind)
L Dem
BNP
C | 1,467
625
147
53
842 | 64.0
27.3
6.4
2.3
36.7 | +5.2
-6.9
-1.0 |
|
| 1998 | 6,175 | 38.5 | H.U. Abbas
D.J. Edgar
S. Alom
W.E. Wakefield
T.J. McNally
M. Caplan
S.G. Rayment
A.H.M.E. Hossain
P. Begum
M.J. Pantling
D. England
M. Rahman
Ms. P. Drew
P.A. Goodman | Lab
Lab
Lab
Ind
L Dem
Ind
L Dem
Ind
Ind
L Dem
Ind
C
C
C | 928
778
771
520
443
441
431
425
402
399
388
260
101
84
251 | 36.5
19.9
18.8
18.3
6.5
11.1 | -22.3
-15.4
+3.2 |
|
| Note:— |
| 1998: | Wakefield, Caplan and England sought election as 'Community News' candidates. |
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