| Election | Electors | T'out | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1964 | 8,841 | 30.0 | Dr. L. Jacobs
Mrs. J. Merriton
R.C. Edmonds
Miss J.M. Pearson
C.L. Gimblett
K.S. Solomons
L.R. Temple | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
Com | 1,807
1,678
1,669
774
773
761
218
895 | 63.5
28.4
8.1
33.1 |
|
|
| 1968 | 7,878 | 32.6 | Dr. L. Jacobs
Dowager Countess of Lucan
Mrs. J. Merriton
J.J. Walker-Smith
D.B. Pearl
M.H.K. Hamer
L.R. Temple | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
Com | 1,298
1,217
1,169
1,149
1,130
1,118
234
20 | 47.3
43.7
9.0
0.8 | -16.2
+15.2
+1.0 |
|
| 1971 | 8,025 | 43.0 | Dr. L. Jacobs
Mrs. J. Merriton
D.D. Phillips
M.H.K. Hamer
R.C.F. Russell
S.M. Swerling
L.R. Temple | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
Com | 2,269
2,191
2,095
1,020
1,018
991
139
1,075 | 65.5
30.3
4.2
32.2 | +18.2
-13.4
-4.9 |
|
| 1974 | 7,608 | 35.4 | Mrs. J. Merriton
J. Hegarty
D. Miles
B. Hawley
R.C. Patten
A.S. Dalton
A.J. Leach
A.S.G. L'Estrange
Miss J.T. Kleiner
L.R. Temple
B.D. Lake
J. Holt | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
L
L
L
Com
SWAG
Ind | 1,556
1,472
1,453
819
793
789
193
189
185
89
66
55
634 | 55.5
29.7
7.0
3.3
2.5
2.0
23.5 | -10.1
-0.6
-0.9 |
|
| 1978 | 6,770** | 35.4 | J. Hegarty
Mrs. J. Merriton
D. Miles
D.R. Green
Ms. M.R. Challis
G. Sydney
S. Milburn
Ms. M. Wainwright | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
SLA
SLA | 1,562
1,543
1,458
800
743
718
72
47
658 | 65.2
32.3
2.5
28.2 |
|
|
| 1982 | 6,642 | 40.4 | J. Hegarty
Mrs. J. Merriton
R.H. Nicholls
P.J. Carre
R.C. Wassell
J.R. Whyte
J. Cummins
E.A. Mann
J.B. Tabor | Lab
Lab/Co-op
Lab
C
C
C
SDP
L
SDP | 1,458
1,362
1,290
688
659
653
423
340
325
602 | 57.1
27.8
15.1
25.1 | -8.1
-4.5 |
|
| (Death of Merriton) |
1985
(26/9) | 6,786 | 41.0 | G.J. Millar
B.J. Hughes
P.J. Carre | Lab
SDP
C | 1,584
704
494
880 | 56.9
25.3
17.8
31.6 | -0.2
+10.2
-10.0 |
|
| 1986 | 6,663 | 41.5 | J. Hegarty
G.J. Millar
R.H. Nicholls
P.J. Carre
M.J. Jackson
A.P.R. Alford
M. Hall
Mrs. M.G. Beattie
L.S. Tabor | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
SDP
L
SDP | 1,790
1,663
1,569
653
646
620
281
276
219
916 | 65.1
24.9
10.0
35.6 | +8.0
-2.9
-5.1 |
|
| 1990 | 5,818 | 48.6 | Miss J.F. Edwards
G.J. Millar
R.H. Nicholls
Mrs. J.V. Morris
Miss L.S. Mendoza
S.R. Lapthorne | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C | 1,795
1,725
1,723
877
870
846
846 | 66.9
33.1
32.4 | +1.8
+8.2 |
|
| [Seat vacant at dissolution (Resignation of Edwards)] |
|
| 1994 | 6,209 | 45.0 | Mrs. B.J. Grahame
R.H. Nicholls
R.M. Harley
L.R. Choudhury
R.M. Bacon
H. Rahman
R.E. Bell
M.A. Thompson
J. Da Silva Viega
A.S. Law | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem
NLP | 1,383
1,377
1,240
882
863
843
288
223
220
65
358 | 53.2
34.5
9.7
2.6
14.3 | -13.7
+1.3 |
|
| 1998 | 6,826 | 24.9 | R.M. Harley
Mrs. B.J. Grahame
M. Qureshi
J.S.A. O’Brien
W.T. Diffey
J.S. Smith
R.E. Bell
J. Da Silva Viega
M.A. Thompson | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem | 990
968
896
464
444
425
178
174
157
432 | 60.8
28.4
10.8
27.6 | +7.5
-6.1
+1.1 |
|
| (Resignation of Harley) |
2000
(4/5) | 6,582 | 31.4 | A.G. Mothersdale
M.A. Conway
A.P. Williams | Lab
C
L Dem | 1,159
642
264
517 | 56.1
31.1
12.8
25.0 | -4.7
+2.7
+2.0 |
|
| 2002 | 6,450* | 25.7 | Mrs. B.J. Grahame
A.G. Mothersdale
M. Qureshi
I.S. Balcombe
D.G.J.W.N. Defoe
S.B. Garside
I. Black
N. MacMahon | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
L Dem
L Dem | 969
921
905
460
450
410
211
195
445 | 59.2
27.9
12.9
28.3 | -1.6
-0.5
+2.1 |
|
| 2006 | 7,095 | 34.6 | A.A. Toki
Mrs. B.J. Grahame
A.G. Mothersdale
A.S. Hamid
A.F.M. Uddin
A.S.J. Shaw
Mrs. Y.A. Ridley
Mrs. J.M. Castles
P.D. Evans
A. Nicolaou | Lab
Lab
Lab
C
C
C
RU
L Dem
L Dem
L Dem | 1,099
1,078
979
807
794
663
565
310
278
209
172 | 39.9
28.6
21.4
10.1
6.5 | -19.3
+0.7
-2.8 |
|
| (Death of Mothersdale) |
2008
(24/7) | 7,487 | 23.8 | M. Ahmed
D.A.de H. Rowntree
M.A. Thompson | C
Lab
L Dem | 955
652
176
303 | 53.0
36.2
9.8
16.8 | +24.4
-3.7
-0.3 |
|
| Note:— |
| 1974: | Holt sought election as an 'English Westminster' candidate. |
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