Tottenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards
Tottenham (/ˈtɒtənəm/)[2][3] is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by David Lammy of the Labour Party.[n 2] Lammy has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021 in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer, in which he previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from 2020 to 2021. Tottenham was re-created as a parliamentary constituency in 1950, having previously existed from 1885 to 1918.
| Tottenham | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Tottenham in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 79,172 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Tottenham |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1950 |
| Member of Parliament | David Lammy (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Tottenham North and Tottenham South |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Middlesex |
| Replaced by | Tottenham North and Tottenham South |
1885–1918: The parish of Tottenham (and the area included in the Parliamentary Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Hackney, Shoreditch, and Tower Hamlets; for many wealthy voters this sub-provision gave a choice of which seat to vote for).[4][5]
1918–1950: The Tottenham area was represented by the Tottenham North and Tottenham South parliamentary constituencies.
1950–1974: The Borough of Tottenham wards of Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh, Chestnuts, Green Lanes, Stamford Hill, Town Hall, and West Green.
1974–1983: The Borough of Haringey wards of Bruce Grove, Green Lanes, High Cross, Seven Sisters, South Tottenham, Tottenham Central, and West Green.
1983–2010: As above plus Coleraine, Harringay, Park, and White Hart Lane.
2010–present: Bruce Grove, Harringay, Northumberland Park, St Ann's, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Green, Tottenham Hale, West Green, White Hart Lane.
The constituency is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, covering the borough's central and eastern area.
Proposed
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be composed of the following:
- The London Borough of Hackney wards of: Brownswood; Woodberry Down.
- The London Borough of Haringey wards of: Bruce Castle; Hermitage & Gardens; Northumberland Park; St. Ann’s; Seven Sisters; South Tottenham; Tottenham Central; Tottenham Hale; West Green.[6]
The two Hackney wards will be transferred from Hackney North and Stoke Newington. The contents in the Borough of Haringey reflect the local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022. The Harringay and White Hart Lane wards will be included in the new constituencies of Hornsey and Friern Barnet, and Southgate and Wood Green, respectively.
1885 to 1918
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The seat, aided by the choice to wealthy voters owning property in the eastern metropolitan divisions to the south of exercising "the county franchise" (see definition above) sided with the Conservative party candidate until the January-to-February-held 1906 election, a party noted for the gradual social reforms of Benjamin Disraeli in the early 1880s, particularly in education and urban deprivation. By the time of the 1906 United Kingdom general election the Liberal Party was at its final apex and stood on the moral high ground on issues of free trade and abhorrences in the Boer War which turned the seat in the Liberal landslide result of that year to the party's candidate. The two elections in 1910 (before a near eight-year long hiatus in elections due to World War I) were one-member parliamentary majority results nationally between the two then-dominant parties but the Liberal Party's People's Budget proposed at the first 1910 election saw Liberal incumbent Alden narrowly returned to serve Tottenham and again at the end of the year.[7]
Since 1950
This constituency was recreated to cover a narrower, more focussed seat on the largest town or London District itself, of Tottenham. Parts of two wards were in the former Borough of Hornsey which had a seat, abolished in 1983 to make way for Hornsey and Wood Green.
- Political history
During its modern period of existence, Tottenham has been won consistently by the Labour Party;[n 3] however, one member in the early 1960s, Alan Brown, defected to become independent in opposition[n 4] and then, crossing the floor, became a Conservative. Brown failed by a wide margin to win re-election in 1964. The closest result since 1950 was in 1987 when the Labour Party candidate Bernie Grant retained the seat by 8.2% of the vote ahead of the Conservatives. The first by-election to Tottenham occurred in 2000 due to Grant's death, which saw Labour, with new candidate David Lammy, retain the seat with a reduced majority.
In 2005 and 2010 – reflecting a national swing – the runner-up was a Liberal Democrat candidate.
The re-election of Lammy in 2015 made the seat the twelfth-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority; and third-safest in London.[8] In 2017, Lammy was re-elected with 81.6% of the vote and a 70.1% majority, making Tottenham the safest seat for any party in Greater London.
At the 2016 EU referendum on continuing British membership of the European Union, 76.2% of the constituency voted to remain.[9]
- Prominent frontbenchers
David Lammy was the Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property from 2008 until Labour's defeat in the 2010 general election. Lammy served on the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor from 2020 until 2021, when he was reshuffled to serve as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
A cosmopolitan, inner-city seat in the London Borough of Haringey, Tottenham has a large ethnic minority population – around one-fifth of the residents are Black, and there is a large Muslim population. Excluding the south of the constituency, the percentage of White residents understates the ethnic variety of this constituency, similar to the borough as a whole[10] which includes major Cypriot, Irish, Eastern European, Jewish and Russian communities. The seat includes the two Haringey metropolitan centres[11] of Harringay and Tottenham. London football club Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is also based in the constituency.
The seat includes the district of Tottenham. The constituency also includes the Broadwater Farm estate which was notorious for the 1985 riots, following which the estate underwent a massive facelift and is no longer a crime blackspot, and Northumberland Park which is blighted by social problems, including overcrowding.
In the east of the area is the River Lea with its valley trail and the Tottenham marshes, while to the south the seat takes in Finsbury Park in Harringay.
MPs 1885–1918
| Election | Member[12] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Joseph Howard | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Percy Alden | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Tottenham North and Tottenham South | ||
MPs 1950–present
| Election | Member[12] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Frederick Messer | Labour Co-op | |
| 1959 | Alan Grahame Brown | Labour | |
| 1961 | Independent | ||
| 1962 | Conservative | ||
| 1964 | Norman Atkinson | Labour | |
| 1987 | Bernie Grant | Labour | |
| 2000 by-election | Rt Hon David Lammy | Labour | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | David Craig[13] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 35,621 | 76.0 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | James Newhall | 5,446 | 11.6 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tammy Palmer | 3,168 | 6.8 | +3.4 | |
| Green | Emma Chan | 1,873 | 4.0 | +1.4 | |
| Brexit Party | Abdul Turay | 527 | 1.1 | New | |
| SDP | Andrew Bence | 91 | 0.2 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Frank Sweeney | 88 | 0.2 | New | |
| Communist League | Jonathan Silberman | 42 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 30,175 | 64.4 | -5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 46,856 | 61.9 | -5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,740 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 40,249 | 81.6 | +14.3 | |
| Conservative | Myles Stacey | 5,665 | 11.5 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Haley | 1,687 | 3.4 | -0.7 | |
| Green | Jarelle Francis | 1,276 | 2.6 | -6.6 | |
| UKIP | Patricia Rumble | 462 | 0.9 | -2.7 | |
| Majority | 34,584 | 70.1 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 49,339 | 67.7 | +7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,884 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 28,654 | 67.3 | +8.0 | |
| Conservative | Stefan Mrozinski | 5,090 | 12.0 | −2.9 | |
| Green | Dee Searle[20] | 3,931 | 9.2 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Turhan Ozen | 1,756 | 4.1 | -13.6 | |
| UKIP | Tariq Saeed | 1,512 | 3.6 | +2.5 | |
| TUSC | Jenny Sutton[21] | 1,324 | 3.1 | +0.5 | |
| Peace | Tania Mahmood[22] | 291 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 23,564 | 55.3 | +13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 42,558 | 60.1 | +1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,803 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 24,128 | 59.3 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Schmitz | 7,197 | 17.7 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Sean Sullivan | 6,064 | 14.9 | +1.4 | |
| TUSC | Jenny Sutton | 1,057 | 2.6 | New | |
| Green | Anne Gray | 980 | 2.4 | −2.2 | |
| UKIP | Winston McKenzie | 466 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent People Together | Neville Watson | 265 | 0.7 | New | |
| Christian | Abimbola Kadara | 262 | 0.6 | New | |
| Independent | Sheik Thompson | 143 | 0.4 | New | |
| Independent | Errol Carr | 125 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 16,931 | 41.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 40,687 | 58.2 | +10.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 68,834 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 18,343 | 57.9 | −9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wayne Hoban | 5,309 | 16.8 | +7.3 | |
| Conservative | William F. MacDougall | 4,278 | 13.5 | −0.4 | |
| Respect | Janet Alder | 2,014 | 6.4 | New | |
| Green | Pete H. McAskie | 1,457 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| Socialist Labour | Jaamit Durrani | 263 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13,034 | 41.1 | -12.5 | ||
| Turnout | 31,664 | 47.8 | -0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,238 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 21,317 | 67.5 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | Uma N. Fernandes | 4,401 | 13.9 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Meher Khan | 3,008 | 9.5 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Peter Budge | 1,443 | 4.6 | +1.8 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Weyman Bennett | 1,162 | 3.7 | New | |
| Reform 2000 | Unver T. Shefki | 270 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 16,916 | 53.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 31,601 | 48.2 | -8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,568 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lammy | 8,785 | 53.5 | -15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Hames | 3,139 | 19.1 | +7.3 | |
| Conservative | Jane Ellison | 2,634 | 16.0 | +0.3 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Weyman Bennett | 885 | 5.4 | New | |
| Green | Peter Budge | 606 | 3.7 | +0.9 | |
| Reform 2000 | Erol Basarik | 177 | 1.1 | New | |
| UKIP | Ashwin Tanna | 136 | 0.8 | New | |
| Independent | Dorian L.D. de Braâm | 55 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 5,646 | 34.4 | -19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 16,417 | 25.4 | -31.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,554 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -12.0 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernie Grant | 26,121 | 69.3 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew R. Scantlebury | 5,921 | 15.7 | -14.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Hughes | 4,064 | 10.8 | -0.6 | |
| Green | Peter Budge | 1,059 | 2.8 | +0.8 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Leelan L.E. Tay | 210 | 0.5 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Christopher F. Anglin | 181 | 0.5 | New | |
| Socialist Equality | Tania Kent | 148 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 20,200 | 53.6 | +26.9 | ||
| Turnout | 37,704 | 56.9 | -8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,251 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +13.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernie Grant | 25,309 | 56.5 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Charalambous | 13,341 | 29.8 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex S.G. l'Estrange | 5,120 | 11.4 | -6.4 | |
| Green | Peter Budge | 903 | 2.0 | +0.5 | |
| Natural Law | Margaret Obomanu | 150 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 11,698 | 26.7 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 44,823 | 65.6 | -0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 68,319 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernie Grant | 21,921 | 43.6 | -8.4 | |
| Conservative | Peter Murphy | 17,780 | 35.4 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal | Stuart Etherington | 8,983 | 17.8 | +1.6 | |
| Green | Darren Nicholls | 744 | 1.5 | New | |
| Gaitskell Labour | Peter Nealon | 638 | 1.3 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Claire Dixon | 205 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 4,141 | 8.2 | -13.6 | ||
| Turnout | 50,271 | 66.1 | +2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,092 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 22,423 | 52.0 | -4.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter L. Murphy | 13,027 | 30.2 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal | Alex S.G. l'Estrange | 6,990 | 16.2 | +8.6 | |
| Ind. Conservative | W.G. Hurry | 652 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 9,396 | 21.8 | -3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 43,092 | 63.4 | +2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,944 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 16,299 | 56.9 | -1.9 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Carrington | 9,166 | 32.0 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal | Katherine Alexander | 2,177 | 7.6 | -1.0 | |
| National Front | Colin Mates[31] | 833 | 2.9 | -5.4 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Eric D.J. Gutteridge | 94 | 0.3 | New | |
| Fellowship | Geoffrey A. Rolph | 71 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 7,133 | 24.9 | -9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 28,640 | 61.2 | +5.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 46,821 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 15,708 | 58.8 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Lilley | 6,492 | 24.3 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal | Katherine Alexander | 2,288 | 8.6 | +0.6 | |
| National Front | Roy Painter | 2,211 | 8.3 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 9,216 | 34.5 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 26,699 | 56.2 | -9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,530 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 16,999 | 54.8 | -6.5 | |
| Conservative | J.A. Croft | 7,873 | 25.4 | -13.3 | |
| Liberal | K. Papatheodotou | 2,478 | 8.0 | New | |
| National Independence | P. Coney | 1,373 | 4.2 | New | |
| National Front | Roy Painter | 1,270 | 4.1 | New | |
| Social Democrat | J. Martin | 763 | 2.5 | New | |
| Independent Conservative | K. Squire | 274 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 9.126 | 29.4 | +6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 48,029 | 65.6 | +10.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,289 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 17,367 | 61.3 | -4.0 | |
| Conservative | Leo T Simmonds | 10,975 | 38.7 | +4.0 | |
| Majority | 6,392 | 22.6 | -8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 28,342 | 55.2 | -4.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 51,295 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 17,367 | 65.3 | +10.6 | |
| Conservative | Hugh Dykes | 11,222 | 34.7 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 9,889 | 30.6 | +8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 28,589 | 59.8 | -4.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,079 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Atkinson | 19,458 | 54.7 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Alan Grahame Brown | 11,577 | 32.6 | -3.9 | |
| Liberal | Laurence G Lepley | 4,526 | 12.7 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 7,881 | 22.1 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35,561 | 63.9 | -8.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 55,644 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Grahame Brown | 22,325 | 51.9 | -8.1 | |
| Conservative | David Hennessy | 15,688 | 36.5 | -3.5 | |
| Liberal | Laurence G Lepley | 5,030 | 11.7 | New | |
| Majority | 6,637 | 15.4 | -4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 43,043 | 72.0 | +1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 59,794 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Frederick Messer | 26,363 | 60.0 | -2.4 | |
| Conservative | Ian Fraser | 17,753 | 40.0 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 8,883 | 20.0 | -4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 44,116 | 70.2 | -9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 63,242 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Frederick Messer | 33,312 | 62.4 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | Patrick J Faulkner | 20,061 | 37.6 | +6.5 | |
| Majority | 13,251 | 24.8 | -1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 53,373 | 79.8 | -1.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,866 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Frederick Messer | 30,901 | 56.9 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick J Faulkner | 16,862 | 31.1 | ||
| Liberal | Richard De Courcy Allen | 5,665 | 10.4 | ||
| Communist | George Cross[32] | 802 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 14,039 | 25.9 | |||
| Turnout | 54,230 | 81.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 66,943 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Alden | 12,046 | 52.4 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Edward Vyse Sturdy | 10,945 | 47.6 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 1,101 | 4.8 | +2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 22,991 | 78.6 | -3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,260 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Alden | 12,302 | 51.1 | -7.6 | |
| Conservative | Edward Vyse Sturdy | 11,787 | 48.9 | +7.6 | |
| Majority | 515 | 2.2 | -15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 24,089 | 82.3 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,260 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.6 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Percy Alden | 9,956 | 58.7 | +21.3 | |
| Conservative | Horace Whitehead Chatterton | 7,009 | 41.3 | -21.3 | |
| Majority | 2,947 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 16,965 | 72.5 | +17.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,409 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Howard | 6,721 | 62.6 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 4,009 | 37.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 2,712 | 25.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 10,730 | 55.3 | -3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,412 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Howard | 6,388 | 62.6 | +3.9 | |
| Lib-Lab | Clement Edwards | 3,817 | 37.4 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,571 | 25.2 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,205 | 58.8 | -4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,346 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Howard | 5,794 | 58.7 | -7.0 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Henry Chance[34] | 4,074 | 41.3 | +7.0 | |
| Majority | 1,720 | 17.4 | -14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 9,868 | 62.8 | +7.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,716 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Howard | 3,941 | 65.7 | +11.2 | |
| Liberal | Charles Edward Bretherton[35] | 2,062 | 34.3 | -11.2 | |
| Majority | 1,879 | 31.4 | +22.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,003 | 55.1 | -19.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,887 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Howard | 4,441 | 54.5 | ||
| Liberal | William Sproston Caine | 3,706 | 45.5 | ||
| Majority | 735 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 8,147 | 74.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,887 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election that occurs at least every five years.
- Most often since 1950 the Labour party candidate has achieved an absolute majority.
- During the Conservative Government 1957-1964
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