Nuneaton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2010 | |
![]() Boundary of Nuneaton in West Midlands region | |
County | Warwickshire |
Electorate | 70,335 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Nuneaton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Jodie Gosling (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Warwickshire |
Nuneaton is a constituency [n 1] in Warwickshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jodie Gosling of the Labour Party. [n 2] [2] [3] [4]
1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Coventry and part of the Sessional Divisions of Atherstone and Coleshill.
1918–1945: The Municipal Borough of Nuneaton, the Urban District of Bulkington, and the Rural Districts of Atherstone, Coventry, Foleshill, and Nuneaton.
1945–1955: The Municipal Borough of Nuneaton, the Urban District of Bedworth, and the Rural District of Atherstone.
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Nuneaton, and the Urban District of Bedworth. [5]
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Nuneaton, and the Urban District of Bedworth as altered by the Coventry Order 1965.
1983–2010: The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Abbey, Arbury, Attleborough, Bulkington, Camp Hill, Chilvers Coton, Galley Common, St Nicolas, Stockingford, Weddington, and Whitestone, and the Borough of Rugby wards of Earl Craven, Fosse, and Wolvey.
The boundary changes which took effect for the 1983 general election removed the town of Bedworth, which was transferred to the newly created North Warwickshire constituency.
2010–2024: The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Abbey, Arbury, Attleborough, Bar Pool, Camp Hill, Galley Common, Kingswood, St Nicolas, Weddington, Wem Brook, and Whitestone, and the Borough of North Warwickshire wards of Arley and Whitacre, and Hartshill.
2024–present: The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place on 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [6] However, further to a local government boundary review in Nuneaton and Bedworth which came into effect in May 2024, [7] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
The constituency was created as a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, in an area whose population had expanded as coal miners poured in from other parts of the country. At one time 20 collieries operated in the area and now one of three major British coal mines continued with operations in the constituency at Daw Mill atop the Warwickshire Coalfield (known as the Warwickshire Thick) in the north of the county until 2012 when it closed. The associated heavy industry and mining-centred economy coupled with the Representation of the People Act 1918 (Fourth Reform Act) led to Nuneaton being held by the Labour Party for nearly 50 years from 1935 to 1983. Following boundary changes for the 1983 general election, the sitting MP Les Huckfield declined to stand and unsuccessfully sought nomination in other constituencies such as Wigan [9] and Sedgefield. [10] The seat was duly won by Lewis Stevens, a Conservative who retained the seat in 1987.
Labour regained the constituency at the 1992 election. Bill Olner beat Stevens and retained the seat in 1997, 2001 and 2005. Olner announced in 2007 that he would not be contesting the 2010 general election and would be standing down at the end of the 2005–2010 parliament. [11] Former Nuneaton and Bedworth Council Leader Marcus Jones was successful in taking the seat for the Conservative Party at the 2010 election and retained the seat in 2015, 2017 and 2019, but it was retaken for Labour by Jodie Gosling at the 2024 election.
In the 2015 general election, Nuneaton was the first marginal constituency between the Conservatives and Labour to declare its results. The result proved to be significant as it saw a 3.0% swing to the Conservatives, despite the seat being Labour's 38th biggest target [12] and Labour being predicted to win the seat. [13] The result therefore proved to be a major indication that the Conservatives were going to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons for the first time since the 1992 general election, something which went against national opinion polls which pointed towards Labour gains in the key marginal constituencies. [14]
It was later reported that the moment incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron knew his Conservative Party had won the general election was when Nuneaton declared its results at 1.53 am on 8 May 2015. [15]
This has led to many pointing out the similarities between Nuneaton and the former constituency of Basildon which in 1987 and 1992, Labour unexpectedly failed to win. This is why the Nuneaton result has been seen as the 'Basildon Moment' of 2015, since the Basildon constituency similarly foreshadowed the Conservative's election victory in 1992. [16]
Nuneaton was chosen by the Labour Party as the host of their first televised leadership debate during their 2015 leadership election. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jodie Gosling | 15,216 | 36.9 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Marcus Jones | 11,737 | 28.5 | −32.1 | |
Reform UK | Rob Howard | 9,059 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Green | Keith Kondakor | 2,894 | 7.0 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joy Salaja | 1,340 | 3.3 | −0.8 | |
Workers Party | John Homer | 967 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,479 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,213 | 58.7 | −6.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Jones | 27,390 | 60.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Zoe Mayou | 14,246 | 31.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton-Knight | 1,862 | 4.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Keith Kondakor | 1,692 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 13,144 | 29.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,190 | 64.3 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Jones | 23,755 | 51.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Phil Johnson | 19,016 | 41.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Craig Carpenter | 1,619 | 3.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton-Knight | 914 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Chris Brookes | 763 | 1.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,739 | 10.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 46,067 | 66.67 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Jones | 20,827 | 45.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Vicky Fowler | 15,945 | 34.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Alwyn Waine [25] | 6,582 | 14.4 | New | |
Green | Keith Kondakor | 1,281 | 2.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Jebb | 816 | 1.8 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Paul Reilly | 194 | 0.4 | New | |
English Democrat | Steve Paxton | 104 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,882 | 10.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,749 | 67.2 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Jones | 18,536 | 41.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jayne Innes | 16,467 | 36.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Jebb | 6,846 | 15.3 | ![]() | |
BNP | Martyn Findley | 2,797 | 6.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,069 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,646 | 65.8 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Olner | 19,945 | 44.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Mark Pawsey | 17,665 | 39.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ali Asghar | 5,884 | 13.0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Keith Tyson | 1,786 | 3.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,280 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,279 | 61.7 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Olner | 22,577 | 52.1 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Lancaster | 15,042 | 34.7 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Ferguson | 4,820 | 11.1 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | Brian James | 873 | 2.0 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 7,535 | 17.4 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,312 | 60.1 | −14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Olner | 30,080 | 56.2 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Blunt | 16,540 | 30.9 | −12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron Cockings | 4,732 | 8.8 | −2.4 | |
Referendum | Roy English | 1,533 | 2.9 | New | |
Independent | David Bray | 390 | 0.7 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Everitt | 238 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,540 | 25.3 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,513 | 74.4 | −8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Olner | 27,157 | 45.8 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Lewis Stevens | 25,526 | 43.0 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Merritt | 6,671 | 11.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 1,631 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,354 | 83.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Stevens | 24,630 | 44.9 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Valerie Veness | 18,975 | 34.6 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Trembath | 10,550 | 19.2 | New | |
Green | John Morrissey | 719 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,655 | 10.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,874 | 80.3 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lewis Stevens | 20,666 | 40.5 | +2.8 | |
Labour | John Haynes | 15,605 | 30.6 | −19.3 | |
SDP | Ruth Levitt | 14,264 | 28.0 | New | |
Independent | GE Davies | 504 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 5,061 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,039 | 77.3 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +11.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Huckfield | 31,403 | 49.9 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Lewis Stevens | 23,715 | 37.7 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | Cecil Williams | 6,184 | 9.8 | −8.8 | |
National Front | RP Matthews | 1,028 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | GE Davies | 504 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,688 | 12.2 | −18.6 | ||
Turnout | 62,959 | 78.5 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Les Huckfield | 32,308 | 56.10 | +2.25 | |
Conservative | Roland JM Freeman | 14,547 | 25.30 | −1.05 | |
Liberal | N Hawkins | 10,729 | 18.60 | −1.19 | |
Majority | 17,761 | 30.80 | +3.30 | ||
Turnout | 57,584 | 73.90 | −8.51 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Huckfield | 34,258 | 53.85 | −3.58 | |
Conservative | D Samuel | 16,765 | 26.35 | −6.34 | |
Liberal | D Inman | 12,491 | 19.79 | +10.00 | |
Majority | 17,493 | 27.50 | +2.86 | ||
Turnout | 63,614 | 82.41 | +6.21 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Huckfield | 32,877 | 57.43 | +3.45 | |
Conservative | Susan Lewis-Smith | 18,769 | 32.79 | +1.23 | |
Liberal | Alex Harrison | 5,602 | 9.79 | −4.67 | |
Majority | 14,108 | 24.64 | +2.22 | ||
Turnout | 57,248 | 76.20 | −3.48 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Les Huckfield | 18,239 | 42.08 | −11.10 | |
Conservative | David Knox | 14,185 | 32.73 | +1.17 | |
Liberal | Alan Meredith | 7,644 | 17.64 | +3.18 | |
All Party Alliance | John Creasey | 2,755 | 6.36 | New | |
Independent | Don Bennett | 517 | 1.19 | New | |
Majority | 4,054 | 9.35 | −13.07 | ||
Turnout | 43,340 | 67.90 | −11.78 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Cousins | 27,452 | 53.98 | +1.20 | |
Conservative | David S Marland | 16,049 | 31.56 | +2.48 | |
Liberal | Alan Meredith | 7,356 | 14.46 | −3.67 | |
Majority | 11,403 | 22.42 | −1.26 | ||
Turnout | 50,857 | 79.68 | −0.43 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.22 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Cousins | 18,325 | 48.92 | −3.86 | |
Conservative | David S Marland | 13,084 | 34.93 | +5.85 | |
Liberal | John Campbell | 6,047 | 16.14 | −1.99 | |
Majority | 5,241 | 13.99 | −9.71 | ||
Turnout | 37,456 | 60.80 | −19.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.86 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 26,059 | 52.78 | +0.34 | |
Conservative | David S Marland | 14,357 | 29.08 | −3.26 | |
Liberal | John Campbell | 8,953 | 18.13 | +2.91 | |
Majority | 11,702 | 23.70 | +3.60 | ||
Turnout | 49,369 | 80.11 | −1.69 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 24,894 | 52.44 | −3.39 | |
Conservative | Charles G Miller | 15,354 | 32.34 | −0.62 | |
Liberal | John Campbell | 7,227 | 15.22 | +4.00 | |
Majority | 9,540 | 20.10 | −2.76 | ||
Turnout | 47,475 | 81.80 | −2.11 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 25,112 | 55.83 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Dermott D Griffith | 14,828 | 32.96 | +3.74 | |
Liberal | John Beeching Frankenburg | 5,048 | 11.22 | +0.47 | |
Majority | 10,284 | 22.87 | −7.94 | ||
Turnout | 44,988 | 79.69 | −5.33 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 35,651 | 60.03 | +1.33 | |
Conservative | James E Tippett | 17,356 | 29.22 | +1.62 | |
Liberal | GC Middleton | 6,386 | 10.75 | −2.95 | |
Majority | 18,295 | 30.81 | −0.39 | ||
Turnout | 59,393 | 85.02 | −2.28 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 35,129 | 58.7 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Phylis G Spencer | 16,488 | 27.6 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Jack A Harris | 8,177 | 13.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 18,641 | 31.1 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,794 | 87.3 | +8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bowles | 30,587 | 58.5 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | John Fitzroy-Newdegate | 12,267 | 23.4 | −17.4 | |
Liberal | Peter Calvocoressi | 8,986 | 17.2 | +6.4 | |
Independent Progressive | Leonard Melling | 468 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 18,320 | 35.1 | +27.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,308 | 78.7 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Bowles | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reginald Fletcher | 33,237 | 48.4 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | John Moores | 28,000 | 40.8 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | William Thomas Stanton | 7,384 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,237 | 7.6 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 68,621 | 75.9 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward North | 25,839 | 41.7 | +17.4 | |
Labour | Frank Smith | 23,375 | 37.7 | −6.7 | |
National Liberal | Herbert Willison | 12,811 | 20.6 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 2,464 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62,025 | 78.0 | −6.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Smith | 27,102 | 44.4 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | Herbert Willison | 19,104 | 31.3 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Hope | 14,819 | 24.3 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 7,998 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 60,395 | 84.1 | +5.4 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Hope | 15,242 | 37.7 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Frank Smith | 12,679 | 31.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Herbert Willison | 12,550 | 31.0 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 2,563 | 6.4 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,471 | 78.7 | +6.1 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Willison | 14,518 | 40.4 | +11.2 | |
Unionist | Henry Maddocks | 10,940 | 30.5 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Thomas Barron | 10,437 | 29.1 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 3,578 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,895 | 72.6 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Maddocks | 12,765 | 38.3 | −7.9 | |
Labour | J Stevenson | 10,842 | 32.5 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | Thomas Slack | 9,730 | 29.2 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 1,923 | 5.8 | −14.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,337 | 69.8 | +13.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | *Henry Maddocks | 11,198 | 46.2 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Ivor Gregory | 6,269 | 25.8 | −16.4 | |
Liberal | William Henry Grant | 5,707 | 23.5 | New | |
National Democratic | William Henry Dyson | 1,101 | 4.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,929 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,275 | 55.9 | −34.1 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jasper Johns | 4,445 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | John Dugdale | 4,169 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 276 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,614 | 85.6 | |||
Registered electors | 10,061 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dugdale | 4,626 | 56.2 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Jasper Johns | 3,608 | 43.8 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 1,018 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,234 | 81.8 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,061 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Newdegate | 4,899 | 53.5 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Vero | 4,258 | 46.5 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 641 | 7.0 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,157 | 88.6 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,336 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Newdegate | 5,572 | 57.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | James Tomkinson | 4,175 | 42.8 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 1,397 | 14.4 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,747 | 87.7 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,114 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Newdegate | 5,736 | 56.4 | −0.8 | |
Lib-Lab | William Johnson | 4,432 | 43.6 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,304 | 12.8 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,168 | 78.9 | −8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | William Johnson | 7,677 | 56.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Francis Newdigate-Newdegate | 5,849 | 43.2 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 1,828 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,526 | 90.0 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,021 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Johnson | 8,154 | 50.8 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Maddocks | 7,891 | 49.2 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 263 | 1.6 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,045 | 91.9 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 17,451 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Johnson | 8,199 | 52.2 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Maddocks | 7,501 | 47.8 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 698 | 4.4 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,700 | 90.0 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 17,451 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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