is a
Constituency represented in the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one
Member Of Parliament (MP) by the
First Past The Post system of election.
The constituency comprises of the towns of
Loughborough and
Shepshed , the villages of
Barrow Upon Soar ,
Hathern ,
Sileby and
Quorn and a number of smaller villages in the Wolds. It borders the constituencies of
North West Leicestershire ,
Charnwood ,
Rutland And Melton and
Rushcliffe .
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the
Boundary Commission For England has made only minor changes to the existing constituency boundaries. The newly modified Loughborough constituency is formed from the following electoral wards;
- Barrow and Sileby West, Loughborough Ashby, Loughborough Dishley and Hathern, Loughborough Garendon, Loughborough Hastings, Loughborough Lemyngton, Loughborough Nanpantan, Loughborough Outwoods, Loughborough Shelthorpe, Loughborough Southfields, Loughborough Storer, Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle, Shepshed East, Shepshed West, Sileby and The Wolds.
Loughborough was originally part of a larger constituency,
Leicestershire , which was split into two districts in the
Reform Act Of 1832 . In the
Redistribution Of Seats Act Of 1885 Leicestershire was divided into four parts,
Eastern (Melton) ,
Mid (Loughborough) ,
Western (Bosworth) and
Southern (Harborough) , each returning one member. Furthermore, there was included a
Borough Constituency for
Leicester which returned two MPs.
In
1983 the Leicestershire coalfield, an area loyal to
Labour , was removed from the constituency and replaced by much of the
Soar Valley , a rural area that tended to vote
Conservative . In
1995 the Soar Valley was moved to the newly created
Charnwood Constituency .
The current
Member Of Parliament for Loughborough, since
1997 , is
Andy Reed for the
Labour Party .
;General election of 2005
The
2005 General Election saw
Andy Reed returned with a decreased majority after his share of the vote dropped by 8.3%. Loughborough was the 126th target seat of the
Conservative Party and their share of the vote increased slightly but the
Liberal Democrats had the largest increase. The swing of 5.0% from
Labour to
Conservative was higher than the national swing of 3.0% and turnout was above average.
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Labour Co-operative
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Andy Reed
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19,098
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414
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&minus83
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Nicky Morgan
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17,102
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371
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+18
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Graeme Smith
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8,258
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179
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+51
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Bernard Sherratt
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1,094
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24
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+03
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Veritas (political party)
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John McVay
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588
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13
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''N/A''
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Labour Co-operative
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&minus50
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|
;General election of 2001
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Neil Lyon
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15,638
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353
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&minus24
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Julie Simons
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5,667
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128
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+10
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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John Bigger
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933
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21
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1997
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Conservative Party (UK)
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K Andrew
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19,736
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377
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&minus91
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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D Brass
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6,190
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118
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+06
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Referendum Party
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RP Gupta
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991
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19
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''N/A''
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Labour Co-operative
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Conservative Party (UK)
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;General election of 1992
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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AW Scott
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8,953
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151
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&minus46
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Green Party of England and Wales
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I Sinclair
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817
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14
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+03
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Natural Law Party
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P Reynolds
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233
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04
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1987
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Labour Party (UK)
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CJ Wrigley
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14,283
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245
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+11
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SDP-Liberal Alliance
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Social Democratic Party (UK)
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RG Fox
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11,499
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197
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&minus25
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Green Party of England and Wales
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RP Gupta
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656
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11
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1983
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Labour Party (UK)
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MT Jones
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12,876
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234
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&minus162
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SDP-Liberal Alliance
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Social Democratic Party (UK)
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JR Frears
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12,189
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222
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+115
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Ecology Party
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DG Whitebread
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591
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11
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+01
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British National Party
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John Peacock
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228
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04
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''N/A''
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;General elecetion of 1979
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Liberal Party (UK)
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R Palmer
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6,650
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107
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&minus82
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Ecology Party
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D G Whitebread
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595
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10
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''N/A''
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National Front (UK)
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John Peacock
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484
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08
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-14
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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;General election of October 1974
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Conservative Party (UK)
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RM York
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20,521
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372
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&minus02
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Liberal Party (UK)
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M Bennett
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10,409
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189
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&minus51
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National Front (UK)
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K Sanders
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1,215
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22
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''N/A''
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;General election of February 1974
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Conservative Party (UK)
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RM York
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21,846
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374
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&minus69
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Liberal Party (UK)
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M Bennett
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14,096
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240
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+137
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;General election of 1970
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Conservative Party (UK)
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R Elton
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22,272
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443
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+73
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Liberal Party (UK)
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JM Mokrzycki
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5,185
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103
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&minus26
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;General election of 1966
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Conservative Party (UK)
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R Elton
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16,911
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370
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&minus12
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Liberal Party (UK)
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BS Stratford
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5,875
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129
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&minus13
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;General election of 1964
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Conservative Party (UK)
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JL Leatham
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17,671
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382
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&minus08
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Liberal Party (UK)
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GRS Stevenson
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6,558
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142
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+04
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;General election of 1959
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Conservative Party (UK)
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CG Waite
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17,749
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390
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&minus61
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Liberal Party (UK)
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RE Hancock
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6,303
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138
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1955
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Conservative Party (UK)
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MV Argyle
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19,781
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451
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+21
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;General election of 1951
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Conservative Party (UK)
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PG Spencer
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19,571
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430
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+05
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;General election of 1950
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Conservative Party (UK)
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S F Middup
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19,196
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425
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+112
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;General election of 1945
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Liberal Party (UK)
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C A Lidbury
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6,121
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154
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&minus13
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Labour Party (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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;General election of 1935
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Liberal Party (UK)
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W Meakin
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6,003
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167
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1931
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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;General election of 1929
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Frank Rye
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12,210
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329
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&minus70
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Liberal Party (UK)
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F G Hives
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10,044
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271
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+19
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Labour Party (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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|
;General election of 1924
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Frank Rye
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11,114
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399
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+84
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Liberal Party (UK)
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;General election of 1923
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Frank Rye
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7,805
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315
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''N/A''
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;General election of 1922
In the
1922 General Election ,
Edward Spears of the
National Liberal Party was elected unopposed.
;General election of 1918
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Labour Party (UK)
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H W Hallam
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6,381
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349
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&minus128
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;General election of December 1910
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Conservative Party (UK)
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N W Smith-Carington
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5,916
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477
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+06
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;General election of January 1910
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Conservative Party (UK)
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N W Smith-Carington
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6,007
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471
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+56
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;General election of 1906
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Conservative Party (UK)
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W B Du Pré
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5,023
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425
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&minus72
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;General election of 1900
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Conservative Party (UK)
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H Packe
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4,830
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497
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+17
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;General election of 1895
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Conservative Party (UK)
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R L Tooth
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4,360
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480
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+21
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;General election of 1892
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Liberal Party (UK)
|
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Conservative Party (UK)
|
|
;General election of 1886
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Conservative Party (UK)
|
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Liberal Party (UK)
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;General election of 1885
