| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26177 | |
| Labour | 19621 | |
| Liberal | 5518 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28689 | |
| Labour | 22308 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30074 | |
| Labour | 19294 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 19th Dec, 1956 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19133 | |
| Labour | 16771 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34997 | |
| Labour | 22176 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32842 | |
| Labour | 19578 | |
| Liberal | 11392 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30776 | |
| Labour | 23181 | |
| Liberal | 10108 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 38782 | |
| Labour | 20907 | |
| Liberal | 9465 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32239 | |
| Liberal | 19490 | |
| Labour | 16228 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30943 | |
| Labour | 16747 | |
| Liberal | 15567 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 40242 | |
| Labour | 15882 | |
| Liberal | 12596 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election