Leeds South
UK Parliament constituency (1885–1983, 2024 onwards)
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Leeds South is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency existed from 1885 to 1983 and was recreated in 2024 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[2]
| Leeds South | |
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| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries since 2024 | |
Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County |
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Hilary Benn (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Leeds |
| Replaced by | Leeds Central (Majority) and Morley & Leeds South (Part)[1] |
| During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of | Leeds South East |
In the 2024 general election, the seat was won by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party, who serves as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the government of Keir Starmer.[3][4] Benn had represented Leeds Central, the main predecessor of Leeds South, since 1999.
Leeds South was the seat of the former Leader of the Labour Party, the late Hugh Gaitskell, and the former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees.
Constituency profile
Leeds South is a constituency in West Yorkshire, covering the areas of Leeds south and east of the city centre. This includes the neighbourhoods of Halton, Osmondthorpe, Burmantofts, Hunslet, Holbeck, Beeston, Belle Isle and Middleton. Leeds is one of the United Kingdom's largest cities and grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as a centre for textile manufacturing, especially wool. Today the city has a diverse economy and is the largest legal and financial centre in England outside of London.[5][6] The southern parts of the constituency have a history of coal mining and much of the area consists of 20th-century low-income flats and council estates. Leeds South is one of the country's most deprived constituencies, with much of it falling within the top 10% most-deprived areas of England.[7] House prices are lower than the rest of Yorkshire and less than half the national average.[8]
On average, residents of the constituency are young and have low levels of education and homeownership. They are unlikely to work in professional occupations and household income is low.[8] White people made up 68% of the population at the 2021 census. Black people were the largest ethnic minority group at 14% (mainly concentrated in Burmantofts) and Asians were 11% (mostly in Beeston).[9] Most of the constituency elected Labour Party councillors at the local city council. Middleton is represented by the Social Democratic Party, the party's only local government representation in the country. An estimated 59% of voters in Leeds South supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%.[8]
History
The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds had previously been represented by two MPs (1832–1868) and three MPs (1868–1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies: Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West. The constituencies of Morley, Otley and Pudsey were also created in 1885.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then split between the re-established constituency of Leeds Central, which included just over half of the seat's boundaries, and the new constituency of Morley and Leeds South, which took slightly under half of the seat's boundaries.[1] After the 1983 general election Leeds was represented by the constituencies of Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds West and Morley and Leeds South. There were also constituencies of Elmet (created 1983) and Pudsey.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, formed primarily from the (abolished) constituency of Leeds Central, but excluding the city centre, and including a small part of Leeds East and a very small part of Morley and Outwood.[2][10] The notional 2019 result for the new seat was Labour.[11]
Boundaries
1885–1983
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of East Hunslet, South, and West Hunslet, and part of Bramley ward.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Holbeck and West Hunslet, and part of New Wortley ward.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, Holbeck South, Hunslet Carr and Middleton, and West Hunslet.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, Holbeck, Hunslet Carr, and Middleton.[12]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, Holbeck, Hunslet Carr, and Middleton.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, East Hunslet, Holbeck, Middleton, and West Hunslet.
2024–present
The City of Leeds wards of Beeston & Holbeck, Burmantofts & Richmond Hill, Hunslet & Riverside, Middleton Park, and Temple Newsam (part).[13]
The part ward of Temple Newsam was transferred from Leeds East, with the bulk of the remainder comprising approximately 72% of the electorate of the abolished Leeds Central seat.
Leeds South saw the lowest turnout of any constituency at the 2024 election, with just 42% of eligible voters casting a ballot.[14]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1983
Leeds prior to 1885
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Lyon Playfair | Liberal | Member for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (1868–1885) Elevated to the peerage as Baron Playfair in September 1892 | |
| 1892 by-election | John Lawson Walton | Liberal | Attorney General for England and Wales (1905–1908), Died January 1908 | |
| 1908 by-election | William Middlebrook | Liberal | ||
| 1916 | Coalition Liberal | |||
| Jan 1922 | National Liberal | |||
| Nov 1922 | Henry Charleton | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Noel Whiteside | Conservative | ||
| 1935 | Henry Charleton | Labour | ||
| 1945 | Hugh Gaitskell | Labour | Minister of Fuel and Power (1947–1950) Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1950) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1950–1951) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951–1955) Leader of the Labour Party (1955–1963), Died January 1963 | |
| 1963 by-election | Merlyn Rees | Labour | Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–1974) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1979) Home Secretary (1976–1979) Contested Morley & Leeds South following redistribution | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished | |||
MPs since 2024
Leeds Central prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hilary Benn | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hilary Benn | 17,117 | 54.0 | −4.4 | |
| Green | Ed Carlisle | 5,838 | 18.4 | +14.6 | |
| Conservative | Karen Cooksley | 4,172 | 13.2 | −13.1 | |
| SDP | Daniel Whetstone | 1,874 | 5.9 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Sykes | 1,340 | 4.2 | −0.2 | |
| Workers Party | Muhammad Azeem | 719 | 2.3 | New | |
| CPA | Janet Bickerdike | 341 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent | Niko Omilana | 277 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 11,279 | 35.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 31,678 | 41.7 | −16.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,953 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −9.5 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 25,263 | 58.4 | |
| Conservative | 11,377 | 26.3 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,771 | 6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,922 | 4.4 | |
| Green | 1,635 | 3.8 | |
| Others | 281 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | 43,249 | 57.9 | |
| Electorate | 74,726 | ||
Election results 1885–1983
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lyon Playfair | 5,208 | 64.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Cunningham Macaskie | 2,869 | 35.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,339 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 8,077 | 73.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,931 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Playfair was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lyon Playfair | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lyon Playfair | 4,665 | 61.5 | −3.0 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Hirst Bracken[20] | 2,924 | 38.5 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 1,741 | 23.0 | −6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,589 | 69.4 | −4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,931 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lyon Playfair | 4,829 | 59.4 | −2.1 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Neville | 3,294 | 40.6 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,535 | 18.8 | −4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,123 | 71.9 | +2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,290 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Walton | 4,414 | 56.0 | −3.4 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Neville | 3,466 | 44.0 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 948 | 12.0 | −6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 7,880 | 69.8 | −2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,290 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
- Caused by Playfair's elevation to the peerage.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Walton | 4,608 | 47.6 | −11.8 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Neville | 4,447 | 46.0 | +5.4 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | Alfred Shaw | 622 | 6.4 | New | |
| Majority | 161 | 1.6 | −17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 9,677 | 81.2 | +9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,921 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −8.6 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Walton | 4,952 | 51.2 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Neville | 4,718 | 48.8 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 234 | 2.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 9,670 | 71.9 | −9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,442 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Walton | 6,200 | 50.2 | −1.0 | |
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | Albert E. Fox | 4,030 | 32.6 | New | |
| Conservative | Henry Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy | 2,126 | 17.2 | −31.6 | |
| Majority | 2,170 | 17.6 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 12,356 | 81.7 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,119 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +15.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Middlebrook | 5,274 | 41.7 | −8.5 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Neville | 4,915 | 38.9 | +21.7 | |
| Labour | Albert E. Fox | 2,451 | 19.4 | −13.2 | |
| Majority | 359 | 2.8 | −14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 12,640 | 82.5 | +0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,321 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Middlebrook | 8,969 | 67.3 | +17.1 | |
| Conservative | William Nicholson | 4,366 | 32.7 | +15.5 | |
| Majority | 4,603 | 34.6 | +17.0 | ||
| Turnout | 13,335 | 84.8 | +3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +15.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Middlebrook | 6,064 | 48.2 | −19.1 | |
| Conservative | William Nicholson | 3,804 | 30.3 | −2.4 | |
| Labour | John Badlay | 2,706 | 21.5 | New | |
| Majority | 2,260 | 17.9 | −16.7 | ||
| Turnout | 12,574 | 80.0 | −4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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;
- Liberal: William Middlebrook
- Unionist:
- Labour:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Coalition Liberal | William Middlebrook | 10,609 | 60.6 | |
| Labour | Frank Fountain | 5,510 | 31.5 | ||
| Independent | James Brook* | 1,377 | 7.9 | ||
| Majority | 5,099 | 29.1 | |||
| Turnout | 17,496 | 48.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 35,843 | ||||
| National Liberal win (new boundaries) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
* Brook was supported by the three local branches of National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers and Comrades of the Great War.
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 13,210 | 53.7 | +22.2 | |
| National Liberal (Unionist) | William Middlebrook | 11,380 | 46.3 | −14.4 | |
| Majority | 1,830 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,590 | 69.8 | +20.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,252 | –591 | |||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +18.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 11,705 | 44.2 | −9.5 | |
| Unionist | Reginald Neville | 7,679 | 29.0 | New | |
| Liberal | Granville Gibson | 7,083 | 26.8 | −19.5 | |
| Majority | 4,026 | 15.2 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 26,467 | 74.1 | +4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,719 | +467 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –19.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 12,799 | 46.4 | +2.1 | |
| Unionist | Graham Ford | 11,008 | 39.9 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal | Frank Geary | 3,801 | 13.8 | −13.0 | |
| Majority | 1,791 | 6.4 | −8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 27,608 | 76.5 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 36,085 | +366 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 18,043 | 52.5 | +6.2 | |
| Unionist | Graham Ford | 9,433 | 27.5 | −12.4 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Scott | 6,884 | 20.0 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 8,610 | 25.1 | +18.6 | ||
| Turnout | 34,360 | 76.2 | −0.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 45,084 | +8,999 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.3 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Noel Whiteside | 14,881 | 42.1 | +14.7 | |
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 14,156 | 40.1 | –12.4 | |
| Liberal | Frederick Boult | 6,291 | 17.8 | –2.2 | |
| Majority | 725 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,328 | 77.6 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 45,548 | +464 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Charleton | 15,223 | 46.0 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | Noel Whiteside | 14,207 | 43.0 | +0.8 | |
| Social Credit | Wilfred Townend | 3,642 | 11.0 | New | |
| Majority | 1,016 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,072 | 73.7 | –3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,886 | –662 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Hugh Gaitskell[24]
- Conservative: Donald Kaberry[24]
- Liberal: J. Alun Williams[25]
- British Union: John Angus Macnab
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | 17,899 | 61.0 | +15.0 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Ramsden | 7,497 | 25.6 | –17.4 | |
| Liberal | William Barford | 3,933 | 13.4 | New | |
| Majority | 10,402 | 35.5 | +32.4 | ||
| Turnout | 29,329 | 75.3 | +1.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 38,970 | –5,916 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +16.2 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | 29,795 | 61.1 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Wood | 14,436 | 29.6 | ||
| Liberal | Edgar Meeks | 4,525 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | 15,359 | 31.5 | |||
| Turnout | 48,756 | 84.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 57,625 | ||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | 30,712 | 65.1 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Winifred Brown | 16,493 | 34.9 | +5.3 | |
| Majority | 14,219 | 30.1 | –1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,205 | 82.2 | –2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 57,436 | –189 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | 25,833 | 65.2 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Winifred Brown | 13,817 | 34.8 | –0.1 | |
| Majority | 12,016 | 30.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 39,650 | 72.9 | –9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,424 | –3,012 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | 24,442 | 58.6 | −6.6 | |
| Conservative | John Addey | 12,956 | 31.0 | −3.8 | |
| Liberal | John Meeks | 4,340 | 10.4 | New | |
| Majority | 11,486 | 27.6 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 41,738 | 78.9 | +6.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 52,882 | –1,542 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –1.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 18,785 | 62.9 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | John Udal | 5,996 | 20.1 | −11.0 | |
| Liberal | Brian Walsh | 4,399 | 14.7 | +4.3 | |
| Communist | Bert Ramelson | 670 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 12,789 | 42.8 | +15.3 | ||
| Turnout | 29,850 | 60.5 | –18.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,313 | –3,569 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 22,339 | 63.1 | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | Percival Woodward | 12,123 | 34.3 | +3.2 | |
| Communist | Bert Ramelson | 928 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,997 | 28.9 | +1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 35,390 | 72.0 | –6.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,151 | –3,731 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 23,171 | 68.8 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Percival Woodward | 9,813 | 29.1 | –5.1 | |
| Communist | Bert Ramelson | 714 | 2.1 | –0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,358 | 39.6 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 33,698 | 68.1 | –3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,474 | +323 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 19,536 | 59.8 | –8.9 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Macpherson | 9,311 | 28.5 | –0.6 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Cooksey | 3,810 | 11.7 | New | |
| Majority | 10,225 | 31.3 | –8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 32,657 | 66.0 | –2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,490 | +16 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –4.2 | |||
| 1970 notional result[27] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 22,300 | 61.6 | |
| Conservative | 9,800 | 27.1 | |
| Liberal | 4,100 | 11.3 | |
| Turnout | 36,200 | 65.4 | |
| Electorate | 55,334 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 21,365 | 55.2 | –6.4 | |
| Liberal | Denis Pedder | 9,505 | 24.6 | +13.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Harmer | 7,810 | 20.2 | –6.9 | |
| Majority | 11,860 | 30.7 | –3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 38,680 | 73.9 | +8.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 52,326 | –3,008 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 21,653 | 64.4 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Stow | 6,388 | 19.0 | –1.2 | |
| Liberal | John Adams | 5,563 | 16.6 | –8.0 | |
| Majority | 15,265 | 45.4 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 33,604 | 63.8 | –10.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 52,689 | +363 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Merlyn Rees | 22,388 | 65.0 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | R. Ratcliffe | 8,058 | 23.4 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal | F. Hurst | 3,568 | 10.4 | –6.2 | |
| National Front | B. Spink | 416 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 14,330 | 41.62 | –3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35,430 | 68.7 | +4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,119 | –2,570 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | –1.9 | |||
See also
Notes
- A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)