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Nuneaton — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Nuneaton was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 3,479 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Nuneaton from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Jasper Wilson Johns (Liberal) 4,445 51.6% John Stratford Dugdale (Conservative) 276 (3.2 pts) 85.6%
1886 John Stratford Dugdale (Conservative) 4,626 56.2% Jasper Wilson Johns (Liberal) 1,018 (12.4 pts) 81.8%
1892 Francis Alexander Newdigate (Conservative) 4,899 53.5% Charles Vero (Liberal) 641 (7.0 pts) 88.6%
1895 Francis Alexander Newdigate (Conservative) 5,572 57.2% James Tomkinson (Liberal) 1,397 (14.3 pts) 87.7%
1900 Francis Alexander Newdigate (Conservative) 5,736 56.4% William Johnson (Liberal-Labour) 1,304 (12.8 pts) 78.9%
1906 William Johnson (Liberal-Labour) 7,677 56.8% Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate (Conservative) 1,828 (13.5 pts) 90.0%
Jan 1910 William Johnson (Labour) 8,154 50.8% Henry Maddocks (Conservative) 263 (1.6 pts) 91.9%
Dec 1910 William Johnson (Labour) 8,199 52.2% Henry Maddocks (Conservative) 698 (4.5 pts) 90.0%
1918 Henry Maddocks (Unionist) 11,198 46.1% Ivor Gregory (Labour) 4,929 (20.3 pts) 55.9%
1922 Henry Maddocks (Unionist) 12,765 38.3% James Stevenson (Labour) 1,923 (5.8 pts) 69.8%
1923 Herbert Willison (Liberal) 14,518 40.4% Henry Maddocks (Unionist) 3,578 (10.0 pts) 72.6%
1924 Arthur Oswald James Hope (Unionist) 15,242 37.7% Francis Samuel Smith (Labour) 2,563 (6.3 pts) 78.7%
1929 Francis Samuel Smith (Labour) 27,102 44.9% Herbert Willison (Liberal) 7,998 (13.2 pts) 83.2%
1931 Edward Tempest Tunstall North (Conservative) 25,839 41.7% Frank Samuel Smith (Labour) 2,464 (4.0 pts) 78.0%
1935 Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher (Labour) 33,237 48.4% John Moores (Conservative) 5,237 (7.6 pts) 75.9%
1945 Francis George Bowles (Labour) 30,587 58.5% John Maurice Fitzroy-Newdegate (Conservative) 18,320 (35.0 pts) 78.4%
1950 Frank George Bowles (Labour) 35,129 58.8% Phylis Spencer (Conservative) 18,641 (31.2 pts) 87.3%
1951 Francis George Bowles (Labour) 35,651 60.0% James Tippett (Conservative) 18,295 (30.8 pts) 85.0%
1955 Francis George Bowles (Labour) 25,112 55.8% Robert Dermott Griffith (Conservative) 10,284 (22.9 pts) 79.7%
1959 Francis George Bowles (Labour) 24,894 52.4% Charles G Miller (Conservative) 9,540 (20.1 pts) 81.8%
1964 Francis George Bowles (Labour) 26,059 52.8% David S Marland (Conservative) 11,702 (23.7 pts) 80.1%
1966 Frank Cousins (Labour) 27,452 54.0% David Marland (Conservative) 11,403 (22.4 pts) 79.7%
1970 Leslie Huckfield (Labour) 32,877 57.4% Susan Lewis-Smith (Conservative) 14,110 (24.6 pts) 76.3%
Feb 1974 Leslie Huckfield (Labour) 34,258 53.9% David Maurice Crownson Samuel (Conservative) 17,493 (27.5 pts) 82.4%
Oct 1974 Leslie Huckfield (Labour) 32,308 56.1% Roland John Michael Freeman (Conservative) 17,761 (30.8 pts) 74.0%
1979 Leslie Huckfield (Labour) 31,403 50.0% Lewis Stevens (Conservative) 7,688 (12.2 pts) 78.5%
1983 Lewis Stevens (Conservative) 20,666 40.5% John Haynes (Labour) 5,061 (9.9 pts) 77.2%
1987 Lewis Stevens (Conservative) 24,630 44.9% Valerie Veness (Labour) 5,655 (10.3 pts) 80.4%
1992 Bill Olner (Labour) 27,157 45.8% Lewis Stevens (Conservative) 1,631 (2.8 pts) 83.7%
1997 Bill Olner (Labour) 30,080 56.2% Richard Blunt (Conservative) 13,540 (25.3 pts) 74.3%
2001 Bill Olner (Labour) 22,577 52.1% Mark Lancaster (Conservative) 7,535 (17.4 pts) 60.1%
2005 Bill Olner (Labour) 19,945 44.0% Mark Pawsey (Conservative) 2,280 (5.0 pts) 61.7%
2010 Marcus Jones (Conservative) 18,536 41.5% Jayne Innes (Labour) 2,069 (4.6 pts) 66.0%
2015 Marcus Jones (Conservative) 20,827 45.5% Vicky Fowler (Labour) 4,882 (10.7 pts) 67.4%
2017 Marcus Jones (Conservative) 23,755 51.6% Philip Johnson (Labour) 4,739 (10.3 pts) 66.7%
2019 Marcus Jones (Conservative) 27,390 60.6% Zoe Mayou (Labour) 13,144 (29.1 pts) 64.7%
2024 Jodie Gosling (Labour) 15,216 36.9% Marcus Jones (Conservative) 3,479 (8.4 pts) 57.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jasper Wilson Johns Liberal 4,44551.6% Yes
John Stratford Dugdale Conservative 4,16948.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stratford Dugdale Conservative 4,62656.2% Yes
Jasper Wilson Johns Liberal 3,60843.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Alexander Newdigate Conservative 4,89953.5% Yes
Charles Vero Liberal 4,25846.5% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Alexander Newdigate Conservative 5,57257.2% Yes
James Tomkinson Liberal 4,17542.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Alexander Newdigate Conservative 5,73656.4% Yes
William Johnson Liberal-Labour 4,43243.6% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Johnson Liberal-Labour 7,67756.8% Yes
Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate Conservative 5,84943.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Johnson Labour 8,15450.8% Yes
Henry Maddocks Conservative 7,89149.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Johnson Labour 8,19952.2% Yes
Henry Maddocks Conservative 7,50147.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Maddocks Unionist 11,19846.1% Yes
Ivor Gregory Labour 6,26925.8% No
William Henry Grant Liberal 5,70723.5% No
William Henry Dyson National Democratic and Labour 1,1014.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Maddocks Unionist 12,76538.3% Yes
James Stevenson Labour 10,84232.5% No
Thomas Slack Liberal 9,73029.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Willison Liberal 14,51840.4% Yes
Henry Maddocks Unionist 10,94030.5% No
Thomas Barron Labour 10,43729.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Oswald James Hope Unionist 15,24237.7% Yes
Francis Samuel Smith Labour 12,67931.3% No
Herbert Willison Liberal 12,55031.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Samuel Smith Labour 27,10244.9% Yes
Herbert Willison Liberal 19,10431.6% No
Arthur Oswald James Hope Unionist 14,18923.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Tempest Tunstall North Conservative 25,83941.7% Yes
Frank Samuel Smith Labour 23,37537.7% No
Herbert Willison National Liberal 12,81120.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher Labour 33,23748.4% Yes
John Moores Conservative 28,00040.8% No
William Thomas Stanton Liberal 7,38410.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis George Bowles Labour 30,58758.5% Yes
John Maurice Fitzroy-Newdegate Conservative 12,26723.5% No
Peter John Ambrose Calvocoressi Liberal 8,98617.2% No
Leonard Melling Independent Progressive 4680.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank George Bowles Labour 35,12958.8% Yes
Phylis Spencer Conservative 16,48827.6% No
Jack Harris Liberal 8,17713.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis George Bowles Labour 35,65160.0% Yes
James Tippett Conservative 17,35629.2% No
Gordon Chard Middleton Liberal 6,38310.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis George Bowles Labour 25,11255.8% Yes
Robert Dermott Griffith Conservative 14,82833.0% No
John Beeching Frankenburg Liberal 5,04811.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis George Bowles Labour 24,89452.4% Yes
Charles G Miller Conservative 15,35432.3% No
John Campbell Liberal 7,22715.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis George Bowles Labour 26,05952.8% Yes
David S Marland Conservative 14,35729.1% No
John Campbell Liberal 8,95318.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Cousins Labour 27,45254.0% Yes
David Marland Conservative 16,04931.6% No
Alan Meredith Liberal 7,35614.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Huckfield Labour 32,87757.4% Yes
Susan Lewis-Smith Conservative 18,76732.8% No
Alex Harrison Liberal 5,6029.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Huckfield Labour 34,25853.9% Yes
David Maurice Crownson Samuel Conservative 16,76526.4% No
David William Inman Liberal 12,49119.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Huckfield Labour 32,30856.1% Yes
Roland John Michael Freeman Conservative 14,54725.3% No
Nigel Anthony Hawkins Liberal 10,72918.6% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Huckfield Labour 31,40350.0% Yes
Lewis Stevens Conservative 23,71537.7% No
Cecil Edward Gus Williams Liberal 6,1849.8% No
Robert Paul Matthews National Front 1,0281.6% No
Gordon Edward Davies Independent 6291.0% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis Stevens Conservative 20,66640.5% Yes
John Haynes Labour 15,60530.6% No
Ruth Levitt Social Democratic Party 14,26427.9% No
Gordon Edward Davies Independent 5041.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis Stevens Conservative 24,63044.9% Yes
Valerie Veness Labour 18,97534.6% No
Andrew Trembath Liberal 10,55019.2% No
John Morrissey Green 7191.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Olner Labour 27,15745.8% Yes
Lewis Stevens Conservative 25,52643.0% No
Ruth Merritt Liberal Democrat 6,67111.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Olner Labour 30,08056.2% Yes
Richard Blunt Conservative 16,54030.9% No
Ron Cockings Liberal Democrat 4,7328.8% No
Roy English Referendum Party 1,5332.9% No
David Bray Local Independent 3900.7% No
Peter Everitt UKIP 2380.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Olner Labour 22,57752.1% Yes
Mark Lancaster Conservative 15,04234.7% No
Tony Ferguson Liberal Democrat 4,82011.1% No
Brian James UKIP 8732.0% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Olner Labour 19,94544.0% Yes
Mark Pawsey Conservative 17,66539.0% No
Ali Asghar Liberal Democrat 5,88413.0% No
Keith Tyson UKIP 1,7863.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Marcus Jones Conservative 18,53641.5% Yes
Jayne Innes Labour 16,46736.9% No
Christina Jebb Liberal Democrat 6,84615.3% No
Martyn Findley BNP 2,7976.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Marcus Jones Conservative 20,82745.5% Yes
Vicky Fowler Labour 15,94534.9% No
Alwyn Waine UKIP 6,58214.4% No
Keith Kondakor Green 1,2812.8% No
Christina Jebb Liberal Democrat 8161.8% No
Paul Reilly Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1940.4% No
Stephen Paxton English Democrats 1040.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Marcus Jones Conservative 23,75551.6% Yes
Philip Johnson Labour 19,01641.3% No
Craig Carpenter UKIP 1,6193.5% No
Richard Brighton-Knight Liberal Democrat 9142.0% No
Chris Brookes Green 7631.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Marcus Jones Conservative 27,39060.6% Yes
Zoe Mayou Labour 14,24631.5% No
Richard Brighton-Knight Liberal Democrat 1,8624.1% No
Keith Kondakor Green 1,6923.7% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jodie Gosling Labour 15,21636.9% Yes
Marcus Jones Conservative 11,73728.5% No
Rob Howard Reform UK 9,05922.0% No
Keith Kondakor Green 2,8947.0% No
Joy Salaja Liberal Democrat 1,3403.3% No
John Homer Workers Party of Britain 9672.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 3.2 pts 1886: Conservative margin 12.4 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1895: Conservative margin 14.3 pts 1900: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1906: Liberal-Labour margin 13.5 pts Jan 1910: Labour margin 1.6 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 4.5 pts 1918: Unionist margin 20.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 5.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 6.3 pts 1929: Labour margin 13.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1935: Labour margin 7.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 35.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 31.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 30.8 pts 1955: Labour margin 22.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 20.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 23.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 22.4 pts 1970: Labour margin 24.6 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 27.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 30.8 pts 1979: Labour margin 12.2 pts 1983: Conservative margin 9.9 pts 1987: Conservative margin 10.3 pts 1992: Labour margin 2.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 25.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 17.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 5.0 pts 2010: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 2015: Conservative margin 10.7 pts 2017: Conservative margin 10.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 29.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 8.4 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Nuneaton has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Liberal-Labour, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Nuneaton in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Nuneaton in 2024 with 15,216 votes (36.9%), a majority of 3,479 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Nuneaton since 1885?

Since 1885, Nuneaton has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Nuneaton?

The closest result on record for Nuneaton was Jan 1910, when Labour beat Conservative by just 263 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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