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Wellingborough — UK General Election Results

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

Wellingborough was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 18,540 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Wellingborough from 1918 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1918–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Walter Robert Smith (Labour) 10,290 52.5% Milner Gray (Liberal) 977 (5.0 pts) 61.9%
1922 Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare (National Liberal) 14,995 57.6% Walter Robert Smith (Labour) 3,938 (15.1 pts) 79.4%
1923 William George Cove (Labour) 11,175 42.1% Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare (Liberal) 2,537 (9.6 pts) 79.9%
1924 William George Cove (Labour) 11,381 39.9% Ralph Raphael (Unionist) 2,481 (8.7 pts) 84.0%
1929 George Dallas (Labour) 15,300 42.2% Richard Pattinson Winfrey (Liberal) 4,045 (11.2 pts) 83.3%
1931 Archibald William Henry James (Conservative) 22,127 61.0% George Dallas (Labour) 7,990 (22.0 pts) 81.2%
1935 Archibald William Henry James (Conservative) 18,085 50.5% George Dallas (Labour) 372 (1.0 pts) 77.3%
1945 George Samuel Lindgren (Labour) 22,416 57.7% Archibald William Henry James (Conservative) 5,990 (15.4 pts) 74.4%
1950 George Samuel Lindgren (Labour) 21,640 47.1% Jasper Carlisle Sayer (Conservative) 8,565 (18.6 pts) 89.5%
1951 George Samuel Lindgren (Labour) 24,113 52.4% Richard Parsons (Conservative) 2,201 (4.8 pts) 88.4%
1955 George Samuel Lindgren (Labour) 22,745 51.0% Albert Arthur Jones (Conservative) 926 (2.1 pts) 86.0%
1959 Michael Aubrey Hamilton (Conservative) 22,964 50.7% George Samuel Lindgren (Labour) 606 (1.3 pts) 86.7%
1964 Harry Howarth (Labour) 19,592 42.3% Michael Aubrey Hamilton (Conservative) 47 (0.1 pts) 87.1%
1966 Harry Howarth (Labour) 24,705 52.4% John Leatham (Conservative) 2,233 (4.7 pts) 86.5%
1970 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 27,459 52.2% John Henry Mann (Labour) 2,352 (4.5 pts) 81.4%
Feb 1974 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 29,099 40.5% John Henry Mann (Labour) 2,270 (3.2 pts) 85.0%
Oct 1974 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 29,078 42.8% John Henry Mann (Labour) 1,758 (2.6 pts) 79.6%
1979 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 37,812 52.3% Derek Alan Forwood (Labour) 12,534 (17.3 pts) 81.3%
1983 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 25,715 48.9% John Henry Mann (Labour) 12,056 (22.9 pts) 77.8%
1987 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 29,038 52.7% James Currie (Labour) 14,070 (25.6 pts) 78.1%
1992 Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 32,302 53.4% Phil Sawford (Labour) 11,816 (19.5 pts) 81.9%
1997 Paul Stinchcombe (Labour) 24,854 44.2% Sir Peter Fry (Conservative) 187 (0.3 pts) 75.1%
2001 Paul Stinchcombe (Labour) 23,867 46.8% Peter Bone (Conservative) 2,355 (4.6 pts) 65.9%
2005 Peter Bone (Conservative) 22,674 42.8% Paul Stinchcombe (Labour) 687 (1.3 pts) 66.5%
2010 Peter Bone (Conservative) 24,918 48.2% Jayne Buckland (Labour) 11,787 (22.8 pts) 67.3%
2015 Peter Bone (Conservative) 26,265 52.1% Jonathan Munday (UKIP) 16,397 (32.5 pts) 68.2%
2017 Peter Bone (Conservative) 30,579 57.4% Andrea Watts (Labour) 12,460 (23.4 pts) 67.3%
2019 Peter Bone (Conservative) 32,277 62.2% Andrea Watts (Labour) 18,540 (35.7 pts) 64.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Robert Smith Labour 10,29052.5% Yes
Milner Gray Liberal 9,31347.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare National Liberal 14,99557.6% Yes
Walter Robert Smith Labour 11,05742.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Cove Labour 11,17542.1% Yes
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare Liberal 8,63832.5% No
Robert Massy-Dawson Sanders Unionist 6,74725.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Cove Labour 11,38139.9% Yes
Ralph Raphael Unionist 8,90031.2% No
Humphrey Mackworth Paul Liberal 8,22328.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Dallas Labour 15,30042.2% Yes
Richard Pattinson Winfrey Liberal 11,25531.0% No
Archibald William Henry James Unionist 9,70326.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald William Henry James Conservative 22,12761.0% Yes
George Dallas Labour 14,13739.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald William Henry James Conservative 18,08550.5% Yes
George Dallas Labour 17,71349.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Samuel Lindgren Labour 22,41657.7% Yes
Archibald William Henry James Conservative 16,42642.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Samuel Lindgren Labour 21,64047.1% Yes
Jasper Carlisle Sayer Conservative 13,07528.5% No
Edwin Thomas Malindine Liberal 11,22924.4% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Samuel Lindgren Labour 24,11352.4% Yes
Richard Parsons Conservative 21,91247.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Samuel Lindgren Labour 22,74551.0% Yes
Albert Arthur Jones Conservative 21,81949.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Aubrey Hamilton Conservative 22,96450.7% Yes
George Samuel Lindgren Labour 22,35849.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Howarth Labour 19,59242.3% Yes
Michael Aubrey Hamilton Conservative 19,54542.2% No
Philip Arthur John Pettit Liberal 7,22715.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Howarth Labour 24,70552.4% Yes
John Leatham Conservative 22,47247.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 27,45952.2% Yes
John Henry Mann Labour 25,10747.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 29,09940.5% Yes
John Henry Mann Labour 26,82937.3% No
Penelope Jessel Liberal 15,04920.9% No
David Thomas James Independent Conservative 8971.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 29,07842.8% Yes
John Henry Mann Labour 27,32040.2% No
Penelope Jessel Liberal 11,50016.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 37,81252.3% Yes
Derek Alan Forwood Labour 25,27834.9% No
Leslie Edward Stringer Liberal 8,50611.8% No
Samuel Frederick Wright National Front 5290.7% No
Daphne Maureen Phyllis Garnett Independent 2090.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 25,71548.9% Yes
John Henry Mann Labour 13,65926.0% No
Leslie Edward Stringer Liberal 12,99424.7% No
Daphne Maureen Phyllis Garnett Independent 2280.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 29,03852.7% Yes
James Currie Labour 14,96827.2% No
Leslie Edward Stringer Liberal 11,04720.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 32,30253.4% Yes
Phil Sawford Labour 20,48633.9% No
Julie Trevor Liberal Democrat 7,71412.7% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Stinchcombe Labour 24,85444.2% Yes
Sir Peter Fry Conservative 24,66743.8% No
Peter Smith Liberal Democrat 5,2799.4% No
Tony Ellwood UKIP 1,1922.1% No
Annie Lorys Natural Law 2970.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Stinchcombe Labour 23,86746.8% Yes
Peter Bone Conservative 21,51242.2% No
Peter Gaskell Liberal Democrat 4,7639.3% No
Tony Ellwood UKIP 8641.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bone Conservative 22,67442.8% Yes
Paul Stinchcombe Labour 21,98741.5% No
Richard Church Liberal Democrat 6,14711.6% No
James Wrench UKIP 1,2142.3% No
Nicholas Alex Veritas 7491.4% No
Andy Dickson Socialist Labour 2340.4% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bone Conservative 24,91848.2% Yes
Jayne Buckland Labour 13,13125.4% No
Kevin Barron Liberal Democrat 8,84817.1% No
Adrian Haynes UKIP 1,6363.2% No
Rob Walker BNP 1,5963.1% No
Terry Spencer English Democrats 5301.0% No
Jonathan Hornett Green 4800.9% No
Paul Crofts Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2490.5% No
Gary Donaldson Independent 2400.5% No
Marcus Lavin Independent 330.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bone Conservative 26,26552.1% Yes
Jonathan Munday UKIP 9,86819.6% No
Richard Garvie Labour 9,83919.5% No
Chris Nelson Liberal Democrat 2,2404.4% No
Marion Turner-Hawes Green 2,2184.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bone Conservative 30,57957.4% Yes
Andrea Watts Labour 18,11934.0% No
Allan Shipham UKIP 1,8043.4% No
Chris Nelson Liberal Democrat 1,7823.3% No
Jonathan Hornett Green 9561.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bone Conservative 32,27762.2% Yes
Andrea Watts Labour 13,73726.5% No
Suzanna Austin Liberal Democrat 4,0787.9% No
Marion Turner-Hawes Green 1,8213.5% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Labour margin 5.0 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 15.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 9.6 pts 1924: Labour margin 8.7 pts 1929: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 22.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 18.6 pts 1951: Labour margin 4.8 pts 1955: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1964: Labour margin 0.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 4.7 pts 1970: Conservative margin 4.5 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 3.2 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 2.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 17.3 pts 1983: Conservative margin 22.9 pts 1987: Conservative margin 25.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 19.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 0.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 4.6 pts 2005: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 22.8 pts 2015: Conservative margin 32.5 pts 2017: Conservative margin 23.4 pts 2019: Conservative margin 35.7 pts 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

Trend

Wellingborough has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour, National Liberal, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wellingborough in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Wellingborough in 2019 with 32,277 votes (62.2%), a majority of 18,540 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Wellingborough since 1918?

Since 1918, Wellingborough has been won by: Conservative, Labour, National Liberal.

What was the closest result in Wellingborough?

The closest result on record for Wellingborough was 1964, when Labour beat Conservative by just 47 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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