Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Wilfrid Whiteley | Labour | |
| 1931 | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Victor Yates | Labour | |
| 1969 by-election | Wallace Lawler | Liberal | |
| 1970 | Doris Fisher | Labour | |
| Feb 1974 | Brian Walden | Labour | |
| 1977 by-election | John Sever | Labour | |
| 1983 | Clare Short | Labour | |
| 2006 | Independent Labour | ||
| 2010 | Shabana Mahmood | Labour | |
Clare Short elected as a Labour MP from the 1983 general election onwards resigned the Labour whip on 20 October 2006 and wished it to be known that she would continue to sit in the Commons as an Independent Labour MP and a true "Social Democrat".
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