National results released by the BBC and ITN ahead of the 1983 election estimated that had the constituency existed at the 1979 general election it would have been won by the Conservatives with a majority of 10,671 votes.
The BBC and ITN released national election results in 1983, predicting that if the constituency had existed at the 1979 general election, it would have been won by the Conservatives with a majority of 10,671 votes.