He also failed to win a seat at the 2002 general election.
Most recently the Conservatives won control at the 2000 election and have run the council since then.
He won the seat in his own right at the 1969 election.
The party won 13 of 109 seats at the 2002 general election.
Brown won the seat at the 1979 general election with a majority of 3,000 votes.
John Smith won it back at the 1997 general election.
He won the division back at the 1929 general election.
Henry Smith won the seat at the 2010 general election.
He won the seat without opposition at the 1914 election.
However he won the seat at the 1886 general election, and held it until his death in 1891.