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16 November 1868 | 2,306/2,722 | 84.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,237 | 53.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,069 | 46.36 | |
Majority | 168 | 7.29 | |
5 February 1874 | 2,497/2,856 | 87.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,355 | 54.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,142 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 213 | 8.53 | |
2 April 1880 | 2,966/3,286 | 90.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,544 | 52.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,422 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 122 | 4.11 | |
12 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 July 1880 | 2,788/3,286 | 84.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,504 | 53.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,284 | 46.05 | |
Majority | 220 | 7.89 | |
25 November 1885 | 3,766/4,200 | 89.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,916 | 50.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,850 | 49.12 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.75 | |
2 July 1886 | 3,368/4,200 | 80.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,938 | 57.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,430 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 508 | 15.08 | |
6 July 1892 | 3,989/4,821 | 82.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,370 | 59.41 | |
Liberal Party | 1,619 | 40.59 | |
Majority | 751 | 18.83 | |
17 July 1895 | 3,623/5,001 | 72.45 | |
Conservative Party | 2,405 | 66.38 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,218 | 33.62 | |
Majority | 1,187 | 32.76 | |
2 July 1898 Resignation of James Palmer. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
13 July 1898 | 4,327/5,276 | 82.01 | |
Conservative Party | 2,372 | 54.82 | |
Liberal Party | 1,955 | 45.18 | |
Majority | 417 | 9.64 | |
26 March 1900 Jonathon Ryder assumes the courtesy title of Viscount Sandon on his father's succession as the Earl of Harrowby. | |||
3 October 1900 | 4,346/5,600 | 77.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,542 | 58.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,804 | 41.51 | |
Majority | 738 | 16.98 | |
13 January 1906 | 5,388/6,568 | 82.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,102 | 57.57 | |
Liberal Party | 1,413 | 26.22 | |
Labour Party | 873 | 16.20 | |
Majority | 1,689 | 31.35 | |
15 January 1910 | 5,898/6,733 | 87.60 | |
Conservative Party | 3,286 | 55.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,612 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 674 | 11.43 | |
3 December 1910 | 5,614/6,733 | 83.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,108 | 55.36 | |
Liberal Party | 2,506 | 44.64 | |
Majority | 602 | 10.72 | |
27 May 1918 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Gilbert Parker, Bt. (Northstead) | |||
7 June 1918 | 2,980/8,141 | 36.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,312 | 44.03 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,106 | 37.11 | |
Independent Labour | 562 | 18.86 | |
Majority | 206 | 6.91 | |
14 December 1918 | 15,168/31,070 | 48.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 7,841 | 51.69 | |
Labour Party | 3,254 | 21.45 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,817 | 11.98 | |
Liberal Party | 1,271 | 8.38 | |
National Party | 985 | 6.49 | |
Majority | 4,587 | 30.24 | |
15 November 1922 | 20,142/31,972 | 63.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,166 | 40.54 | |
Labour Party | 7,180 | 35.65 | |
Independent Conservative | 4,796 | 23.81 | |
Majority | 986 | 4.90 | |
Henry Davis sought election as an Anti-Waste League candidate but was not officially supported by the Anti-Waste League. | |||
6 December 1923 | 22,556/32,781 | 68.81 | |
Labour Party | 9,776 | 43.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,657 | 42.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,123 | 13.85 | |
Majority | 119 | 0.53 | |
29 October 1924 | 26,379/33,840 | 77.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,410 | 58.42 | |
Labour Party | 10,969 | 41.58 | |
Majority | 4,441 | 16.84 | |
30 May 1929 | 31,735/44,226 | 71.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,644 | 46.14 | |
Labour Party | 12,871 | 40.56 | |
Liberal Party | 4,220 | 13.30 | |
Majority | 1,773 | 5.59 | |
27 October 1931 | 34,898/46,124 | 75.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,410 | 64.22 | |
Labour Party | 12,488 | 35.78 | |
Majority | 9,922 | 28.43 | |
14 November 1935 | 36,432/50,300 | 72.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,438 | 56.10 | |
Labour Party | 15,994 | 43.90 | |
Majority | 4,444 | 12.20 | |
5 July 1945 | 41,195/55,293 | 74.50 | |
Labour Party | 21,609 | 52.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,553 | 35.33 | |
Liberal Party | 5,033 | 12.22 | |
Majority | 7,056 | 17.13 | |
30 October 1947 Expulsion of Garry Allighan from the House of Commons. He was found in contempt of the House after lying to a standing committee investigating allegations of a gross breach of parliamentary privilege alleging corruption and drunkeness amongst members of the House in a newspaper article. | |||
26 November 1947 | 47,709/61,684 | 77.34 | |
Labour Party | 24,692 | 51.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,017 | 48.24 | |
Majority | 1,675 | 3.51 | |
23 February 1950 | 53,321/61,792 | 86.29 | |
Labour Party | 28,297 | 53.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,726 | 42.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,298 | 4.31 | |
Majority | 5,571 | 10.45 | |
25 October 1951 | 54,355/63,393 | 85.74 | |
Labour Party | 30,055 | 55.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,300 | 44.71 | |
Majority | 5,755 | 10.59 | |
10 March 1955 Sir Richard Acland, Bt resigns the Labour whip in protest at the party's stand on nuclear weapons. | |||
22 March 1955 Resignation of Sir Richard Acland, Bt. (Northstead) | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 47,721/59,099 | 80.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,058 | 46.22 | |
Labour Party | 19,149 | 40.13 | |
Independent | 6,514 | 13.65 | |
Majority | 2,909 | 6.10 | |
Sir Richard Acland, Bt was opposed to the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. | |||
8 October 1959 | 52,086/63,299 | 82.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,124 | 52.08 | |
Labour Party | 24,962 | 47.92 | |
Majority | 2,162 | 4.15 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 57,415/71,408 | 80.40 | |
Labour Party | 26,074 | 45.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,326 | 44.11 | |
Liberal Party | 6,015 | 10.48 | |
Majority | 748 | 1.30 | |
31 March 1966 | 60,852/74,175 | 82.04 | |
Labour Party | 30,276 | 49.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,484 | 41.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,092 | 8.37 | |
Majority | 4,792 | 7.87 | |
18 June 1970 | 63,869/84,046 | 75.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,924 | 46.85 | |
Labour Party | 28,711 | 44.95 | |
Liberal Party | 5,234 | 8.19 | |
Majority | 1,213 | 1.90 | |
28 February 1974 | 72,422/86,537 | 83.69 | |
Labour Party | 29,571 | 40.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,989 | 38.65 | |
Liberal Party | 13,136 | 18.14 | |
National Front | 1,726 | 2.38 | |
Majority | 1,582 | 2.18 | |
10 October 1974 | 68,620/87,247 | 78.65 | |
Labour Party | 29,569 | 43.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,264 | 39.73 | |
Liberal Party | 10,244 | 14.93 | |
National Front | 1,304 | 1.90 | |
Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain | 239 | 0.35 | |
Majority | 2,305 | 3.36 | |
3 May 1979 | 72,358/88,895 | 81.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,592 | 51.95 | |
Labour Party | 28,246 | 39.04 | |
Liberal Party | 5,917 | 8.18 | |
National Front | 603 | 0.83 | |
Majority | 9,346 | 12.92 | |