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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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12 December 1832 | 671/700 | 95.86 | |
Tory | 432 | 64.38 | |
Tory | 381 | 56.78 | |
Radical | 329 | 49.03 | |
Radical | 186 | 27.72 | |
Majority | 52 | 7.75 | |
2 April 1833 Petition - election declared void on grounds of bribery. | |||
7 January 1835 | 616/633 | 97.31 | |
Conservative Party | 359 | 58.28 | |
Whig | 327 | 53.08 | |
Conservative Party | 321 | 52.11 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.97 | |
25 July 1837 | 580/631 | 91.92 | |
Whig | 378 | 65.17 | |
Conservative Party | 306 | 52.76 | |
Radical | 297 | 51.21 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.55 | |
1839 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. | |||
20 May 1839 | 575/619 | 92.89 | |
Whig | 297 | 51.65 | |
Conservative Party | 278 | 48.35 | |
Majority | 19 | 3.30 | |
28 June 1841 | 607 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1846 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 July 1847 | 567 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
7 July 1852 | 466/685 | 68.03 | |
Whig | 301 | 64.59 | |
Radical | 235 | 50.43 | |
Conservative Party | 213 | 45.71 | |
Conservative Party | 182 | 39.06 | |
Majority | 22 | 4.72 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 August 1855 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as President of the Board of Health. | |||
14 August 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1857 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as Vice President of the Privy Council for Education. | |||
9 February 1857 | 620 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1857 | 405/620 | 65.32 | |
Whig | 301 | 74.32 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 67.41 | |
Radical | 235 | 58.02 | |
Majority | 38 | 9.38 | |
28 April 1859 | 530 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 August 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as Vice President of the Board of Trade. | |||
19 August 1859 | 485/530 | 91.51 | |
Liberal Party | 281 | 57.94 | |
Conservative Party | 204 | 42.06 | |
Majority | 77 | 15.88 | |
9 February 1860 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
13 February 1860 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1865 | 543 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 June 1866 Death of Sir Minto Townshend-Farquhar. | |||
30 June 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Boundary Change | |||
18 November 1868 | 779/922 | 84.49 | |
Conservative Party | 434 | 55.71 | |
Liberal Party | 345 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 89 | 11.42 | |
30 January 1874 | 1,041 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 April 1880 | 964/1,081 | 89.18 | |
Conservative Party | 564 | 58.51 | |
Liberal Party | 400 | 41.49 | |
Majority | 164 | 17.01 | |
1885 Resignation of Arthur Balfour on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
29 June 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 November 1885 | 7,335/8,840 | 82.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,263 | 58.12 | |
Liberal Party | 3,072 | 41.88 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 16.24 | |
3 July 1886 | 8,840 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1892 | 7,094/9,355 | 75.83 | |
Conservative Party | 4,276 | 60.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,818 | 39.72 | |
Majority | 1,458 | 20.55 | |
16 July 1895 | 9,846 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 May 1898 Death of Abel Smith. | |||
22 June 1898 | 7,968/10,301 | 77.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,118 | 51.68 | |
Liberal Party | 3,850 | 48.32 | |
Majority | 268 | 3.36 | |
1 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 January 1906 | 9,592/11,124 | 86.23 | |
Conservative Party | 4,836 | 50.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,756 | 49.58 | |
Majority | 80 | 0.83 | |
19 January 1910 | 10,602/11,838 | 89.56 | |
Conservative Party | 6,147 | 57.98 | |
Liberal Party | 4,455 | 42.02 | |
Majority | 1,692 | 15.96 | |
13 December 1910 | 9,820/11,838 | 82.95 | |
Conservative Party | 5,594 | 56.97 | |
Liberal Party | 4,226 | 43.03 | |
Majority | 1,368 | 13.93 | |
24 February 1916 Resignation of Sir Jonathan Rolleston. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
9 March 1916 | 8,149/12,684 | 64.25 | |
Independent | 4,590 | 56.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,559 | 43.67 | |
Majority | 1,031 | 12.65 | |
Pemberton Billing sought election advocating a strong air defence policy. | |||
14 December 1918 | 18,465/32,158 | 57.42 | |
Independent | 9,628 | 52.14 | |
Nat P & Agric | 7,158 | 38.77 | |
Labour Party | 1,679 | 9.09 | |
Majority | 2,470 | 13.38 | |
Edmund Barnard was the nominee of both the National Party and the National Farmers' Union. | |||
27 May 1921 Resignation of Pemberton Billing. (Northstead) | |||
16 June 1921 | 17,882/32,426 | 55.15 | |
AWL & Ind | 12,329 | 68.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 5,553 | 31.05 | |
Majority | 6,776 | 37.89 | |
Murray Sueter was the nominee of both the Anti-Waste League and Horatio Bottomley's Independent Parliamentary Group. | |||
15 November 1922 | 17,940/33,184 | 54.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,406 | 63.58 | |
Liberal Party | 6,534 | 36.42 | |
Majority | 4,872 | 27.16 | |
6 December 1923 | 20,423/33,704 | 60.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,660 | 52.20 | |
Liberal Party | 9,763 | 47.80 | |
Majority | 897 | 4.39 | |
29 October 1924 | 24,295/34,315 | 70.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,582 | 60.02 | |
Liberal Party | 5,828 | 23.99 | |
Labour Party | 3,885 | 15.99 | |
Majority | 8,754 | 36.03 | |
30 May 1929 | 34,286/45,893 | 74.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,525 | 39.45 | |
Independent | 10,149 | 29.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,419 | 18.72 | |
Labour Party | 4,193 | 12.23 | |
Majority | 3,376 | 9.85 | |
27 October 1931 | 32,843/47,562 | 69.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,751 | 78.41 | |
Labour Party | 7,092 | 21.59 | |
Majority | 18,659 | 56.81 | |
14 November 1935 | 32,685/52,270 | 62.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,193 | 64.84 | |
Labour Party | 11,492 | 35.16 | |
Majority | 9,701 | 29.68 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
5 July 1945 | 45,818/65,070 | 70.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,877 | 43.38 | |
Labour Party | 17,349 | 37.87 | |
Liberal Party | 7,587 | 16.56 | |
Independent | 1,005 | 2.19 | |
Majority | 2,528 | 5.52 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 54,632/65,687 | 83.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,074 | 45.90 | |
Labour Party | 19,324 | 35.37 | |
Liberal Party | 10,234 | 18.73 | |
Majority | 5,750 | 10.52 | |
25 October 1951 | 54,227/67,110 | 80.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,519 | 56.28 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 23,708 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 6,811 | 12.56 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 44,044/53,556 | 82.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,014 | 56.79 | |
Labour Party | 19,030 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 5,984 | 13.59 | |
8 October 1959 | 54,015/64,106 | 84.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,418 | 58.17 | |
Labour Party | 22,597 | 41.83 | |
Majority | 8,821 | 16.33 | |
15 October 1964 | 63,017/74,450 | 84.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,134 | 46.23 | |
Labour Party | 25,161 | 39.93 | |
Liberal Party | 8,722 | 13.84 | |
Majority | 3,973 | 6.30 | |
31 March 1966 | 63,810/76,234 | 83.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,302 | 50.62 | |
Labour Party | 31,508 | 49.38 | |
Majority | 794 | 1.24 | |
18 June 1970 | 69,412/88,147 | 78.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,494 | 52.58 | |
Labour Party | 26,924 | 38.79 | |
Liberal Party | 5,994 | 8.64 | |
Majority | 9,570 | 13.79 | |