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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		50,432/61,556	81.93
Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,748	66.92
Hon Findlay Russell Rea	Labour Party	11,791	23.38
John Richard Colclough	Liberal Party	4,893	9.70
Majority		21,957	43.54

25 October 1951		50,164/64,813	77.40
Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,230	74.22
Alfred Derek Bermel	Labour Party	12,934	25.78
Majority		24,296	48.43

26 May 1955		46,275/65,209	70.96
Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,314	74.15
Harry Frederick Parker	Labour Party	11,961	25.85
Majority		22,353	48.30

8 October 1959		48,356/67,018	72.15
Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,150	74.76
Thomas James Marsh	Labour Party	12,206	25.24
Majority		23,944	49.52

15 October 1964		48,137/69,143	69.62
Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,923	68.39
Thomas James Marsh	Labour Party	15,214	31.61
Majority		17,709	36.79

24 June 1965 Resignation of Anthony Marlowe. (Chiltern Hundreds)

22 July 1965		40,714/69,634	58.47
William Francis Martin Maddan	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,339	62.24
Thomas James Marsh	Labour Party	8,387	20.60
Oliver Charles Napier Moxon	Liberal Party	6,867	16.87
Max Cossman	Independent	121	0.30
Majority		16,952	41.64

31 March 1966		50,319/69,807	72.08
William Francis Martin Maddan	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,799	57.23
Trevor Williams	Labour Party	12,909	25.65
Oliver Charles Napier Moxon	Liberal Party	8,037	15.97
Max Cossman	Independent	574	1.14
Majority		15,890	31.58

18 June 1970		49,926/74,789	66.76
William Francis Martin Maddan	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,287	68.68
David George Nicholas	Labour Party	15,639	31.32
Majority		18,648	37.35

22 August 1973 Death of Martin Maddan.

8 November 1973		46,166/73,930	62.45
Hon Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,070	47.81
Des Wilson	Liberal Party	17,224	37.31
Ronald Alan Wallis	Labour Party	5,335	11.56
John Harrison-Broadley	National Front	1,409	3.05
Carole Reakes	Communist Party of England	128	0.28
Majority		4,846	10.50

28 February 1974		56,209/72,668	77.35
Hon Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,451	54.17
Des Wilson	Liberal Party	18,942	33.70
Ronald Alan Wallis	Labour Party	6,374	11.34
Edward Budden	National Front	442	0.79
Majority		11,509	20.48

10 October 1974		50,993/73,023	69.83
Hon Timothy Alan Devan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,345	53.63
Dr James Michael Meade Walsh	Liberal Party	12,469	24.45
Leslie Edward Hamilton	Labour Party	11,179	21.92
Majority		14,876	29.17

3 May 1979		50,342/70,318	71.59
Hon Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,256	60.10
Brian Roger Fitch	Labour Party	10,807	21.47
Dr James Michael Meade Walsh	Liberal Party	8,771	17.42
Frederick Alexander Sheridan	National Front	508	1.01
Majority		19,449	38.63

9 June 1983		47,300/72,548	65.20
Hon Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,628	60.52
Theodora Joyce Vivien Beamish	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,409	24.12
Christopher Wright	Labour Party	6,550	13.85
Thomas Arthur Layton	Independent	524	1.11
Keith Howard Lillie	Modern Democratic Party	189	0.40
Majority		17,219	36.40

11 June 1987		49,218/73,154	67.28
Hon Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,952	58.82
Margaret Etty Collins	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,734	21.81
Donald Kenneth Turner	Labour Party	9,010	18.31
Thomas Arthur Layton	SE	522	1.06
Majority		18,218	37.01

9 April 1992		50,089/67,450	74.26
Hon Timothy Alan Devan Sainsbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,525	48.96
Donald Kenneth Turner	Labour Party	12,257	24.47
Anne Frances Jones	Liberal Democrats	9,709	19.38
John Nigel Patrick Furness	Independent Conservative	2,658	5.31
Gordon Stuart Sinclair	Green Party	814	1.63
John Harold Morilly	Natural Law Party	126	0.25
Majority		12,268	24.49

1 May 1997		48,121/69,016	69.72
Ivor Keith Caplin	Labour Party	21,458	44.59
John Robert Clare Guy	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,499	36.36
Thomas Henry Pearce	Liberal Democrats	4,645	9.65
Stuart Roy Field	Referendum Party	1,931	4.01
John Nigel Patrick Furness	Independent Conservative	1,735	3.61
Philip Adrian Thomas Mulligan	Green Party	644	1.34
John Edward Vause	UK Independence Party	209	0.43
Majority		3,959	8.23

7 June 2001		41,988/70,889	59.23
Ivor Keith Caplin	Labour Party	19,253	45.85
Jennifer Mary Langston	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,082	38.30
Harold de Souza	Liberal Democrats	3,823	9.10
Anthea Phyllis Ballam	Green Party	1,369	3.26
Andrew Kenneth Richards	Socialist Alliance	531	1.26
Richard Kimber Franklin	UK Independence Party	358	0.85
Nigel Robert Donovan	Official Liberal Party	316	0.75
Simon Dobbshead	Freedom	196	0.47
Thomas Stephen Major	Independent	60	0.14
Majority		3,171	7.55

Thomas Major sought election as a Kurtz Prescription for Peace candidate, and opposed the construction of a ballistic missile system.

5 May 2005		44,796/69,939	64.05
Celia Anne Barlow	Labour Party	16,786	37.47
Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,366	36.53
Paul Steven Elgood	Liberal Democrats	8,002	17.86
Anthea Phyllis Ballam	Green Party	2,575	5.75
Stuart Nicholas Bower	UK Independence Party	575	1.28
Patrick O'Keefe	Respect the Unity Coalition	268	0.60
Bob Dobbs	Sub-Genius	95	0.21
Richard Kimber Franklin	Independent	78	0.17
Brian Ralfe	Independent	51	0.11
Majority		420	0.94

Richard Franklin sought election as a candidate of the Silent Majority Party which he had formed.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,819/70,863	70.30
Michael Richard Weatherley	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,294	36.72
Celia Anne Barlow	Labour Party	16,426	32.97
Paul Steven Elgood	Liberal Democrats	11,240	22.56
Ian Arthur Davey	Green Party	2,568	5.15
Paul William Perrin	UK Independence Party	1,206	2.42
Brian Ralfe	Independent	85	0.17
Majority		1,868	3.75

7 May 2015		52,214/73,505	71.03
Peter John Kyle	Labour Party	22,082	42.29
Graham Clifford Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,846	39.92
Christopher Ashley Hawtree	Green Party	3,569	6.84
Kevin Smith	UK Independence Party	3,265	6.25
Peter John Lambell	Liberal Democrats	1,861	3.56
Jennifer Mary Barnard-Langston	Independent	322	0.62
David Hill	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	144	0.28
Jonathan Mark Dixon	Monster Raving Loony Party	125	0.24
Majority		1,236	2.37

8 June 2017		57,596/74,236	77.58
Peter John Kyle	Labour Party	36,942	64.14
Kristy Lyn Adams	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,185	31.57
Caroline Hynds	Liberal Democrats	1,311	2.28
Phelim Mac Cafferty	Green Party	971	1.69
Charlotte Sabel	Independent	187	0.32
Majority		18,757	32.57

12 December 2019		56,392/74,313	75.88
Peter John Kyle	Labour Party	32,876	58.30
Robert Stuart Nemeth	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,832	28.07
Beatrice Christina Bass	Liberal Democrats	3,731	6.62
Oliver Sykes	Green Party	2,496	4.43
Angela Frances Hancock	Brexit Party	1,111	1.97
Dame Dixon	Monster Raving Loony Party	196	0.35
Charlotte Sabel	Independent	150	0.27
Majority		17,044	30.22