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2 December 1885 | 9,060/10,377 | 87.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,631 | 51.11 | |
Liberal Party | 4,429 | 48.89 | |
Majority | 202 | 2.23 | |
6 July 1886 | 10,453 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1892 | 8,526/10,338 | 82.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,588 | 53.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,938 | 46.19 | |
Majority | 650 | 7.62 | |
25 July 1895 | 8,661/10,621 | 81.55 | |
Conservative Party | 4,895 | 56.52 | |
Liberal Party | 3,766 | 43.48 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 13.04 | |
2 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 January 1906 | 10,274/11,746 | 87.47 | |
Liberal Party | 5,338 | 51.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,936 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 402 | 3.91 | |
22 January 1910 | 11,804/13,063 | 90.36 | |
Conservative Party | 7,081 | 59.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,723 | 40.01 | |
Majority | 2,358 | 19.98 | |
9 December 1910 | 10,763/13,063 | 82.39 | |
Conservative Party | 6,485 | 60.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,278 | 39.75 | |
Majority | 2,207 | 20.51 | |
14 December 1918 | 29,367 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
26 May 1922 Resignation of Sir William Mount, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
10 June 1922 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
15 November 1922 | 21,466/30,804 | 69.69 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,322 | 57.40 | |
Liberal Party | 9,144 | 42.60 | |
Majority | 3,178 | 14.80 | |
6 December 1923 | 22,411/31,443 | 71.28 | |
Liberal Party | 11,226 | 50.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,185 | 49.91 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.18 | |
29 October 1924 | 26,448/32,650 | 81.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,785 | 55.90 | |
Liberal Party | 10,444 | 39.49 | |
Labour Party | 1,219 | 4.61 | |
Majority | 4,341 | 16.41 | |
30 May 1929 | 34,875/44,538 | 78.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,800 | 51.04 | |
Liberal Party | 13,604 | 39.01 | |
Labour Party | 3,471 | 9.95 | |
Majority | 4,196 | 12.03 | |
27 October 1931 | 46,902 | ||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1935 | 33,767/51,568 | 65.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,642 | 72.98 | |
Labour Party | 9,125 | 27.02 | |
Majority | 15,517 | 45.95 | |
5 July 1945 | 46,693/71,443 | 65.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,463 | 52.39 | |
Labour Party | 15,754 | 33.74 | |
Liberal Party | 6,052 | 12.96 | |
Common Wealth Movement | 424 | 0.91 | |
Majority | 8,709 | 18.65 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 34,348/42,374 | 81.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,150 | 52.84 | |
Labour Party | 11,914 | 34.69 | |
Liberal Party | 4,284 | 12.47 | |
Majority | 6,236 | 18.16 | |
25 October 1951 | 33,609/42,728 | 78.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,102 | 59.81 | |
Labour Party | 13,507 | 40.19 | |
Majority | 6,595 | 19.62 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 44,923/57,404 | 78.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,080 | 58.05 | |
Labour Party | 18,843 | 41.95 | |
Majority | 7,237 | 16.11 | |
8 October 1959 | 49,490/62,854 | 78.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,703 | 60.02 | |
Labour Party | 19,787 | 39.98 | |
Majority | 9,916 | 20.04 | |
24 August 1964 Elevation of Sir Anthony Hurd to the Peerage - Baron Hurd of Newbury. | |||
Minor Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 55,003/69,338 | 79.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,936 | 45.34 | |
Labour Party | 18,943 | 34.44 | |
Liberal Party | 11,124 | 20.22 | |
Majority | 5,993 | 10.90 | |
31 March 1966 | 57,241/72,348 | 79.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,908 | 45.26 | |
Labour Party | 21,762 | 38.02 | |
Liberal Party | 9,571 | 16.72 | |
Majority | 4,146 | 7.24 | |
18 June 1970 | 62,306/85,933 | 72.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,380 | 48.76 | |
Labour Party | 18,647 | 29.93 | |
Liberal Party | 13,279 | 21.31 | |
Majority | 11,733 | 18.83 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 58,074/71,878 | 80.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,620 | 42.39 | |
Liberal Party | 23,419 | 40.33 | |
Labour Party | 10,035 | 17.28 | |
Majority | 1,201 | 2.07 | |
10 October 1974 | 55,366/72,566 | 76.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,499 | 42.44 | |
Liberal Party | 22,477 | 40.60 | |
Labour Party | 9,390 | 16.96 | |
Majority | 1,022 | 1.85 | |
3 May 1979 | 63,741/80,355 | 79.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,677 | 52.83 | |
Liberal Party | 23,388 | 36.69 | |
Labour Party | 6,676 | 10.47 | |
Majority | 10,289 | 16.14 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 53,661/72,379 | 74.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,836 | 59.33 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 18,798 | 35.03 | |
Labour Party | 3,027 | 5.64 | |
Majority | 13,038 | 24.30 | |
11 June 1987 | 58,639/76,145 | 77.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,266 | 60.14 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 18,608 | 31.73 | |
Labour Party | 4,765 | 8.13 | |
Majority | 16,658 | 28.41 | |
9 April 1992 | 66,414/80,252 | 82.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,135 | 55.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | 24,778 | 37.31 | |
Labour Party | 3,962 | 5.97 | |
Green Party | 539 | 0.81 | |
Majority | 12,357 | 18.61 | |
19 February 1993 Death of Judith Chaplin. | |||
6 May 1993 | 57,773/81,081 | 71.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | 37,590 | 65.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,535 | 26.89 | |
Labour Party | 1,151 | 1.99 | |
Anti-Maastricht | 601 | 1.04 | |
Independent Conservative | 561 | 0.97 | |
Commoner | 435 | 0.75 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 432 | 0.75 | |
Green Party | 341 | 0.59 | |
Referendum Party | 338 | 0.59 | |
Independent Conservative | 267 | 0.46 | |
Corrective | 170 | 0.29 | |
Maastricht Referendm | 84 | 0.15 | |
Natural Law Party | 60 | 0.10 | |
Pensioner | 49 | 0.08 | |
21st Century | 40 | 0.07 | |
Bosnian | 33 | 0.06 | |
Social Democratic Party | 33 | 0.06 | |
Communist Party of Great Britain | 32 | 0.06 | |
Independent | 21 | 0.04 | |
Majority | 22,055 | 38.18 | |
William Board advocated holding a referendum on the ratification of the Maastricht treaty. | |||
Stephen Martin was the candidate of the "Commoners' Party Movement". | |||
Andrew Bannon was a member of the Slough Labour Party who contested the election as "The Conservative Candidate" to draw attention to the situation in Slough in 1992 when a candidate standing as "The Labour Candidate" polled more votes than the Conservative majority over the Labour candidate. | |||
Michael Stone sought election as a "Give Royal Billions to Schools" candidate. He was opposed to the monarchy and wished to confiscate its assets to fund improvements in education. | |||
Mladin Grbin sought election as a "Defence of Children's Humanity, Bosnia" candidate. He advocated military intervention in Bosnia by UK forces. | |||
John Browne sought election as a Conservative Rebel. | |||
Jonathon Day sought election as a "People and Pensioners Party" candidate. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 56,476/73,680 | 76.65 | |
Liberal Democrats | 29,887 | 52.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,370 | 37.84 | |
Labour Party | 3,107 | 5.50 | |
Referendum Party | 992 | 1.76 | |
Green Party | 644 | 1.14 | |
UK Independence Party | 302 | 0.53 | |
Socialist Labour | 174 | 0.31 | |
Majority | 8,517 | 15.08 | |
7 June 2001 | 50,807/75,490 | 67.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | 24,507 | 48.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,092 | 43.48 | |
Labour Party | 3,523 | 6.93 | |
UK Independence Party | 685 | 1.35 | |
Majority | 2,415 | 4.75 | |
5 May 2005 | 54,673/75,903 | 72.03 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,771 | 48.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | 23,311 | 42.64 | |
Labour Party | 3,239 | 5.92 | |
UK Independence Party | 857 | 1.57 | |
Independent | 409 | 0.75 | |
Independent | 86 | 0.16 | |
Majority | 3,460 | 6.33 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 58,589/78,902 | 74.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,057 | 56.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,809 | 35.52 | |
Labour Party | 2,505 | 4.28 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,475 | 2.52 | |
Green Party | 490 | 0.84 | |
Independent | 158 | 0.27 | |
Independent | 95 | 0.16 | |
Majority | 12,248 | 20.90 | |
7 May 2015 | 57,300/79,058 | 72.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,973 | 61.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,605 | 15.02 | |
UK Independence Party | 6,195 | 10.81 | |
Labour Party | 4,837 | 8.44 | |
Green Party | 2,324 | 4.06 | |
Apolitical Democrats | 228 | 0.40 | |
Independent | 85 | 0.15 | |
Patriotic Soc | 53 | 0.09 | |
Majority | 26,368 | 46.02 | |
8 June 2017 | 60,849/82,924 | 73.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,399 | 61.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,019 | 21.40 | |
Labour Party | 8,596 | 14.13 | |
Green Party | 1,531 | 2.52 | |
Apolitical Democrat | 304 | 0.50 | |
Majority | 24,380 | 40.07 | |
3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Richard Benyon. | |||
29 October 2019 The Conservative whip is restored to Richard Benyon. | |||
12 December 2019 | 59,998/83,414 | 71.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,431 | 57.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | 18,384 | 30.64 | |
Labour Party | 4,404 | 7.34 | |
Green Party | 2,454 | 4.09 | |
Independent | 325 | 0.54 | |
Majority | 16,047 | 26.75 | |