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14 December 1832 | 848/1,131 | 74.98 | |
Radical | 677 | 79.83 | |
Radical | 645 | 76.06 | |
Whig | 150 | 17.69 | |
Tory | 101 | 11.91 | |
Whig | 3 | 0.35 | |
Majority | 495 | 58.37 | |
7 January 1835 | 1,029 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
18 June 1835 Death of William Cobbett. | |||
8 July 1835 | 809/1,029 | 78.62 | |
Conservative Party | 394 | 48.70 | |
Radical | 381 | 47.10 | |
Radical | 34 | 4.20 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.61 | |
28 July 1837 | 859/1,372 | 62.61 | |
Radical | 545 | 63.45 | |
Radical | 541 | 62.98 | |
Conservative Party | 315 | 36.67 | |
Conservative Party | 279 | 32.48 | |
Majority | 226 | 26.31 | |
30 June 1841 | 1,467 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
31 July 1847 | 1,329/1,691 | 78.59 | |
Radical | 726 | 54.63 | |
Peelite | 696 | 52.37 | |
Radical | 624 | 46.95 | |
Radical | 612 | 46.05 | |
Majority | 72 | 5.42 | |
9 July 1852 | 1,301/1,890 | 68.84 | |
Radical | 957 | 73.56 | |
Peelite | 868 | 66.72 | |
Radical | 777 | 59.72 | |
Majority | 91 | 6.99 | |
27 July 1852 Death of John Duncuft. | |||
3 December 1852 | 1,678/1,978 | 84.83 | |
Radical | 895 | 53.34 | |
Conservative Party | 783 | 46.66 | |
Majority | 112 | 6.67 | |
31 March 1857 | 1,391/2,098 | 66.30 | |
Radical | 949 | 68.22 | |
Radical | 934 | 67.15 | |
Radical | 898 | 64.56 | |
Majority | 36 | 2.59 | |
27 August 1857 Death of James Platt. | |||
19 October 1857 | 2,098 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1859 | 1,480/2,151 | 68.81 | |
Liberal Party | 1,039 | 70.20 | |
Liberal Party | 966 | 65.27 | |
Liberal Party | 955 | 64.53 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.74 | |
25 April 1862 Resignation of William Fox. (Northstead) | |||
6 May 1862 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1865 | 3,924/2,285 | 171.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,104 | 56.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,075 | 54.79 | |
Liberal Party | 899 | 45.82 | |
Conservative Party | 846 | 43.12 | |
Majority | 176 | 4.49 | |
Boundary Change | |||
18 November 1868 | 12,231/13,454 | 90.91 | |
Liberal Party | 6,140 | 50.20 | |
Liberal Party | 6,122 | 50.05 | |
Conservative Party | 6,116 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 6,084 | 49.74 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.05 | |
16 March 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
18 May 1872 Death of John Platt. | |||
5 June 1872 | 14,262/16,063 | 88.79 | |
Conservative Party | 7,278 | 51.03 | |
Liberal Party | 6,984 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 294 | 2.06 | |
6 February 1874 | 16,940/18,560 | 91.27 | |
Conservative Party | 8,582 | 50.66 | |
Conservative Party | 8,541 | 50.42 | |
Liberal Party | 8,397 | 49.57 | |
Liberal Party | 8,360 | 49.35 | |
Majority | 144 | 0.85 | |
13 February 1877 Death of John Cobbett. | |||
1 March 1877 | 18,373/20,249 | 90.74 | |
Liberal Party | 9,542 | 51.93 | |
Conservative Party | 8,831 | 48.07 | |
Majority | 711 | 3.87 | |
31 March 1880 | 19,307/21,084 | 91.57 | |
Liberal Party | 10,630 | 55.06 | |
Liberal Party | 10,409 | 53.91 | |
Conservative Party | 8,982 | 46.52 | |
Conservative Party | 8,593 | 44.51 | |
Majority | 1,427 | 7.39 | |
25 November 1885 | 24,016/25,600 | 93.81 | |
Liberal Party | 12,259 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 11,992 | 49.93 | |
Liberal Party | 11,847 | 49.33 | |
Conservative Party | 11,491 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 145 | 0.60 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
3 July 1886 | 22,608/25,600 | 88.31 | |
Conservative Party | 11,606 | 51.34 | |
Conservative Party | 11,484 | 50.80 | |
Liberal Party | 10,921 | 48.31 | |
Liberal Party | 10,891 | 48.17 | |
Majority | 563 | 2.49 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
6 July 1892 | 24,864/27,929 | 89.03 | |
Liberal Party | 12,619 | 50.75 | |
Liberal Party | 12,541 | 50.44 | |
Conservative Party | 12,205 | 49.09 | |
Conservative Party | 11,952 | 48.07 | |
Majority | 336 | 1.35 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
15 July 1895 | 25,177/28,783 | 87.47 | |
Conservative Party | 13,085 | 51.97 | |
Conservative Party | 12,465 | 49.51 | |
Liberal Party | 12,249 | 48.65 | |
Liberal Party | 12,092 | 48.03 | |
Majority | 216 | 0.86 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
19 June 1899 Death of Robert Ascroft. | |||
26 June 1899 Resignation of James Oswald. (Northstead) | |||
6 July 1899 | 24,555/28,476 | 86.23 | |
Liberal Party | 12,976 | 52.84 | |
Liberal Party | 12,770 | 52.01 | |
Conservative Party | 11,477 | 46.74 | |
Conservative Party | 11,449 | 46.63 | |
Majority | 1,293 | 5.27 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
1 October 1900 | 25,715/29,253 | 87.91 | |
Liberal Party | 12,947 | 50.35 | |
Conservative Party | 12,931 | 50.29 | |
Liberal Party | 12,709 | 49.42 | |
Conservative Party | 12,522 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 222 | 0.86 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
1904 Winston Churchill joins the Liberal Party. | |||
15 January 1906 | 28,920/32,387 | 89.30 | |
Liberal Party | 17,397 | 60.16 | |
Liberal Party | 16,672 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 11,989 | 41.46 | |
Conservative Party | 11,391 | 39.39 | |
Majority | 4,683 | 16.19 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
17 January 1910 | 32,423/35,315 | 91.81 | |
Liberal Party | 19,252 | 59.38 | |
Liberal Party | 18,840 | 58.11 | |
Conservative Party | 13,462 | 41.52 | |
Conservative Party | 12,577 | 38.79 | |
Majority | 5,378 | 16.59 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 December 1910 | 30,643/35,315 | 86.77 | |
Liberal Party | 17,108 | 55.83 | |
Liberal Party | 16,941 | 55.29 | |
Conservative Party | 13,440 | 43.86 | |
Conservative Party | 13,281 | 43.34 | |
Majority | 3,501 | 11.43 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
27 October 1911 Resignation of Rt Hon Alfred Emmott. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
13 November 1911 | 30,326/35,626 | 85.12 | |
Conservative Party | 12,255 | 40.41 | |
Liberal Party | 10,623 | 35.03 | |
Labour Party | 7,448 | 24.56 | |
Majority | 1,632 | 5.38 | |
14 December 1918 | 42,503/71,378 | 59.55 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 26,568 | 62.51 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 26,254 | 61.77 | |
Labour Party | 15,178 | 35.71 | |
Liberal Party | 9,323 | 21.93 | |
Majority | 11,076 | 26.06 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
15 November 1922 | 55,632/70,583 | 78.82 | |
National Liberal Party | 24,762 | 44.51 | |
Labour Party | 24,434 | 43.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,200 | 41.70 | |
Liberal Party | 9,812 | 17.64 | |
Liberal Party | 6,186 | 11.12 | |
Majority | 1,234 | 2.22 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
6 December 1923 | 54,158/71,001 | 76.28 | |
Labour Party | 20,939 | 38.66 | |
Liberal Party | 20,681 | 38.19 | |
Liberal Party | 17,990 | 33.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,819 | 29.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,894 | 25.65 | |
Majority | 2,691 | 4.97 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
29 October 1924 | 62,307/71,834 | 86.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,419 | 60.06 | |
Liberal Party | 36,761 | 59.00 | |
Labour Party | 23,623 | 37.91 | |
Labour Party | 22,081 | 35.44 | |
Majority | 13,138 | 21.09 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
1925 Resignation of Sir Edward Grigg on appointment as Governor of Kenya. | |||
24 June 1925 | 48,027/71,834 | 66.86 | |
Liberal Party | 26,325 | 54.81 | |
Labour Party | 21,702 | 45.19 | |
Majority | 4,623 | 9.63 | |
30 May 1929 | 65,358/95,109 | 68.72 | |
Labour Party | 34,223 | 52.36 | |
Labour Party | 32,727 | 50.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,424 | 45.02 | |
Liberal Party | 20,810 | 31.84 | |
Liberal Party | 13,528 | 20.70 | |
Majority | 3,303 | 5.05 | |
27 October 1931 | 79,439/96,518 | 82.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,693 | 63.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,395 | 63.44 | |
Labour Party | 28,629 | 36.04 | |
Labour Party | 26,361 | 33.18 | |
Majority | 21,766 | 27.40 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 November 1935 | 74,798/94,418 | 79.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,738 | 49.12 | |
National Liberal Party | 34,755 | 46.47 | |
Labour Party | 34,316 | 45.88 | |
Labour Party | 29,647 | 39.64 | |
Liberal Party | 8,534 | 11.41 | |
Majority | 439 | 0.59 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 July 1945 | 67,885/89,005 | 76.27 | |
Labour Party | 31,704 | 46.70 | |
Labour Party | 31,327 | 46.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,911 | 39.64 | |
National Liberal Party | 24,199 | 35.65 | |
Liberal Party | 10,365 | 15.27 | |
Liberal Party | 8,264 | 12.17 | |
Majority | 4,416 | 6.51 | |