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14 December 1918		13,645/31,437	43.40
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,677	63.59
Hon John G Jenkins	National Party	4,968	36.41
Majority		3,709	27.18

15 November 1922		20,612/33,346	61.81
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,739	47.25
Cyril Prescott-Decie	Independent Conservative	5,556	26.96
Henry Higgs	Liberal Party	5,317	25.80
Majority		4,183	20.29

Henry Higgs was supported by the Anti-Waste League.

6 December 1923		34,073
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		23,950/35,030	68.37
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,341	72.41
John Manning Allen	Labour Party	6,609	27.59
Majority		10,732	44.81

30 May 1929		30,793/49,594	62.09
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,657	63.84
John Charles Lawder	Labour Party	11,136	36.16
Majority		8,521	27.67

27 October 1931		33,490/50,538	66.27
Samuel Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,318	81.57
John Charles Lawder	Labour Party	6,172	18.43
Majority		21,146	63.14

23 October 1934 Death of Samuel Samuel.

28 November 1934		28,535/49,642	57.48
Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,599	54.67
Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	12,936	45.33
Majority		2,663	9.33

14 November 1935		34,204/49,901	68.54
Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,288	65.16
Andrew Aiken Watson	Labour Party	10,895	31.85
Violet Anne van der Elst	Independent	1,021	2.99
Majority		11,393	33.31

Violet van der Elst advocated abolition of capital punishment.

3 March 1942 Death of Marcus Samuel.

8 May 1942		11,727/51,066	22.96
Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,788	74.94
Bernard Acworth	Independent	2,939	25.06
Majority		5,849	49.88

5 July 1945		33,696/45,796	73.58
Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,356	48.54
Percy Douglas Stewart	Labour Party	12,469	37.00
Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt	Common Wealth Movement	2,686	7.97
Isaac Joseph Hyam	Liberal Party	2,041	6.06
Eleonora Elisa Fiaschi Tennant	Independent Conservative	144	0.43
Majority		3,887	11.54

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		54,107/66,158	81.78
Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,007	51.76
Irene Chaplin	Labour Party	22,315	41.24
Beresford Alton	Liberal Party	3,785	7.00
Majority		5,692	10.52

25 October 1951		53,175/64,932	81.89
Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,686	55.83
Eric Crosbie Hutchison	Labour and Co-operative Party	23,489	44.17
Majority		6,197	11.65

26 May 1955		50,743/66,776	75.99
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,969	57.09
Bernard Bagnari	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,774	42.91
Majority		7,195	14.18

8 October 1959		57,517/71,772	80.14
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,236	49.09
Dick Taverne	Labour Party	23,115	40.19
Michael Francis Burns	Liberal Party	6,166	10.72
Majority		5,121	8.90

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		54,711/71,084	76.97
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	24,581	44.93
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,274	42.54
Anthony Cowen	Liberal Party	6,856	12.53
Majority		1,307	2.39

31 March 1966		55,135/69,869	78.91
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	26,601	48.25
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,114	41.92
Adrian Carnegie Slade	Liberal Party	5,420	9.83
Majority		3,487	6.32

18 June 1970		52,817/76,660	68.90
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	25,162	47.64
John Wakeham	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,768	45.00
Geoffrey Broughton	Liberal Party	3,887	7.36
Majority		1,394	2.64

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		52,550/66,037	79.58
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	21,680	41.26
Gerard Anthony Wade	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,241	38.52
Adrian Carnegie Slade	Liberal Party	10,629	20.23
Majority		1,439	2.74

10 October 1974		47,731/66,501	71.77
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	21,611	45.28
Gerard Anthony Wade	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,836	39.46
Adrian Carnegie Slade	Liberal Party	7,159	15.00
Thomas Leslie Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	125	0.26
Majority		2,775	5.81

3 May 1979		49,200/64,648	76.10
David John Mellor	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,044	46.84
Hugh Gater Jenkins	Labour Party	20,410	41.48
Nicholas James Couldrey	Liberal Party	5,061	10.29
James John Webster	National Front	685	1.39
Majority		2,634	5.35

9 June 1983		46,984/64,455	72.89
David John Mellor	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,863	46.53
Peter Gerald Hain	Labour Party	16,844	35.85
Charles Stuart Welchman	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,668	16.32
Michael John Connolly	National Front	290	0.62
Frances Rose Baillie-Grohman	Ecology Party	190	0.40
Leonard Arthur William Chalk	Socialist	88	0.19
William Thomas Kenneth Pollard Williams	Plaid Cymru	41	0.09
Majority		5,019	10.68

11 June 1987		47,929/63,586	75.38
David John Mellor	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,197	50.49
Peter Gerald Hain	Labour Party	17,290	36.07
Sally Anne Harlow	Liberal Party in Alliance	5,934	12.38
Simon Julien Desorgher	Green Party	508	1.06
Majority		6,907	14.41

9 April 1992		48,243/61,914	77.92
Rt Hon David John Mellor	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,188	52.21
Judith Mary Chegwidden	Labour Party	17,662	36.61
John Douglas Frederick Martyn	Liberal Democrats	4,636	9.61
Keith Hagenbach	Green Party	618	1.28
Paul Joseph Levy	Natural Law Party	139	0.29
Majority		7,526	15.60

1 May 1997		43,995/60,176	73.11
Anthony John Colman	Labour Party	20,084	45.65
Rt Hon David John Mellor	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,108	38.89
Russell David Pyne	Liberal Democrats	4,739	10.77
Sir James Michael Goldsmith	Referendum Party	1,518	3.45
William Bryce Jamieson	UK Independence Party	233	0.53
Lenny Beige	Independent	101	0.23
Michael Alexander Yardley	Sportsmans Alliance	90	0.20
John Douglas Small	Natural Law Party	66	0.15
Ateeka Poole	Independent	49	0.11
Derek Leslie Dorian van Bra	Independent	7	0.02
Majority		2,976	6.76

Dorian van Braam sought election as a "Renaissance Democrat".

Ateeka Poole sought election for the "Independently Beautiful Party".

Michael Yardley sought election for the "Sportsman's Alliance: Anything but Mellor".

Lenny Beige sought election for the "Happiness Stan's Freedom to Party Party".

7 June 2001		34,254/60,643	56.48
Anthony John Colman	Labour Party	15,911	46.45
Michael Richard Edwards Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,140	38.36
Anthony Kenneth Burrett	Liberal Democrats	4,671	13.64
Patricia Ann Wild	UK Independence Party	347	1.01
Yvonne Margaret Clare Windsor	Pro-Life Alliance	185	0.54
Majority		2,771	8.09

5 May 2005		36,574/61,498	59.47
Justine Greening	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,497	42.37
Anthony John Colman	Labour Party	13,731	37.54
Jeremy Noel Ambache	Liberal Democrats	5,965	16.31
Keith Owen Magnum	Green Party	993	2.72
Anthony Joseph Gahan	UK Independence Party	388	1.06
Majority		1,766	4.83

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		40,785/62,416	65.34
Justine Greening	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,223	52.04
Stuart Thomas King	Labour Party	11,170	27.39
James Peter Charles Sandbach	Liberal Democrats	6,907	16.94
Bruce William David Mackenzie	Green Party	591	1.45
Peter Darby	British National Party	459	1.13
Hugo Wareham	UK Independence Party	435	1.07
Majority		10,053	24.65

7 May 2015		42,813/63,923	66.98
Rt Hon Justine Greening	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,018	53.76
Sheila Mary Boswell	Labour Party	12,838	29.99
Andrew James Hallett	Liberal Democrats	2,717	6.35
Christopher Edward Poole	Green Party	2,067	4.83
Patricia Mary Ward	UK Independence Party	1,989	4.65
Guy Richard Dessoy	Animal Welfare	184	0.43
Majority		10,180	23.78

8 June 2017		46,894/65,031	72.11
Rt Hon Justine Greening	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,679	44.10
Neeraj Patil	Labour Party	19,125	40.78
Ryan Mercer	Liberal Democrats	5,448	11.62
Ben Fletcher	Green Party	1,107	2.36
Patricia Ward	UK Independence Party	477	1.02
Lotta Quizeen	Independent	58	0.12
Majority		1,554	3.31

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Justine Greening.

12 December 2019		50,467/65,542	77.00
Kathleen Fleur Anderson	Labour Party	22,780	45.14
Will Sweet	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,006	35.68
Sue Wixley	Liberal Democrats	8,548	16.94
Fergal Joseph McEntee	Green Party	1,133	2.25
Majority		4,774	9.46

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,295/72,614	67.89
Kathleen Fleur Anderson	Labour Party	24,113	48.92
Lee Jamie Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,625	23.58
Kieren Michael McCarthy	Liberal Democrats	5,943	12.06
Fergal Joseph McEntee	Green Party	3,721	7.55
Peter Richard Lafayette Hunter	Reform UK	3,070	6.23
Heiko Bernard Khoo	Workers Britain	491	1.00
Felix Jon Burford-Connole	Rejoin EU	332	0.67
Majority		12,488	25.33