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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 13 December 1832 | 1,046/1,403 | 74.55 | |
| Whig | 645 | 61.66 | |
| Tory | 604 | 57.74 | |
| Whig | 594 | 56.79 | |
| Tory | 249 | 23.80 | |
| Majority | 10 | 0.96 | |
| 2 April 1833 Petition - James Barlow-Hoy unseated and John Penleaze declared elected. | |||
| 9 January 1835 | 911/1,172 | 77.73 | |
| Conservative Party | 508 | 55.76 | |
| Conservative Party | 492 | 54.01 | |
| Whig | 423 | 46.43 | |
| Whig | 371 | 40.72 | |
| Majority | 69 | 7.57 | |
| 28 July 1837 | 1,107/1,433 | 77.25 | |
| Conservative Party | 587 | 53.03 | |
| Whig | 564 | 50.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 543 | 49.05 | |
| Whig | 509 | 45.98 | |
| Majority | 21 | 1.90 | |
| 2 July 1841 | 1,202/1,563 | 76.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 648 | 53.91 | |
| Conservative Party | 645 | 53.66 | |
| Whig | 556 | 46.26 | |
| Whig | 554 | 46.09 | |
| Majority | 89 | 7.40 | |
| 14 November 1841 Baron Bruce succeeds to the Scottish Peerage - 8th Earl of Elgin. | |||
| 6 May 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 9 August 1842 | 1,225/1,790 | 68.44 | |
| Conservative Party | 685 | 55.92 | |
| Conservative Party | 682 | 55.67 | |
| Whig | 535 | 43.67 | |
| Radical | 532 | 43.43 | |
| Majority | 147 | 12.00 | |
| 31 July 1847 | 2,258 | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 1850 Resignation of Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
| 17 July 1850 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 28 March 1851 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
| 2 April 1851 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 9 July 1852 | 1,822/2,419 | 75.32 | |
| Whig | 1,062 | 58.29 | |
| Whig | 1,017 | 55.82 | |
| Conservative Party | 797 | 43.74 | |
| Conservative Party | 767 | 42.10 | |
| Majority | 220 | 12.07 | |
| 1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
| 28 December 1852 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
| 7 January 1853 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 1854 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Recorder of Bristol. | |||
| 12 April 1854 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 1857 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. | |||
| 11 February 1857 | 2,682/3,508 | 76.45 | |
| Whig | 994 | 37.06 | |
| Conservative Party | 962 | 35.87 | |
| Radical | 726 | 27.07 | |
| Majority | 32 | 1.19 | |
| 11 March 1857 | 3,508 | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 13 March 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 2 May 1859 | 1,774/3,730 | 47.56 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,331 | 75.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,204 | 67.87 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,012 | 57.05 | |
| Majority | 192 | 10.82 | |
| November 1862 Death of Brodie Willcox. | |||
| 6 December 1862 | 3,362/4,124 | 81.52 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,715 | 51.01 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,647 | 48.99 | |
| Majority | 68 | 2.02 | |
| 12 July 1865 | 3,175/4,189 | 75.79 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,565 | 49.29 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,527 | 48.09 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,422 | 44.79 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,388 | 43.72 | |
| Liberal Party | 447 | 14.08 | |
| Majority | 105 | 3.31 | |
| 18 November 1868 | 4,340/5,696 | 76.19 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,393 | 55.14 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,178 | 50.18 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,161 | 49.79 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,947 | 44.86 | |
| Majority | 17 | 0.39 | |
| 20 April 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
| 5 February 1874 | 4,853/6,537 | 74.24 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,724 | 56.13 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,534 | 52.22 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,345 | 48.32 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,103 | 43.33 | |
| Majority | 189 | 3.89 | |
| 31 May 1878 Death of Rt Hon Russell Gurney. | |||
| 17 June 1878 | 4,856/7,021 | 69.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,552 | 52.55 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,304 | 47.45 | |
| Majority | 248 | 5.11 | |
| 3 April 1880 | 5,974/7,394 | 80.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,051 | 51.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,023 | 50.60 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,972 | 49.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,902 | 48.58 | |
| Majority | 51 | 0.85 | |
| 1883 Resignation of Charles Parker Butt on appointment as a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. | |||
| 7 April 1883 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 25 November 1885 | 10,101/12,061 | 83.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,595 | 55.39 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,307 | 52.54 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,566 | 45.20 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,555 | 45.09 | |
| Majority | 741 | 7.34 | |
| 2 July 1886 | 9,181/12,061 | 76.12 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,023 | 54.71 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,726 | 51.48 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,384 | 47.75 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,029 | 43.88 | |
| Majority | 342 | 3.73 | |
| 15 May 1888 Resignation of Sir John Commerell. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 23 May 1888 | 9,417/12,596 | 74.76 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,151 | 54.70 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,266 | 45.30 | |
| Majority | 885 | 9.40 | |
| 6 July 1892 | 10,570/13,717 | 77.06 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,449 | 51.55 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,182 | 49.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,920 | 46.55 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,734 | 44.79 | |
| Majority | 262 | 2.48 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 16 July 1895 | 11,302/14,725 | 76.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,924 | 52.42 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,390 | 47.69 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,181 | 45.84 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 4,178 | 36.97 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 867 | 7.67 | |
| Majority | 209 | 1.85 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 December 1895 Petition - Tankerville Chamberlayne's election declared void. A second petition was withdrawn on 21 November 1895 after a recount resulted in no change in the relative positions of the candidates. The original figures had been Chamberlayne: 5,955; Simeon: 5,413; Evans: 5,167; Wilson: 4,159; Macdonald: 866. | |||
| 22 February 1896 | 11,352/14,919 | 76.09 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,557 | 48.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,522 | 48.64 | |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 273 | 2.40 | |
| Majority | 35 | 0.31 | |
| 4 October 1900 | 11,984/16,505 | 72.61 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,888 | 57.48 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,263 | 43.92 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,575 | 46.52 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,652 | 38.82 | |
| 15 January 1906 | 14,099/17,613 | 80.05 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,032 | 49.88 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,255 | 44.36 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,754 | 40.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,535 | 39.26 | |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 2,146 | 15.22 | |
| Majority | 501 | 3.55 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 January 1910 | 16,871/20,205 | 83.50 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,878 | 52.62 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,830 | 52.34 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,874 | 46.67 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,841 | 46.48 | |
| Majority | 956 | 5.67 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 8 December 1910 | 16,171/20,205 | 80.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,496 | 52.54 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,449 | 52.25 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,551 | 46.69 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,535 | 46.60 | |
| Majority | 898 | 5.55 | |
| 9 December 1917 Resignation of Dudley Ward on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
| 14 December 1917 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 14 December 1918 | 40,486/75,334 | 53.74 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 26,884 | 66.40 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 16,843 | 41.60 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,548 | 38.40 | |
| Labour Party | 7,828 | 19.34 | |
| Labour Party | 6,776 | 16.74 | |
| Majority | 1,295 | 3.20 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 November 1922 | 51,628/75,316 | 68.55 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,054 | 42.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,351 | 39.42 | |
| Labour Party | 14,868 | 28.80 | |
| Health | 14,193 | 27.49 | |
| National Liberal Party | 11,576 | 22.42 | |
| National Liberal Party | 9,318 | 18.05 | |
| Majority | 5,483 | 10.62 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| Dr Ernest Stancomb had previously been associated with the Labour Party. | |||
| 6 December 1923 | 51,676/76,833 | 67.26 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,453 | 39.58 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,249 | 39.18 | |
| Labour Party | 17,208 | 33.30 | |
| Labour Party | 16,679 | 32.28 | |
| Liberal Party | 13,724 | 26.56 | |
| Liberal Party | 13,657 | 26.43 | |
| Majority | 3,041 | 5.88 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 29 October 1924 | 53,203/78,776 | 67.54 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,703 | 57.71 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,201 | 56.77 | |
| Labour Party | 22,183 | 41.70 | |
| Labour Party | 21,768 | 40.91 | |
| Majority | 8,018 | 15.07 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 30 May 1929 | 73,477/103,653 | 70.89 | |
| Labour Party | 32,249 | 43.89 | |
| Labour Party | 31,252 | 42.53 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,898 | 37.97 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,801 | 36.48 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,966 | 17.65 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,836 | 17.47 | |
| Majority | 3,354 | 4.56 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 27 October 1931 | 81,751/107,376 | 76.14 | |
| Nationalist | 54,699 | 66.91 | |
| National Liberal Party | 54,269 | 66.38 | |
| Labour Party | 26,425 | 32.32 | |
| Labour Party | 26,061 | 31.88 | |
| Majority | 27,844 | 34.06 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| William Craven-Ellis was, prior to the election, the prospective Conservative candidate for the constituency, but he contested the election as a National candidate despite the fact that his name appeared on the official list of Conservative candidates. | |||
| 14 November 1935 | 75,686/110,047 | 68.78 | |
| Nationalist | 44,896 | 59.32 | |
| National Liberal Party | 43,697 | 57.73 | |
| Labour Party | 30,751 | 40.63 | |
| Labour Party | 30,028 | 39.67 | |
| Majority | 12,946 | 17.10 | |
| William Craven-Ellis contested the election as a National candidate despite the fact that his name appeared on the official list of Conservative candidates. | |||
| 24 January 1940 Resignation of Sir Charles Barrie. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 1 February 1940 | |||
| Nationalist | Unopposed | ||
| 12 October 1940 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir John Reith to the Peerage - Baron Reith. | |||
| 27 November 1940 | |||
| National Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 5 July 1945 | 69,595/95,898 | 72.57 | |
| Labour Party | 37,556 | 53.96 | |
| Labour Party | 37,054 | 53.24 | |
| Nationalist | 24,367 | 35.01 | |
| National Liberal Party | 22,650 | 32.55 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,878 | 12.76 | |
| Majority | 12,687 | 18.23 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| William Craven-Ellis contested the election as a National candidate despite the fact that his name appeared on the official list of Conservative candidates. | |||