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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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21 November 1868		4,754/7,709	61.67
Clare Sewell Read	Conservative Party	3,097	65.15
Edward Howes	Conservative Party	3,053	64.22
Henry Lombard Hudson	Liberal Party	1,679	35.32
Majority		1,374	28.90

26 March 1871 Death of Edward Howes.

17 April 1871		5,415/7,719	70.15
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bt	Conservative Party	2,868	52.96
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon	Liberal Party	2,547	47.04
Majority		321	5.93

11 February 1874		5,777/7,667	75.35
Clare Sewell Read	Conservative Party	3,146	54.46
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bt	Conservative Party	3,010	52.10
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon	Liberal Party	2,699	46.72
Majority		311	5.38

7 April 1880		5,823/7,412	78.56
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bt	Conservative Party	2,917	50.09
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon	Liberal Party	2,906	49.91
Clare Sewell Read	Conservative Party	2,905	49.89
Majority		1	0.02

28 November 1885		8,118/10,141	80.05
Francis Taylor	Liberal Party	4,530	55.80
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bt	Conservative Party	3,588	44.20
Majority		942	11.60

3 July 1886		10,141
Francis Taylor	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

12 July 1892		7,823/8,848	88.42
Francis Taylor	Liberal Unionist Party	4,288	54.81
Arthur George Kitching	Liberal Party	3,535	45.19
Majority		753	9.63

18 July 1895		7,726/9,847	78.46
Francis Taylor	Liberal Unionist Party	4,281	55.41
Thomas Hamer Dolbey	Liberal Party	3,445	44.59
Majority		836	10.82

22 April 1898 Resignation of Francis Taylor. (Chiltern Hundreds)

12 May 1898		7,921/9,625	82.30
Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal Party	4,625	58.39
John Sancroft Holmes	Conservative Party	3,296	41.61
Majority		1,329	16.78

5 October 1900		7,552/9,654	78.23
Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal Party	3,986	52.78
Edward Mann	Conservative Party	3,566	47.22
Majority		420	5.56

19 January 1906		8,196/9,643	84.99
Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal Party	4,677	57.06
Sir Edward Mann, Bt	Conservative Party	3,519	42.94
Majority		1,158	14.13

24 January 1910		8,475/9,779	86.67
Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal Party	4,781	56.41
Edmund Roger Allday Kerrison	Conservative Party	3,694	43.59
Majority		1,087	12.83

13 December 1910		7,952/9,779	81.32
Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal Party	4,740	59.61
Thomas Sutton Timmis	Conservative Party	3,212	40.39
Majority		1,528	19.22

14 December 1918		18,291/32,796	55.77
Hon William Hepburn Cozens-Hardy	Liberal Party	11,755	64.27
George Edwards	Labour Party	6,536	35.73
Majority		5,219	28.53

18 June 1920 Succession of Hon William Cozens-Hardy to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Cozens-Hardy.

27 July 1920		18,788/32,131	58.47
George Edwards	Labour Party	8,594	45.74
James Henley Batty	Liberal Party - Coalition	6,476	34.47
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	3,718	19.79
Majority		2,118	11.27

15 November 1922		22,893/32,326	70.82
Thomas William Hay	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,734	55.62
George Edwards	Labour Party	10,159	44.38
Majority		2,575	11.25

6 December 1923		22,503/32,937	68.32
George Edwards	Labour Party	11,682	51.91
Thomas William Hay	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,821	48.09
Majority		861	3.83

29 October 1924		25,565/33,409	76.52
James Archibald Christie	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,189	55.50
George Edwards	Labour Party	11,376	44.50
Majority		2,813	11.00

30 May 1929		30,932/40,701	76.00
James Archibald Christie	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,978	41.96
George Young	Labour Party	10,686	34.55
Ieuan Watkins-Evans	Liberal Party	7,268	23.50
Majority		2,292	7.41

27 October 1931		32,343/41,551	77.84
James Archibald Christie	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,195	65.53
Edwin George Gooch	Labour Party	11,148	34.47
Majority		10,047	31.06

14 November 1935		31,829/43,294	73.52
James Archibald Christie	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,420	57.87
Colin Grant Clark	Labour Party	13,409	42.13
Majority		5,011	15.74

5 July 1945		33,448/48,451	69.03
Christopher Paget Mayhew	Labour Party	16,825	50.30
John Sandeman Allen	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,862	32.47
John Holt Wilson	Independent Conservative	5,761	17.22
Majority		5,963	17.83

John Wilson was the nominee of the South Norfolk Independent Conservative Association which broke away from the official Conservative Association in 1944 as the result of a disagreement over the selection of a Conservative candidate.