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8 December 1885 | 9,387/11,364 | 82.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,427 | 68.47 | |
Conservative Party | 2,960 | 31.53 | |
Majority | 3,467 | 36.93 | |
7 July 1886 | 11,364 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1892 | 9,078/11,963 | 75.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,754 | 63.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,324 | 36.62 | |
Majority | 2,430 | 26.77 | |
20 July 1895 | 9,081/11,686 | 77.71 | |
Liberal Party | 5,328 | 58.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,753 | 41.33 | |
Majority | 1,575 | 17.34 | |
11 October 1900 | 9,595/11,998 | 79.97 | |
Liberal Party | 5,528 | 57.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,067 | 42.39 | |
Majority | 1,461 | 15.23 | |
15 June 1904 Resignation of Rt Hon John Mellor. (Northstead) | |||
2 July 1904 | 9,926/12,311 | 80.63 | |
Liberal Party | 6,049 | 60.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3,877 | 39.06 | |
Majority | 2,172 | 21.88 | |
20 January 1906 | 10,516/12,492 | 84.18 | |
Liberal Party | 6,482 | 61.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,034 | 38.36 | |
Majority | 2,448 | 23.28 | |
22 January 1910 | 11,592/12,805 | 90.53 | |
Liberal Party | 6,811 | 58.76 | |
Conservative Party | 4,781 | 41.24 | |
Majority | 2,030 | 17.51 | |
6 December 1910 | 12,805 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 22,371/34,286 | 65.25 | |
Independent | 8,287 | 37.04 | |
Labour Party | 7,306 | 32.66 | |
Liberal Party | 6,778 | 30.30 | |
Majority | 981 | 4.39 | |
When the General Election became imminent, the local Conservative Association was persuaded to withdraw their candidate who had been selected to contest the constituency in favour of John Higham who had been issued with the Coalition "coupon". Higham subsequently repudiated the "coupon". A group of local Conservatives annoyed at Higham's repudiation and the lack of a Conservative candidate persuaded the local branch of the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers to sponsor Robert Barker who was known to be a Conservative. During the campaign, Barker had considerable support from the Conservative Association in the constituency. Although there is no information as to which (if any) whip he accepted in the House of Commons, his voting record indicated fairly consistent support for the Coalition. | |||
15 November 1922 | 29,373/35,022 | 83.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,710 | 39.87 | |
Liberal Party | 8,144 | 27.73 | |
Labour Party | 7,496 | 25.52 | |
National Liberal Party | 2,023 | 6.89 | |
Majority | 3,566 | 12.14 | |
6 December 1923 | 28,671/35,378 | 81.04 | |
Liberal Party | 11,350 | 39.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,932 | 34.64 | |
Labour Party | 7,389 | 25.77 | |
Majority | 1,418 | 4.95 | |
29 October 1924 | 29,542/35,500 | 83.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,181 | 37.85 | |
Liberal Party | 9,480 | 32.09 | |
Labour Party | 8,881 | 30.06 | |
Majority | 1,701 | 5.76 | |
30 May 1929 | 38,170/45,780 | 83.38 | |
Labour Party | 14,223 | 37.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,057 | 31.59 | |
Liberal Party | 11,890 | 31.15 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 5.67 | |
27 October 1931 | 37,368/46,104 | 81.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,511 | 68.27 | |
Labour Party | 11,857 | 31.73 | |
Majority | 13,654 | 36.54 | |
14 November 1935 | 34,742/45,803 | 75.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,707 | 53.85 | |
Labour Party | 16,035 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 2,672 | 7.69 | |
5 July 1945 | 34,860/42,557 | 81.91 | |
Labour Party | 17,710 | 50.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,777 | 30.92 | |
Liberal Party | 6,373 | 18.28 | |
Majority | 6,933 | 19.89 | |
8 February 1949 Resignation of John Belcher as a result of the findings of the Lynskey Tribunal on Bribery of Ministers of the Crown. (Northstead) | |||
16 March 1949 | 35,060/43,457 | 80.68 | |
Labour Party | 18,606 | 53.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,454 | 46.93 | |
Majority | 2,152 | 6.14 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 50,333/56,980 | 88.33 | |
Labour Party | 22,846 | 45.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,181 | 38.11 | |
Liberal Party | 8,306 | 16.50 | |
Majority | 3,665 | 7.28 | |
25 October 1951 | 49,457/56,921 | 86.89 | |
Labour Party | 22,766 | 46.03 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,118 | 42.70 | |
Liberal Party | 5,573 | 11.27 | |
Majority | 1,648 | 3.33 | |
26 May 1955 | 44,447/54,631 | 81.36 | |
Labour Party | 20,092 | 45.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,309 | 38.94 | |
Liberal Party | 7,046 | 15.85 | |
Majority | 2,783 | 6.26 | |
8 October 1959 | 43,596/52,560 | 82.95 | |
Labour Party | 18,949 | 43.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,993 | 38.98 | |
Liberal Party | 7,654 | 17.56 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 4.49 | |
15 October 1964 | 39,802/50,065 | 79.50 | |
Labour Party | 21,582 | 54.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,220 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 3,362 | 8.45 | |
31 March 1966 | 37,952/48,832 | 77.72 | |
Labour Party | 21,591 | 56.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,361 | 43.11 | |
Majority | 5,230 | 13.78 | |
18 June 1970 | 37,834/50,037 | 75.61 | |
Labour Party | 16,583 | 43.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,114 | 42.59 | |
Liberal Party | 5,137 | 13.58 | |
Majority | 469 | 1.24 | |
28 February 1974 | 40,123/48,364 | 82.96 | |
Labour Party | 14,492 | 36.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,377 | 35.83 | |
Liberal Party | 11,254 | 28.05 | |
Majority | 115 | 0.29 | |
10 October 1974 | 38,589/48,735 | 79.18 | |
Labour Party | 14,971 | 38.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,325 | 37.12 | |
Liberal Party | 9,136 | 23.68 | |
Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain | 157 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 646 | 1.67 | |
3 May 1979 | 39,783/49,275 | 80.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,797 | 42.22 | |
Labour Party | 15,617 | 39.26 | |
Liberal Party | 7,369 | 18.52 | |
Majority | 1,180 | 2.97 | |