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18 November 1868 | 10,877/14,277 | 76.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,129 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,779 | 34.74 | |
Independent | 969 | 8.91 | |
Majority | 2,350 | 21.61 | |
5 February 1874 | 13,343/20,357 | 65.55 | |
Liberal Party | 7,530 | 56.43 | |
Conservative Party | 5,813 | 43.57 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 12.87 | |
April 1880 | 7,119/20,035 | 35.53 | |
Liberal Party | 6,912 | 97.09 | |
Conservative Party | 207 | 2.91 | |
Majority | 6,705 | 94.18 | |
27 November 1885 | 9,061/10,808 | 83.84 | |
Conservative Party | 4,628 | 51.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,433 | 48.92 | |
Majority | 195 | 2.15 | |
6 July 1886 | 9,104/10,808 | 84.23 | |
Liberal Party | 4,883 | 53.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,221 | 46.36 | |
Majority | 662 | 7.27 | |
6 July 1892 | 9,912/11,201 | 88.49 | |
Conservative Party | 4,986 | 50.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,926 | 49.70 | |
Majority | 60 | 0.61 | |
16 July 1895 | 9,657/10,855 | 88.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,924 | 50.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,733 | 49.01 | |
Majority | 191 | 1.98 | |
3 October 1900 | 9,291/11,856 | 78.37 | |
Conservative Party | 4,733 | 50.94 | |
Liberal Party | 4,558 | 49.06 | |
Majority | 175 | 1.88 | |
16 January 1906 | 11,356/12,639 | 89.85 | |
Liberal Party | 6,150 | 54.16 | |
Conservative Party | 5,206 | 45.84 | |
Majority | 944 | 8.31 | |
15 January 1910 | 12,676/13,479 | 94.04 | |
Conservative Party | 6,636 | 52.35 | |
Liberal Party | 6,040 | 47.65 | |
Majority | 596 | 4.70 | |
3 December 1910 | 12,114/13,479 | 89.87 | |
Conservative Party | 6,423 | 53.02 | |
Liberal Party | 5,691 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 732 | 6.04 | |
14 December 1918 | 22,793/34,415 | 66.23 | |
Labour Party | 11,341 | 49.76 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 10,464 | 45.91 | |
Liberal Party | 988 | 4.33 | |
Majority | 877 | 3.85 | |
15 November 1922 | 32,069/37,501 | 85.52 | |
Labour Party | 16,087 | 50.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,982 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 105 | 0.33 | |
6 December 1923 | 34,601/39,024 | 88.67 | |
Labour Party | 17,810 | 51.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,791 | 48.53 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 2.95 | |
29 October 1924 | 36,002/40,035 | 89.93 | |
Labour Party | 18,170 | 50.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,832 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 338 | 0.94 | |
30 May 1929 | 44,819/49,971 | 89.69 | |
Labour Party | 22,420 | 50.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,089 | 38.13 | |
Liberal Party | 5,249 | 11.71 | |
Workers Party | 61 | 0.14 | |
Majority | 5,331 | 11.89 | |
27 October 1931 | 45,842/51,498 | 89.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,000 | 54.54 | |
Labour Party | 20,842 | 45.46 | |
Majority | 4,158 | 9.07 | |
29 June 1932 Succession of Viscount Ednam to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Dudley. | |||
26 July 1932 | 40,175/51,498 | 78.01 | |
Labour Party | 21,977 | 54.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,198 | 45.30 | |
Majority | 3,779 | 9.41 | |
14 November 1935 | 42,566/54,500 | 78.10 | |
Labour Party | 22,683 | 53.29 | |
National Labour | 19,883 | 46.71 | |
Majority | 2,800 | 6.58 | |
25 May 1945 Death of John Banfield. | |||
5 July 1945 | 43,883/57,781 | 75.95 | |
Labour Party | 29,909 | 68.16 | |
Nationalist | 13,974 | 31.84 | |
Majority | 15,935 | 36.31 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 59,470/68,899 | 86.31 | |
Labour Party | 33,215 | 55.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,761 | 29.87 | |
Liberal Party | 8,494 | 14.28 | |
Majority | 15,454 | 25.99 | |
25 October 1951 | 58,167/70,710 | 82.26 | |
Labour Party | 35,196 | 60.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,971 | 39.49 | |
Majority | 12,225 | 21.02 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 43,184/59,260 | 72.87 | |
Labour Party | 26,064 | 60.36 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,120 | 39.64 | |
Majority | 8,944 | 20.71 | |
26 November 1956 Resignation of Stanley Evans. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
28 February 1957 | 35,763/59,602 | 60.00 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 22,235 | 62.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,999 | 27.96 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,529 | 9.87 | |
Majority | 12,236 | 34.21 | |
M Wade fought the election entirely on the issue of the cost of living. The local Liberal Association issued a statement of qualified approval for his candidature. | |||
8 October 1959 | 46,391/60,297 | 76.94 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 24,147 | 52.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,464 | 37.65 | |
Liberal Party | 4,780 | 10.30 | |
Majority | 6,683 | 14.41 | |
15 October 1964 | 43,724/61,395 | 71.22 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 23,473 | 53.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,251 | 46.32 | |
Majority | 3,222 | 7.37 | |
31 March 1966 | 44,254/61,481 | 71.98 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 26,041 | 58.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,213 | 41.16 | |
Majority | 7,828 | 17.69 | |
18 June 1970 | 44,625/65,528 | 68.10 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 23,998 | 53.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,627 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 3,371 | 7.55 | |