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14 December 1832 | 318/338 | 94.08 | |
Whig | 169 | 53.14 | |
Whig | 167 | 52.52 | |
Whig | 164 | 51.57 | |
Tory | 59 | 18.55 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.94 | |
April 1834 Death of Norman Lamont. | |||
5 May 1834 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 January 1835 | 377 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
24 July 1837 | 402 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
29 June 1841 | 346 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1847 | 375 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1847 Resignation of William Hayter on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
27 December 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
9 July 1852 | 232/325 | 71.38 | |
Conservative Party | 187 | 80.60 | |
Whig | 175 | 75.43 | |
Radical | 101 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 74 | 31.90 | |
20 October 1855 Death of Robert Tudway. | |||
21 November 1855 | 267/380 | 70.26 | |
Conservative Party | 146 | 54.68 | |
Radical | 121 | 45.32 | |
Majority | 25 | 9.36 | |
27 March 1857 | 343 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 327 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1865 | 274 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
New | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,535/9,501 | 79.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,200 | 55.74 | |
Liberal Party | 3,335 | 44.26 | |
Majority | 865 | 11.48 | |
3 July 1886 | 9,501 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 July 1892 | 7,730/10,230 | 75.56 | |
Conservative Party | 4,335 | 56.08 | |
Liberal Party | 3,395 | 43.92 | |
Majority | 940 | 12.16 | |
27 July 1895 | 7,982/10,771 | 74.11 | |
Conservative Party | 4,696 | 58.83 | |
Liberal Party | 3,286 | 41.17 | |
Majority | 1,410 | 17.66 | |
31 October 1899 Succession of Hon Hylton Joliffe to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Hylton of Hylton. | |||
7 December 1899 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 January 1906 | 10,507/11,725 | 89.61 | |
Liberal Party | 5,746 | 54.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,761 | 45.31 | |
Majority | 985 | 9.37 | |
22 January 1910 | 11,038/12,642 | 87.31 | |
Conservative Party | 6,167 | 55.87 | |
Liberal Party | 4,871 | 44.13 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 11.74 | |
16 December 1910 | 10,272/12,642 | 81.25 | |
Conservative Party | 6,178 | 60.14 | |
Liberal Party | 4,094 | 39.86 | |
Majority | 2,084 | 20.29 | |
14 December 1918 | 17,525/26,951 | 65.03 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 9,786 | 55.84 | |
Liberal Party | 6,935 | 39.57 | |
National Party | 804 | 4.59 | |
Majority | 2,851 | 16.27 | |
15 November 1922 | 21,414/27,526 | 77.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,210 | 47.68 | |
Liberal Party | 7,156 | 33.42 | |
Labour Party | 4,048 | 18.90 | |
Majority | 3,054 | 14.26 | |
6 December 1923 | 22,440/28,356 | 79.14 | |
Liberal Party | 10,818 | 48.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,909 | 44.16 | |
Labour Party | 1,713 | 7.63 | |
Majority | 909 | 4.05 | |
29 October 1924 | 24,036/29,249 | 82.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,642 | 52.60 | |
Liberal Party | 8,668 | 36.06 | |
Labour Party | 2,726 | 11.34 | |
Majority | 3,974 | 16.53 | |
30 May 1929 | 29,880/36,219 | 82.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,026 | 43.59 | |
Liberal Party | 12,382 | 41.44 | |
Labour Party | 4,472 | 14.97 | |
Majority | 644 | 2.16 | |
27 October 1931 | 30,151/36,802 | 81.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,711 | 58.74 | |
Liberal Party | 12,440 | 41.26 | |
Majority | 5,271 | 17.48 | |
14 November 1935 | 27,891/37,836 | 73.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,898 | 53.42 | |
Liberal Party | 7,277 | 26.09 | |
Labour Party | 5,716 | 20.49 | |
Majority | 7,621 | 27.32 | |
29 October 1939 Death of Anthony Muirhead. | |||
13 December 1939 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 31,453/41,980 | 74.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,004 | 41.34 | |
Labour Party | 10,539 | 33.51 | |
Liberal Party | 7,910 | 25.15 | |
Majority | 2,465 | 7.84 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 48,371/56,058 | 86.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,613 | 42.61 | |
Labour Party | 17,987 | 37.19 | |
Liberal Party | 9,771 | 20.20 | |
Majority | 2,626 | 5.43 | |
25 October 1951 | 48,005/57,028 | 84.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,524 | 55.25 | |
Labour Party | 21,481 | 44.75 | |
Majority | 5,043 | 10.51 | |
26 May 1955 | 45,369/57,057 | 79.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,624 | 56.48 | |
Labour Party | 19,745 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 5,879 | 12.96 | |
8 October 1959 | 48,029/57,455 | 83.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,357 | 48.63 | |
Labour Party | 16,452 | 34.25 | |
Liberal Party | 8,220 | 17.11 | |
Majority | 6,905 | 14.38 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 47,875/58,588 | 81.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,663 | 43.16 | |
Labour Party | 15,080 | 31.50 | |
Liberal Party | 12,132 | 25.34 | |
Majority | 5,583 | 11.66 | |
31 March 1966 | 47,741/58,609 | 81.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,528 | 43.00 | |
Labour Party | 16,989 | 35.59 | |
Liberal Party | 10,224 | 21.42 | |
Majority | 3,539 | 7.41 | |
18 June 1970 | 50,615/65,381 | 77.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,106 | 49.60 | |
Labour Party | 16,335 | 32.27 | |
Liberal Party | 9,174 | 18.13 | |
Majority | 8,771 | 17.33 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 57,474/69,037 | 83.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,430 | 44.25 | |
Liberal Party | 17,645 | 30.70 | |
Labour Party | 14,399 | 25.05 | |
Majority | 7,785 | 13.55 | |
10 October 1974 | 54,944/69,640 | 78.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,979 | 43.64 | |
Liberal Party | 16,278 | 29.63 | |
Labour Party | 13,909 | 25.31 | |
United Democratic Party | 778 | 1.42 | |
Majority | 7,701 | 14.02 | |
3 May 1979 | 59,204/74,717 | 79.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,400 | 51.35 | |
Liberal Party | 18,204 | 30.75 | |
Labour Party | 10,024 | 16.93 | |
Independent | 421 | 0.71 | |
Wessex Regiment | 155 | 0.26 | |
Majority | 12,196 | 20.60 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 48,215/63,021 | 76.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,385 | 52.65 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 18,810 | 39.01 | |
Labour Party | 3,747 | 7.77 | |
Independent | 273 | 0.57 | |
Majority | 6,575 | 13.64 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
11 June 1987 | 53,478/68,098 | 78.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,624 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 20,083 | 37.55 | |
Labour Party | 4,637 | 8.67 | |
Falkland | 134 | 0.25 | |
Majority | 8,541 | 15.97 | |
9 April 1992 | 57,759/69,833 | 82.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,620 | 49.55 | |
Liberal Democrats | 21,971 | 38.04 | |
Labour Party | 6,126 | 10.61 | |
Green Party | 1,042 | 1.80 | |
Majority | 6,649 | 11.51 | |
1 May 1997 | 56,380/72,178 | 78.11 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,208 | 39.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | 21,680 | 38.45 | |
Labour Party | 10,204 | 18.10 | |
Referendum Party | 2,196 | 3.89 | |
Natural Law Party | 92 | 0.16 | |
Majority | 528 | 0.94 | |
7 June 2001 | 51,314/74,189 | 69.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,462 | 43.77 | |
Liberal Democrats | 19,666 | 38.32 | |
Labour Party | 7,915 | 15.42 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,104 | 2.15 | |
Wessex Regiment | 167 | 0.33 | |
Majority | 2,796 | 5.45 | |
5 May 2005 | 52,965/77,842 | 68.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,071 | 43.56 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,031 | 37.82 | |
Labour Party | 8,288 | 15.65 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,575 | 2.97 | |
Majority | 3,040 | 5.74 | |
6 May 2010 | 55,864/79,454 | 70.31 | |
Liberal Democrats | 24,560 | 43.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,760 | 42.53 | |
Labour Party | 4,198 | 7.51 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,711 | 3.06 | |
British National Party | 1,004 | 1.80 | |
Green Party | 631 | 1.13 | |
Majority | 800 | 1.43 | |
7 May 2015 | 56,904/79,405 | 71.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,247 | 46.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | 18,662 | 32.80 | |
UK Independence Party | 5,644 | 9.92 | |
Labour Party | 3,780 | 6.64 | |
Green Party | 2,331 | 4.10 | |
Independent | 83 | 0.15 | |
Birthday | 81 | 0.14 | |
Independent | 76 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 7,585 | 13.33 | |
8 June 2017 | 60,843/82,451 | 73.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,488 | 50.11 | |
Liberal Democrats | 22,906 | 37.65 | |
Labour Party | 7,129 | 11.72 | |
Christian Alliance | 320 | 0.53 | |
Majority | 7,582 | 12.46 | |
12 December 2019 | 61,628/84,124 | 73.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,336 | 54.09 | |
Liberal Democrats | 23,345 | 37.88 | |
Labour Party | 4,304 | 6.98 | |
Independent | 373 | 0.61 | |
Motherworld | 270 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 9,991 | 16.21 | |