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11 December 1832 | 222/252 | 88.10 | |
Whig | 171 | 77.03 | |
Whig | 114 | 51.35 | |
Whig | 106 | 47.75 | |
Majority | 8 | 3.60 | |
6 January 1835 | 234/313 | 74.76 | |
Whig | 170 | 72.65 | |
Whig | 138 | 58.97 | |
Conservative Party | 118 | 50.43 | |
Majority | 20 | 8.55 | |
25 July 1837 | 250/333 | 75.08 | |
Whig | 200 | 80.00 | |
Conservative Party | 130 | 52.00 | |
Whig | 98 | 39.20 | |
Majority | 32 | 12.80 | |
July 1841 | 227/368 | 61.68 | |
Whig | 224 | 98.68 | |
Conservative Party | 142 | 62.56 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 59.47 | |
Majority | 7 | 3.08 | |
At the time of the election, John Dunn Gardner was styling himself as John Townshend, Earl of Leicester, although he was subsequently declared not entitled to the peerage and assumed the surname Dunn Gardner by Royal Licence. | |||
20 August 1842 Succession of Hon Charles Vivian to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Vivian. | |||
9 February 1843 | 326/405 | 80.49 | |
Conservative Party | 165 | 50.61 | |
Whig | 161 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.23 | |
29 July 1847 | 337/401 | 84.04 | |
Radical | 297 | 88.13 | |
Whig | 259 | 76.85 | |
Conservative Party | 117 | 34.72 | |
Majority | 142 | 42.14 | |
8 July 1852 | 358/367 | 97.55 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 76.26 | |
Whig | 157 | 43.85 | |
Conservative Party | 149 | 41.62 | |
Radical | 82 | 22.91 | |
Peelite | 54 | 15.08 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.23 | |
28 March 1857 | 317/390 | 81.28 | |
Whig | 244 | 76.97 | |
Radical | 190 | 59.94 | |
Conservative Party | 169 | 53.31 | |
Whig | 31 | 9.78 | |
Majority | 21 | 6.62 | |
30 June 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
30 April 1859 | 290/390 | 74.36 | |
Liberal Party | 215 | 74.14 | |
Conservative Party | 198 | 68.28 | |
Liberal Party | 167 | 57.59 | |
Majority | 31 | 10.69 | |
6 August 1859 Resignation of Dr William Michell. (Northstead) | |||
13 August 1859 | 390 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1865 | 365/397 | 91.94 | |
Liberal Party | 263 | 72.05 | |
Liberal Party | 238 | 65.21 | |
Conservative Party | 114 | 31.23 | |
Majority | 124 | 33.97 | |
17 November 1868 | 758/886 | 85.55 | |
Liberal Party | 424 | 55.94 | |
Liberal Party | 334 | 44.06 | |
Majority | 90 | 11.87 | |
22 February 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
4 February 1874 | 807/959 | 84.15 | |
Liberal Party | 464 | 57.50 | |
Liberal Party | 230 | 28.50 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 14.00 | |
Majority | 234 | 29.00 | |
31 March 1880 | 793/903 | 87.82 | |
Liberal Party | 418 | 52.71 | |
Liberal Party | 375 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 43 | 5.42 | |
2 December 1885 | 7,355/9,158 | 80.31 | |
Liberal Party | 4,254 | 57.84 | |
Conservative Party | 3,101 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 1,153 | 15.68 | |
10 July 1886 | 5,864/9,158 | 64.03 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,763 | 64.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,101 | 35.83 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 28.34 | |
13 July 1892 | 7,387/9,263 | 79.75 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,809 | 51.56 | |
Liberal Party | 3,578 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 231 | 3.13 | |
26 July 1895 | 7,527/9,607 | 78.35 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,035 | 53.61 | |
Liberal Party | 3,492 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 543 | 7.21 | |
10 October 1900 | 7,528/10,026 | 75.08 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,280 | 56.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,248 | 43.15 | |
Majority | 1,032 | 13.71 | |
22 January 1906 | 9,230/10,731 | 86.01 | |
Liberal Party | 5,201 | 56.35 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,029 | 43.65 | |
Majority | 1,172 | 12.70 | |
18 June 1906 Election declared void on petition. | |||
24 July 1906 | 8,845/10,731 | 82.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,969 | 56.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,876 | 43.82 | |
Majority | 1,093 | 12.36 | |
22 January 1910 | 10,216/11,553 | 88.43 | |
Liberal Party | 5,133 | 50.24 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,083 | 49.76 | |
Majority | 50 | 0.49 | |
12 December 1910 | 10,001/11,553 | 86.57 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,021 | 50.20 | |
Liberal Party | 4,980 | 49.80 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.41 | |
7 August 1916 Resignation of Sir Reginald Pole-Carew. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
15 August 1916 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 20,933/30,279 | 69.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 12,228 | 58.41 | |
Liberal Party | 8,705 | 41.59 | |
Majority | 3,523 | 16.83 | |
17 January 1922 Death of Sir Charles Hanson, Bt. | |||
24 February 1922 | 24,361/32,578 | 74.78 | |
Liberal Party | 13,751 | 56.45 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 10,610 | 43.55 | |
Majority | 3,141 | 12.89 | |
15 November 1922 | 26,759/33,265 | 80.44 | |
Liberal Party | 14,292 | 53.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,467 | 46.59 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 6.82 | |
6 December 1923 | 27,110/33,054 | 82.02 | |
Liberal Party | 14,536 | 53.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,574 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 1,962 | 7.24 | |
29 October 1924 | 27,711/33,635 | 82.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,163 | 51.11 | |
Liberal Party | 13,548 | 48.89 | |
Majority | 615 | 2.22 | |
30 May 1929 | 34,527/40,666 | 84.90 | |
Liberal Party | 16,002 | 46.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,088 | 43.70 | |
Labour Party | 3,437 | 9.95 | |
Majority | 914 | 2.65 | |
27 October 1931 | 41,273 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1935 | 34,713/42,190 | 82.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,485 | 50.37 | |
Liberal Party | 14,732 | 42.44 | |
Labour Party | 2,496 | 7.19 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 7.93 | |
10 December 1940 Death of John Rathbone - killed in action. | |||
11 March 1941 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
1942 Beatrice Rathbone changes her name to Beatrice Wright upon marriage. | |||
5 July 1945 | 35,145/46,188 | 76.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,396 | 43.81 | |
Liberal Party | 13,348 | 37.98 | |
Labour Party | 6,401 | 18.21 | |
Majority | 2,048 | 5.83 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 39,524/46,881 | 84.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,441 | 49.19 | |
Liberal Party | 11,649 | 29.47 | |
Labour Party | 8,434 | 21.34 | |
Majority | 7,792 | 19.71 | |
25 October 1951 | 39,418/46,617 | 84.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,086 | 50.96 | |
Liberal Party | 10,088 | 25.59 | |
Labour Party | 9,244 | 23.45 | |
Majority | 9,998 | 25.36 | |
26 May 1955 | 36,361/45,715 | 79.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,858 | 49.11 | |
Liberal Party | 10,199 | 28.05 | |
Labour Party | 8,304 | 22.84 | |
Majority | 7,659 | 21.06 | |
8 October 1959 | 36,674/45,000 | 81.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,853 | 45.95 | |
Liberal Party | 14,052 | 38.32 | |
Labour Party | 5,769 | 15.73 | |
Majority | 2,801 | 7.64 | |
15 October 1964 | 37,128/44,906 | 82.68 | |
Liberal Party | 18,046 | 48.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,910 | 40.16 | |
Labour Party | 4,172 | 11.24 | |
Majority | 3,136 | 8.45 | |
31 March 1966 | 38,939/46,115 | 84.44 | |
Liberal Party | 18,144 | 46.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,121 | 41.40 | |
Labour Party | 4,674 | 12.00 | |
Majority | 2,023 | 5.20 | |
18 June 1970 | 41,804/51,803 | 80.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,187 | 48.29 | |
Liberal Party | 16,267 | 38.91 | |
Labour Party | 5,350 | 12.80 | |
Majority | 3,920 | 9.38 | |
28 February 1974 | 45,885/55,106 | 83.27 | |
Liberal Party | 20,283 | 44.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,274 | 44.18 | |
Labour Party | 5,328 | 11.61 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.02 | |
10 October 1974 | 45,661/55,474 | 82.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,756 | 45.46 | |
Liberal Party | 20,091 | 44.00 | |
Labour Party | 4,814 | 10.54 | |
Majority | 665 | 1.46 | |
3 May 1979 | 50,888/61,650 | 82.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,922 | 54.87 | |
Liberal Party | 17,893 | 35.16 | |
Labour Party | 3,508 | 6.89 | |
Mebyon Kernow | 865 | 1.70 | |
Ecology Party | 465 | 0.91 | |
National Front | 235 | 0.46 | |
Majority | 10,029 | 19.71 | |