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14 December 1832 | 935/1,040 | 89.90 | |
Whig | 627 | 67.06 | |
Tory | 492 | 52.62 | |
Whig | 482 | 51.55 | |
Radical | 107 | 11.44 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.07 | |
9 January 1835 | 927/1,001 | 92.61 | |
Conservative Party | 633 | 68.28 | |
Whig | 590 | 63.65 | |
Whig | 343 | 37.00 | |
Majority | 247 | 26.65 | |
1835 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
27 August 1837 | 1,079/1,340 | 80.52 | |
Whig | 615 | 57.00 | |
Conservative Party | 607 | 56.26 | |
Whig | 538 | 49.86 | |
Majority | 69 | 6.39 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
2 July 1841 | 1,164/1,471 | 79.13 | |
Whig | 669 | 57.47 | |
Radical | 614 | 52.75 | |
Conservative Party | 536 | 46.05 | |
Conservative Party | 441 | 37.89 | |
Majority | 78 | 6.70 | |
30 July 1847 | 1,363/1,479 | 92.16 | |
Conservative Party | 714 | 52.38 | |
Radical | 652 | 47.84 | |
Radical | 645 | 47.32 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.51 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
12 September 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1848 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
30 August 1848 Death of William Bolling. | |||
1849 Resignation of Dr John Bowring on appointment as Consul-General at Canton. | |||
9 February 1849 | 1,189/1,437 | 82.74 | |
Radical | 621 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 568 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.46 | |
9 July 1852 | 1,268/1,671 | 75.88 | |
Radical | 745 | 58.75 | |
Radical | 727 | 57.33 | |
Conservative Party | 717 | 56.55 | |
Whig | 346 | 27.29 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.79 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,794/1,933 | 92.81 | |
Conservative Party | 930 | 51.84 | |
Radical | 895 | 49.89 | |
Radical | 832 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 63 | 3.51 | |
29 April 1859 | 2,050 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 February 1861 Resignation of Joseph Crook. (Hempholme) | |||
11 February 1861 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1865 | 1,796/2,186 | 82.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,022 | 56.90 | |
Liberal Party | 979 | 54.51 | |
Liberal Party | 864 | 48.11 | |
Conservative Party | 727 | 40.48 | |
Majority | 115 | 6.40 | |
Boundary Change | |||
18 November 1868 | 11,399/12,650 | 90.11 | |
Conservative Party | 6,062 | 53.18 | |
Conservative Party | 5,848 | 51.30 | |
Liberal Party | 5,451 | 47.82 | |
Liberal Party | 5,436 | 47.69 | |
Majority | 397 | 3.48 | |
5 February 1874 | 11,430/12,595 | 90.75 | |
Conservative Party | 5,987 | 52.38 | |
Liberal Party | 5,782 | 50.59 | |
Conservative Party | 5,650 | 49.43 | |
Liberal Party | 5,440 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.15 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
31 March 1880 | 13,296/13,956 | 95.27 | |
Liberal Party | 6,964 | 52.38 | |
Liberal Party | 6,673 | 50.19 | |
Conservative Party | 6,540 | 49.19 | |
Conservative Party | 6,415 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 133 | 1.00 | |
25 November 1885 | 15,069/16,063 | 93.81 | |
Conservative Party | 7,933 | 52.64 | |
Conservative Party | 7,655 | 50.80 | |
Liberal Party | 6,725 | 44.63 | |
Liberal Party | 6,228 | 41.33 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,191 | 7.90 | |
Majority | 930 | 6.17 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
2 July 1886 | 14,167/16,063 | 88.20 | |
Conservative Party | 7,780 | 54.92 | |
Conservative Party | 7,668 | 54.13 | |
Liberal Party | 6,452 | 45.54 | |
Liberal Party | 6,314 | 44.57 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 8.58 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
4 July 1892 | 15,924/17,772 | 89.60 | |
Conservative Party | 8,429 | 52.93 | |
Conservative Party | 8,140 | 51.12 | |
Liberal Party | 7,575 | 47.57 | |
Liberal Party | 7,536 | 47.32 | |
Majority | 565 | 3.55 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
15 July 1895 | 16,743/19,577 | 85.52 | |
Conservative Party | 8,594 | 51.33 | |
Liberal Party | 8,453 | 50.49 | |
Conservative Party | 7,901 | 47.19 | |
Independent Labour Party | 2,694 | 16.09 | |
Majority | 552 | 3.30 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
29 September 1900 | 19,716 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 January 1906 | 18,656/20,388 | 91.50 | |
Liberal Party | 10,953 | 58.71 | |
Labour Party | 10,416 | 55.83 | |
Conservative Party | 6,693 | 35.88 | |
Majority | 3,723 | 19.96 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
15 January 1910 | 20,026/21,341 | 93.84 | |
Liberal Party | 12,275 | 61.30 | |
Labour Party | 11,864 | 59.24 | |
Conservative Party | 7,479 | 37.35 | |
Conservative Party | 7,326 | 36.58 | |
Majority | 4,385 | 21.90 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
3 December 1910 | 19,054/21,341 | 89.28 | |
Liberal Party | 10,358 | 54.36 | |
Labour Party | 10,108 | 53.05 | |
Conservative Party | 8,697 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 1,411 | 7.41 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
7 November 1912 Death of George Harwood. | |||
23 November 1912 | 18,846/21,195 | 88.92 | |
Liberal Party | 10,011 | 53.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,835 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 1,176 | 6.24 | |
27 August 1914 Death of Alfred Gill. | |||
22 September 1914 | |||
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 February 1916 Resignation of Thomas Taylor. (Northstead) | |||
29 February 1916 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 81,418 | ||
Liberal Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 November 1922 | 73,572/84,342 | 87.23 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,491 | 50.96 | |
National Liberal Party | 31,015 | 42.16 | |
Labour Party | 20,559 | 27.94 | |
Labour Party | 20,156 | 27.40 | |
Liberal Party | 18,534 | 25.19 | |
Majority | 10,456 | 14.21 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
6 December 1923 | 68,532/85,613 | 80.05 | |
Labour Party | 25,133 | 36.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,833 | 33.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,640 | 33.04 | |
Liberal Party | 22,173 | 32.35 | |
Labour Party | 21,045 | 30.71 | |
Liberal Party | 21,040 | 30.70 | |
Majority | 193 | 0.28 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
29 October 1924 | 73,888/86,366 | 85.55 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,690 | 46.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,405 | 45.21 | |
Labour Party | 30,632 | 41.46 | |
Labour Party | 28,918 | 39.14 | |
Liberal Party | 10,036 | 13.58 | |
Liberal Party | 8,558 | 11.58 | |
Majority | 2,773 | 3.75 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
30 May 1929 | 101,588/120,463 | 84.33 | |
Labour Party | 43,520 | 42.84 | |
Labour Party | 37,888 | 37.30 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,667 | 36.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,850 | 35.29 | |
Liberal Party | 27,074 | 26.65 | |
Majority | 1,221 | 1.20 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
27 October 1931 | 99,961/122,912 | 81.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 66,385 | 66.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 63,402 | 63.43 | |
Labour Party | 33,737 | 33.75 | |
Labour Party | 32,049 | 32.06 | |
Majority | 29,665 | 29.68 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 November 1935 | 95,347/124,119 | 76.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 54,129 | 56.77 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 52,465 | 55.03 | |
Labour Party | 39,890 | 41.84 | |
Labour Party | 39,871 | 41.82 | |
Majority | 12,575 | 13.19 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
21 May 1940 Death of Sir John Haslam. | |||
13 September 1940 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 94,200/120,551 | 78.14 | |
Labour Party | 44,595 | 47.34 | |
Labour Party | 43,266 | 45.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,217 | 33.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,911 | 32.81 | |
Liberal Party | 18,180 | 19.30 | |
Liberal Party | 17,710 | 18.80 | |
Majority | 12,049 | 12.79 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||