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1 December 1885 | 7,400/9,277 | 79.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,321 | 58.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,079 | 41.61 | |
Majority | 1,242 | 16.78 | |
2 July 1886 | 9,277 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 April 1892 Death of William Beadel. | |||
30 April 1892 | 9,333 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1892 | 6,967/9,333 | 74.65 | |
Conservative Party | 4,168 | 59.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,799 | 40.18 | |
Majority | 1,369 | 19.65 | |
13 July 1895 | 9,774 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 October 1900 | 6,827/10,341 | 66.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,978 | 72.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,849 | 27.08 | |
Majority | 3,129 | 45.83 | |
18 January 1906 | 9,376/11,767 | 79.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,915 | 52.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,461 | 47.58 | |
Majority | 454 | 4.84 | |
17 November 1908 Resignation of Sir Carne Rasch, Bt. (Northstead) | |||
1 December 1908 | 9,739/12,539 | 77.67 | |
Conservative Party | 6,152 | 63.17 | |
Liberal Party | 3,587 | 36.83 | |
Majority | 2,565 | 26.34 | |
19 January 1910 | 11,087/13,314 | 83.27 | |
Conservative Party | 6,816 | 61.48 | |
Liberal Party | 4,271 | 38.52 | |
Majority | 2,545 | 22.95 | |
3 December 1910 | 13,314 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 16,768/33,429 | 50.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 11,217 | 66.90 | |
Labour Party | 5,551 | 33.10 | |
Majority | 5,666 | 33.79 | |
15 November 1922 | 21,414/35,128 | 60.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,267 | 52.62 | |
Liberal Party | 6,380 | 29.79 | |
Labour Party | 3,767 | 17.59 | |
Majority | 4,887 | 22.82 | |
6 December 1923 | 23,062/36,343 | 63.46 | |
Liberal Party | 12,877 | 55.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,185 | 44.16 | |
Majority | 2,692 | 11.67 | |
29 October 1924 | 29,023/37,656 | 77.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,875 | 54.70 | |
Liberal Party | 10,244 | 35.30 | |
Labour Party | 2,904 | 10.01 | |
Majority | 5,631 | 19.40 | |
4 November 1926 Resignation of Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett. (Northstead) | |||
30 November 1926 | 27,970/39,652 | 70.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,395 | 47.89 | |
Liberal Party | 8,435 | 30.16 | |
Labour Party | 6,140 | 21.95 | |
Majority | 4,960 | 17.73 | |
30 May 1929 | 39,038/51,966 | 75.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,094 | 43.79 | |
Liberal Party | 13,034 | 33.39 | |
Labour Party | 8,910 | 22.82 | |
Majority | 4,060 | 10.40 | |
27 October 1931 | 39,716/56,001 | 70.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,961 | 80.47 | |
Labour Party | 7,755 | 19.53 | |
Majority | 24,206 | 60.95 | |
14 November 1935 | 40,004/61,164 | 65.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,314 | 70.78 | |
Labour Party | 11,690 | 29.22 | |
Majority | 16,624 | 41.56 | |
22 December 1944 Death of John Macnamara. | |||
26 April 1945 | 42,665/78,806 | 54.14 | |
Common Wealth Movement | 24,548 | 57.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,117 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 6,431 | 15.07 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
5 July 1945 | 58,447/79,638 | 73.39 | |
Common Wealth Movement | 27,309 | 46.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,229 | 43.17 | |
Liberal Party | 5,909 | 10.11 | |
Majority | 2,080 | 3.56 | |
22 April 1946 Ernest Millington takes the Labour whip. | |||
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 52,223/61,930 | 84.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,541 | 54.65 | |
Labour Party | 23,682 | 45.35 | |
Majority | 4,859 | 9.30 | |
25 October 1951 | 52,844/63,433 | 83.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,069 | 55.01 | |
Labour Party | 23,775 | 44.99 | |
Majority | 5,294 | 10.02 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 45,751/55,920 | 81.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,450 | 55.63 | |
Labour Party | 20,301 | 44.37 | |
Majority | 5,149 | 11.25 | |
8 October 1959 | 50,116/61,630 | 81.32 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,992 | 59.85 | |
Labour Party | 20,124 | 40.15 | |
Majority | 9,868 | 19.69 | |
15 October 1964 | 58,079/70,158 | 82.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,849 | 47.95 | |
Labour Party | 20,816 | 35.84 | |
Liberal Party | 9,414 | 16.21 | |
Majority | 7,033 | 12.11 | |
31 March 1966 | 60,644/73,535 | 82.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,600 | 47.16 | |
Labour Party | 23,625 | 38.96 | |
Liberal Party | 8,419 | 13.88 | |
Majority | 4,975 | 8.20 | |
18 June 1970 | 66,767/88,227 | 75.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,821 | 55.15 | |
Labour Party | 23,780 | 35.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,811 | 8.70 | |
Independent | 355 | 0.53 | |
Majority | 13,041 | 19.53 | |
Joseph Steel sought election as "Independent and Animal Dignity". He opposed factory-farming and advocated free-range farming. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 66,552/79,322 | 83.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,560 | 42.91 | |
Liberal Party | 21,929 | 32.95 | |
Labour Party | 16,063 | 24.14 | |
Majority | 6,631 | 9.96 | |
10 October 1974 | 63,377/80,020 | 79.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,334 | 41.55 | |
Liberal Party | 22,332 | 35.24 | |
Labour Party | 14,711 | 23.21 | |
Majority | 4,002 | 6.31 | |
3 May 1979 | 68,186/84,155 | 81.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,808 | 49.58 | |
Liberal Party | 28,337 | 41.56 | |
Labour Party | 6,041 | 8.86 | |
Majority | 5,471 | 8.02 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 62,605/79,978 | 78.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,824 | 47.64 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 29,446 | 47.03 | |
Labour Party | 3,208 | 5.12 | |
Independent | 127 | 0.20 | |
Majority | 378 | 0.60 | |
11 June 1987 | 67,829/83,696 | 81.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 35,231 | 51.94 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 27,470 | 40.50 | |
Labour Party | 4,642 | 6.84 | |
Green Party | 486 | 0.72 | |
Majority | 7,761 | 11.44 | |
9 April 1992 | 70,605/83,441 | 84.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 39,043 | 55.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,783 | 29.44 | |
Labour Party | 10,010 | 14.18 | |
Green Party | 769 | 1.09 | |
Majority | 18,260 | 25.86 | |
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6 May 2010 | 54,593/78,070 | 69.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,207 | 46.17 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,097 | 36.81 | |
Labour Party | 5,980 | 10.95 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,527 | 2.80 | |
British National Party | 899 | 1.65 | |
Green Party | 476 | 0.87 | |
English Democrats Party | 254 | 0.47 | |
Independent | 153 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 5,110 | 9.36 | |
7 May 2015 | 53,817/78,580 | 68.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,732 | 51.53 | |
Labour Party | 9,482 | 17.62 | |
UK Independence Party | 7,652 | 14.22 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,394 | 11.88 | |
Green Party | 1,892 | 3.52 | |
Official Liberal Party | 665 | 1.24 | |
Majority | 18,250 | 33.91 | |
8 June 2017 | 56,860/81,032 | 70.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,525 | 53.68 | |
Labour Party | 16,953 | 29.82 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,916 | 12.16 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,645 | 2.89 | |
Green Party | 821 | 1.44 | |
Majority | 13,572 | 23.87 | |
12 December 2019 | 57,122/80,394 | 71.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,934 | 55.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | 14,313 | 25.06 | |
Labour Party | 10,295 | 18.02 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 580 | 1.02 | |
Majority | 17,621 | 30.85 | |