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10 December 1832		919
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	Unopposed

6 January 1835		436/960	45.42
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	411	94.27
William Penn Gaskell	Radical	25	5.73
Majority		386	88.53

24 July 1837		930/1,324	70.24
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	632	67.96
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	298	32.04
Majority		334	35.91

29 June 1841		1,423/2,003	71.04
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	764	53.69
James Agg Gardner	Conservative Party	655	46.03
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	4	0.28
Majority		109	7.66

29 July 1847		1,926/2,345	82.13
Sir Willoughby Jones, Bt	Conservative Party	1,015	52.70
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	907	47.09
Edmund Carrington Smith	Conservative Party	4	0.21
Majority		108	5.61

29 May 1848 Petition - election void.

28 June 1848		1,872/2,345	79.83
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	1,024	54.70
James Agg Gardner	Conservative Party	848	45.30
Majority		176	9.40

24 August 1848 Petition - election void.

4 September 1848		1,821/2,345	77.65
Charles Lennox Granville Berkeley	Whig	986	54.15
Bickham Escott	Conservative Party	835	45.85
Majority		151	8.29

8 July 1852		1,868/2,400	77.83
Hon Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	999	53.48
Sir Willoughby Jones, Bt	Conservative Party	869	46.52
Majority		130	6.96

1 July 1855 Death of Hon Craven Berkeley.

14 July 1855
Charles Lennox Granville Berkeley	Whig	760	81.02
William Ridler	Conservative Party	178	18.98
Majority		582	62.05

2 May 1856 Resignation of Charles Berkeley on appointment as Commissioner of Customs. (Chiltern Hundreds)

8 May 1856
Hon Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	841	56.22
Edmund Gilling Hallewell	Conservative Party	655	43.78
Majority		186	12.43

27 March 1857		2,170
Hon Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	Unopposed

30 April 1859		1,832/2,171	84.39
Hon Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Liberal Party	922	50.33
Charles Schreiber	Conservative Party	910	49.67
Majority		12	0.66

1859 Petition - dismissed.

12 July 1865		2,286/2,793	81.85
Charles Schreiber	Conservative Party	1,157	50.61
Hon Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Liberal Party	1,129	49.39
Majority		28	1.22

1865 Petition - dismissed.

Boundary Change
17 November 1868		3,114/3,536	88.07
Henry Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal Party	1,646	52.86
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	1,468	47.14
Majority		178	5.72

8 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.

4 February 1874		3,963/4,438	89.30
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	2,121	53.52
Henry Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal Party	1,842	46.48
Majority		279	7.04

31 March 1880		4,615/5,018	91.97
Charles Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres, Baron de Ferrieres	Liberal Party	2,318	50.23
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	2,297	49.77
Majority		21	0.46

1880 Petition - dismissed.

24 November 1885		6,204/6,464	95.98
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	3,504	56.48
Rudolf Chambers Lehmann	Liberal Party	2,700	43.52
Majority		804	12.96

2 July 1886		5,583/6,464	86.37
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	3,323	59.52
Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs	Liberal Party	2,260	40.48
Majority		1,063	19.04

4 July 1892		5,851/6,642	88.09
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	3,241	55.39
Frank Debenham	Liberal Party	2,610	44.61
Majority		631	10.78

15 July 1895		6,372/7,169	88.88
Francis Shirley Russell	Conservative Party	3,409	53.50
Wilfrid T Blaydes	Liberal Party	2,940	46.14
Alton William Hillen	Independent	23	0.36
Majority		469	7.36

29 September 1900		7,584
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 January 1906		7,419/8,114	91.43
John Edward Sears	Liberal Party	3,910	52.70
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	3,509	47.30
Majority		401	5.41

17 January 1910		7,838/8,353	93.83
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon	Conservative Party	3,988	50.88
Richard Mathias	Liberal Party	3,850	49.12
Majority		138	1.76

5 December 1910		7,599/8,353	90.97
Richard Mathias	Liberal Party	3,846	50.61
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon	Conservative Party	3,753	49.39
Majority		93	1.22

31 March 1911 Election declared void on petition.

28 April 1911		8,082/8,712	92.77
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	4,043	50.02
Lewis J Mathias	Liberal Party	4,039	49.98
Majority		4	0.05

14 December 1918		15,919/23,217	68.57
Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,602	60.32
Dr Richard Davies	Independent Liberal	6,317	39.68
Majority		3,285	20.64

15 November 1922		19,620/23,977	81.83
Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,383	58.02
Cuthbert Plaistowe	Liberal Party	8,237	41.98
Majority		3,146	16.03

6 December 1923		19,684/24,768	79.47
Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,514	53.41
Cuthbert Plaistowe	Liberal Party	9,170	46.59
Majority		1,344	6.83

29 October 1924		21,055/25,454	82.72
Rt Hon Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,909	56.56
Joseph Stanley Holmes	Liberal Party	9,146	43.44
Majority		2,763	13.12

9 August 1928 Death of Rt Hon Sir James Agg-Gardner.

26 September 1928		21,078/26,265	80.25
Sir Walter Reuben Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,438	49.52
Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, Bt	Liberal Party	6,678	31.68
Florence Beatrice Widdowson	Labour Party	3,962	18.80
Majority		3,760	17.84

30 May 1929		28,732/35,993	79.83
Sir Walter Reuben Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,279	53.18
Frank Walter Raffety	Liberal Party	8,533	29.70
William Ramsey Pigott	Labour Party	4,920	17.12
Majority		6,746	23.48

27 October 1931		27,787/36,974	75.15
Sir Walter Reuben Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,524	81.06
John Ramage	Labour Party	5,263	18.94
Majority		17,261	62.12

14 November 1935		26,358/37,428	70.42
Sir Walter Reuben Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,574	70.47
Hon Elizabeth Pakenham	Labour Party	7,784	29.53
Majority		10,790	40.94

27 May 1937 Resignation of Sir Walter Preston. (Northstead)

22 June 1937		26,297/37,947	69.30
Daniel Leopold Lipson	Independent Conservative	10,533	40.05
R T Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,194	38.76
Cecil Charles Poole	Labour Party	5,570	21.18
Majority		339	1.29

5 July 1945		37,148/49,282	75.38
Daniel Leopold Lipson	Nat Ind	16,081	43.29
Phyllis Maude Warner	Labour Party	11,095	29.87
William Whitehead Hicks Beach	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,972	26.84
Majority		4,986	13.42

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		41,485/48,786	85.03
William Whitehead Hicks Beach	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,009	43.41
Arthur George James	Labour Party	13,027	31.40
Daniel Leopold Lipson	Independent	10,449	25.19
Majority		4,982	12.01

25 October 1951		41,451/49,844	83.16
William Whitehead Hicks Beach	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,674	57.11
James Finnigan	Labour Party	17,777	42.89
Majority		5,897	14.23

26 May 1955		40,897/51,491	79.43
William Whitehead Hicks Beach	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,259	59.32
James Finnigan	Labour Party	16,638	40.68
Majority		7,621	18.63

8 October 1959		43,150/52,946	81.50
William Whitehead Hicks Beach	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,997	50.98
Dr Kamalakant Gajanan Pendse	Labour Party	12,725	29.49
George Grimes Watson	Liberal Party	8,428	19.53
Majority		9,272	21.49

15 October 1964		41,932/54,120	77.48
Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,797	47.21
Hugh Gray	Labour Party	14,567	34.74
James Anthony Lemkin	Liberal Party	7,568	18.05
Majority		5,230	12.47

31 March 1966		42,451/54,964	77.23
Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,683	53.43
William John Wilson	Labour Party	19,768	46.57
Majority		2,915	6.87

18 June 1970		45,467/60,141	75.60
Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,823	50.20
Leslie George Godwin	Labour Party	14,213	31.26
Dudley George Aldridge	Liberal Party	8,431	18.54
Majority		8,610	18.94

28 February 1974		50,505/62,098	81.33
Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,723	43.01
Frederick Carson Rodger	Liberal Party	15,811	31.31
Hugh Gray	Labour Party	12,971	25.68
Majority		5,912	11.71

10 October 1974		47,062/62,727	75.03
Charles Graham Irving	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,691	46.09
Frederick Carson Rodger	Liberal Party	13,237	28.13
Frederick Charles Inglis	Labour Party	12,134	25.78
Majority		8,454	17.96

3 May 1979		50,225/64,726	77.60
Charles Graham Irving	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,618	51.01
Nigel David Jones	Liberal Party	15,080	30.02
Michael Reilly	Labour Party	9,185	18.29
Raymond Arthur Jacklin	National Front	342	0.68
Majority		10,538	20.98

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		57,725/77,136	74.84
Charles Graham Irving	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,187	50.56
Richard Gordon Holme	Liberal Party in Alliance	23,669	41.00
Judith Marjorie James	Labour Party	4,390	7.61
David George Swindley	Ecology Party	479	0.83
Majority		5,518	9.56

11 June 1987		62,547/80,121	78.07
Charles Graham Irving	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,371	50.16
Richard Gordon Holme	Liberal Party in Alliance	26,475	42.33
Michael Norman Luker	Labour Party	4,701	7.52
Majority		4,896	7.83

9 April 1992		64,107/79,808	80.33
Nigel David Jones	Liberal Democrats	30,351	47.34
John David Beckett Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,683	44.74
Pamela Rose Tatlow	Labour Party	4,077	6.36
Melvyn David Rendall	Anti-Fed	665	1.04
Henry Willoughby Brighouse	Natural Law Party	169	0.26
Mark Ashley Bruce-Smith	Independent	162	0.25
Majority		1,668	2.60

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,303/67,950	74.03
Nigel David Jones	Liberal Democrats	24,877	49.45
William John Todman	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,232	36.24
Barry Leach	Labour Party	5,100	10.14
Alison Fiona Powell	Referendum Party	1,065	2.12
Kenneth Reginald Stephen Hanks	Monster Raving Loony Party	375	0.75
Gordon Cook	UK Independence Party	302	0.60
Anne Harriss	Pro-Life Alliance	245	0.49
Sally Bridget Brighouse	Natural Law Party	107	0.21
Majority		6,645	13.21

7 June 2001		41,835/67,563	61.92
Nigel David Jones	Liberal Democrats	19,970	47.74
Robert Edward Garnham	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,715	35.17
Andrew Barnes Erlam	Labour Party	5,041	12.05
Keith Derek Bessant	Green Party	735	1.76
Kenneth Reginald Stephen Hanks	Monster Raving Loony Party	513	1.23
James Bruce Carver	UK Independence Party	482	1.15
Anthony John Gates	Pro-Life Alliance	272	0.65
Roger Joseph Everest	Independent	107	0.26
Majority		5,255	12.56

5 May 2005		43,621/71,541	60.97
Martin Charles Horwood	Liberal Democrats	18,122	41.54
Dr Vanessa Rosa Gearson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,819	36.26
Christopher James Evans	Labour Party	4,988	11.43
Dr Robert Hodges	Independent	2,651	6.08
Keith Derek Bessant	Green Party	908	2.08
Timothy Niall Warry	UK Independence Party	608	1.39
Kenneth Reginald Stephen Hanks	Monster Raving Loony Party	525	1.20
Majority		2,303	5.28

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		52,786/78,915	66.89
Martin Charles Horwood	Liberal Democrats	26,659	50.50
Mark Steven Coote	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,739	41.18
James Green	Labour Party	2,703	5.12
Peter Bowman	UK Independence Party	1,192	2.26
Kenneth Reginald Stephen "Dancing Ken" Hanks	Monster Raving Loony Party	493	0.93
Majority		4,920	9.32

7 May 2015		53,735/77,286	69.53
Alexander John Gervase Chalk	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,790	46.13
Martin Charles Horwood	Liberal Democrats	18,274	34.01
Paul Anthony Gilbert	Labour Party	3,902	7.26
Christina Mary Simmonds	UK Independence Party	3,808	7.09
Adam Paul van Coevorden	Green Party	2,689	5.00
Richard John Lupson-Darnell	Independent	272	0.51
Majority		6,516	12.13

8 June 2017		57,012/78,878	72.28
Alexander John Gervase Chalk	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,615	46.68
Martin Charles Horwood	Liberal Democrats	24,046	42.18
Keith White	Labour Party	5,408	9.49
Adam Paul van Coevorden	Green Party	943	1.65
Majority		2,569	4.51

12 December 2019		59,357/81,044	73.24
Alexander John Gervase Chalk	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,486	47.99
Maximillian Peter McGregor Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	27,505	46.34
George Hayden Penny	Labour Party	2,921	4.92
George Frederick Ridgeon	Monster Raving Loony Party	445	0.75
Majority		981	1.65

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,542/76,143	65.06
Maximillian Peter McGregor Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	25,076	50.62
Rt Hon Alexander John Gervase Chalk	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,866	36.06
Daniel Wilson	Green Party	3,160	6.38
Lara Soraya Chaplin	Labour Party	2,665	5.38
David Ian Charles McDonald	Independent	775	1.56
Majority		7,210	14.55