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1 December 1885 | 9,427/11,034 | 85.44 | |
Liberal Party | 6,705 | 71.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,722 | 28.87 | |
Majority | 3,983 | 42.25 | |
13 July 1886 | 8,342/11,034 | 75.60 | |
Liberal Party | 5,425 | 65.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,917 | 34.97 | |
Majority | 2,508 | 30.06 | |
25 February 1889 Resignation of Courtney Kenny. (Northstead) | |||
11 March 1889 | 10,013/12,593 | 79.51 | |
Liberal Party | 6,232 | 62.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,781 | 37.76 | |
Majority | 2,451 | 24.48 | |
18 July 1892 | 10,237/13,643 | 75.03 | |
Liberal Party | 6,739 | 65.83 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,498 | 34.17 | |
Majority | 3,241 | 31.66 | |
22 July 1895 | 11,473/14,181 | 80.90 | |
Liberal Party | 6,820 | 59.44 | |
Conservative Party | 4,653 | 40.56 | |
Majority | 2,167 | 18.89 | |
11 September 1897 Succession of Earl Compton to the Peerage - 5th Marquess of Northampton. | |||
28 October 1897 | 11,289/14,805 | 76.25 | |
Liberal Party | 6,744 | 59.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,454 | 30.60 | |
Independent | 1,091 | 9.66 | |
Majority | 3,290 | 29.14 | |
8 October 1900 | 11,905/15,948 | 74.65 | |
Liberal Party | 7,549 | 63.41 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,356 | 36.59 | |
Majority | 3,193 | 26.82 | |
15 January 1906 | 19,564 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 January 1910 | 17,478/20,861 | 83.78 | |
Liberal Party | 12,425 | 71.09 | |
Conservative Party | 5,053 | 28.91 | |
Majority | 7,372 | 42.18 | |
3 December 1910 | 20,861 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 34,056 | ||
Liberal Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
15 November 1922 | 26,739/35,307 | 75.73 | |
Labour Party | 14,728 | 55.08 | |
National Liberal Party | 12,011 | 44.92 | |
Majority | 2,717 | 10.16 | |
6 December 1923 | 26,439/35,684 | 74.09 | |
Labour Party | 12,674 | 47.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,884 | 26.04 | |
Liberal Party | 6,881 | 26.03 | |
Majority | 5,790 | 21.90 | |
29 October 1924 | 28,523/36,469 | 78.21 | |
Labour Party | 14,738 | 51.67 | |
Liberal Party | 13,785 | 48.33 | |
Majority | 953 | 3.34 | |
30 May 1929 | 40,637/49,361 | 82.33 | |
Labour Party | 21,855 | 53.78 | |
Liberal Party | 12,517 | 30.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,265 | 15.42 | |
Majority | 9,338 | 22.98 | |
27 October 1931 | 42,014/49,902 | 84.19 | |
National Liberal Party | 21,392 | 50.92 | |
Labour Party | 20,622 | 49.08 | |
Majority | 770 | 1.83 | |
14 November 1935 | 43,001/52,077 | 82.57 | |
Labour Party | 25,318 | 58.88 | |
National Liberal Party | 17,683 | 41.12 | |
Majority | 7,635 | 17.76 | |
28 April 1938 Death of John Potts. | |||
16 June 1938 | 36,618/50,376 | 72.69 | |
Labour Party | 23,566 | 64.36 | |
National Liberal Party | 13,052 | 35.64 | |
Majority | 10,514 | 28.71 | |
5 July 1945 | 41,996/52,211 | 80.44 | |
Labour Party | 30,614 | 72.90 | |
National Liberal Party | 11,382 | 27.10 | |
Majority | 19,232 | 45.79 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 61,287/68,905 | 88.94 | |
Labour Party | 42,008 | 68.54 | |
Liberal Party | 10,799 | 17.62 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 8,480 | 13.84 | |
Majority | 31,209 | 50.92 | |
16 October 1951 Death of Frank Collindridge. | |||
8 November 1951 | 53,821/69,694 | 77.22 | |
Labour Party | 37,523 | 69.72 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 9,296 | 17.27 | |
Liberal Party | 7,002 | 13.01 | |
Majority | 28,227 | 52.45 | |
Polling was delayed due to the death of the Labour candidate, Frank Collindridge, after nomination. | |||
21 January 1953 Resignation of Sidney Schofield. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
31 March 1953 | 40,188/69,351 | 57.95 | |
Labour Party | 29,283 | 72.87 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 10,905 | 27.13 | |
Majority | 18,378 | 45.73 | |
26 May 1955 | 54,261/68,997 | 78.64 | |
Labour Party | 39,485 | 72.77 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 14,776 | 27.23 | |
Majority | 24,709 | 45.54 | |
8 October 1959 | 57,754/69,833 | 82.70 | |
Labour Party | 42,565 | 73.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,189 | 26.30 | |
Majority | 27,376 | 47.40 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 55,756/69,658 | 80.04 | |
Labour Party | 37,250 | 66.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,417 | 16.89 | |
Liberal Party | 9,089 | 16.30 | |
Majority | 27,833 | 49.92 | |
31 March 1966 | 51,200/69,751 | 73.40 | |
Labour Party | 38,744 | 75.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,456 | 24.33 | |
Majority | 26,288 | 51.34 | |
18 June 1970 | 53,953/75,678 | 71.29 | |
Labour Party | 34,956 | 64.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,811 | 20.04 | |
Liberal Party | 8,186 | 15.17 | |
Majority | 24,145 | 44.75 | |
Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 56,564/75,859 | 74.56 | |
Labour Party | 40,595 | 71.77 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,969 | 28.23 | |
Majority | 24,626 | 43.54 | |
10 October 1974 | 52,365/76,551 | 68.41 | |
Labour Party | 34,212 | 65.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,400 | 17.95 | |
Liberal Party | 8,753 | 16.72 | |
Majority | 24,812 | 47.38 | |
3 May 1979 | 56,667/77,699 | 72.93 | |
Labour Party | 36,276 | 64.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,654 | 24.10 | |
Liberal Party | 5,751 | 10.15 | |
Independent Socialist | 638 | 1.13 | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | 348 | 0.61 | |
Majority | 22,622 | 39.92 | |
William Gallagher advocated the withdrawal of British troops from Ireland and had the support of Socialist Unity. | |||