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December 1832		1,197/1,427	83.88
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	684	57.14
John Phillpotts	Whig	658	54.97
Henry Thomas Hope	Tory	549	45.86
Majority		109	9.11

April 1833 Resignation of Maurice Berkeley on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

9 April 1833		1,023/1,427	71.69
Henry Thomas Hope	Tory	566	55.33
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	457	44.67
Majority		109	10.65

7 January 1835		1,257/1,523	82.53
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	708	56.32
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	621	49.40
John Phillpotts	Whig	598	47.57
William Cother	Conservative Party	402	31.98
Majority		23	1.83

24 July 1837		1,279/1,674	76.40
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	727	56.84
John Phillpotts	Whig	710	55.51
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	630	49.26
Majority		80	6.25

1838 Petition - dismissed.

May 1838 Resignation of Henry Hope. (Chiltern Hundreds)

21 May 1838		1,264/1,674	75.51
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	685	54.19
Edward Webb	Whig	579	45.81
Majority		106	8.39

29 June 1841		1,336/1,876	71.22
John Phillpotts	Whig	753	56.36
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	732	54.79
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	646	48.35
John Henry Loftus, Viscount Loftus	Conservative Party	510	38.17
Majority		86	6.44

1841 Petition - withdrawn.

July 1846 Resignation of Maurice Berkeley on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

11 July 1846
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	Unopposed

28 July 1847		1,631
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		1,569/1,621	96.79
William Philip Price	Radical	831	52.96
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	786	50.10
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	760	48.44
Majority		26	1.66

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

December 1852 Resignation of Maurice Berkeley on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

4 January 1853		1,431/1,652	86.62
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	761	53.18
Henry Thomas Hope	Conservative Party	670	46.82
Majority		91	6.36

26 March 1855 Resignation of William Price. He had accepted a Government contract in the Crimea which would have disqualified him from remaining a Member of the House of Commons. (Northstead)

31 March 1855
William Philip Price	Radical	Unopposed

28 March 1857		1,456/1,743	83.53
Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	742	50.96
William Philip Price	Radical	717	49.24
Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	710	48.76
Majority		7	0.48

29 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.

30 April 1859		1,388/1,721	80.65
William Philip Price	Liberal Party	807	58.14
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	779	56.12
Sir Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	595	42.87
Majority		184	13.26

29 July 1859 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended.

26 February 1862		1,426/1,742	81.86
Hon Charles Paget Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Liberal Party	761	70.33
John Joseph Powell	Liberal Party	716	66.17
Richard Potter	Conservative Party	687	63.49
Majority		29	4.07

21 May 1864 Resignation of John Powell on appointment as Recorder of Wolverhampton.

25 May 1864
John Joseph Powell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		1,540/1,715	89.80
William Philip Price	Liberal Party	854	55.45
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	774	50.26
Adam Steinmetz Kennard	Conservative Party	726	47.14
Majority		48	3.12

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		3,440/4,437	77.53
William Philip Price	Liberal Party	1,933	56.19
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	1,922	55.87
William Nassau Lees	Conservative Party	1,520	44.19
Edward John Brennan	Conservative Party	1,504	43.72
Majority		402	11.69

1869 Petition - withdrawn.

8 May 1873		3,617/4,737	76.36
William Killigrew Wait	Conservative Party	1,850	51.15
Elisha Smith Robinson	Liberal Party	1,767	48.85
Majority		83	2.29

1873 Petition - dismissed.

29 April 1873 Resignation of William Price. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 February 1874		4,029/4,838	83.28
William Killigrew Wait	Conservative Party	2,132	52.92
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	2,070	51.38
John Joseph Powell	Liberal Party	1,990	49.39
Sir James John Trevor Lawrence, Bt	Conservative Party	1,865	46.29
Majority		80	1.99

31 March 1880		4,840/5,583	86.69
Thomas Robinson	Liberal Party	2,797	57.79
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	2,680	55.37
William Killigrew Wait	Conservative Party	2,304	47.60
Benjamin St John Ackers	Conservative Party	1,898	39.21
Majority		376	7.77

9 June 1880 Petition - Thomas Robinson unseated. The writ for the by-election was never moved.

March 1881 The House of Commons suspended representation of this borough.

24 November 1885		3,948/4,547	86.83
Thomas Robinson	Liberal Party	2,222	56.28
William Killigrew Wait	Conservative Party	1,726	43.72
Majority		496	12.56

2 July 1886		3,621/4,547	79.63
Thomas Robinson	Liberal Party	1,908	52.69
John Ward	Conservative Party	1,713	47.31
Majority		195	5.39

4 July 1892		5,685/6,588	86.29
Thomas Robinson	Liberal Party	2,885	50.75
Charles James Monk	Liberal Unionist Party	2,800	49.25
Majority		85	1.50

16 July 1895		6,055/6,900	87.75
Charles James Monk	Liberal Unionist Party	3,264	53.91
Arthur Spencer Wells	Liberal Party	2,791	46.09
Majority		473	7.81

2 October 1900		6,311/7,496	84.19
Russell Rea	Liberal Party	3,267	51.77
Pandeli Toumazis Ralli	Liberal Unionist Party	3,044	48.23
Majority		223	3.53

15 January 1906		7,540/8,043	93.75
Russell Rea	Liberal Party	3,921	52.00
Henry Terrell	Conservative Party	3,619	48.00
Majority		302	4.01

15 January 1910		8,092/8,475	95.48
Henry Terrell	Conservative Party	4,109	50.78
Rt Hon Russell Rea	Liberal Party	3,983	49.22
Majority		126	1.56

3 December 1910		7,802/8,475	92.06
Henry Terrell	Conservative Party	3,903	50.03
Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch	Liberal Party	3,899	49.97
Majority		4	0.05

14 December 1918		16,576/25,006	66.29
Sir James Bruton	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,470	51.10
Thomas Henry Morday	Liberal Party	5,246	31.65
William Levason Edwards	Labour Party	2,860	17.25
Majority		3,224	19.45

15 November 1922		21,843/25,784	84.72
Sir James Bruton	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,922	36.27
Morgan Philips Price	Labour Party	7,871	36.03
Arthur William Stanton	Liberal Party	6,050	27.70
Majority		51	0.23

Morgan Price had his name included in the first list of official Communist Party candidates but in a revised list he was described as "sympathetic" although not an actual member of the Communist Party.

6 December 1923		22,768/26,324	86.49
James Nockells Horlick	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,630	37.90
Morgan Philips Price	Labour Party	8,127	35.69
Arthur William Stanton	Liberal Party	6,011	26.40
Majority		503	2.21

Morgan Price was a member of the Communist Party but received Labour Party endorsement.

29 October 1924		22,096/26,600	83.07
James Nockells Horlick	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,525	47.63
Morgan Philips Price	Labour Party	8,005	36.23
Theobald Mathew	Liberal Party	3,566	16.14
Majority		2,520	11.40

30 May 1929		28,178/33,716	83.57
Harold Leslie Boyce	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,041	39.18
Henry Nixon	Labour Party	10,548	37.43
Thomas Worrall Casey	Liberal Party	6,589	23.38
Majority		493	1.75

27 October 1931		28,424/34,473	82.45
Harold Leslie Boyce	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,201	67.55
Charles Herbert Fox	Labour Party	9,223	32.45
Majority		9,978	35.10

14 November 1935		27,485/34,786	79.01
Harold Leslie Boyce	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,682	57.06
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	11,803	42.94
Majority		3,879	14.11

5 July 1945		29,814/39,884	74.75
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	14,010	46.99
Sir Harold Leslie Boyce	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,466	35.10
Harold Arthur Guy	Liberal Party	5,338	17.90
Majority		3,544	11.89

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,354/49,005	86.43
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	20,202	47.70
John Anthony Kershaw	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,708	37.09
Harold Arthur Guy	Liberal Party	6,444	15.21
Majority		4,494	10.61

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		43,225/50,554	85.50
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	21,097	48.81
John Anthony Kershaw	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,836	43.58
Gordon Edgar Payne	Liberal Party	3,292	7.62
Majority		2,261	5.23

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		41,960/51,841	80.94
Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour Party	21,354	50.89
David Napley	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,606	49.11
Majority		748	1.78

6 June 1957 Death of Moss Turner-Samuels.

12 September 1957		36,809/51,815	71.04
John Diamond	Labour Party	18,895	51.33
Francis John Vernon Hereward Dashwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,521	28.58
Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	Liberal Party	7,393	20.08
Majority		8,374	22.75

8 October 1959		43,465/52,836	82.26
John Diamond	Labour Party	19,450	44.75
Henry Douglas Keith Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,679	38.37
Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	Liberal Party	7,336	16.88
Majority		2,771	6.38

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		43,106/54,905	78.51
John Diamond	Labour Party	19,631	45.54
John Heydon Romaine Stokes	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,514	35.99
Inga-Stina Robson	Liberal Party	7,581	17.59
Russell Ernest Eckley	Independent	380	0.88
Majority		4,117	9.55

31 March 1966		43,169/55,703	77.50
Rt Hon John Diamond	Labour Party	20,951	48.53
Christopher John Jellicoe Balfour	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,678	36.32
Inga-Stina Robson	Liberal Party	6,540	15.15
Majority		5,273	12.21

18 June 1970		46,550/61,164	76.11
Sarah A Oppenheim	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,838	46.91
Rt Hon John Diamond	Labour Party	20,777	44.63
James Philip Heppell	Liberal Party	3,935	8.45
Majority		1,061	2.28

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,788/61,910	83.65
Sarah A Oppenheim	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,052	44.51
Alfred Ernest Pegler	Labour Party	18,215	35.17
David George Halford	Liberal Party	10,155	19.61
Bryan Gordon-Storkey	Independent Conservative	366	0.71
Majority		4,837	9.34

Bryan Gordon-Storkey sought election as the Official Conservative Powell candidate, and was opposed to Britain's membership of the Common Market.

10 October 1974		49,157/62,486	78.67
Sarah A Oppenheim	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,664	46.11
Ann Clwyd Roberts	Labour Party	19,136	38.93
David George Halford	Liberal Party	7,357	14.97
Majority		3,528	7.18

3 May 1979		51,650/64,958	79.51
Sarah A Oppenheim	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,163	48.72
Michael David Golder	Labour Party	18,747	36.30
David George Halford	Liberal Party	7,213	13.97
Robert Edward Alan Morgan	National Front	527	1.02
Majority		6,416	12.42

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,171/75,288	74.61
Rt Hon Sarah A Oppenheim	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,235	48.49
Charles William Victor Hinds	Labour Party	14,698	26.17
Michael David Golder	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,499	24.03
John Hamilton Waters	Ecology Party	479	0.85
Robert Lionel Rhodes	British National Party	260	0.46
Majority		12,537	22.32

1984 Rt Hon Mrs Sally Oppenheim changes her name to Rt Hon Mrs Sally Oppenheim-Barnes.

11 June 1987		60,034/77,899	77.07
Douglas Charles French	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,826	49.68
David Kwabena Hulme	Labour Party	17,791	29.63
Jeremy Eric Hilton	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,417	20.68
Majority		12,035	20.05

9 April 1992		64,660/80,578	80.25
Douglas Charles French	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,870	46.20
Kevin Ernest Stephens	Labour Party	23,812	36.83
John Michael Sewell	Liberal Democrats	10,978	16.98
Majority		6,058	9.37

1 May 1997		57,914/78,682	73.61
Teresa Jane Kingham	Labour Party	28,943	49.98
Douglas Charles French	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,684	35.72
Pitambarum Munisamy	Liberal Democrats	6,069	10.48
Andrew James Reid	Referendum Party	1,482	2.56
Anthony Lionel Harris	UK Independence Party	455	0.79
Moira Theresa Hamilton	Natural Law Party	281	0.49
Majority		8,259	14.26

7 June 2001		48,223/81,144	59.43
Parmjit Singh Dhanda	Labour Party	22,067	45.76
Paul Simon James	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,187	37.71
Timothy John Bullamore	Liberal Democrats	6,875	14.26
Terence Lines	UK Independence Party	822	1.70
Stewart James Wortley Smyth	Socialist Alliance	272	0.56
Majority		3,880	8.05

5 May 2005		51,803/82,500	62.79
Parmjit Singh Dhanda	Labour Party	23,138	44.67
Paul Simon James	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,867	36.42
Jeremy Eric Hilton	Liberal Democrats	7,825	15.11
Gary William Phipps	UK Independence Party	1,116	2.15
Bryan John Meloy	Green Party	857	1.65
Majority		4,271	8.24

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		50,764/79,321	64.00
Richard Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,267	39.92
Parmjit Singh Dhanda	Labour Party	17,847	35.16
Jeremy Eric Hilton	Liberal Democrats	9,767	19.24
Mike Smith	UK Independence Party	1,808	3.56
Alan Arthur Platt	English Democrats Party	564	1.11
Bryan John Meloy	Green Party	511	1.01
Majority		2,420	4.77

7 May 2015		52,565/82,964	63.36
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,827	45.33
Sophy Gardner	Labour Party	16,586	31.55
John Richard Ford	UK Independence Party	7,497	14.26
Jeremy Eric Hilton	Liberal Democrats	2,828	5.38
Jonathan Cecil Ingleby	Green Party	1,485	2.83
George Frederick Ridgeon	Monster Raving Loony Party	227	0.43
Susan Marilyn Powell	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	115	0.22
Majority		7,241	13.78

8 June 2017		54,071/82,965	65.17
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,208	50.32
Barry Kirby	Labour Party	21,688	40.11
Jeremy Eric Hilton	Liberal Democrats	2,716	5.02
Daniel Woolf	UK Independence Party	1,495	2.76
Gerald Hartley	Green Party	754	1.39
George Frederick Ridgeon	Monster Raving Loony Party	210	0.39
Majority		5,520	10.21

12 December 2019		53,764/81,319	66.11
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,159	54.24
Frances Cicely Boait	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,882	35.12
Rebecca Jane Trimnell	Liberal Democrats	4,338	8.07
Michael Anthony Byfield	Green Party	1,385	2.58
Majority		10,277	19.12

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		45,692/79,475	57.49
Alexander Forbes McIntyre	Labour Party	16,472	36.05
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,041	28.54
Christopher Farmer	Reform UK	7,307	15.99
Rebecca Jane Trimnell	Liberal Democrats	4,759	10.42
Adam Shearing	Green Party	2,307	5.05
Stephen Charles Gower	Workers Britain	974	2.13
Akhlaque Ahmed	Socialist Labour	496	1.09
Dudley Thomas Fred Ramsey	Independent	336	0.74
Majority		3,431	7.51