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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 November 1885		5,570/6,063	91.87
David Duncan	Liberal Party	2,958	53.11
Henry William Schneider	Conservative Party	2,612	46.89
Majority		346	6.21

23 March 1886 Petition - election declared void.

6 April 1886		5,298/6,063	87.38
William Sproston Caine	Liberal Party	3,109	58.68
Gainsford Bruce	Conservative Party	2,174	41.03
William Henry Martin-Edmunds	Independent Liberal	15	0.28
Majority		935	17.65

William Martin-Edmunds withdrew in favour of William Caine.

2 July 1886		5,094/6,063	84.02
William Sproston Caine	Liberal Unionist Party	3,212	63.05
John Stirling Ainsworth	Liberal Party	1,882	36.95
Majority		1,330	26.11

24 June 1890 William Caine seeks re-election after leaving the Liberal Unionist party. (Northstead)

2 July 1890		5,086/6,034	84.29
James Archibald Duncan	Liberal Party	1,944	38.22
Henry Herbert Wainwright	Conservative Party	1,862	36.61
William Sproston Caine	Independent Liberal	1,280	25.17
Majority		82	1.61

5 July 1892		6,202/6,958	89.13
Charles William Cayzer	Conservative Party	3,312	53.40
James Archibald Duncan	Liberal Party	2,890	46.60
Majority		422	6.80

13 July 1895		5,961/6,665	89.44
Charles William Cayzer	Conservative Party	3,192	53.55
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee	Liberal Party	2,355	39.51
Peter Francis Curran	Independent Labour Party	414	6.95
Majority		837	14.04

29 September 1900		7,755
Sir Charles William Cayzer	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 January 1906		8,562/9,426	90.83
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	5,167	60.35
Sir Charles William Cayzer, Bt	Conservative Party	3,395	39.65
Majority		1,772	20.70

18 January 1910		9,602/10,478	91.64
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	5,304	55.24
Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell	Conservative Party	4,298	44.76
Majority		1,006	10.48

6 December 1910		9,100/10,478	86.85
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	4,810	52.86
Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell	Conservative Party	4,290	47.14
Majority		520	5.71

14 December 1918		24,917/37,697	66.10
Robert Burton Chadwick	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,608	50.60
Charles Duncan	Labour Party	12,309	49.40
Majority		299	1.20

15 November 1922		31,029/35,609	87.14
Daniel Gerald Somerville	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,478	53.11
John Bromley	Labour Party	14,551	46.89
Majority		1,927	6.21

6 December 1923		29,503/34,187	86.30
Daniel Gerald Somerville	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,996	47.44
John Bromley	Labour Party	13,576	46.02
William Hood Wandless	Liberal Party	1,931	6.55
Majority		420	1.42

29 October 1924		30,314/33,714	89.92
John Bromley	Labour Party	15,512	51.17
Daniel Gerald Somerville	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,802	48.83
Majority		710	2.34

30 May 1929		35,349/40,708	86.84
John Bromley	Labour Party	19,798	56.01
Kenneth McDonald Cameron	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,551	43.99
Majority		4,247	12.01

27 October 1931		36,629/41,195	88.92
Sir Jonah Walker Walker-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,794	56.77
David Adams	Labour Party	15,835	43.23
Majority		4,959	13.54

14 November 1935		36,055/42,213	85.41
Sir Jonah Walker Walker-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,136	50.30
Percy Gott Barstow	Labour Party	17,919	49.70
Majority		217	0.60

5 July 1945		39,587/49,669	79.70
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	25,939	65.52
Sir Jonah Walker Walker-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,648	34.48
Majority		12,291	31.05

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,813/53,300	87.83
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	26,342	56.27
Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,793	35.87
Herbert Alexander Anderson Jardine	Liberal Party	3,678	7.86
Majority		9,549	20.40

25 October 1951		46,934/54,459	86.18
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	26,709	56.91
Kenneth Fullerton Lawton	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,225	43.09
Majority		6,484	13.82

26 May 1955		42,825/53,073	80.69
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	22,792	53.22
Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,033	46.78
Majority		2,759	6.44

8 October 1959		42,414/51,904	81.72
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	23,194	54.68
Malcolm Metcalf	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,220	45.32
Majority		3,974	9.37

15 October 1964		40,265/51,601	78.03
Walter Monslow	Labour Party	22,197	55.13
Peter Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,068	44.87
Majority		4,129	10.25

31 March 1966		38,938/50,711	76.78
Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	23,485	60.31
Richard William Rollins	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,453	39.69
Majority		8,032	20.63

18 June 1970		39,936/54,126	73.78
Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	22,400	56.09
Hilary Duppa Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,536	43.91
Majority		4,864	12.18

28 February 1974		43,213/54,062	79.93
Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	19,925	46.11
David George Thomas Bloomer	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,818	34.29
Malvyn Anthony Benjamin	Liberal Party	8,470	19.60
Majority		5,107	11.82

10 October 1974		42,032/54,527	77.08
Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	21,607	51.41
Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,253	33.91
Malvyn Anthony Benjamin	Liberal Party	5,788	13.77
Victor Weir Moore	ICP	384	0.91
Majority		7,354	17.50

3 May 1979		42,616/54,451	78.26
Rt Hon Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	22,687	53.24
Hugh Patrick Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,946	35.07
Geoffrey Cyril Thompson	Liberal Party	4,983	11.69
Majority		7,741	18.16