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| 14 December 1832 | 492/531 | 92.66 | |
| Whig | 242 | 49.19 | |
| Whig | 235 | 47.76 | |
| Radical | 186 | 37.80 | |
| Tory | 174 | 35.37 | |
| Majority | 49 | 9.96 | |
| 8 January 1835 | 601/648 | 92.75 | |
| Whig | 336 | 55.91 | |
| Conservative Party | 308 | 51.25 | |
| Radical | 307 | 51.08 | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.17 | |
| 1835 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 27 July 1837 | 793/970 | 81.75 | |
| Radical | 496 | 62.55 | |
| Whig | 487 | 61.41 | |
| Conservative Party | 308 | 38.84 | |
| Majority | 179 | 22.57 | |
| 3 July 1841 | 704/899 | 78.31 | |
| Radical | 409 | 58.10 | |
| Whig | 383 | 54.40 | |
| Conservative Party | 320 | 45.45 | |
| Majority | 63 | 8.95 | |
| 21 January 1845 Edward Protheroe takes the additional surname Davis by Royal Licence, becoming Edward Davis Protheroe. | |||
| 6 July 1846 Resignation of Charles Wood on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
| 9 July 1846 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 30 July 1847 | 824/1,022 | 80.63 | |
| Conservative Party | 511 | 62.01 | |
| Whig | 507 | 61.53 | |
| Radical | 349 | 42.35 | |
| Chartist | 280 | 33.98 | |
| Majority | 158 | 19.17 | |
| 8 July 1852 | 1,106/1,200 | 92.17 | |
| Whig | 596 | 53.89 | |
| Radical | 573 | 51.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 521 | 47.11 | |
| Chartist | 37 | 3.35 | |
| Majority | 52 | 4.70 | |
| 30 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
| 5 January 1853 | 1,118/1,218 | 91.79 | |
| Whig | 592 | 52.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 526 | 47.05 | |
| Majority | 66 | 5.90 | |
| March 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
| 3 March 1855 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 28 March 1857 | 1,423/1,488 | 95.63 | |
| Radical | 830 | 58.33 | |
| Whig | 714 | 50.18 | |
| Conservative Party | 651 | 45.75 | |
| Majority | 63 | 4.43 | |
| 29 April 1859 | 1,521 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 18 June 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for India. | |||
| 28 June 1859 | 1,521 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| April 1863 Resignation of James Stansfield on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
| 28 April 1863 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 11 July 1865 | 1,771 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| Boundary Change | |||
| 18 November 1868 | 8,012/9,328 | 85.89 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,278 | 65.88 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,141 | 64.17 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 2,802 | 34.97 | |
| Majority | 2,339 | 29.19 | |
| 16 December 1868 Resignation of James Stansfield on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
| 21 December 1868 | 9,328 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1871 Resignation of James Stansfield on appointment as a Poor Law Commissioner. | |||
| 13 May 1871 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 3 February 1874 | 9,445/11,282 | 83.72 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,563 | 58.90 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,473 | 57.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,927 | 41.58 | |
| Majority | 1,546 | 16.37 | |
| 12 February 1877 Resignation of John Crossley. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 21 February 1877 | 9,374/11,737 | 79.87 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,750 | 61.34 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,624 | 38.66 | |
| Majority | 2,126 | 22.68 | |
| 31 March 1880 | 9,844/11,728 | 83.94 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,392 | 64.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,364 | 64.65 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,452 | 35.07 | |
| Majority | 2,912 | 29.58 | |
| 15 August 1882 Resignation of John Hutchinson. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 19 August 1882 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 26 November 1885 | 10,144/12,269 | 82.68 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,269 | 61.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,053 | 59.67 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,988 | 39.31 | |
| Majority | 2,065 | 20.36 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| April 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon James Stansfield on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
| 3 April 1886 | 12,269 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 5 July 1886 | 9,055/12,269 | 73.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,427 | 59.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,381 | 59.43 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,612 | 39.89 | |
| Majority | 1,769 | 19.54 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 5 July 1892 | 11,059/13,177 | 83.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,481 | 58.60 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,361 | 57.52 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,663 | 42.16 | |
| Majority | 1,698 | 15.35 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 9 February 1893 | 11,900/13,317 | 89.36 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,620 | 38.82 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,252 | 35.73 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 3,028 | 25.45 | |
| Majority | 368 | 3.09 | |
| 1893 Petition - dismissed after a recount showed no change in the Liberal candidate's majority. The original figures were Shaw 4,617; Arnold 4,249; Lister 3,028. | |||
| 15 January 1893 Death of Thomas Shaw. | |||
| 15 July 1895 | 12,173/13,844 | 87.93 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,475 | 44.98 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,085 | 41.77 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,283 | 35.18 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 3,818 | 31.36 | |
| Majority | 802 | 6.59 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 20 February 1897 Resignation of William Shaw. (Northstead) | |||
| 3 March 1897 | 12,906/14,290 | 90.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,654 | 43.81 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,252 | 40.69 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 2,000 | 15.50 | |
| Majority | 402 | 3.11 | |
| 4 October 1900 | 12,905/14,879 | 86.73 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,931 | 45.96 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,543 | 42.95 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,325 | 41.26 | |
| Labour Party | 3,276 | 25.39 | |
| Majority | 218 | 1.69 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 13 January 1906 | 14,248/15,316 | 93.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,354 | 65.65 | |
| Labour Party | 8,937 | 62.72 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,041 | 35.38 | |
| Majority | 3,896 | 27.34 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 27 February 1907 Resignation of John Whitley on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
| 6 March 1907 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 15 January 1910 | 14,381/15,528 | 92.61 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,504 | 66.09 | |
| Labour Party | 9,093 | 63.23 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,754 | 33.06 | |
| Majority | 4,339 | 30.17 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 3 December 1910 | 13,508/15,528 | 86.99 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,778 | 64.98 | |
| Labour Party | 8,511 | 63.01 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,602 | 34.07 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,420 | 32.72 | |
| Majority | 3,909 | 28.94 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 December 1918 | 26,172/49,017 | 53.39 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 22,136 | 84.58 | |
| Socialist Labour | 4,036 | 15.42 | |
| Majority | 18,100 | 69.16 | |
| 27 April 1921 Rt Hon John Whitley elected Speaker of the House of Commons. | |||
| 15 November 1922 | 50,704 | ||
| Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed | ||
| 6 December 1923 | 50,774 | ||
| Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed | ||
| 29 October 1924 | 51,220 | ||
| Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed | ||
| 20 June 1928 Resignation of Rt Hon John Whitley. (Northstead) | |||
| 13 July 1928 | 40,925/52,013 | 78.68 | |
| Labour Party | 17,536 | 42.85 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,585 | 30.75 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,804 | 26.40 | |
| Majority | 4,951 | 12.10 | |
| 30 May 1929 | 56,312/69,301 | 81.26 | |
| Labour Party | 23,776 | 42.22 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,713 | 29.68 | |
| Liberal Party | 15,823 | 28.10 | |
| Majority | 7,063 | 12.54 | |
| 27 October 1931 | 55,910/69,455 | 80.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,731 | 65.70 | |
| Labour Party | 16,601 | 29.69 | |
| Independent Liberal | 2,578 | 4.61 | |
| Majority | 20,130 | 36.00 | |
| Frank Sykes sought election as an Anti-National Government candidate after the local Liberal Association had decided not to put forward a candidate. | |||
| 14 November 1935 | 54,310/70,646 | 76.88 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,103 | 44.38 | |
| Labour Party | 21,471 | 39.53 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,736 | 16.09 | |
| Majority | 2,632 | 4.85 | |
| 5 July 1945 | 55,060/71,145 | 77.39 | |
| Labour Party | 25,605 | 46.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,824 | 26.92 | |
| Liberal Party | 14,631 | 26.57 | |
| Majority | 10,781 | 19.58 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 23 February 1950 | 60,390/70,963 | 85.10 | |
| Labour Party | 28,800 | 47.69 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,456 | 33.87 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,573 | 15.85 | |
| Ind LIB & CON | 1,561 | 2.58 | |
| Majority | 8,344 | 13.82 | |
| R Blackburn had been a vice-chairman of the Bradford Conservative Association and came forward as a candidate after the local Conservative and Liberal Associations had failed to reach agreement on a proposal for a joint anti-Socialist candidate. | |||
| 25 October 1951 | 60,103/71,343 | 84.25 | |
| Labour Party | 30,433 | 50.63 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,670 | 49.37 | |
| Majority | 763 | 1.27 | |
| 26 May 1955 | 55,077/68,714 | 80.15 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,306 | 51.39 | |
| Labour Party | 26,771 | 48.61 | |
| Majority | 1,535 | 2.79 | |
| 8 October 1959 | 55,909/67,149 | 83.26 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,212 | 52.25 | |
| Labour Party | 26,697 | 47.75 | |
| Majority | 2,515 | 4.50 | |
| 15 October 1964 | 52,892/64,455 | 82.06 | |
| Labour Party | 23,143 | 43.76 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,085 | 41.75 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,664 | 14.49 | |
| Majority | 1,058 | 2.00 | |
| 31 March 1966 | 50,501/62,830 | 80.38 | |
| Labour Party | 25,391 | 50.28 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,687 | 38.98 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,423 | 10.74 | |
| Majority | 5,704 | 11.29 | |
| 18 June 1970 | 48,701/66,222 | 73.54 | |
| Labour Party | 24,026 | 49.33 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,828 | 48.93 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 847 | 1.74 | |
| Majority | 198 | 0.41 | |
| 28 February 1974 | 51,237/63,072 | 81.24 | |
| Labour Party | 20,970 | 40.93 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,967 | 35.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,300 | 24.01 | |
| Majority | 3,003 | 5.86 | |
| 10 October 1974 | 47,386/63,548 | 74.57 | |
| Labour Party | 20,976 | 44.27 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,798 | 35.45 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,693 | 18.35 | |
| Powellite | 919 | 1.94 | |
| Majority | 4,178 | 8.82 | |
| 3 May 1979 | 48,906/63,768 | 76.69 | |
| Labour Party | 21,416 | 43.79 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,182 | 41.27 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,853 | 14.01 | |
| National Front | 455 | 0.93 | |
| Majority | 1,234 | 2.52 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 9 June 1983 | 54,641/73,684 | 74.16 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,321 | 40.85 | |
| Labour Party | 20,452 | 37.43 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 11,868 | 21.72 | |
| Majority | 1,869 | 3.42 | |
| 11 June 1987 | 57,028/74,201 | 76.86 | |
| Labour Party | 24,741 | 43.38 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,529 | 41.26 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 8,758 | 15.36 | |
| Majority | 1,212 | 2.13 | |
| 9 April 1992 | 57,765/73,401 | 78.70 | |
| Labour Party | 25,115 | 43.48 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,637 | 42.65 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,364 | 12.75 | |
| Nationalist | 649 | 1.12 | |
| Majority | 478 | 0.83 | |
| 1 May 1997 | 50,556/71,701 | 70.51 | |
| Labour Party | 27,465 | 54.33 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,253 | 32.15 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,059 | 11.98 | |
| UK Independence Party | 779 | 1.54 | |
| Majority | 11,212 | 22.18 | |
| 7 June 2001 | 40,390/69,870 | 57.81 | |
| Labour Party | 19,800 | 49.02 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,671 | 33.85 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,878 | 14.55 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,041 | 2.58 | |
| Majority | 6,129 | 15.17 | |
| 5 May 2005 | 39,659/65,041 | 60.98 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 16,579 | 41.80 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,162 | 33.19 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,100 | 17.90 | |
| British National Party | 2,627 | 6.62 | |
| National Front | 191 | 0.48 | |
| Majority | 3,417 | 8.62 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 6 May 2010 | 43,555/70,380 | 61.89 | |
| Labour Party | 16,278 | 37.37 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,806 | 33.99 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,335 | 19.14 | |
| British National Party | 2,760 | 6.34 | |
| Independent | 722 | 1.66 | |
| UK Independence Party | 654 | 1.50 | |
| Majority | 1,472 | 3.38 | |
| 7 May 2015 | 43,753/70,462 | 62.09 | |
| Labour Party | 17,506 | 40.01 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,078 | 39.03 | |
| UK Independence Party | 5,621 | 12.85 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,629 | 3.72 | |
| Green Party | 1,142 | 2.61 | |
| Respect the Unity Coalition | 465 | 1.06 | |
| Christian | 312 | 0.71 | |
| Majority | 428 | 0.98 | |
| 8 June 2017 | 48,276/71,224 | 67.78 | |
| Labour Party | 25,507 | 52.84 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,131 | 41.70 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,568 | 3.25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,070 | 2.22 | |
| Majority | 5,376 | 11.14 | |
| 12 December 2019 | 46,458/71,887 | 64.63 | |
| Labour Party | 21,496 | 46.27 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,927 | 40.74 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,813 | 6.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,276 | 4.90 | |
| Green Party | 946 | 2.04 | |
| Majority | 2,569 | 5.53 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 4 July 2024 | 40,214/77,516 | 51.88 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 14,135 | 35.15 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,866 | 19.56 | |
| Reform UK | 7,811 | 19.42 | |
| Green Party | 4,133 | 10.28 | |
| Workers Britain | 2,543 | 6.32 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,359 | 5.87 | |
| Independent | 1,367 | 3.40 | |
| Majority | 6,269 | 15.59 | |