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4 December 1885		10,838/12,476	86.87
Thomas Tertius Paget	Liberal Party	5,502	50.77
Thomas Keay Tapling	Conservative Party	5,336	49.23
Majority		166	1.53

10 July 1886		10,278/12,476	82.38
Thomas Keay Tapling	Conservative Party	5,708	55.54
James Harris Sanders	Liberal Party	4,570	44.46
Majority		1,138	11.07

11 April 1891 Death of Thomas Tapling.

8 May 1891		11,475/13,291	86.34
John William Logan	Liberal Party	5,982	52.13
Gerald Holbech Hardy	Conservative Party	5,493	47.87
Majority		489	4.26

13 July 1892		11,832/13,676	86.52
John William Logan	Liberal Party	6,244	52.77
Francis William Lowe	Conservative Party	5,588	47.23
Majority		656	5.54

24 July 1895		12,372/14,440	85.68
John William Logan	Liberal Party	6,699	54.15
Cecil du Pre Panton Powney	Conservative Party	5,673	45.85
Majority		1,026	8.29

11 October 1900		13,215/16,128	81.94
John William Logan	Liberal Party	7,269	55.01
Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative Party	5,946	44.99
Majority		1,323	10.01

1 June 1904 Resignation of John Logan. (Northstead)

17 June 1904		13,953/16,829	82.91
Hon Philip James Stanhope	Liberal Party	7,843	56.21
Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative Party	6,110	43.79
Majority		1,733	12.42

25 January 1906		14,762/17,227	85.69
Rudolf Chambers Lehmann	Liberal Party	8,380	56.77
Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative Party	6,382	43.23
Majority		1,998	13.53

20 January 1910		16,193/17,921	90.36
Rudolf Chambers Lehmann	Liberal Party	8,632	53.31
Sir Joseph Herbert Marshall	Conservative Party	7,561	46.69
Majority		1,071	6.61

15 December 1910		15,307/17,921	85.41
John William Logan	Liberal Party	8,192	53.52
Sir Joseph Herbert Marshall	Conservative Party	7,115	46.48
Majority		1,077	7.04

6 March 1916 Resignation of John Logan. (Chiltern Hundreds)

23 March 1916		11,537/19,000	60.72
Percy Alfred Harris	Liberal Party	7,826	67.83
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Independent	3,711	32.17
Majority		4,115	35.67

Thomas Bowles was the nominee of an organisation called the Leicestershire Attested Married Man's Protest Society.

14 December 1918		17,568/27,742	63.33
Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,465	48.18
Percy Alfred Harris	Liberal Party	4,608	26.23
Walter John Baker	Labour Party	4,495	25.59
Majority		3,857	21.95

15 November 1922		21,988/28,594	76.90
Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,356	42.55
John Wycliffe Black	Liberal Party	6,427	29.23
Walter John Baker	Labour Party	6,205	28.22
Majority		2,929	13.32

6 December 1923		20,378/29,505	69.07
John Wycliffe Black	Liberal Party	10,841	53.20
Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,537	46.80
Majority		1,304	6.40

29 October 1924		24,782/30,602	80.98
Lewis Phillips Winby	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,024	52.55
Joseph Silver Hyder	Labour Party	6,032	24.34
John Wycliffe Black	Liberal Party	5,726	23.11
Majority		6,992	28.21

30 May 1929		38,630/47,196	81.85
Arthur Stuart, Earl Castle Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,164	41.84
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	12,620	32.67
George Nicholls	Liberal Party	9,846	25.49
Majority		3,544	9.17

27 October 1931		40,002/51,228	78.09
Arthur Stuart, Earl Castle Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,790	74.47
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	10,212	25.53
Majority		19,578	48.94

9 August 1933 Resignation of Earl Castle Stewart. (Northstead)

28 November 1933		37,924/52,486	72.26
Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,320	50.94
William Bennett	Labour Party	12,460	32.86
W Carey Wilson	Liberal Party	6,144	16.20
Majority		6,860	18.09

14 November 1935		40,026/55,396	72.25
Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,308	63.23
Ronald McKinnon Wood	Labour Party	14,718	36.77
Majority		10,590	26.46

5 July 1945		54,953/72,454	75.85
Humphrey Cooper Attewell	Labour Party	23,353	42.50
Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,149	42.13
Wilfrid Horace Kirby	Liberal Party	8,451	15.38
Majority		204	0.37

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		55,963/62,874	89.01
John Markham Baldock	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,842	49.75
Humphrey Cooper Attewell	Labour Party	21,381	38.21
Henry Charles Bazeley	Liberal Party	6,467	11.56
Noel Heward Symington	Independent	273	0.49
Majority		6,461	11.55

25 October 1951		56,301/64,285	87.58
John Markham Baldock	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,395	52.21
Thomas Christopher Boyd	Labour Party	21,648	38.45
Henry Charles Bazeley	Liberal Party	5,258	9.34
Majority		7,747	13.76

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		50,854/61,019	83.34
John Markham Baldock	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,257	53.60
Robert Neale Hales	Labour Party	17,073	33.57
Edward Rushworth	Liberal Party	6,524	12.83
Majority		10,184	20.03

8 October 1959		57,381/67,790	84.65
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,281	51.03
John Richard Mably	Labour Party	16,767	29.22
Edward Rushworth	Liberal Party	11,333	19.75
Majority		12,514	21.81

15 October 1964		66,827/80,122	83.41
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,905	49.24
George Henry Perry	Labour Party	20,389	30.51
Edward Rushworth	Liberal Party	13,533	20.25
Majority		12,516	18.73

31 March 1966		70,378/86,198	81.65
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,450	46.11
Wilfred Frank Higgins	Labour Party	25,453	36.17
Jack Omar Galloway	Liberal Party	12,475	17.73
Majority		6,997	9.94

18 June 1970		79,740/103,125	77.32
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	44,933	56.35
Dr James Marshall	Labour Party	25,728	32.26
Wilfrid Edwin Herbert Pickard	Liberal Party	9,079	11.39
Majority		19,205	24.08

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		55,054/65,254	84.37
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,974	50.81
Norman George Reynolds	Liberal Party	15,501	28.16
John William Robinson	Labour Party	11,579	21.03
Majority		12,473	22.66

10 October 1974		50,277/65,837	76.37
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,776	51.27
Norman George Reynolds	Liberal Party	12,567	25.00
Robert Lewis Wacker Briant	Labour Party	11,934	23.74
Majority		13,209	26.27

3 May 1979		55,209/68,989	80.03
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,328	60.37
Peter Alfred Soulsby	Labour Party	11,350	20.56
Paul Weatherall	Liberal Party	9,529	17.26
Andrew Frank Ashby	National Front	1,002	1.81
Majority		21,978	39.81

9 June 1983		54,796/73,220	74.84
John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,957	60.14
Timothy John Swift	Liberal Party in Alliance	14,472	26.41
Martin Upham	Labour Party	6,285	11.47
Brian Fewster	Ecology Party	802	1.46
James Nigel Taylor	British National Party	280	0.51
Majority		18,485	33.73

11 June 1987		59,268/75,683	78.31
Sir John Arnold Farr	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,216	59.42
Timothy John Swift	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,406	27.68
Philip Harley	Labour Party	7,646	12.90
Majority		18,810	31.74

9 April 1992		62,828/76,514	82.11
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,280	54.56
Mark Antony Cox	Liberal Democrats	20,737	33.01
Cynthia Mackay	Labour Party	7,483	11.91
Andrew Philip Irwin	Natural Law Party	328	0.52
Majority		13,543	21.56

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		53,007/70,424	75.27
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,170	41.82
Mark Antony Cox	Liberal Democrats	15,646	29.52
Nicholas Richard Holden	Labour Party	13,332	25.15
Neil Edward Wright	Referendum Party	1,859	3.51
Majority		6,524	12.31

7 June 2001		46,427/73,300	63.34
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,748	44.69
Jill Susan Hope	Liberal Democrats	15,496	33.38
Raj Kumar Jethwa	Labour Party	9,271	19.97
David Edgar Knight	UK Independence Party	912	1.96
Majority		5,252	11.31

5 May 2005		47,922/74,583	64.25
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,536	42.85
Jill Susan Hope	Liberal Democrats	16,644	34.73
Peter George Evans	Labour Party	9,222	19.24
Marietta Eve Neild King	UK Independence Party	1,520	3.17
Majority		3,892	8.12

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,865/78,565	69.83
Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,894	49.02
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	17,017	31.02
Kevin Martin Joseph McKeever	Labour Party	6,981	12.72
Geoffrey William Dickens	British National Party	1,715	3.13
Marietta Eve Neild King	UK Independence Party	1,462	2.66
David Peter Ball	English Democrats Party	568	1.04
Jeffrey Wilson Stephenson	Independent	228	0.42
Majority		9,877	18.00

7 May 2015		52,471/77,760	67.48
Rt Hon Sir Edward Henry Garnier	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,675	52.74
Sundip Meghani	Labour Party	8,043	15.33
Mark James Hunt	UK Independence Party	7,539	14.37
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	7,037	13.41
Darren Neil Woodiwiss	Green Party	2,177	4.15
Majority		19,632	37.41

8 June 2017		57,598/78,810	73.08
Neil John O'Brien	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,135	52.32
Andrew Clive Thomas	Labour Party	17,706	30.74
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	7,286	12.65
Teck Keong Khong	UK Independence Party	1,361	2.36
Darren Neil Woodiwiss	Green Party	1,110	1.93
Majority		12,429	21.58

12 December 2019		57,319/80,151	71.51
Neil John O'Brien	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,698	55.30
Cecilia Osakwe	Labour Party	14,420	25.16
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	9,103	15.88
Darren Neil Woodiwiss	Green Party	1,709	2.98
Robin Andrew Lambert	Independent	389	0.68
Majority		17,278	30.14