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11 December 1832		186/214	86.92
Rt Hon John Charles Herries	Tory	97	52.15
Christopher Thomas Tower	Whig	93	50.00
Nicholas Philpot Leader	Tory	90	48.39
John Disney	Whig	89	47.85
Majority		3	1.61

6 January 1835		123/156	78.85
Rt Hon John Charles Herries	Conservative Party	97	78.86
Francis Robert Bonham	Conservative Party	78	63.41
Robert Norris Verner	Whig	35	28.46
Majority		43	34.96

25 July 1837		146/162	90.12
Rt Hon John Charles Herries	Conservative Party	75	51.37
Alexander Ellice	Whig	75	51.37
Christopher Thomas Tower	Whig	74	50.68
Francis Robert Bonham	Conservative Party	66	45.21
Majority		1	0.68

30 June 1841		174/186	93.55
John Attwood	Conservative Party	94	54.02
William Beresford	Conservative Party	94	54.02
John Bagshaw	Whig	84	48.28
Denis le Marchant	Whig	73	41.95
Majority		10	5.75

1841 Petition - withdrawn.

30 July 1847		232/295	78.64
John Bagshaw	Whig	213	91.81
John Attwood	Peelite	184	79.31
William Knight	Conservative Party	65	28.02
Sir Dudley St Ledger Hill	Conservative Party	2	0.86
Majority		119	51.29

1 April 1848		258/294	87.76
Rt Hon Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt	Radical	131	50.78
Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton	Conservative Party	127	49.22
Majority		4	1.55

1848 Petition - withdrawn.

14 March 1848 Petition - John Attwood unseated.

3 February 1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

5 March 1851		265/289	91.70
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	135	50.94
Robert Wigram Crawford	Whig	130	49.06
Majority		5	1.89

19 May 1851 Petition - election declared void.

28 May 1851		260/289	89.97
Robert Wigram Crawford	Whig	133	51.15
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	127	48.85
Majority		6	2.31

15 July 1851 Petition - election declared void.

10 April 1852		272
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

29 April 1852 Sir Fitzroy Kelly resigns in order to contest Eastern Suffolk. (Hempholme)

8 May 1852		272
Isaac Butt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1852		252/272	92.65
George Montagu Warren Sandford	Conservative Party	135	53.57
David Waddington	Conservative Party	134	53.17
John Bagshaw	Whig	125	49.60
George Drought Warburton	Independent Liberal	110	43.65
Majority		9	3.57

21 June 1853		255/299	85.28
John Bagshaw	Whig	140	54.90
Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bt	Conservative Party	115	45.10
Majority		25	9.80

1853 Petition - withdrawn.

6 May 1853 Petition - George Peacocke unseated.

28 March 1857		266/313	84.98
John Bagshaw	Whig	173	65.04
George Drought Warburton	Independent Liberal	147	55.26
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	113	42.48
Benjamin Buck Greene	Conservative Party	81	30.45
Majority		34	12.78

23 October 1857 Death of George Warburton.

9 December 1857
Robert John Bagshaw	Whig	162	70.13
Andrew Arcedeckne	Independent Liberal	69	29.87
Majority		93	40.26

18 March 1859		279/334	83.53
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	145	51.97
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Whig	134	48.03
Majority		11	3.94

1859 Petition - withdrawn.

9 March 1859 Resignation of John Bagshaw. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 May 1859		304/334	91.02
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	156	51.32
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Liberal Party	155	50.99
Hon Richard Thomas Rowley	Conservative Party	152	50.00
John Clark Marshman	Liberal Party	144	47.37
Majority		3	0.99

25 March 1860 Succession of Hon William Campbell to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Stratheden.

24 April 1860		262/317	82.65
Hon Richard Thomas Rowley	Conservative Party	146	55.73
Stuart Alexander Donaldson	Liberal Party	116	44.27
Majority		30	11.45

12 July 1865		299/386	77.46
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	209	69.90
John Kelk	Conservative Party	194	64.88
Michael Wills	Liberal Party	117	39.13
James Fitzjames Stephen	Liberal Party	77	25.75
Majority		77	25.75

1865 Petition - dismissed.

17 November 1868		469/622	75.40
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	328	69.94
David James Jenkins	Liberal Party	141	30.06
Majority		187	39.87

30 January 1874		712
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 April 1880		678/759	89.33
Sir Henry Whatley Tyler	Conservative Party	368	54.28
George Tomline	Liberal Party	310	45.72
Majority		58	8.55

1880 Petition - dismissed.

28 November 1885		8,408/10,141	82.91
James Round	Conservative Party	4,584	54.52
James Jackson	Liberal Party	3,824	45.48
Majority		760	9.04

17 July 1886		6,945/10,141	68.48
James Round	Conservative Party	4,623	66.57
James Wicks	Liberal Party	2,322	33.43
Majority		2,301	33.13

15 July 1892		7,921/10,924	72.51
James Round	Conservative Party	4,113	51.93
Robert Varty	Liberal Party	3,808	48.07
Majority		305	3.85

18 July 1895		7,251/11,296	64.19
James Round	Conservative Party	4,566	62.97
Robert Varty	Liberal Party	2,685	37.03
Majority		1,881	25.94

5 October 1900		12,185
James Round	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 January 1906		10,958/13,144	83.37
Arthur Levy Lever	Liberal Party	5,650	51.56
Harry Kottingham Newton	Conservative Party	5,308	48.44
Majority		342	3.12

20 January 1910		12,365/14,285	86.56
Harry Kottingham Newton	Conservative Party	6,757	54.65
Arthur Levy Lever	Liberal Party	5,608	45.35
Majority		1,149	9.29

13 December 1910		11,478/14,285	80.35
Harry Kottingham Newton	Conservative Party	6,470	56.37
Frank Stapledon Hiley	Liberal Party	5,008	43.63
Majority		1,462	12.74

14 December 1918		15,325/27,421	55.89
Harry Kottingham Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,261	53.91
Edward Aylmer Digby	Liberal Party	7,064	46.09
Majority		1,197	7.81

15 November 1922		20,348/28,432	71.57
Albert Ernest Hillary	Liberal Party	10,556	51.88
Geoffrey St John Strutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,792	48.12
Majority		764	3.75

6 December 1923		22,201/29,126	76.22
Albert Ernest Hillary	Liberal Party	12,059	54.32
Sir Frederick Gill Rice	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,142	45.68
Majority		1,917	8.63

29 October 1924		23,727/30,047	78.97
Sir Frederick Gill Rice	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,219	51.50
Albert Ernest Hillary	Liberal Party	9,904	41.74
Alfred Barton	Labour Party	1,604	6.76
Majority		2,315	9.76

30 May 1929		30,866/40,478	76.25
Percy John Pybus	Liberal Party	16,309	52.84
John Dixon Mayhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,609	44.09
John Elliott	Independent Conservative	948	3.07
Majority		2,700	8.75

27 October 1931		31,047/42,759	72.61
Percy John Pybus	National Liberal Party	26,818	86.38
Ernest Lionel McKeag	Labour Party	4,229	13.62
Majority		22,589	72.76

23 October 1935 Death of Sir John Pybus, Bt.

14 November 1935		30,886/48,299	63.95
Joseph Stanley Holmes	National Liberal Party	21,716	70.31
Ambrose Erle Appelbe	Labour Party	9,170	29.69
Majority		12,546	40.62

5 July 1945		29,519/42,986	68.67
Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes	National Liberal Party	16,452	55.73
Joseph Hewett	Labour Party	13,067	44.27
Majority		3,385	11.47

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,106/55,052	81.93
Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,814	50.58
Morris Janis	Labour Party	16,756	37.15
Leonard Train	Liberal Party	5,536	12.27
Majority		6,058	13.43

25 October 1951		44,413/56,381	78.77
Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes	National Liberal and Conservative Party	26,169	58.92
Morris Janis	Labour Party	18,244	41.08
Majority		7,925	17.84

18 January 1954 Elevation of Sir Joseph Holmes to the Peerage - Baron Dovercourt.

11 February 1954		33,067/56,225	58.81
Julian Errington Ridsdale	National Liberal and Conservative Party	19,532	59.07
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Catlin	Labour Party	13,535	40.93
Majority		5,997	18.14

26 May 1955		42,324/56,003	75.57
Julian Errington Ridsdale	National Liberal and Conservative Party	23,889	56.44
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Catlin	Labour Party	14,425	34.08
Wolf Isaac Akst	Liberal Party	4,010	9.47
Majority		9,464	22.36

8 October 1959		44,492/58,194	76.45
Julian Errington Ridsdale	National Liberal and Conservative Party	23,653	53.16
William Oscar James Robinson	Labour Party	11,588	26.05
Thomas Edward Dale	Liberal Party	5,507	12.38
Leonard Frederick Rose	Independent	3,744	8.41
Majority		12,065	27.12

15 October 1964		49,803/66,350	75.06
Julian Errington Ridsdale	National Liberal and Conservative Party	25,102	50.40
David Julian Winnick	Labour Party	14,877	29.87
Thomas Edward Dale	Liberal Party	9,824	19.73
Majority		10,225	20.53

31 March 1966		52,529/70,599	74.40
Julian Errington Ridsdale	National Liberal and Conservative Party	24,975	47.55
Stephan Robert Hatch	Labour Party	18,335	34.90
Thomas Edward Dale	Liberal Party	9,219	17.55
Majority		6,640	12.64

1968 Julian Ridsdale joins the Conservative party after the disbandment of the National Liberal party.

18 June 1970		61,196/82,117	74.52
Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,754	53.52
Andrew Wyndham Phillips	Labour Party	19,923	32.56
Thomas Edward Dale	Liberal Party	8,519	13.92
Majority		12,831	20.97

28 February 1974		71,138/88,153	80.70
Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,452	45.62
David William Cadman	Liberal Party	19,989	28.10
John Beresford Fryer	Labour Party	18,697	26.28
Majority		12,463	17.52

10 October 1974		64,146/88,694	72.32
Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,963	46.71
John Beresford Fryer	Labour Party	19,135	29.83
Thomas Oslaf Kellock	Liberal Party	15,048	23.46
Majority		10,828	16.88

3 May 1979		69,374/92,908	74.67
Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,685	54.32
Christopher William Brooks	Labour Party	16,998	24.50
Robert Martin Goodenough	Liberal Party	14,094	20.32
Albert Wallis Thomas Pearson	National Front	597	0.86
Majority		20,687	29.82

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,644/72,863	69.51
Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,422	54.15
Robert Martin Goodenough	Liberal Party in Alliance	14,920	29.46
Ralph Knight	Labour Party	8,302	16.39
Majority		12,502	24.69

11 June 1987		56,687/77,827	72.84
Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,344	51.76
Elizabeth Lynne	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,262	30.45
Ralph Knight	Labour Party	9,920	17.50
Christopher Alan Humphrey	OFP	161	0.28
Majority		12,082	21.31

9 April 1992		62,369/80,260	77.71
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,369	51.90
Pauline Ann Bevan	Liberal Democrats	15,210	24.39
Ralph Knight	Labour Party	14,511	23.27
Eileen Patricia McGrath	Natural Law Party	279	0.45
Majority		17,159	27.51

1 May 1997		53,514/75,775	70.62
Ivan John Henderson	Labour Party	20,740	38.76
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,524	36.48
Ann Margaret Elvin	Liberal Democrats	7,037	13.15
Jeffrey William Titford	Referendum Party	4,923	9.20
Ralph Knight	Independent	1,290	2.41
Majority		1,216	2.27

Ralph Knight sought election for the "Community Representative Party".

7 June 2001		48,115/77,539	62.05
Ivan John Henderson	Labour Party	21,951	45.62
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,355	40.23
Peter Anthony Wilcock	Liberal Democrats	4,099	8.52
Anthony Cyril Finnegan-Butler	UK Independence Party	2,463	5.12
Clive Robert Lawrance	Independent	247	0.51
Majority		2,596	5.40

5 May 2005		50,408/80,474	62.64
John Douglas Wilson Carswell	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,235	42.13
Ivan John Henderson	Labour Party	20,315	40.30
Keith Tully	Liberal Democrats	5,913	11.73
Jeffrey William Titford	UK Independence Party	2,314	4.59
John Edward Tipple	Respect the Unity Coalition	477	0.95
Christopher Alan Humphrey	Independent	154	0.31
Majority		920	1.83