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13 December 1832		472/574	82.23
Frederick North	Whig	356	75.42
John Ashley Warre	Whig	239	50.64
Howard Elphinstone	Radical	212	44.92
Majority		27	5.72

8 January 1835		558/673	82.91
Frederick North	Whig	374	67.03
Howard Elphinstone	Radical	291	52.15
Rt Hon Joseph Planta	Conservative Party	159	28.49
Musgrave Brisco	Conservative Party	157	28.14
Majority		132	23.66

26 July 1837		776/924	83.98
Rt Hon Joseph Planta	Conservative Party	401	51.68
Robert Hollond	Radical	382	49.23
Musgrave Brisco	Conservative Party	312	40.21
Majority		70	9.02

29 June 1841		952
Rt Hon Joseph Planta	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Robert Hollond	Radical	Unopposed

March 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Planta. (Chiltern Hundreds)

30 March 1844		687/860	79.88
Musgrave Brisco	Conservative Party	513	74.67
Robert Ross Rowan Moore	Radical	174	25.33
Majority		339	49.34

30 July 1847		783/909	86.14
Robert Hollond	Radical	423	54.02
Musgrave Brisco	Conservative Party	407	51.98
John Ashley Warre	Whig	387	49.43
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	348	44.44
William Downing Bruce	Independent Liberal
Majority		20	2.55

9 July 1852		926/1,090	84.95
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	501	54.10
Musgrave Brisco	Conservative Party	487	52.59
John Ashley Warre	Whig	477	51.51
John Locke	Radical	386	41.68
Majority		10	1.08

5 May 1854 Resignation of Musgrave Brisco. (Chiltern Hundreds)

10 May 1854
Frederick North	Whig	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,199
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Frederick North	Whig	Unopposed

2 May 1859		915/1,235	74.09
Frederick North	Liberal Party	613	66.99
Lord Harry George Vane	Liberal Party	557	60.87
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	429	46.89
William Drew Lucas-Shadwell	Conservative Party	230	25.14
Majority		128	13.99

6 September 1864 Succession of Lord Harry Vane to the Peerage - 4th Duke of Cleveland.

6 October 1864		1,261/1,613	78.18
Hon George Waldegrave Leslie	Liberal Party	645	51.15
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	616	48.85
Majority		29	2.30

12 July 1865		1,401/1,871	74.88
Hon George Waldegrave Leslie	Liberal Party	746	53.25
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	737	52.61
Frederick North	Liberal Party	728	51.96
John Eldon Gorst	Conservative Party	591	42.18
Majority		9	0.64

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		2,397/2,801	85.58
Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	1,508	62.91
Frederick North	Liberal Party	1,446	60.33
Hon Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe	Conservative Party	967	40.34
Clement Arthur Thurston	Conservative Party	873	36.42
Majority		479	19.98

13 April 1869 Petition - dismissed.

29 October 1869 Death of Frederick North.

18 November 1869		2,302/2,801	82.18
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal Party	1,218	52.91
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	1,084	47.09
Majority		134	5.82

3 February 1874		2,703/3,082	87.70
Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	1,721	63.67
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal Party	1,495	55.31
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	1,244	46.02
Richard Nicholson	Conservative Party	945	34.96
Majority		251	9.29

1 April 1880		3,711/3,905	95.03
Charles James Murray	Conservative Party	1,873	50.47
Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	1,838	49.53
Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt	Liberal Party	1,702	45.86
Majority		136	3.66

May 1880 Resignation of Thomas Brassey on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty.

8 May 1880		3,905
Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	Unopposed

20 June 1883 Resignation of Charles Murray. (Northstead)

29 June 1883		4,238/4,743	89.35
Henry Bret Ince	Liberal Party	2,138	50.45
John Henry Boyer Warner	Conservative Party	2,100	49.55
Majority		38	0.90

26 November 1885		5,262/5,672	92.77
Sir Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	2,712	51.54
Wilson Noble	Conservative Party	2,550	48.46
Majority		162	3.08

2 July 1886		4,995/5,672	88.06
Wilson Noble	Conservative Party	2,765	55.36
Hon Thomas Seymour Brand	Liberal Party	2,230	44.64
Majority		535	10.71

4 July 1892		5,705/6,576	86.75
Wilson Noble	Conservative Party	3,077	53.94
Charles Hare Hemphill	Liberal Party	2,628	46.06
Majority		449	7.87

15 July 1895		6,068/7,292	83.21
William Lucas Shadwell	Conservative Party	3,205	52.82
Cecil Henry Blundell Ince	Liberal Party	2,863	47.18
Majority		342	5.64

2 October 1900		6,590/8,142	80.94
Freeman Freeman-Thomas	Liberal Party	3,399	51.58
Edward Gurney Boyle	Conservative Party	3,191	48.42
Majority		208	3.16

15 January 1906		8,283/8,758	94.58
William Harvey du Cros	Conservative Party	4,348	52.49
Freeman Freeman-Thomas	Liberal Party	3,935	47.51
Majority		413	4.99

22 February 1908 Resignation of William du Cros. (Chiltern Hundreds)

3 March 1908		7,972/8,707	91.56
Alfred Philip du Cros	Conservative Party	4,495	56.38
Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt	Liberal Party	3,477	43.62
Majority		1,018	12.77

15 January 1910		8,467/9,027	93.80
Alfred Philip du Cros	Conservative Party	4,634	54.73
Robert Tweedy-Smith	Liberal Party	3,833	45.27
Majority		801	9.46

3 December 1910		7,912/9,027	87.65
Alfred Philip du Cros	Conservative Party	4,397	55.57
Arthur Frederick William Johnson	Liberal Party	3,515	44.43
Majority		882	11.15

14 December 1918		14,766/24,958	59.16
Laurance Lyon	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,210	75.92
Joseph George Butler	Labour Party	3,556	24.08
Majority		7,654	51.84

13 April 1921 Resignation of Laurance Lyon. (Northstead)

4 May 1921		21,362/27,386	78.00
Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,685	54.70
Richard Davies	Labour Party	5,437	25.45
Arthur Blackman	Liberal Party	4,240	19.85
Majority		6,248	29.25

15 November 1922		20,483/28,785	71.16
Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,991	68.31
Richard Davies	Labour Party	6,492	31.69
Majority		7,499	36.61

6 December 1923		22,649/29,662	76.36
Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,914	52.60
Dr Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon	Liberal Party	5,876	25.94
Richard Davies	Labour Party	4,859	21.45
Majority		6,038	26.66

29 October 1924		21,299/30,195	70.54
Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,217	71.44
Muriel Lilah Matters-Porter	Labour Party	6,082	28.56
Majority		9,135	42.89

30 May 1929		30,448/41,503	73.36
Rt Hon Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,928	52.31
Thomas Austen Edwin Spearing	Liberal Party	8,004	26.29
Basil Noble	Labour Party	6,516	21.40
Majority		7,924	26.02

27 October 1931		32,184/43,582	73.85
Rt Hon Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,640	70.35
Isobel Gertrude Goddard	Labour Party	4,983	15.48
Thomas Austen Edwin Spearing	Liberal Party	4,561	14.17
Majority		17,657	54.86

14 November 1935		30,309/45,586	66.49
Rt Hon Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,905	68.97
William Wate Wood	Labour Party	9,404	31.03
Majority		11,501	37.95

26 October 1937 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Eustace Percy. (Chiltern Hundreds)

24 November 1937		29,672/45,470	65.26
Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,428	62.11
William Wate Wood	Labour Party	11,244	37.89
Majority		7,184	24.21

5 July 1945		27,249/36,181	75.31
Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,105	51.76
Lewis Gassman	Labour Party	10,580	38.83
Sydney Muller Parkman	Independent Progressive Party	2,564	9.41
Majority		3,525	12.94

Sidney Parkman was the nominee of an organisation called the Hastings Independent Progressive Board.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		56,760/69,101	82.14
Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,035	52.92
Lewis Coleman Cohen	Labour Party	17,603	31.01
Peter Leslie Martin Hurd	Liberal Party	9,122	16.07
Majority		12,432	21.90

25 October 1951		54,116/69,956	77.36
Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,495	63.74
Catherine Ellis Williamson	Labour Party	19,621	36.26
Majority		14,874	27.49

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		36,705/48,493	75.69
Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,469	55.77
Reginald George White	Labour Party	11,933	32.51
John Montgomerie	Liberal Party	4,303	11.72
Majority		8,536	23.26

8 October 1959		36,034/48,569	74.19
Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,458	62.32
James Paterson Bryant	Labour Party	13,576	37.68
Majority		8,882	24.65

15 October 1964		37,942/49,701	76.34
Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,902	44.55
Harry Arthur Fountain	Labour Party	11,324	29.85
Jeremy John Arnold	Liberal Party	9,716	25.61
Majority		5,578	14.70

31 March 1966		38,052/49,802	76.41
Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,324	40.27
Cyril Bernard Kissen	Labour Party	12,984	34.12
Jeremy John Arnold	Liberal Party	9,744	25.61
Majority		2,340	6.15

18 June 1970		40,237/55,213	72.88
Kenneth Robin Warren	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,364	50.61
Cyril Bernard Kissen	Labour Party	13,549	33.67
Pamela Maud Shields	Liberal Party	6,324	15.72
Majority		6,815	16.94

28 February 1974		44,757/56,632	79.03
Kenneth Robin Warren	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,075	44.85
Michael Jabez Foster	Labour Party	12,992	29.03
Morris Gerald Cass	Liberal Party	11,690	26.12
Majority		7,083	15.83

10 October 1974		40,815/57,011	71.59
Kenneth Robin Warren	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,337	44.93
Michael Jabez Foster	Labour Party	13,685	33.53
Albert Edward Leggett	Liberal Party	8,793	21.54
Majority		4,652	11.40

3 May 1979		41,360/57,699	71.68
Kenneth Robin Warren	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,311	51.53
Michael Jabez Foster	Labour Party	12,392	29.96
Albert Edward Leggett	Liberal Party	6,474	15.65
Gordon Louis McNally	Independent	839	2.03
Margaret Joan Anderson	National Front	344	0.83
Majority		8,919	21.56

Gordon McNally was opposed to Britain's membership of the Common Market.