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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 11 December 1832 | 341 | ||
| Tory | Unopposed | ||
| 8 January 1835 | 356 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 26 July 1837 | 285/366 | 77.87 | |
| Conservative Party | 160 | 56.14 | |
| Whig | 125 | 43.86 | |
| Majority | 35 | 12.28 | |
| March 1840 Resignation of Viscount Cantelupe. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 12 March 1840 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1 July 1841 | 292/398 | 73.37 | |
| Conservative Party | 159 | 54.45 | |
| Whig | 133 | 45.55 | |
| Majority | 26 | 8.90 | |
| 30 July 1847 | 385 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 8 July 1852 | 317 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 27 March 1857 | 309 | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 30 April 1859 | 286/318 | 89.94 | |
| Conservative Party | 158 | 55.24 | |
| Liberal Party | 128 | 44.76 | |
| Majority | 30 | 10.49 | |
| 12 July 1865 | 298/348 | 85.63 | |
| Liberal Party | 154 | 51.68 | |
| Conservative Party | 144 | 48.32 | |
| Majority | 10 | 3.36 | |
| 16 April 1866 Petition - Adolphus Young unseated. | |||
| 1 May 1866 | 307/348 | 88.22 | |
| Liberal Party | 154 | 50.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 153 | 49.84 | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.33 | |
| Robert Campbell was returned on the mayor's casting vote - the mayor was the father of Campbell's election agent. | |||
| 5 July 1866 Petition - Robert Campbell unseated and William Brett declared elected. The Committee decided that the Returning Officer (who had already voted for Campbell) was not entitled to a casting vote. | |||
| 1868 Resignation of William Brett on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
| 19 February 1868 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1868 Resignation of Sir William Brett on appointment as a judge. | |||
| August 1868 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 17 November 1868 | 868/1,029 | 84.35 | |
| Liberal Party | 494 | 56.91 | |
| Conservative Party | 374 | 43.09 | |
| Majority | 120 | 13.82 | |
| 5 February 1874 | 893/1,040 | 85.87 | |
| Liberal Party | 473 | 52.97 | |
| Conservative Party | 420 | 47.03 | |
| Majority | 53 | 5.94 | |
| 3 April 1880 | 895/1,063 | 84.20 | |
| Conservative Party | 466 | 52.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 429 | 47.93 | |
| Majority | 37 | 4.13 | |