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12 December 1832		610/920	66.30
Edward Bolton Clive	Whig	392	64.26
Robert Biddulph	Whig	380	62.30
Richard Blakemore	Tory	245	40.16
Majority		135	22.13

8 January 1835		813/891	91.25
Edward Bolton Clive	Whig	457	56.21
Robert Biddulph	Whig	435	53.51
Richard Blakemore	Conservative Party	426	52.40
Majority		9	1.11

25 July 1837		816/909	89.77
Edward Bolton Clive	Whig	444	54.41
Daniel Higford Davall Burr	Conservative Party	430	52.70
Robert Biddulph	Whig	420	51.47
Majority		10	1.23

1 July 1841		787/961	81.89
Edward Bolton Clive	Whig	531	67.47
Henry William Hobhouse	Whig	500	63.53
Daniel Higford Davall Burr	Conservative Party	308	39.14
Majority		192	24.40

September 1841 Resignation of Henry Hobhouse. (Chiltern Hundreds)

5 October 1841		739/961	76.90
Robert Pulsford	Whig	442	59.81
Edward Griffiths	Conservative Party	297	40.19
Majority		145	19.62

22 July 1845 Death of Edward Clive.

31 July 1845
Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

31 July 1847		1,061
Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Morgan Clifford	Whig	Unopposed

8 July 1852		747/1,013	73.74
Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig	458	61.31
Henry Morgan Clifford	Whig	452	60.51
Augustus William Henry Meyrick	Conservative Party	292	39.09
Majority		160	21.42

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

5 January 1857 Resignation of Sir Robert Price, Bt. (Northstead)

14 February 1857		629/832	75.60
George Clive	Whig	399	63.43
William Kevill Davies	Conservative Party	230	36.57
Majority		169	26.87

27 March 1857		832
George Clive	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Morgan Clifford	Whig	Unopposed

29 April 1859		971
George Clive	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Morgan Clifford	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 July 1865		1,001/1,215	82.39
Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	510	50.95
George Clive	Liberal Party	499	49.85
Henry Morgan Clifford	Liberal Party	483	48.25
Majority		16	1.60

1865 Petition - dismissed.

1868 Resignation of Richard Baggallay on appointment as Solicitor-General.

September 1868
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		1,963/2,380	82.48
George Clive	Liberal Party	1,055	53.74
John William Shaw Wylie	Liberal Party	1,015	51.71
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	983	50.08
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	872	44.42
Majority		32	1.63

15 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

30 March 1869		1,897/2,380	79.71
Edward Henry Clive	Liberal Party	1,064	56.09
Chandos Wren-Hoskyns	Liberal Party	1,033	54.45
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	871	45.91
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	826	43.54
Majority		162	17.08

22 February 1871 Resignation of Edward Clive. (Chiltern Hundreds)

28 February 1871		1,624/2,298	70.67
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	946	58.25
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	678	41.75
Majority		268	16.50

3 February 1874		1,852/2,340	79.15
Evan Pateshall	Conservative Party	978	52.81
George Clive	Liberal Party	921	49.73
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	903	48.76
Joseph Pulley	Liberal Party	902	48.70
Majority		18	0.97

8 March 1878 Resignation of Evan Pateshall. (Chiltern Hundreds)

14 March 1878		2,176/2,631	82.71
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	1,110	51.01
Joseph Pulley	Liberal Party	1,066	48.99
Majority		44	2.02

1 April 1880		2,483/2,837	87.52
Joseph Pulley	Liberal Party	1,505	60.61
Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	1,321	53.20
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	1,099	44.26
Frederick Dixon Dixon-Hartland	Conservative Party	1,041	41.93
Majority		222	8.94

1880 Petition - withdrawn.

24 November 1885		2,656/3,002	88.47
Joseph Pulley	Liberal Party	1,360	51.20
William Henry Barneby	Conservative Party	1,296	48.80
Majority		64	2.41

2 July 1886		2,537/3,002	84.51
Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt	Conservative Party	1,401	55.22
Joseph Pulley	Liberal Party	1,136	44.78
Majority		265	10.45

4 July 1892		2,887/3,267	88.37
William Henry Grenfell	Liberal Party	1,507	52.20
Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt	Conservative Party	1,380	47.80
Majority		127	4.40

4 August 1893 Resignation of William Grenfell. (Chiltern Hundreds)

15 August 1893		2,964/3,415	86.79
Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative Party	1,504	50.74
Sir Joseph Pulley, Bt	Liberal Party	1,460	49.26
Majority		44	1.48

15 July 1895		3,025/3,328	90.90
Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative Party	1,669	55.17
Sir Edward Robert Pearce-Edgcumbe	Liberal Party	1,356	44.83
Majority		313	10.35

29 September 1900		3,529
John Stanhope Arkwright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 January 1906		3,626/3,852	94.13
John Stanhope Arkwright	Conservative Party	1,934	53.34
Edward Scudamore Lucas-Scudamore	Liberal Party	1,692	46.66
Majority		242	6.67

17 January 1910		3,853/4,066	94.76
John Stanhope Arkwright	Conservative Party	2,320	60.21
Evan Lewis Thomas	Liberal Party	1,533	39.79
Majority		787	20.43

5 December 1910		3,630/4,066	89.28
John Stanhope Arkwright	Conservative Party	2,200	60.61
Joseph Davies	Liberal Party	1,430	39.39
Majority		770	21.21

1 March 1912 Resignation of John Arkwright. (Northstead)

8 March 1912
Prof William Albert Samuel Hewins	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		15,410/28,246	54.56
Charles Thornton Pulley	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,680	75.79
Sidney Box	Labour Party	3,730	24.21
Majority		7,950	51.59

22 December 1920 Resignation of Charles Pulley. (Northstead)

11 January 1921		17,081/27,316	62.53
Samuel Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,670	56.61
Ernest Wilfred Langford	Liberal Party	7,411	43.39
Majority		2,259	13.23

15 November 1922		17,232/27,774	62.04
Samuel Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,138	76.24
James Jonas Dodd	Labour Party	4,094	23.76
Majority		9,044	52.48

6 December 1923		20,709/28,538	72.57
Samuel Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,448	55.28
John Howard Whitehouse	Liberal Party	8,280	39.98
Sidney Box	Labour Party	981	4.74
Majority		3,168	15.30

29 October 1924		21,814/29,083	75.01
Samuel Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,210	60.56
John Howard Whitehouse	Liberal Party	8,604	39.44
Majority		4,606	21.11

30 May 1929		29,196/36,984	78.94
Humphrey Frank Owen	Liberal Party	14,208	48.66
Frederic Carnegie Romilly	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,087	44.82
Henry Cooper	Labour Party	1,901	6.51
Majority		1,121	3.84

27 October 1931		31,883/38,023	83.85
James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,418	60.90
Humphrey Frank Owen	Liberal Party	12,465	39.10
Majority		6,953	21.81

Frank Owen was opposed to the National Government.

14 November 1935		29,484/39,484	74.67
James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,234	61.84
Walter Leslie Dingley	Liberal Party	8,853	30.03
George Clarke	Labour Party	2,397	8.13
Majority		9,381	31.82

5 July 1945		33,669/48,674	69.17
James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,439	51.80
William Ramsey Pigott	Labour Party	8,359	24.83
Archibald Pellow Marshall	Liberal Party	7,871	23.38
Majority		9,080	26.97

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		35,464/44,059	80.49
James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,314	51.64
William Ramsey Pigott	Labour Party	11,185	31.54
Albert Edward Farr	Liberal Party	5,965	16.82
Majority		7,129	20.10

25 October 1951		34,600/44,579	77.62
James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,204	61.28
William Ramsey Pigott	Labour Party	13,396	38.72
Majority		7,808	22.57

26 May 1955		34,870/44,242	78.82
Rt Hon James Lewis Purdon Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,058	51.79
Humphrey Frank Owen	Liberal Party	8,658	24.83
Eileen Louise Patricia Seers	Labour Party	8,154	23.38
Majority		9,400	26.96

21 December 1955 Elevation of Rt Hon James Thomas to the Peerage - Viscount Cilcennin.

14 February 1956		27,385/44,529	61.50
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,129	44.29
Humphrey Frank Owen	Liberal Party	9,979	36.44
Bryan Capewell Stanley	Labour Party	5,277	19.27
Majority		2,150	7.85

8 October 1959		36,045/45,340	79.50
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,763	49.28
Robin Day	Liberal Party	10,185	28.26
John William Wardle	Labour Party	8,097	22.46
Majority		7,578	21.02

15 October 1964		39,122/49,462	79.10
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,780	45.45
Thomas James Henderson Bishop	Labour Party	12,020	30.72
Kenneth Sidney Vaus	Liberal Party	9,322	23.83
Majority		5,760	14.72

31 March 1966		39,307/50,853	77.30
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,529	44.60
Michael Kevin Prendergast	Labour Party	14,782	37.61
Kenneth Sidney Vaus	Liberal Party	6,996	17.80
Majority		2,747	6.99

18 June 1970		41,374/56,563	73.15
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,011	53.20
Gerard Dominic Purnell	Labour Party	14,410	34.83
Thomas Rowland Crowther	Liberal Party	4,953	11.97
Majority		7,601	18.37

28 February 1974		45,213/57,336	78.86
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,676	41.31
Charles Brian Tannatt Nash	Liberal Party	15,238	33.70
Ivan Ernest Geffen	Labour Party	11,299	24.99
Majority		3,438	7.60

10 October 1974		43,828/57,816	75.81
Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,060	38.92
Charles Brian Tannatt Nash	Liberal Party	15,948	36.39
Michael Kevin Prendergast	Labour Party	10,820	24.69
Majority		1,112	2.54

3 May 1979		48,204/61,447	78.45
Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,012	47.74
Christopher Frederick Green	Liberal Party	18,042	37.43
Ian Robert Adshead	Labour Party	7,150	14.83
Majority		4,970	10.31

9 June 1983		48,544/64,846	74.86
Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,334	48.07
Christopher Frederick Green	Liberal Party in Alliance	21,057	43.38
John Raymond Peter Evans	Labour Party	3,690	7.60
Victoria Campbell Murray	Ecology Party	463	0.95
Majority		2,277	4.69

11 June 1987		52,348/67,881	77.12
Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,865	47.50
Christopher Frederick Green	Liberal Party in Alliance	23,452	44.80
Vivian Stanley Woodell	Labour Party	4,031	7.70
Majority		1,413	2.70

9 April 1992		56,642/69,676	81.29
Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,727	47.19
Gwynoro Glyndwr Jones	Liberal Democrats	23,314	41.16
Josephine Elizabeth Kelly	Labour Party	6,005	10.60
Christopher Thomas Mattingley	Green Party	596	1.05
Majority		3,413	6.03

1 May 1997		52,553/69,864	75.22
Paul Stuart Keetch	Liberal Democrats	25,198	47.95
Sir Colin Ryley Shepherd	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,550	35.30
Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell	Labour Party	6,596	12.55
Clive Gwennap Easton	Referendum Party	2,209	4.20
Majority		6,648	12.65

7 June 2001		44,624/70,306	63.47
Paul Stuart Keetch	Liberal Democrats	18,244	40.88
Virginia Frances Mary Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,276	38.71
David John Alfred Hallam	Labour Party	6,739	15.10
Clive Gwennap Easton	UK Independence Party	1,184	2.65
David Bright Gillett	Green Party	1,181	2.65
Majority		968	2.17

5 May 2005		46,894/71,813	65.30
Paul Stuart Keetch	Liberal Democrats	20,285	43.26
Virginia Frances Mary Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,323	41.21
Thomas Stephen Robert Calver	Labour Party	4,800	10.24
Brian Ralph Lunt	Green Party	1,052	2.24
Christopher Rupert Kingsley	UK Independence Party	1,030	2.20
Peter James Morton	Independent	404	0.86
Majority		962	2.05