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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		16,865/38,552	43.75
Richard Morris	Liberal Party - Coalition	11,231	66.59
Charlotte Despard	Labour Party	5,634	33.41
Majority		5,597	33.19

15 November 1922		22,357/39,602	56.45
Shapuji Saklatvala	Labour Party	11,311	50.59
Henry Cairn Hogbin	National Liberal Party	9,290	41.55
Vivian Claude Albu	Liberal Party	1,756	7.85
Majority		2,021	9.04

Shapuji Saklatvala was a member of the Communist Party, but was endorsed as a Labour candidate by the Labour Party.

6 December 1923		24,868/40,183	61.89
Henry Cairn Hogbin	Liberal Party	12,527	50.37
Shapuji Saklatvala	Labour Party	12,341	49.63
Majority		186	0.75

Shapuji Saklatvala was a member of the Communist Party, but was endorsed as a Labour candidate by the Labour Party.

29 October 1924		29,650/40,586	73.05
Shapuji Saklatvala	Communist Party	15,096	50.91
Henry Cairn Hogbin	Constitutionalist	14,554	49.09
Majority		542	1.83

30 May 1929		35,165/50,460	69.69
William Stephen Sanders	Labour Party	13,265	37.72
Arthur Marsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,833	30.81
Shapuji Saklatvala	Communist Party	6,554	18.64
Thomas Patrick Brogan	Liberal Party	4,513	12.83
Majority		2,432	6.92

27 October 1931		33,694/49,873	67.56
Arthur Marsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,688	55.46
William Stephen Sanders	Labour Party	11,985	35.57
Shapuji Saklatvala	Communist Party	3,021	8.97
Majority		6,703	19.89

14 November 1935		29,989/47,213	63.52
William Stephen Sanders	Labour Party	17,596	58.67
Arthur Marsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,393	41.33
Majority		5,203	17.35

2 April 1940 Resignation of Stephen Sanders. (Northstead)

17 April 1940		10,738/42,725	25.13
Francis Campbell Ross Douglas	Labour Party	9,947	92.63
E C Joyce	Anti-War	791	7.37
Majority		9,156	85.27

E Joyce sought election as an "Anti-War" candidate and received support from the Communist Party.

5 July 1945		19,039/26,842	70.93
Francis Campbell Ross Douglas	Labour Party	14,070	73.90
John William Frederick Guy Paget	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,969	26.10
Majority		9,101	47.80

24 May 1946 Resignation of Francis Douglas on appointment as Governor of Malta. (Chiltern Hundreds)

25 July 1946		16,427/29,652	55.40
Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	11,329	68.97
B A Shattock	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,858	29.57
Hugo Dewar	Independent Labour Party	240	1.46
Majority		6,471	39.39

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		35,591/44,101	80.70
Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	24,762	69.57
William Francis Martin Maddan	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,084	25.52
Edward Richter Handscombe	Liberal Party	1,090	3.06
John Mahon	Communist Party	655	1.84
Majority		15,678	44.05

25 October 1951		35,687/44,478	80.24
Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	25,882	72.53
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,805	27.47
Majority		16,077	45.05

26 May 1955		29,660/42,766	69.35
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	20,980	70.73
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,058	27.17
Eric Lionel Fenner	Pacifist	622	2.10
Majority		12,922	43.57

8 October 1959		28,884/40,937	70.56
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	19,595	67.84
Robert George Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,289	32.16
Majority		10,306	35.68

15 October 1964		23,435/35,659	65.72
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	14,930	63.71
Robert George Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,847	24.95
Stephen Ronald Jakobi	Liberal Party	2,187	9.33
Gladys Margaret Easton	Communist Party	471	2.01
Majority		9,083	38.76

31 March 1966		21,522/34,048	63.21
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	15,522	72.12
Charles Peter Morton Davidson	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,350	24.86
Gladys Margaret Easton	Communist Party	650	3.02
Majority		10,172	47.26

18 June 1970		17,739/30,206	58.73
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	11,621	65.51
Anthony Vincent Bradbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,927	27.77
Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone	Liberal Party	1,012	5.70
David John Welsh	Communist Party	179	1.01
Majority		6,694	37.74

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		31,474/44,516	70.70
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	18,503	58.79
Simon James Crawford Randall	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,080	25.67
Johnnie Henry Savile	Liberal Party	4,683	14.88
Carole Reakes	Communist Party of England	208	0.66
Majority		10,423	33.12

10 October 1974		27,580/44,791	61.57
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	17,161	62.22
Simon James Crawford Randall	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,019	21.82
Christopher Robin Williams	Liberal Party	3,048	11.05
Reginald Frederick Friend	National Front	1,250	4.53
Carole Reakes	Communist Party of England	102	0.37
Majority		11,142	40.40

3 May 1979		28,166/41,435	67.98
Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	Labour Party	15,834	56.22
Peter Merton Phillips	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,358	33.22
William Frank Brown	Liberal Party	2,021	7.18
Michael John Salt	National Front	772	2.74
Anthony Lavelle	Workers Revolutionary Party	104	0.37
Peter George Clay	Workers Party	47	0.17
John Cowper Harwell	Community	30	0.11
Majority		6,476	22.99