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13 December 1832		492/511	96.28
George Augustus Frederic Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers	Tory	360	73.17
James Ruddell-Todd	Whig	302	61.38
James Peel Cockburn	Tory	110	22.36
Majority		192	39.02

8 January 1835		446/471	94.69
Hugh Duncan Baillie	Conservative Party	332	74.44
Arthur Chichester	Conservative Party	226	50.67
James Ruddell-Todd	Whig	221	49.55
Majority		5	1.12

25 August 1837		435/460	94.57
Hugh Duncan Baillie	Conservative Party	294	67.59
James Stewart	Whig	225	51.72
Sir Alexander Cray Grant, bt	Conservative Party	203	46.67
Majority		22	5.06

1837 Petition - withdrawn.

29 June 1841		440
Hugh Duncan Baillie	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Forster Alleyne McGeachy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 July 1847		446
Sir James Weir Hogg, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Joseph Locke	Whig	Unopposed

8 July 1852		221/287	77.00
Joseph Locke	Whig	166	75.11
Sir James Weir Hogg, bt	Conservative Party	152	68.78
Richard Sommers Gard	Conservative Party	123	55.66
Majority		29	13.12

31 March 1857		225/264	85.23
Joseph Locke	Whig	214	95.11
Hon Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart-Wortley	Conservative Party	119	52.89
Sir James Weir Hogg, bt	Conservative Party	117	52.00
Majority		2	0.89

29 April 1859		287
Joseph Locke	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 September 1860 Death of Joseph Locke.

22 October 1860
George Moffatt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		200/267	74.91
Frederick David Goldsmid	Liberal Party	171	85.50
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	140	70.00
Evan Matthew Richards	Liberal Party	88	44.00
Majority		52	26.00

18 March 1866 Death of David Goldsmid.

28 March 1866
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1 December 1885		7,497/9,012	83.19
Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	4,540	60.56
Sir John Budd Phear	Liberal Party	2,957	39.44
Majority		1,583	21.12

2 July 1886		9,012
Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1892		7,156/9,167	78.06
Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	4,591	64.16
Dr William Hickman Smith Aubrey	Liberal Party	2,565	35.84
Majority		2,026	28.31

15 July 1895		9,263
Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 October 1900
Rt Hon Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 January 1906		8,565/9,797	87.42
Rt Hon Sir John Henry Kennaway, Bt	Conservative Party	4,854	56.67
William Balkwill Luke	Liberal Party	3,711	43.33
Majority		1,143	13.35

29 January 1910		9,337/10,522	88.74
Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell	Conservative Party	5,604	60.02
William Balkwill Luke	Liberal Party	3,733	39.98
Majority		1,871	20.04

16 December 1910		8,787/10,522	83.51
Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell	Conservative Party	5,348	60.86
Harry Geen	Liberal Party	3,439	39.14
Majority		1,909	21.73

14 December 1918
Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		23,376/29,546	79.12
Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,972	55.49
John George Hawkins Halse	Liberal Party	10,404	44.51
Majority		2,568	10.99

6 December 1923		24,647/30,443	80.96
Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,470	50.59
John George Hawkins Halse	Liberal Party	12,177	49.41
Majority		293	1.19

29 October 1924		26,829/31,388	85.48
Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,804	55.18
John George Hawkins Halse	Liberal Party	12,025	44.82
Majority		2,779	10.36

30 May 1929		35,179/41,723	84.32
Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,911	50.91
John George Hawkins Halse	Liberal Party	16,353	46.49
Florence Rose Davies	Labour Party	915	2.60
Majority		1,558	4.43

27 October 1931		36,417/43,625	83.48
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,854	60.01
John George Hawkins Halse	Liberal Party	14,563	39.99
Majority		7,291	20.02

14 November 1935		31,721/45,577	69.60
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,805	71.89
John Robert Morris	Labour Party	8,916	28.11
Majority		13,889	43.78

5 July 1945		37,238/52,949	70.33
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,499	65.79
Henry Thomas Langdon	Labour Party	12,739	34.21
Majority		11,760	31.58

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,325/54,869	84.43
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,767	57.78
George Rupert Sargeant	Labour Party	10,816	23.35
Guy Leonard Gresham Barrington	Liberal Party	8,742	18.87
Majority		15,951	34.43

25 October 1951		46,242/56,022	82.54
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,015	58.42
John Bernard Halse	Liberal Party	9,858	21.32
Norman Leonard Stevens	Labour Party	9,369	20.26
Majority		17,157	37.10

26 May 1955		44,782/56,203	79.68
Robert Mathew	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,808	57.63
John Bernard Halse	Liberal Party	11,067	24.71
Frederick William Thornton	Labour Party	7,907	17.66
Majority		14,741	32.92

8 October 1959		45,793/57,172	80.10
Robert Mathew	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,959	56.69
John Bernard Halse	Liberal Party	12,906	28.18
Frederick William Morgan	Labour Party	6,928	15.13
Majority		13,053	28.50

15 October 1964		48,102/61,067	78.77
Robert Mathew	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,475	55.04
Warwick Deal	Liberal Party	12,354	25.68
Marjorie Clark	Labour Party	9,273	19.28
Majority		14,121	29.36

31 March 1966		49,565/63,044	78.62
Robert Mathew	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,966	54.41
Marjorie Clark	Labour Party	13,257	26.75
Raymond Hicks	Liberal Party	9,342	18.85
Majority		13,709	27.66

8 December 1966 Death of Robert Mathew.

16 March 1967		46,511/64,025	72.65
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,501	56.98
Bridget Valentine Trethewey	Liberal Party	10,509	22.59
Marjorie Clark	Labour Party	9,501	20.43
Majority		15,992	34.38

18 June 1970		55,287/72,072	76.71
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,885	59.48
Bridget Valentine Trethewey	Liberal Party	11,330	20.49
Malyn Dudley Dunn	Labour Party	11,072	20.03
Majority		21,555	38.99

28 February 1974		59,526/72,628	81.96
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,429	54.48
Victor Terry Howell	Liberal Party	18,306	30.75
Malyn Dudley Dunn Newitt	Labour Party	8,791	14.77
Majority		14,123	23.73

10 October 1974		55,268/73,057	75.65
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,720	53.77
Victor Terry Howell	Liberal Party	16,500	29.85
Ronald Lloyd Spiller	Labour Party	9,048	16.37
Majority		13,220	23.92

3 May 1979		60,612/78,303	77.41
Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,832	62.42
Rodney Gerald Ruffle	Liberal Party	12,601	20.79
Anthony Trevor Luesby	Labour Party	8,756	14.45
Margaret Hilary Bacon	Ecology Party	1,423	2.35
Majority		25,231	41.63

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		53,812/72,926	73.79
Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,602	60.58
Alistair Hubert Sampson	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	17,833	33.14
Raymond Austin Clements Sharpe	Labour Party	3,377	6.28
Majority		14,769	27.45

11 June 1987		59,035/77,942	75.74
Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,931	59.17
Gerald Duncan Tatton-Brown	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	18,369	31.12
Simon Peter Pollentine	Labour Party	4,988	8.45
Stuart Basil Fawlty Hughes	Monster Raving Loony Party	747	1.27
Majority		16,562	28.05

9 April 1992		63,969/79,223	80.75
Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,533	52.42
Jennifer May Sharratt	Liberal Democrats	17,022	26.61
Ray Davison	Labour Party	8,142	12.73
David Albert Owen	Independent Conservative	2,175	3.40
Stuart Basil Fawlty Hughes	Monster Raving Loony Party	1,442	2.25
Geoffrey John Halliwell	Official Liberal Party	1,005	1.57
Alan James Tootill	Green Party	650	1.02
Majority		16,511	25.81