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11 December 1832		287/327	87.77
Jonathan Peel	Tory	177	61.67
Frederick Pollock	Tory	171	59.58
James Duberley	Whig	128	44.60
Edward Harvey Maltby	Whig	94	32.75
Majority		43	14.98

7 January 1835		380
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederick Pollock	Conservative Party	Unopposed

26 July 1837		356
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederick Pollock	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 July 1841		416
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederick Pollock	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 September 1841 Resignation of Sir Frederick Pollock on appointment as Attorney-General.

13 September 1841 Resignation of Jonathan Peel on appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.

14 September 1841		416
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederick Pollock	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1844 Resignation of Sir Frederick Pollock on appointment as Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

22 April 1844
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 July 1847		373
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1847 Petition - withdrawn.

7 July 1852		390
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 March 1857		382
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

26 February 1858 Resignation of Jonathan Peel on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

4 March 1858
Rt Hon Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 April 1859		378
Rt Hon Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		383
Rt Hon Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Jonathan Peel on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

11 July 1866
Rt Hon Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 November 1868		976
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 November 1873 Death of Thomas Baring.

20 December 1873		840/1,008	83.33
Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative Party	499	59.40
Arthur Arnold	Liberal Party	341	40.60
Majority		158	18.81

30 January 1874		1,049
Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 February 1874 Resignation of Sir John Karslake on appointment as Attorney-General.

16 March 1874		1,049
Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 February 1876 Resignation of Sir John Karslake. (Northstead)

16 February 1876
Edward George Henry Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

April 1880		1,052
Edward George Henry Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 March 1884 Succession of Viscount Hinchingbrooke to the Peerage - 8th Earl of Sandwich.

21 March 1884		901/1,658	54.34
Rt Hon Sir Robert Peel	Conservative Party	455	50.50
Charles Veasey	Liberal Party	446	49.50
Majority		9	1.00

28 November 1885		4,562/5,655	80.67
Thomas Coote	Liberal Party	2,354	51.60
Hon Oliver George Powlett Montagu	Conservative Party	2,208	48.40
Majority		146	3.20

14 July 1886		4,443/5,655	78.57
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Conservative Party	2,302	51.81
Thomas Coote	Liberal Party	2,141	48.19
Majority		161	3.62

14 July 1892		4,480/5,479	81.77
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Conservative Party	2,251	50.25
Samuel Howard Whitbread	Liberal Party	2,229	49.75
Majority		22	0.49

24 July 1895		4,487/5,435	82.56
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Conservative Party	2,419	53.91
John Jackson Wilks	Liberal Party	2,068	46.09
Majority		351	7.82

4 October 1900		3,956/5,222	75.76
George Charles Montagu	Conservative Party	2,118	53.54
Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane	Liberal Party	1,838	46.46
Majority		280	7.08

19 January 1906		4,383/5,272	83.14
Samuel Howard Whitbread	Liberal Party	2,426	55.35
John Cator	Conservative Party	1,957	44.65
Majority		469	10.70

20 January 1910		4,565/5,175	88.21
John Cator	Conservative Party	2,466	54.02
Hon Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett	Liberal Party	2,099	45.98
Majority		367	8.04

7 December 1910		4,426/5,175	85.53
John Cator	Conservative Party	2,287	51.67
Hon Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett	Liberal Party	2,139	48.33
Majority		148	3.34

Renamed with Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		65,148/79,083	82.38
Rt Hon Sir David Lockhart-Muir Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,042	44.58
Dennis Graham Rowe	Liberal Party	19,040	29.23
Paul Andrew Ormerod	Labour Party	17,066	26.20
Majority		10,002	15.35

10 October 1974		59,886/79,705	75.13
Rt Hon Sir David Lockhart-Muir Renton	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,989	45.07
Alan Grant Dowson	Labour Party	17,745	29.63
Dennis Graham Rowe	Liberal Party	15,152	25.30
Majority		9,244	15.44

3 May 1979		72,618/93,862	77.37
John Roy Major	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,193	55.35
Julian George Holder Fulbrook	Labour Party	18,630	25.65
Dennis Graham Rowe	Liberal Party	12,812	17.64
Kenneth Thomas Robinson	National Front	983	1.35
Majority		21,563	29.69

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,921/77,666	70.71
John Roy Major	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,254	62.37
Sheila Joan Gatiss	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,906	25.32
Mark Slater	Labour Party	6,317	11.50
Timothy March Beaupre Eiloart	Ecology Party	444	0.81
Majority		20,348	37.05

11 June 1987		63,773/87,195	73.14
Rt Hon John Roy Major	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,530	63.55
Anthony Joseph Nicholson	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,486	21.15
David Michael Brown	Labour Party	8,883	13.93
William Barry Lavin	Green Party	874	1.37
Majority		27,044	42.41

27 November 1990 Rt Hon John Major elected leader of the Conservative Party.

28 November 1990 Rt Hon John Major appointed Prime Minister.

9 April 1992		73,554/92,913	79.16
Rt Hon John Roy Major	Conservative & Unionist Party	48,662	66.16
Hugh Alexander Seckleman	Labour Party	12,432	16.90
Andrew Nicholas Duff	Liberal Democrats	9,386	12.76
Paul David Wiggin	Official Liberal Party	1,045	1.42
Deborah Merryl Birkhead	Green Party	846	1.15
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	728	0.99
Michael Anthony Flanagan	Independent Conservative	231	0.31
Mike Lee	Gremloid	107	0.15
Charles Seaton Cockell	Independent	91	0.12
David Shepheard	Natural Law Party	26	0.04
Majority		36,230	49.26

Mike Lee stood as Lord Buckethead.

22 June 1995 Rt Hon John Major resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party, and announced his intention to seek re-election to that position.

4 July 1995 Rt Hon John Major re-elected as Leader of the Conservative Party by 218 MPs to 89 for John Redwood.

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		56,963/76,094	74.86
Rt Hon John Roy Major	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,501	55.30
Jason Reece	Labour Party	13,361	23.46
Matthew James Owen	Liberal Democrats	8,390	14.73
Prof David James Bellamy	Referendum Party	3,114	5.47
Charles Raymond Coyne	UK Independence Party	331	0.58
Veronica Hufford	Christian Democrat	177	0.31
Duncan John Robertson	Independent	89	0.16
Majority		18,140	31.85

7 June 2001		49,089/78,604	62.45
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,507	49.92
Michael Robert Pope	Liberal Democrats	11,715	23.86
Takki Emmanouel Sulaiman	Labour Party	11,211	22.84
Derek Arthur Norman	UK Independence Party	1,656	3.37
Majority		12,792	26.06

5 May 2005		52,418/83,843	62.52
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,646	50.83
Julian Leon Huppert	Liberal Democrats	13,799	26.32
Stephen Michael Sartain	Labour Party	9,821	18.74
Derek Arthur Norman	UK Independence Party	2,152	4.11
Majority		12,847	24.51

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,266/83,849	64.72
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,516	48.86
Martin Graham Land	Liberal Democrats	15,697	28.93
Anthea Jane Cox	Labour Party	5,982	11.02
Ian James Curtis	UK Independence Party	3,258	6.00
Jonathan Mark Salt	Independent	1,432	2.64
John Dominic William Clare	Green Party	652	1.20
Lord Toby Jug	Monster Raving Loony Party	548	1.01
Carrie Holliman	Animal Protection	181	0.33
Majority		10,819	19.94

7 May 2015		55,926/82,404	67.87
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,652	53.02
Dr Nik Johnson	Labour Party	10,248	18.32
Paul Bullen	UK Independence Party	9,473	16.94
Rod Cantrill	Liberal Democrats	4,375	7.82
Tom MacLennan	Green Party	2,178	3.89
Majority		19,404	34.70

8 June 2017		59,720/84,273	70.86
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,915	55.12
Dr Nik Johnson	Labour Party	18,440	30.88
Rod Cantrill	Liberal Democrats	5,090	8.52
Paul Bullen	UK Independence Party	2,180	3.65
Tom Maclennan	Green Party	1,095	1.83
Majority		14,475	24.24

12 December 2019		59,147/84,657	69.87
Jonathan Simon Djanogly	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,386	54.76
Samuel Paul Sweek	Labour Party	13,003	21.98
Mark Timothy Argent	Liberal Democrats	9,432	15.95
Daniel Edward Laycock	Green Party	2,233	3.78
Paul Bullen	Independent	1,789	3.02
Jane Thomas Varghese	Independent	304	0.51
Majority		19,383	32.77

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		52,040/79,074	65.81
Benjamin Obese-Jecty	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,257	35.08
Alexandra Bulat	Labour Party	16,758	32.20
Sarah Smith	Reform UK	8,039	15.45
Mark Timothy Argent	Liberal Democrats	4,821	9.26
Georgina Samantha Hunt	Green Party	3,042	5.85
Chan Raj Abraham	Independent	1,123	2.16
Majority		1,499	2.88