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14 December 1918		32,197
Rt Hon William Brace	Labour Party	Unopposed

25 November 1920 Resignation of Rt Hon William Brace on appointment as the Chief Labour Advisor to the Department of Mines. (Chiltern Hundreds)

21 December 1920		23,334/32,960	70.79
George Barker	Labour Party	15,492	66.39
George Hay Morgan	Liberal Party - Coalition	7,842	33.61
Majority		7,650	32.78

15 November 1922		34,270
George Barker	Labour Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		33,749
George Barker	Labour Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		34,046
George Barker	Labour Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		31,297/37,972	82.42
George Daggar	Labour Party	20,175	64.46
William Reynallt Meredith	Liberal Party	8,425	26.92
Peter John Fielding Chapman Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,697	8.62
Majority		11,750	37.54

27 October 1931		39,043
George Daggar	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		39,367
George Daggar	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		33,037/40,749	81.07
George Daggar	Labour Party	28,615	86.62
Joseph John Hayward	Nationalist	4,422	13.38
Majority		24,193	73.23

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		34,012/40,211	84.58
George Daggar	Labour Party	29,609	87.05
Owen John Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,403	12.95
Majority		25,206	74.11

14 October 1950 Death of George Daggar.

30 November 1950		28,461/40,011	71.13
Rev Llewellyn Williams	Labour Party	24,622	86.51
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,839	13.49
Majority		20,783	73.02

25 October 1951		33,725/40,128	84.04
Rev Llewellyn Williams	Labour Party	29,321	86.94
John Radcliff	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,404	13.06
Majority		24,917	73.88

26 May 1955		30,939/39,111	79.11
Rev Llewellyn Williams	Labour Party	25,599	82.74
Arthur Gwynne Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,081	13.19
Trefor Richard Morgan	Plaid Cymru	1,259	4.07
Majority		21,518	69.55

8 October 1959		31,674/38,674	81.90
Rev Llewellyn Williams	Labour Party	26,934	85.04
Ronald Jones Maddocks	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,740	14.96
Majority		22,194	70.07

15 October 1964		28,177/37,310	75.52
Rev Llewellyn Williams	Labour Party	24,204	85.90
Peter Wynford Innes Rees	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,973	14.10
Majority		20,231	71.80

4 February 1965 Death of Rev Llewellyn Williams.

1 April 1965		23,116/36,567	63.22
Albert Clifford Williams	Labour Party	18,256	78.98
Peter Wynford Innes Rees	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,309	14.31
Edward John Merriman	Plaid Cymru	1,551	6.71
Majority		14,947	64.66

31 March 1966		26,504/36,122	73.37
Albert Clifford Williams	Labour Party	23,353	88.11
Anthony Peter Wallis	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,151	11.89
Majority		20,202	76.22

18 June 1970		28,048/37,350	75.10
Jeffrey Thomas	Labour Party	22,819	81.36
John Emlyn Rendle	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,478	12.40
David Brian Harries	Plaid Cymru	1,751	6.24
Majority		19,341	68.96

28 February 1974		28,549/36,310	78.63
Jeffrey Thomas	Labour Party	20,068	70.29
William Aneurin Richards	Plaid Cymru	3,119	10.93
Mostyn Neil Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,730	9.56
Hugh Westcott Clark	Liberal Party	2,632	9.22
Majority		16,949	59.37

10 October 1974		27,458/36,553	75.12
Jeffrey Thomas	Labour Party	20,835	75.88
William Aneurin Richards	Plaid Cymru	2,480	9.03
Pamela Joan Evelyn Larney	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,364	8.61
Hugh Westcott Clark	Liberal Party	1,779	6.48
Majority		18,355	66.85

3 May 1979		28,559/35,602	80.22
Jeffrey Thomas	Labour Party	21,698	75.98
Ralph Tuck	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,613	16.15
David Brian Harries	Plaid Cymru	2,248	7.87
Majority		17,085	59.82

11 December 1981 Jeffrey Thomas resigns the Labour whip and joins the SDP.