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| 12 December 1832 | 953/1,219 | 78.18 | |
| Whig | 599 | 62.85 | |
| Whig | 593 | 62.22 | |
| Tory | 303 | 31.79 | |
| Tory | 267 | 28.02 | |
| Tory | 94 | 9.86 | |
| Majority | 290 | 30.43 | |
| 8 January 1835 | 1,090/1,209 | 90.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 557 | 51.10 | |
| Conservative Party | 535 | 49.08 | |
| Whig | 531 | 48.72 | |
| Whig | 516 | 47.34 | |
| Majority | 4 | 0.37 | |
| 9 June 1835 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 19 June 1835 | 992/1,209 | 82.05 | |
| Whig | 542 | 54.64 | |
| Whig | 533 | 53.73 | |
| Conservative Party | 454 | 45.77 | |
| Conservative Party | 434 | 43.75 | |
| Majority | 79 | 7.96 | |
| 27 July 1837 | 1,262/1,418 | 89.00 | |
| Conservative Party | 601 | 47.62 | |
| Whig | 595 | 47.15 | |
| Conservative Party | 593 | 46.99 | |
| Whig | 593 | 46.99 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.16 | |
| 24 February 1838 Petition - Henry Tufnell unseated. FitzRoy Kelly declared elected. | |||
| 15 July 1839 | 1,236/1,418 | 87.17 | |
| Conservative Party | 621 | 50.24 | |
| Whig | 615 | 49.76 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.49 | |
| 1839 Petition - dismissed. | |||
| July 1839 Resignation of Thomas Gibson. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 3 July 1841 | 1,266/1,587 | 79.77 | |
| Whig | 659 | 52.05 | |
| Whig | 657 | 51.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 611 | 48.26 | |
| Conservative Party | 604 | 47.71 | |
| Majority | 46 | 3.63 | |
| 25 April 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 3 June 1842 | 1,220/1,619 | 75.36 | |
| Conservative Party | 680 | 55.74 | |
| Conservative Party | 673 | 55.16 | |
| Whig | 543 | 44.51 | |
| Radical | 541 | 44.34 | |
| Radical | 3 | 0.25 | |
| Majority | 130 | 10.66 | |
| 30 July 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 17 August 1842 | 1,158/1,704 | 67.96 | |
| Conservative Party | 651 | 56.22 | |
| Conservative Party | 641 | 55.35 | |
| Whig | 548 | 47.32 | |
| Chartist | 473 | 40.85 | |
| Radical | 2 | 0.17 | |
| Majority | 93 | 8.03 | |
| 30 July 1847 | 1,372/1,714 | 80.05 | |
| Conservative Party | 829 | 60.42 | |
| Whig | 708 | 51.60 | |
| Conservative Party | 661 | 48.18 | |
| Chartist | 546 | 39.80 | |
| Majority | 47 | 3.43 | |
| 8 July 1852 | 1,521/1,838 | 82.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 809 | 53.19 | |
| Whig | 782 | 51.41 | |
| Radical | 725 | 47.67 | |
| Conservative Party | 725 | 47.67 | |
| Majority | 57 | 3.75 | |
| 28 March 1857 | 1,493/1,891 | 78.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 780 | 52.24 | |
| Whig | 759 | 50.84 | |
| Whig | 738 | 49.43 | |
| Conservative Party | 709 | 47.49 | |
| Majority | 21 | 1.41 | |
| 31 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
| 30 April 1859 | 1,506/1,914 | 78.68 | |
| Conservative Party | 918 | 60.96 | |
| Liberal Party | 864 | 57.37 | |
| Conservative Party | 842 | 55.91 | |
| Liberal Party | 388 | 25.76 | |
| Majority | 22 | 1.46 | |
| 13 July 1865 | 1,790/2,118 | 84.51 | |
| Liberal Party | 992 | 55.42 | |
| Conservative Party | 910 | 50.84 | |
| Liberal Party | 904 | 50.50 | |
| Conservative Party | 774 | 43.24 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.34 | |
| 20 November 1868 | 4,302/5,352 | 80.38 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,321 | 53.95 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,195 | 51.02 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,044 | 47.51 | |
| Majority | 151 | 3.51 | |
| 5 February 1874 | 5,357/6,619 | 80.93 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,059 | 57.10 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,827 | 52.77 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,506 | 46.78 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,322 | 43.35 | |
| Majority | 321 | 5.99 | |
| 10 December 1875 Death of John Cobbold. | |||
| 1 January 1876 | 3,820/6,789 | 56.27 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,213 | 57.93 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 1,607 | 42.07 | |
| Majority | 606 | 15.86 | |
| 1 April 1880 | 6,110/7,406 | 82.50 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,142 | 51.42 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,074 | 50.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,025 | 49.51 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,979 | 48.76 | |
| Majority | 49 | 0.80 | |
| 21 November 1883 Death of Thomas Cobbold. | |||
| 12 December 1883 | 6,082/7,914 | 76.85 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,266 | 53.70 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,816 | 46.30 | |
| Majority | 450 | 7.40 | |
| 25 November 1885 | 7,623/8,760 | 87.02 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,795 | 49.78 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,777 | 49.55 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,717 | 48.76 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,649 | 47.87 | |
| Majority | 60 | 0.79 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 1 April 1886 Petition - election declared void. | |||
| 14 April 1886 | 7,371/8,867 | 83.13 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,687 | 50.02 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,662 | 49.68 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,635 | 49.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,627 | 49.21 | |
| Majority | 27 | 0.37 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 2 July 1886 | 7,252/8,867 | 81.79 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,846 | 53.03 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,838 | 52.92 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,386 | 46.69 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,334 | 45.97 | |
| Majority | 452 | 6.23 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 July 1892 | 8,417/9,384 | 89.70 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,350 | 51.68 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,277 | 50.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,054 | 48.16 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,888 | 46.19 | |
| Majority | 223 | 2.65 | |
| 15 July 1895 | 8,694/9,619 | 90.38 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,396 | 50.56 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,293 | 49.38 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,250 | 48.88 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,219 | 48.53 | |
| Majority | 43 | 0.49 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 3 October 1900 | 8,901/10,646 | 83.61 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,557 | 51.20 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,527 | 50.86 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,283 | 48.12 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,207 | 47.26 | |
| Majority | 244 | 2.74 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 12 January 1906 | 10,857/12,146 | 89.39 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,396 | 58.91 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,290 | 57.93 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,591 | 42.29 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,232 | 38.98 | |
| Majority | 1,699 | 15.65 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 December 1909 Death of Felix Cobbold. | |||
| 15 January 1910 | 11,797/12,641 | 93.32 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,120 | 51.88 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,958 | 50.50 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,690 | 48.23 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,645 | 47.85 | |
| Majority | 268 | 2.27 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 3 December 1910 | 11,365/12,641 | 89.91 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,931 | 52.19 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,791 | 50.95 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,447 | 47.93 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,409 | 47.59 | |
| Majority | 344 | 3.03 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 2 May 1914 Death of Rev Charles Horne. | |||
| 23 May 1914 | 12,675/13,870 | 91.38 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,406 | 50.54 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,874 | 46.34 | |
| Independent Labour | 395 | 3.12 | |
| Majority | 532 | 4.20 | |
| 14 December 1918 | 25,359/37,348 | 67.90 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 13,553 | 53.44 | |
| Labour Party | 8,143 | 32.11 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,663 | 14.44 | |
| Majority | 5,410 | 21.33 | |
| 15 November 1922 | 32,058/38,924 | 82.36 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,134 | 53.45 | |
| Labour Party | 14,924 | 46.55 | |
| Majority | 2,210 | 6.89 | |
| 6 December 1923 | 31,188/39,606 | 78.75 | |
| Labour Party | 15,824 | 50.74 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,364 | 49.26 | |
| Majority | 460 | 1.47 | |
| 29 October 1924 | 35,412/40,379 | 87.70 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,621 | 55.41 | |
| Labour Party | 15,791 | 44.59 | |
| Majority | 3,830 | 10.82 | |
| 30 May 1929 | 46,678/54,474 | 85.69 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,527 | 39.69 | |
| Labour Party | 17,592 | 37.69 | |
| Liberal Party | 10,559 | 22.62 | |
| Majority | 935 | 2.00 | |
| 27 October 1931 | 47,272/57,019 | 82.91 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,782 | 63.00 | |
| Labour Party | 17,490 | 37.00 | |
| Majority | 12,292 | 26.00 | |
| 14 November 1935 | 49,806/60,643 | 82.13 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,528 | 57.28 | |
| Labour Party | 21,278 | 42.72 | |
| Majority | 7,250 | 14.56 | |
| 27 January 1938 Elevation of Sir Francis Ganzoni, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Belstead. | |||
| 16 February 1938 | 52,047/62,840 | 82.82 | |
| Labour Party | 27,604 | 53.04 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,443 | 46.96 | |
| Majority | 3,161 | 6.07 | |
| 5 July 1945 | 53,292/66,740 | 79.85 | |
| Labour Party | 26,296 | 49.34 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,177 | 34.11 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,819 | 16.55 | |
| Majority | 8,119 | 15.23 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 23 February 1950 | 62,719/72,277 | 86.78 | |
| Labour Party | 29,386 | 46.85 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,993 | 39.85 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,340 | 13.30 | |
| Majority | 4,393 | 7.00 | |
| 25 October 1951 | 62,690/73,622 | 85.15 | |
| Labour Party | 33,463 | 53.38 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,227 | 46.62 | |
| Majority | 4,236 | 6.76 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 26 May 1955 | 61,030/75,792 | 80.52 | |
| Labour Party | 32,306 | 52.93 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,724 | 47.07 | |
| Majority | 3,582 | 5.87 | |
| 3 August 1957 Death of Rt Hon Richard Stokes. | |||
| 24 October 1957 | 58,646/77,621 | 75.55 | |
| Labour Party | 26,898 | 45.87 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,161 | 32.67 | |
| Liberal Party | 12,587 | 21.46 | |
| Majority | 7,737 | 13.19 | |
| 8 October 1959 | 62,820/77,633 | 80.92 | |
| Labour Party | 25,838 | 41.13 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,623 | 36.01 | |
| Liberal Party | 14,359 | 22.86 | |
| Majority | 3,215 | 5.12 | |
| 15 October 1964 | 61,968/78,463 | 78.98 | |
| Labour Party | 24,648 | 39.78 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,216 | 35.85 | |
| Liberal Party | 14,755 | 23.81 | |
| Nat Dem Party | 349 | 0.56 | |
| Majority | 2,432 | 3.92 | |
| 31 March 1966 | 60,722/78,351 | 77.50 | |
| Labour Party | 30,313 | 49.92 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,440 | 38.60 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,200 | 10.21 | |
| Nat Dem Party | 769 | 1.27 | |
| Majority | 6,873 | 11.32 | |
| 18 June 1970 | 62,864/86,404 | 72.76 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,704 | 44.07 | |
| Labour Party | 27,691 | 44.05 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,147 | 8.19 | |
| Nat Dem Party | 2,322 | 3.69 | |
| Majority | 13 | 0.02 | |
| 28 February 1974 | 72,545/86,849 | 83.53 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,893 | 41.21 | |
| Labour Party | 29,634 | 40.85 | |
| Liberal Party | 11,857 | 16.34 | |
| Nat Dem Party | 1,161 | 1.60 | |
| Majority | 259 | 0.36 | |
| 10 October 1974 | 69,694/87,651 | 79.51 | |
| Labour Party | 31,566 | 45.29 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,833 | 42.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,295 | 11.90 | |
| Majority | 1,733 | 2.49 | |
| 3 May 1979 | 71,483/88,416 | 80.85 | |
| Labour Party | 34,444 | 48.18 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,703 | 42.95 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,772 | 8.07 | |
| National Front | 449 | 0.63 | |
| Workers Revolutionary Party | 115 | 0.16 | |
| Majority | 3,741 | 5.23 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 9 June 1983 | 50,760/68,155 | 74.48 | |
| Labour Party | 22,191 | 43.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,114 | 41.60 | |
| Liberal Party in Alliance | 7,220 | 14.22 | |
| British National Party | 235 | 0.46 | |
| Majority | 1,077 | 2.12 | |
| 11 June 1987 | 52,552/68,921 | 76.25 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,328 | 44.39 | |
| Labour Party | 22,454 | 42.73 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 6,596 | 12.55 | |
| Workers Revolutionary Party | 174 | 0.33 | |
| Majority | 874 | 1.66 | |
| 9 April 1992 | 54,026/67,261 | 80.32 | |
| Labour Party | 23,680 | 43.83 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,415 | 43.34 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,159 | 11.40 | |
| Green Party | 591 | 1.09 | |
| Natural Law Party | 181 | 0.34 | |
| Majority | 265 | 0.49 | |
| 1 May 1997 | 48,362/66,947 | 72.24 | |
| Labour Party | 25,484 | 52.69 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,045 | 31.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,881 | 12.16 | |
| Referendum Party | 1,637 | 3.38 | |
| UK Independence Party | 208 | 0.43 | |
| Natural Law Party | 107 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | 10,439 | 21.59 | |
| 7 June 2001 | 38,873/68,198 | 57.00 | |
| Labour Party | 19,952 | 51.33 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,871 | 30.54 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,904 | 15.19 | |
| UK Independence Party | 624 | 1.61 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 305 | 0.78 | |
| Socialist Labour | 217 | 0.56 | |
| Majority | 8,081 | 20.79 | |
| 15 October 2001 Death of Jamie Cann. | |||
| 22 November 2001 | 27,405/68,240 | 40.16 | |
| Labour Party | 11,881 | 43.35 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,794 | 28.44 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,146 | 22.43 | |
| Christian People | 581 | 2.12 | |
| UK Independence Party | 276 | 1.01 | |
| Green Party | 255 | 0.93 | |
| Legalise Cannabis Alliance | 236 | 0.86 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 152 | 0.55 | |
| Eng Indp | 84 | 0.31 | |
| Majority | 4,087 | 14.91 | |
| 5 May 2005 | 41,878/68,825 | 60.85 | |
| Labour Party | 18,336 | 43.78 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,004 | 31.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,464 | 20.21 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,134 | 2.71 | |
| English Democrats Party | 641 | 1.53 | |
| Independent | 299 | 0.71 | |
| Majority | 5,332 | 12.73 | |
| Minor Boundary Change | |||
| 6 May 2010 | 46,941/76,926 | 61.02 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,371 | 39.14 | |
| Labour Party | 16,292 | 34.71 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,556 | 18.23 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,365 | 2.91 | |
| British National Party | 1,270 | 2.71 | |
| Green Party | 775 | 1.65 | |
| Christian | 149 | 0.32 | |
| Independent | 93 | 0.20 | |
| Independent | 70 | 0.15 | |
| Majority | 2,079 | 4.43 | |
| 7 May 2015 | 48,694/74,499 | 65.36 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,794 | 44.76 | |
| Labour Party | 18,061 | 37.09 | |
| UK Independence Party | 5,703 | 11.71 | |
| Green Party | 1,736 | 3.57 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,400 | 2.88 | |
| Majority | 3,733 | 7.67 | |
| 8 June 2017 | 51,137/75,668 | 67.58 | |
| Labour Party | 24,224 | 47.37 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,393 | 45.75 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,372 | 2.68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,187 | 2.32 | |
| Green Party | 840 | 1.64 | |
| Independent | 121 | 0.24 | |
| Majority | 831 | 1.63 | |
| 12 December 2019 | 49,579/75,525 | 65.65 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,952 | 50.33 | |
| Labour Party | 19,473 | 39.28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,439 | 4.92 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,432 | 2.89 | |
| Green Party | 1,283 | 2.59 | |
| Majority | 5,479 | 11.05 | |
| 4 July 2024 | 44,071/76,319 | 57.75 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 19,099 | 43.34 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,696 | 26.54 | |
| Reform UK | 7,027 | 15.94 | |
| Green Party | 3,652 | 8.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,241 | 5.08 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 205 | 0.47 | |
| Heritage | 151 | 0.34 | |
| Majority | 7,403 | 16.80 | |