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17 December 1832		824/1,167	70.61
Sir Richard Godin Simeon, bt	Whig	712	86.41
Alexander Glynn Campbell	Tory	112	13.59
Majority		600	72.82

17 January 1835
Sir Richard Godin Simeon, bt	Whig	483	58.90
George Henry Ward	Conservative Party	337	41.10
Majority		146	17.80

10 August 1837
Hon William Henry Ashe A'Court-Holmes	Conservative Party	628	52.86
Hon Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham	Whig	560	47.14
Majority		68	5.72

5 July 1841
Hon William Henry Ashe A'Court-Holmes	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 August 1847
John Simeon	Whig	476	56.07
Thomas Willis Fleming	Conservative Party	373	43.93
Majority		103	12.13

5 May 1851 Resignation of John Simeon. (Chiltern Hundreds)

29 May 1851
Edward Dawes	Radical	565	52.12
Andrew Snape Hamond	Conservative Party	519	47.88
Majority		46	4.24

23 July 1852
Francis Vernon Harcourt	Conservative Party	681	53.45
Edward Dawes	Radical	593	46.55
Majority		88	6.91

6 April 1857		1,340/1,949	68.75
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Whig	730	54.48
Thomas Willis Fleming	Conservative Party	610	45.52
Majority		120	8.96

7 May 1859		1,450/2,038	71.15
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Liberal Party	756	52.14
Francis Vernon Harcourt	Conservative Party	694	47.86
Majority		62	4.28

22 July 1865
Sir John Simeon, Bt	Liberal Party	786	52.54
Sir Charles Locock, Bt	Conservative Party	710	47.46
Majority		76	5.08

Boundary Change
25 November 1868		2,471/3,807	64.91
Sir John Simeon, Bt	Liberal Party	1,353	54.76
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	1,118	45.24
Majority		235	9.51

21 May 1870 Death of Sir John Simeon, Bt.

13 June 1870
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	1,317	50.67
George Moffatt	Liberal Party	1,282	49.33
Majority		35	1.35

12 February 1874
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	1,614	50.14
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Party	1,605	49.86
Majority		9	0.28

1874 Petition - withdrawn.

9 April 1880		3,959/4,954	79.92
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Party	1,986	50.16
Benjamin Temple Cotton	Conservative Party	1,973	49.84
Majority		13	0.33

28 November 1885		10,554/11,993	88.00
Sir Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	5,495	52.07
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Party	5,059	47.93
Majority		436	4.13

9 July 1886		9,284/11,943	77.74
Sir Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	5,271	56.78
John Stuart	Liberal Party	4,013	43.22
Majority		1,258	13.55

5 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Richard Webster on appointment as Attorney-General.

12 August 1886		11,943
Sir Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 July 1892		10,937/12,957	84.41
Sir Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	5,699	52.11
Sigismund Ferdinand Mendl	Liberal Party	5,238	47.89
Majority		461	4.22

20 July 1895		11,172/13,816	80.86
Sir Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	5,809	52.00
Hon Armine Wodehouse	Liberal Party	5,363	48.00
Majority		446	3.99

10 May 1900 Elevation of Sir Richard Webster to the Peerage - Baron Alverstone - on appointment as Master of the Rolls.

23 May 1900		11,802/14,494	81.43
John Edward Bernard Seely	Conservative Party	6,432	54.50
Godfrey Baring	Liberal Party	5,370	45.50
Majority		1,062	9.00

3 October 1900
John Edward Bernard Seely	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 March 1904 Resignation of John Seely upon his leaving the Conservative Party. (Chiltern Hundreds)

6 April 1904
John Edward Bernard Seely	Independent Conservative	Unopposed

24 January 1906		13,345/15,193	87.84
Godfrey Baring	Liberal Party	7,453	55.85
Anthony Hickman Morgan	Conservative Party	5,892	44.15
Majority		1,561	11.70

22 January 1910		14,537/15,969	91.03
Douglas Bernard Hall	Conservative Party	7,414	51.00
Godfrey Baring	Liberal Party	7,123	49.00
Majority		291	2.00

14 December 1910		14,161/15,969	88.68
Douglas Bernard Hall	Conservative Party	7,192	50.79
Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli	Liberal Party	6,969	49.21
Majority		223	1.57

14 December 1918		27,509/42,013	65.48
Douglas Bernard Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	16,274	59.16
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt	Liberal Party	11,235	40.84
Majority		5,039	18.32

15 November 1922		33,639/44,637	75.36
Sir Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke	Liberal Party	12,202	36.27
John Thomas Woolrych Perowne	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,620	31.57
Arthur Charles Thomas Veasey	Independent Conservative	7,061	20.99
Harold Charles Shearman	Labour Party	3,756	11.17
Majority		1,582	4.70

6 December 1923		34,883/45,530	76.62
Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely	Liberal Party	16,249	46.58
Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,159	46.32
Emily Palmer	Labour Party	2,475	7.10
Majority		90	0.26

29 October 1924		36,910/46,052	80.15
Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,346	52.41
Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely	Liberal Party	13,944	37.78
Henry Edward Weaver	Labour Party	3,620	9.81
Majority		5,402	14.64

30 May 1929		45,588/57,693	79.02
Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,949	48.15
St John Hutchinson	Liberal Party	17,383	38.13
Henry Edward Weaver	Labour Party	6,256	13.72
Majority		4,566	10.02

27 October 1931		42,367/59,574	71.12
Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,728	77.25
James Ekstrand Drummond	Labour Party	9,639	22.75
Majority		23,089	54.50

14 November 1935		42,334/60,965	69.44
Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,748	63.18
William James Miller	Labour Party	15,586	36.82
Majority		11,162	26.37

5 July 1945		47,255/62,364	75.77
Sir Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,036	46.63
William James Miller	Labour Party	19,252	40.74
May O'Conor	Liberal Party	5,967	12.63
Majority		2,784	5.89

23 February 1950		54,480/67,581	80.61
Sir Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,984	60.54
Sydney George Conbeer	Labour Party	21,496	39.46
Majority		11,488	21.09

25 October 1951		54,213/67,501	80.31
Sir Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,501	61.80
Sydney George Conbeer	Labour Party	20,712	38.20
Majority		12,789	23.59

26 May 1955		50,033/67,297	74.35
Sir Peter Drummond Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,335	62.63
Sydney George Conbeer	Labour Party	18,698	37.37
Majority		12,637	25.26

8 October 1959		49,624/66,939	74.13
Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,228	62.93
Edward Cecil Amey	Labour Party	18,396	37.07
Majority		12,832	25.86

15 October 1964		51,407/69,215	74.27
Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,497	53.49
William Harold Jesse Mann	Labour Party	16,244	31.60
Barbara Ellen Mary Stevenson Bliss	Liberal Party	7,666	14.91
Majority		11,253	21.89

31 March 1966		53,188/70,877	75.04
Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,862	48.62
Peter Stephenson	Labour Party	15,411	28.97
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party	11,915	22.40
Majority		10,451	19.65

18 June 1970		58,038/80,537	72.06
Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,437	52.44
Kent William Boulton	Labour Party	13,111	22.59
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party	12,883	22.20
Ronald William James Cawdell	Vectis National	1,607	2.77
Majority		17,326	29.85

28 February 1974		69,345/85,242	81.35
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party	34,808	50.20
Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,042	39.00
Tony Clifford Bisson	Labour Party	7,495	10.81
Majority		7,766	11.20

10 October 1974		65,916/85,877	76.76
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party	29,697	45.05
John Dudley Fishburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,657	41.96
Lawrence David Brooke	Labour Party	8,562	12.99
Majority		2,040	3.09

3 May 1979		74,440/90,961	81.84
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party	35,889	48.21
John Dudley Fishburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,537	47.74
Catherine Wilson	Labour Party	3,014	4.05
Majority		352	0.47

9 June 1983		75,347/95,357	79.02
Stephen Sherlock Ross	Liberal Party in Alliance	38,407	50.97
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,904	46.32
Catherine Wilson	Labour Party	1,828	2.43
Thomas Brian Joseph McDermott	Independent	208	0.28
Majority		3,503	4.65

11 June 1987		78,534/99,728	78.75
Barry John Anthony Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,175	51.16
Michael Alan Young	Liberal Party in Alliance	33,733	42.95
Kenn Pearson	Labour Party	4,626	5.89
Majority		6,442	8.20

9 April 1992		79,633/99,838	79.76
Barry John Anthony Field	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,163	47.92
Dr Peter Brand	Liberal Democrats	36,336	45.63
Kenn Pearson	Labour Party	4,784	6.01
Clive Anthony Daly	Natural Law Party	350	0.44
Majority		1,827	2.29

1 May 1997		73,159/101,680	71.95
Dr Peter Brand	Liberal Democrats	31,274	42.75
Andrew John Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,868	33.99
Deborah Isobel Gardiner	Labour Party	9,646	13.18
Timothy Dominic Ian James Bristow	Referendum Party	4,734	6.47
Malcolm Kenneth Turner	UK Independence Party	1,072	1.47
Harry Rees	Ind IOW	848	1.16
Paul Kevin Scivier	Green Party	544	0.74
Clive Anthony Daly	Natural Law Party	87	0.12
Jonathan Lewis Goff Eveleigh	Monster Raving Loony Party	86	0.12
Majority		6,406	8.76

7 June 2001		63,482/106,305	59.72
Andrew John Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,223	39.73
Dr Peter Brand	Liberal Democrats	22,397	35.28
Deborah Isobel Gardiner	Labour Party	9,676	15.24
David Charles Lott	UK Independence Party	2,106	3.32
David Laurence Holmes	Independent	1,423	2.24
Paul Kevin Scivier	Green Party	1,279	2.01
Philip Murray	IOW	1,164	1.83
James Lightfoot Spensley	Socialist Labour	214	0.34
Majority		2,826	4.45

5 May 2005		66,843/107,737	62.04
Andrew John Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,717	48.95
Anthony Francis Rowlands	Liberal Democrats	19,739	29.53
Mark Hammond Chiverton	Labour Party	11,484	17.18
Michael Norman Alan Tarrant	UK Independence Party	2,352	3.52
Edward David Patrick Corby	Independent	551	0.82
Majority		12,978	19.42

6 May 2010		70,264/109,922	63.92
Andrew John Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,810	46.70
Jill Louise Wareham	Liberal Democrats	22,283	31.71
Mark Hammond Chiverton	Labour Party	8,169	11.63
Michael Norman Alan Tarrant	UK Independence Party	2,435	3.47
Geoffrey Clynch	British National Party	1,457	2.07
Ian Malcolm Dunsire	English Democrats Party	1,233	1.75
Robert Jeffrey Keats	Green Party	931	1.33
Paul St John Martin	Middle England	616	0.88
Peter John Harris	Independent	175	0.25
Paul David Randle-Jolliffe	Independent	89	0.13
Edward David Patrick Corby	Independent	66	0.09
Majority		10,527	14.98

7 May 2015		70,300/108,804	64.61
Andrew John Turner	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,591	40.67
Iain McKie	UK Independence Party	14,888	21.18
Victoria Ann Lowthion	Green Party	9,404	13.38
Stewart Blackmore	Labour Party	8,984	12.78
David Ian Goodall	Liberal Democrats	5,235	7.45
Ian Rodney Stephens	Independent	3,198	4.55
Majority		13,703	19.49

8 June 2017		74,479/110,683	67.29
Robert William Henry Seely	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,190	51.28
Julian Critchley	Labour Party	17,121	22.99
Victoria Ann Lowthion	Green Party	12,915	17.34
Nick Belfitt	Liberal Democrats	2,740	3.68
Daryll James Pitcher	UK Independence Party	1,921	2.58
Julie Jones-Evans	Independent	1,592	2.14
Majority		21,069	28.29

12 December 2019		74,442/113,021	65.87
Robert William Henry Seely	Conservative & Unionist Party	41,815	56.17
Richard Michael Quigley	Labour Party	18,078	24.28
Victoria Ann Lowthion	Green Party	11,338	15.23
Carl Jason Feeney	Independent Network	1,542	2.07
Karl Love	Independent	874	1.17
Daryll James Pitcher	Independent	795	1.07
Majority		23,737	31.89