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30 November 1885		8,462/10,072	84.02
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	5,644	66.70
William Henry Carter Dunhill	Conservative Party	2,818	33.30
Majority		2,826	33.40

2 July 1886		10,072
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 July 1892		13,064
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	Unopposed

19 July 1895		9,232/11,977	77.08
John Brigg	Liberal Party	5,036	54.55
Walter Bairstow	Conservative Party	4,196	45.45
Majority		840	9.10

9 October 1900		10,224/12,470	81.99
John Brigg	Liberal Party	5,432	53.13
Walter Bairstow	Conservative Party	4,792	46.87
Majority		640	6.26

25 January 1906		11,653/13,125	88.78
John Brigg	Liberal Party	5,322	45.67
William Mitchell Ackworth	Liberal Unionist Party	3,229	27.71
William Thomas Newlove	Independent Labour	3,102	26.62
Majority		2,093	17.96

21 January 1910		11,900/13,373	88.99
Sir John Brigg	Liberal Party	7,768	65.28
William Mitchell Ackworth	Conservative Party	4,132	34.72
Majority		3,636	30.55

7 December 1910		13,373
Sir John Brigg	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 September 1911 Death of Sir John Brigg.

27 October 1911		11,961/13,702	87.29
Stanley Owen Buckmaster	Liberal Party	4,667	39.02
William Mitchell Ackworth	Conservative Party	3,842	32.12
William Crawford Anderson	Labour Party	3,452	28.86
Majority		825	6.90

19 October 1913 Resignation of Sir Stanley Buckmaster on appointment as Solicitor-General.

11 November 1913		12,228/14,142	86.47
Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster	Liberal Party	4,730	38.68
Henry George Charles Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,852	31.50
William Bland	Labour Party	3,646	29.82
Majority		878	7.18

27 May 1915 Resignation of Sir Stanley Buckmaster on appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage - Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington.

29 June 1915
Sir Swire Smith	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 March 1918 Death of Sir Swire Smith.

26 April 1918		7,222/14,400	50.15
William Henry Somervell	Liberal Party	4,873	67.47
William Bland	Independent Labour Party	2,349	32.53
Majority		2,524	34.95

W Bland's candidature was not endorsed by the National Executive of the Labour Party owing to the electoral truce.

14 December 1918		22,853/34,934	65.42
Robert Clough	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,820	38.59
William Henry Somervell	Liberal Party	7,709	33.73
William Bland	Labour Party	6,324	27.67
Majority		1,111	4.86

15 November 1922		30,195/37,005	81.60
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	13,978	46.29
William Anderton Brigg	Liberal Party	9,262	30.67
Charles Henry Foulds	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,955	23.03
Majority		4,716	15.62

6 December 1923		28,692/37,060	77.42
Robert Rivington Pilkington	Liberal Party	14,609	50.92
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	14,083	49.08
Majority		526	1.83

29 October 1924		31,366/37,887	82.79
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	14,105	44.97
Thomas Probert Perks	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,922	28.44
Thomas Artemus Jones	Liberal Party	8,339	26.59
Majority		5,183	16.52

30 May 1929		41,175/48,518	84.87
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	18,412	44.72
David Rhodes	Liberal Party	11,905	28.91
Arthur Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,858	26.37
Majority		6,507	15.80

27 October 1931		41,315/49,242	83.90
George Steven Harvie-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,079	46.18
Rt Hon Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	13,192	31.93
William John Crossland Briggs	Liberal Party	9,044	21.89
Majority		5,887	14.25

14 November 1935		39,880/50,530	78.92
Rt Hon Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	Labour Party	20,124	50.46
George Steven Harvie-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,756	49.54
Majority		368	0.92

18 December 1941 Death of Rt Hon Hastings Lees-Smith.

13 February 1942
Ivor Thomas	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		42,203/51,345	82.19
Ivor Thomas	Labour Party	22,222	52.66
Henry Arthur Dalrymple-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,865	25.74
Norman Robson	Liberal Party	9,116	21.60
Majority		11,357	26.91

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,047/51,115	88.13
Charles Rider Hobson	Labour Party	21,833	48.47
Kenneth Hargreaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,252	36.08
John Goldthorp Walker	Liberal Party	6,962	15.45
Majority		5,581	12.39

25 October 1951		45,038/51,468	87.51
Charles Rider Hobson	Labour Party	23,743	52.72
Kenneth Hargreaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,295	47.28
Majority		2,448	5.44

26 May 1955		41,735/49,750	83.89
Charles Rider Hobson	Labour Party	19,414	46.52
William Marcus John Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,011	38.36
Ashley Mitchell	Liberal Party	6,310	15.12
Majority		3,403	8.15

8 October 1959		41,082/47,981	85.62
William Marcus John Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,626	50.21
Charles Rider Hobson	Labour Party	20,456	49.79
Majority		170	0.41

15 October 1964		41,460/48,415	85.63
John Binns	Labour Party	17,816	42.97
William Marcus John Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,115	36.46
William Edgar Jones	Liberal Party	8,529	20.57
Majority		2,701	6.51

31 March 1966		40,066/48,006	83.46
John Binns	Labour Party	22,039	55.01
John George Bellak	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,027	44.99
Majority		4,012	10.01

18 June 1970		41,298/51,140	80.75
Joan Valerie Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,957	50.75
John Binns	Labour Party	20,341	49.25
Majority		616	1.49

28 February 1974		44,480/51,274	86.75
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	18,595	41.81
Joan Valerie Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,717	39.83
Wilfred Kristian Whitaker	Liberal Party	7,820	17.58
John Binns	SD	348	0.78
Majority		878	1.97

10 October 1974		42,934/51,727	83.00
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	19,569	45.58
Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,488	38.40
Gertrud Margareta Holmstedt	Liberal Party	5,839	13.60
George Kay Wright	National Front	859	2.00
Charles William Deakin	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	179	0.42
Majority		3,081	7.18

3 May 1979		43,822/54,428	80.51
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	19,698	44.95
John William Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,620	44.77
Gertrud Margareta Holmstedt	Liberal Party	4,062	9.27
Laughton Ronald Fairey	National Front	234	0.53
Joyce Ruth Wade	Ecology Party	208	0.47
Majority		78	0.18

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,219/64,360	78.03
Gary Peter Anthony Waller	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,370	42.55
George Robert Cryer	Labour Party	18,596	37.03
John Henry Wells	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,951	19.82
Michael John Penney	Ecology Party	302	0.60
Majority		2,774	5.52

11 June 1987		52,241/66,434	78.64
Gary Peter Anthony Waller	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,903	45.76
Alan Rye	Labour Party	18,297	35.02
John Henry Wells	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,041	19.22
Majority		5,606	10.73

9 April 1992		54,805/66,358	82.59
Gary Peter Anthony Waller	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,983	47.41
Thomas Bernard Flanagan	Labour Party	22,387	40.85
Ian Eric Simpson	Liberal Democrats	5,793	10.57
Michael Crowson	Green Party	642	1.17
Majority		3,596	6.56

1 May 1997		51,480/67,231	76.57
Constance Ann Cryer	Labour Party	26,039	50.58
Gary Peter Anthony Waller	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,907	36.73
Michael Paul Doyle	Liberal Democrats	5,064	9.84
Leonard Colin Carpenter	Referendum Party	1,470	2.86
Majority		7,132	13.85

7 June 2001		43,333/68,349	63.40
Constance Ann Cryer	Labour Party	20,888	48.20
Andrew Simon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,883	38.96
Michael Paul Doyle	Liberal Democrats	4,722	10.90
Michael Cassidy	UK Independence Party	840	1.94
Majority		4,005	9.24

5 May 2005		46,312/68,229	67.88
Constance Ann Cryer	Labour Party	20,720	44.74
Karl Poulsen	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,868	34.26
Nader Fekri	Liberal Democrats	5,484	11.84
Nicholas John Griffin	British National Party	4,240	9.16
Majority		4,852	10.48

6 May 2010		47,692/65,654	72.64
Kristan Frederick Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,003	41.94
Jane Thomas	Labour Party	17,063	35.78
Nader Fekri	Liberal Democrats	7,059	14.80
Andrew Henry William Brons	British National Party	1,962	4.11
Paul John Latham	UK Independence Party	1,470	3.08
Steven Smith	National Front	135	0.28
Majority		2,940	6.16

7 May 2015		49,123/68,864	71.33
Kristan Frederick Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,766	44.31
John Timothy Grogan	Labour Party	18,713	38.09
Paul John Latham	UK Independence Party	5,662	11.53
Ros Brown	Green Party	1,661	3.38
Gareth Daniel Epps	Liberal Democrats	1,321	2.69
Majority		3,053	6.22

8 June 2017		51,724/71,429	72.41
John Timothy Grogan	Labour Party	24,066	46.53
Kristan Frederick Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,817	46.05
Paul John Latham	UK Independence Party	1,291	2.50
Matt Walker	Liberal Democrats	1,226	2.37
Ros Brown	Green Party	790	1.53
David William Crabtree	Independent	534	1.03
Majority		249	0.48

12 December 2019		52,600/72,778	72.27
Robert Peter Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,298	48.10
John Timothy Grogan	Labour Party	23,080	43.88
Thomas Robert Franks	Liberal Democrats	2,573	4.89
Waqas Ali Khan	Brexit Party	850	1.62
Mark Barton	Yorkshire	667	1.27
Matthew Edward Rose	Social Democratic Party	132	0.25
Majority		2,218	4.22