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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		961/1,572	61.13
William Henry Whitbread	Whig	599	62.33
Samuel Crawley	Whig	486	50.57
Frederick Polhill	Tory	483	50.26
Majority		3	0.31

14 March 1833 Petition - dismissed.

8 January 1835		834/1,252	66.61
Frederick Polhill	Conservative Party	490	58.75
Samuel Crawley	Whig	403	48.32
William Henry Whitbread	Whig	383	45.92
Majority		20	2.40

25 July 1837		815/1,192	68.37
Frederick Polhill	Conservative Party	467	57.30
Henry Stuart	Conservative Party	419	51.41
Samuel Crawley	Whig	412	50.55
Majority		7	0.86

21 May 1838 Petition - Henry Stuart unseated and Samuel Crawley declared elected.

29 June 1841		809/1,073	75.40
Frederick Polhill	Conservative Party	433	53.52
Henry Stuart	Conservative Party	421	52.04
William Henry Whitbread	Whig	410	50.68
Majority		11	1.36

8 August 1847		865/1,073	80.62
Sir Harry Verney, Bt	Whig	453	52.37
Henry Stuart	Conservative Party	432	49.94
Frederick Polhill	Conservative Party	392	45.32
Majority		40	4.62

8 July 1852		602/910	66.15
Henry Stuart	Conservative Party	517	85.88
Samuel Whitbread	Whig	435	72.26
Thomas Chisholm Anstey	Radical	252	41.86
Majority		183	30.40

26 October 1854 Death of Henry Stuart.

6 December 1854		753/913	82.48
William Stuart	Conservative Party	422	56.04
John Salusbury Trelawny	Radical	331	43.96
Majority		91	12.08

27 March 1857		720/879	81.91
Samuel Whitbread	Whig	452	62.78
Thomas Barnard	Whig	435	60.42
William Stuart	Conservative Party	375	52.08
Edward Tyrrel Smith	Radical	176	24.44
Majority		60	8.33

29 April 1859		879/927	94.82
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	455	51.76
William Stuart	Conservative Party	449	51.08
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	427	48.58
Thomas Barnard	Liberal Party	427	48.58
Majority		22	2.50

27 June 1859 Resignation of Samuel Whitbread on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

28 June 1859		830/927	89.54
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	441	53.13
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	389	46.87
Majority		52	6.27

12 July 1865		936/1,106	84.63
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	574	61.32
William Stuart	Conservative Party	476	50.85
Montague Chambers	Liberal Party	345	36.86
Majority		131	14.00

18 November 1868		1,907/2,127	89.66
James Howard	Liberal Party	1,311	68.75
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,242	65.13
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	769	40.33
Edward Loughlin O'Malley	Conservative Party	491	25.75
Majority		473	24.80

3 February 1874		2,091/2,213	94.49
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,155	55.24
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	1,010	48.30
Charles Magniac	Liberal Party	1,006	48.11
Majority		4	0.19

31 March 1880		3,956/2,603	151.98
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,470	74.32
Charles Magniac	Liberal Party	1,433	72.45
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	1,053	53.24
Majority		380	9.61

25 November 1885		2,874/3,134	91.70
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,588	55.25
James Herman de Ricci	Conservative Party	1,286	44.75
Majority		302	10.51

2 July 1886		2,775/3,134	88.54
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,399	50.41
James Herman de Ricci	Conservative Party	1,376	49.59
Majority		23	0.83

5 July 1892		3,582/3,998	89.59
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,850	51.65
Charles Guy Pym	Conservative Party	1,732	48.35
Majority		118	3.29

16 July 1895		3,786/4,179	90.60
Charles Guy Pym	Conservative Party	1,976	52.19
Samuel Howard Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,810	47.81
Majority		166	4.38

2 October 1900		3,963/4,711	84.12
Charles Guy Pym	Conservative Party	2,115	53.37
Percy Barlow	Liberal Party	1,848	46.63
Majority		267	6.74

15 January 1906		5,049/5,535	91.22
Percy Barlow	Liberal Party	2,771	54.88
Charles Guy Pym	Conservative Party	2,278	45.12
Majority		493	9.76

17 January 1910		5,669/6,063	93.50
Walter Annis Attenborough	Conservative Party	2,919	51.49
Percy Barlow	Liberal Party	2,750	48.51
Majority		169	2.98

8 December 1910		5,527/6,063	91.16
Frederick George Kellaway	Liberal Party	2,773	50.17
Walter Annis Attenborough	Conservative Party	2,754	49.83
Majority		19	0.34

14 December 1918		15,029/33,257	45.19
Frederick George Kellaway	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,933	72.75
Henry Burridge	Independent	4,096	27.25
Majority		6,837	45.49

1921 Resignation of Rt Hon Frederick Kellaway on appointment as Postmaster General.

23 April 1921		24,128/32,912	73.31
Rt Hon Frederick George Kellaway	Liberal Party - Coalition	14,397	59.67
Frederick Fox Riley	Labour Party	9,731	40.33
Majority		4,666	19.34

15 November 1922		26,726/33,792	79.09
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,460	50.36
Rt Hon Frederick George Kellaway	National Liberal Party	5,714	21.38
Arthur Sells	Labour Party	5,477	20.49
Lady Mary Camilla Lawson	Liberal Party	2,075	7.76
Majority		7,746	28.98

6 December 1923		25,355/34,492	73.51
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,906	50.90
Milner Gray	Liberal Party	12,449	49.10
Majority		457	1.80

29 October 1924		28,781/35,227	81.70
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,000	52.12
Milner Gray	Liberal Party	8,451	29.36
George Dixon	Labour Party	5,330	18.52
Majority		6,549	22.75

30 May 1929		36,391/45,990	79.13
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,724	45.96
Alfred George Fysh Machin	Liberal Party	10,520	28.91
George Dixon	Labour Party	9,147	25.14
Majority		6,204	17.05

27 October 1931		34,684/47,352	73.25
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,030	72.17
Lady Claire Annesley	Labour Party	9,654	27.83
Majority		15,376	44.33

14 November 1935		36,080/49,370	73.08
Sydney Richard Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,476	62.29
Norman Mickle	Labour Party	13,604	37.71
Majority		8,872	24.59

5 July 1945		47,593/65,262	72.93
Thomas Cecil Skeffington-Lodge	Labour Party	19,849	41.71
Sir Sydney Richard Wells, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,561	41.10
Leonard John Humphrey	Liberal Party	8,183	17.19
Majority		288	0.61

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,243/52,592	87.93
Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,942	47.45
Thomas Cecil Skeffington-Lodge	Labour Party	19,834	42.89
Henry John Humphreys	Liberal Party	4,060	8.78
Elisabeth Lynette Matthews	Communist Party	407	0.88
Majority		2,108	4.56

25 October 1951		47,093/54,047	87.13
Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,278	49.43
Peter Parker	Labour Party	20,492	43.51
Frederick Henry Philpott	Liberal Party	3,323	7.06
Majority		2,786	5.92

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		44,525/54,439	81.79
Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,733	55.55
Harold James Aldridge	Labour Party	19,792	44.45
Majority		4,941	11.10

8 October 1959		46,189/55,278	83.56
Rt Hon Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,495	50.87
Maurice Anthony Foley	Labour Party	16,728	36.22
Maurice Leonard Rowlandson	Liberal Party	5,966	12.92
Majority		6,767	14.65

15 October 1964		47,372/58,912	80.41
Rt Hon Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,404	45.18
Brian Stewart Parkyn	Labour Party	18,256	38.54
Walter Ernest Norton	Liberal Party	7,712	16.28
Majority		3,148	6.65

31 March 1966		49,216/60,352	81.55
Brian Stewart Parkyn	Labour Party	22,257	45.22
Rt Hon Arthur Christopher John Soames	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,879	44.46
John Edwin Burrell	Liberal Party	5,080	10.32
Majority		378	0.77

18 June 1970		52,121/67,317	77.43
Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,330	50.52
Brian Stewart Parkyn	Labour Party	21,051	40.39
Arthur William Butcher	Liberal Party	4,740	9.09
Majority		5,279	10.13

28 February 1974		61,348/73,498	83.47
Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,082	42.51
Gordon Colling	Labour Party	19,861	32.37
John Charles Griffiths	Liberal Party	15,405	25.11
Majority		6,221	10.14

10 October 1974		56,940/74,124	76.82
Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,834	43.61
Brian Stewart Parkyn	Labour Party	20,746	36.43
John Charles Griffiths	Liberal Party	11,360	19.95
Majority		4,088	7.18

3 May 1979		60,809/77,315	78.65
Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,140	51.21
Nicholas Aubrey Hyman	Labour Party	18,727	30.80
Brian Kevin Worker Gibbons	Liberal Party	10,129	16.66
Richard Vincent Stearns	National Front	813	1.34
Majority		12,413	20.41

New
1 May 1997		48,944/66,560	73.53
Patrick Hall	Labour Party	24,774	50.62
Robert John Blackman	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,474	33.66
Christopher David Noyce	Liberal Democrats	6,044	12.35
Peter Charles Conquest	Referendum Party	1,503	3.07
Patricia Anne Saunders	Natural Law Party	149	0.30
Majority		8,300	16.96

7 June 2001		40,579/67,763	59.88
Patrick Hall	Labour Party	19,454	47.94
Charlotte Nicola Attenborough	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,297	32.77
Michael Paul Headley	Liberal Democrats	6,425	15.83
Dr Richard Duddington Rawlins	Independent	973	2.40
Jennifer Bryant Lo Bianco	UK Independence Party	430	1.06
Majority		6,157	15.17

5 May 2005		42,072/70,629	59.57
Patrick Hall	Labour Party	17,557	41.73
Richard Quentin Fuller	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,174	33.69
Michael Paul Headley	Liberal Democrats	9,063	21.54
Peter Charles Conquest	UK Independence Party	995	2.36
John Columbus McCready	Independent	283	0.67
Majority		3,383	8.04

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,102/68,530	65.81
Richard Quentin Fuller	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,546	38.90
Patrick Hall	Labour Party	16,193	35.90
Henry Paul Vann	Liberal Democrats	8,957	19.86
Mark Adkin	UK Independence Party	1,136	2.52
William James Dewick	British National Party	757	1.68
Neil Ben Foley	Green Party	393	0.87
Samrat Bhandari	Independent	120	0.27
Majority		1,353	3.00

7 May 2015		46,086/69,311	66.49
Richard Quentin Fuller	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,625	42.58
Patrick Hall	Labour Party	18,528	40.20
Charlie Smith	UK Independence Party	4,434	9.62
Mahmud Henry Rogers	Liberal Democrats	1,958	4.25
Neil Ben Foley	Green Party	1,412	3.06
Fanuk Ahmed Choudhury	Independent	129	0.28
Majority		1,097	2.38

8 June 2017		48,480/71,829	67.49
Mohammad Yasin	Labour Party	22,712	46.85
Richard Quentin Fuller	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,923	45.22
Henry Paul Vann	Liberal Democrats	2,837	5.85
Lucy Bywater	Green Party	1,008	2.08
Majority		789	1.63

12 December 2019		47,301/71,581	66.08
Mohammad Yasin	Labour Party	20,491	43.32
Ryan Anthony Henson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,346	43.01
Henry Paul Vann	Liberal Democrats	4,608	9.74
Adrian Paul Spurrell	Green Party	960	2.03
Charles Spencer Bunker	Brexit Party	896	1.89
Majority		145	0.31

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,659/72,478	56.10
Mohammad Yasin	Labour Party	18,342	45.11
Pinder Chauhan	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,912	21.92
Matt Lansley	Reform UK	4,548	11.19
Henry Paul Vann	Liberal Democrats	4,025	9.90
Neil Ben Foley	Green Party	2,394	5.89
Tarek Javed	Independent	1,442	3.55
Prince Sadiq Chaudhury	Workers Britain	996	2.45
Majority		9,430	23.19