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10 December 1832		836
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Tory	Unopposed
Lord William Pitt Lennox	Whig	Unopposed

8 January 1835		674/865	77.92
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	531	78.78
Sir Stratford Canning	Conservative Party	416	61.72
Sir John Scott Lillie	Radical	238	35.31
Majority		178	26.41

26 July 1837		756/885	85.42
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	468	61.90
Sir Stratford Canning	Conservative Party	382	50.53
Hon George Thomas Keppel	Whig	369	48.81
Majority		13	1.72

28 June 1841		1,144
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Stratford Canning	Conservative Party	Unopposed

February 1842 Resignation of Sir Stratford Canning on appointment as Ambassador to Constantinople.

10 February 1842
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 July 1847		1,157
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn	Peelite	Unopposed

21 September 1848 Death of Lord George Cavendish-Bentinck.

22 December 1848
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 July 1852		990/1,176	84.18
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn	Peelite	641	64.75
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	559	56.46
Robert Pashley	Radical	390	39.39
Majority		169	17.07

12 August 1854 Death of Viscount Jocelyn.

16 September 1854
John Henry Gurney	Whig	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,055
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henry Gurney	Whig	Unopposed

4 March 1858
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley on appointment as President of the Board of Control.

26 February 1858 Resignation of Baron Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

5 June 1858
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 April 1859		1,019
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henry Gurney	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 July 1865		1,185/852	139.08
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	445	75.11
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bt	Liberal Party	401	67.68
Hon Frederick Walpole	Conservative Party	339	57.22
Majority		62	5.23

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

11 July 1866
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		2,207/2,514	87.79
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	1,265	74.37
Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,125	66.14
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bt	Liberal Party	1,012	59.49
Majority		113	5.12

16 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

23 October 1869 Succession of Rt Hon Baron Stanley to the Peerage - 15th Earl of Derby.

9 December 1869		2,083/2,514	82.86
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	1,051	50.46
Richard Young	Liberal Party	1,032	49.54
Majority		19	0.91

31 January 1874		2,075/2,450	84.69
Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,163	56.05
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	1,093	52.67
Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, Bt	Liberal Party	999	48.14
Edmond Robert Wodehouse	Liberal Party	895	43.13
Majority		94	4.53

1 April 1880		2,443/2,779	87.91
Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, Bt	Liberal Party	1,286	52.64
Rt Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,257	51.45
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	1,192	48.79
Frank Lockwood	Liberal Party	1,151	47.11
Majority		65	2.66

25 November 1885		2,774/3,094	89.66
Rt Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,472	53.06
Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, Bt	Liberal Party	1,302	46.94
Majority		170	6.13

2 July 1886		2,563/3,094	82.84
Rt Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,417	55.29
John James Briscoe	Liberal Party	1,146	44.71
Majority		271	10.57

1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Bourke on appointment as Governor of Madras.

25 August 1886		2,591/3,094	83.74
Alexander Weston Jarvis	Conservative Party	1,423	54.92
James Harris Sanders	Liberal Party	1,168	45.08
Majority		255	9.84

4 July 1892		2,627/2,970	88.45
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Conservative Party	1,319	50.21
Thomas R Kemp	Liberal Party	1,308	49.79
Majority		11	0.42

15 July 1895		2,721/2,979	91.34
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Conservative Party	1,395	51.27
Hubert George Beaumont	Liberal Party	1,326	48.73
Majority		69	2.54

1 October 1900		2,831/3,209	88.22
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Conservative Party	1,499	52.95
Frederick Handel Booth	Liberal Party	1,332	47.05
Majority		167	5.90

15 January 1906		3,442/3,692	93.23
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Liberal Party	1,506	43.75
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Independent Conservative	1,164	33.82
Alan Hughes Burgoyne	Conservative Party	772	22.43
Majority		342	9.94

Thomas Bowles had been refused readoption by the local Conservative Association on account of his support of free trade.

15 January 1910		3,538/3,755	94.22
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Liberal Party	1,900	53.70
Hon Edward Cecil George Cadogan	Conservative Party	1,638	46.30
Majority		262	7.41

3 December 1910		3,433/3,755	91.42
Holcombe Ingleby	Conservative Party	1,765	51.41
Thomas Gibson Bowles	Liberal Party	1,668	48.59
Majority		97	2.83

December 1910 Petition - dismissed.

14 December 1918		19,926/33,349	59.75
Neville Paul Jodrell	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,146	50.92
Robert Barrie Walker	Labour Party	9,780	49.08
Majority		366	1.84

15 November 1922		26,515/35,131	75.47
Sir Neville Paul Jodrell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,862	37.19
Robert Barrie Walker	Labour Party	8,683	32.75
George Graham Woodwark	Liberal Party	7,970	30.06
Majority		1,179	4.45

6 December 1923		25,697/35,754	71.87
George Graham Woodwark	Liberal Party	9,943	38.69
Sir Neville Paul Jodrell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,266	36.06
John Stevenson	Labour Party	6,488	25.25
Majority		677	2.63

29 October 1924		28,174/36,289	77.64
Edward Maurice Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,710	41.56
George Graham Woodwark	Liberal Party	9,184	32.60
John Stevenson	Labour Party	7,280	25.84
Majority		2,526	8.97

30 May 1929		35,663/45,103	79.07
Edward Maurice Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,501	40.66
William Bertram Mitford	Liberal Party	10,806	30.30
Sir Herbert John Maynard	Labour Party	10,356	29.04
Majority		3,695	10.36

27 October 1931		33,741/46,442	72.65
Edward Maurice Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,687	70.20
David Freeman	Labour Party	10,054	29.80
Majority		13,633	40.40

14 November 1935		34,972/48,764	71.72
Hon Somerset Arthur Maxwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,492	50.02
Frank Emerson	Labour Party	12,062	34.49
Frank Ongley Darvall	Liberal Party	5,418	15.49
Majority		5,430	15.53

December 1942 Death of Hon Somerset Maxwell.

12 February 1943		19,723/49,581	39.78
Edward Maurice Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,696	54.23
Frederick John Wise	Independent Labour	9,027	45.77
Majority		1,669	8.46

5 July 1945		37,370/52,468	71.22
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	18,202	48.71
William Donald Hamilton McCullough	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,928	39.95
Alexander Peckover Doyle Penrose	Liberal Party	3,796	10.16
Geoffrey Tatton Bowles	Liberty	444	1.19
Majority		3,274	8.76

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,734/51,040	83.73
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	19,339	45.25
Ronald Scott-Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,129	44.76
Richard Arden Winch	Liberal Party	4,266	9.98
Majority		210	0.49

25 October 1951		42,971/51,914	82.77
Ronald Scott-Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,954	51.09
Frederick John Wise	Labour Party	21,017	48.91
Majority		937	2.18

26 May 1955		40,560/51,867	78.20
Ronald Scott-Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,949	51.65
Hugh McDowall Lawson	Labour Party	19,611	48.35
Majority		1,338	3.30

8 October 1959		41,577/52,125	79.76
Denys Gradwell Bullard	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,671	52.12
George Colin Jackson	Labour Party	19,906	47.88
Majority		1,765	4.25

15 October 1964		42,816/53,186	80.50
John Derek Page	Labour Party	21,460	50.12
Denys Gradwell Bullard	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,356	49.88
Majority		104	0.24

31 March 1966		44,629/53,833	82.90
John Derek Page	Labour Party	23,324	52.26
Denys Gradwell Bullard	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,305	47.74
Majority		2,019	4.52

18 June 1970		47,611/60,800	78.31
Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,822	50.03
John Derek Page	Labour Party	23,789	49.97
Majority		33	0.07