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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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18 December 1832		507
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

14 January 1835		539
John Fergus	Whig	Unopposed

26 July 1837		641
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

3 December 1840 Death of Robert Ferguson.

27 January 1841
Robert Ferguson	Whig	218	62.46
John Bowring	Radical	131	37.54
Majority		87	24.93

5 July 1841		657
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

31 July 1847		896
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

9 July 1852		786
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

28 March 1857		728
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

2 May 1859		606/777	77.99
Robert Ferguson	Liberal Party	312	51.49
William George Granville Venables Vernon-Harcourt	Conservative Party	294	48.51
Majority		18	2.97

18 July 1862 Resignation of Robert Ferguson. (Hempholme)

25 July 1862
Roger Sinclair Aytoun	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 July 1865		816
Roger Sinclair Aytoun	Liberal Party	Unopposed

19 November 1868		3,160
Roger Sinclair Aytoun	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1874		3,195/3,766	84.84
Robert Reid	Liberal Party	1,967	61.56
James Townsend Oswald	Conservative Party	1,228	38.44
Majority		739	23.13

30 March 1875 Death of Robert Reid.

23 April 1875		2,982/3,811	78.25
Sir George Campbell	Liberal Party	1,811	60.73
William Jarvis Harker	Independent Liberal	1,171	39.27
Majority		640	21.46

8 April 1880		2,822/4,465	63.20
Sir George Campbell	Liberal Party	2,763	97.91
Charles Scott	Conservative Party	59	2.09
Majority		2,704	95.82

27 November 1885		4,430/5,282	83.87
Sir George Campbell	Independent Liberal	2,180	49.21
John Malcolm Inglis	Liberal/Labour	1,504	33.95
Hugh T Munro	Conservative Party	746	16.84
Majority		676	15.26

9 July 1886		2,925/5,282	55.38
Sir George Campbell	Liberal Party	2,014	68.85
Thomas Barclay	Liberal Unionist Party	911	31.15
Majority		1,103	37.71

18 February 1892 Death of Sir George Campbell.

11 March 1892		4,098/5,274	77.70
James Henry Dalziel	Liberal Party	2,567	62.64
Robert Cox	Liberal Unionist Party	1,531	37.36
Majority		1,036	25.28

14 July 1892		3,680/5,274	69.78
James Henry Dalziel	Liberal Party	2,741	74.48
John Chisholm	Conservative Party	939	25.52
Majority		1,802	48.97

25 July 1895		4,200/5,808	72.31
James Henry Dalziel	Liberal Party	3,078	73.29
Charles Granville Kekewich	Conservative Party	1,122	26.71
Majority		1,956	46.57

10 October 1900		5,367/6,872	78.10
James Henry Dalziel	Liberal Party	3,354	62.49
Michael Barker Nairn	Liberal Unionist Party	2,013	37.51
Majority		1,341	24.99

18 January 1906		6,069/7,943	76.41
James Henry Dalziel	Liberal Party	4,659	76.77
Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable	Conservative Party	1,410	23.23
Majority		3,249	53.53

20 January 1910		6,694/8,425	79.45
Sir James Henry Dalziel, Bt	Liberal Party	5,035	75.22
Arthur Anthony Baumann	Conservative Party	1,659	24.78
Majority		3,376	50.43

3 December 1910		8,425
Sir James Henry Dalziel, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		30,419
Rt Hon Sir James Henry Dalziel, Bt	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

16 February 1921 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir James Dalziel, Bt. (Northstead)

4 March 1921		21,873/33,326	65.63
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	11,674	53.37
Sir Robert Cook Lockhart	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,199	46.63
Majority		1,475	6.74

15 November 1922		24,851/31,342	79.29
Sir Robert Hutchison	National Liberal Party	12,762	51.35
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	12,089	48.65
Majority		673	2.71

6 December 1923		26,158/32,033	81.66
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	14,221	54.37
Sir Robert Hutchison	Liberal Party	11,937	45.63
Majority		2,284	8.73

29 October 1924		26,645/32,588	81.76
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	14,038	52.69
John Murray	Liberal Party	12,607	47.31
Majority		1,431	5.37

30 May 1929		29,215/40,437	72.25
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	17,410	59.59
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,805	40.41
Majority		5,605	19.19

27 October 1931		33,624/41,483	81.05
Albert Russell	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,132	56.90
Rt Hon Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	14,492	43.10
Majority		4,640	13.80

14 November 1935		34,543/43,232	79.90
Rt Hon Thomas Kennedy	Labour Party	19,457	56.33
Albert Russell	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,086	43.67
Majority		4,371	12.65

24 January 1944 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Kennedy. (Chiltern Hundreds)

17 February 1944		16,025/43,030	37.24
Thomas Frederick Hubbard	Labour Party	8,268	51.59
Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young	Scottish National Party	6,621	41.32
Henry Hilditch	Christian Soc	1,136	7.09
Majority		1,647	10.28

5 July 1945		34,209/44,883	76.22
Thomas Frederick Hubbard	Labour Party	15,401	45.02
Christopher William Graham Guest	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,099	29.52
Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young	Scottish National Party	5,811	16.99
John McArthur	Communist Party	2,898	8.47
Majority		5,302	15.50