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10 December 1832		201/300	67.00
Thomas Duffield	Tory	157	78.11
John Maberly	Whig	43	21.39
Thomas Bowles	Whig	1	0.50
Majority		114	56.72

6 January 1835		292
Thomas Duffield	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 July 1837		306
Thomas Duffield	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 June 1841		321
Thomas Duffield	Conservative Party	Unopposed

May 1844 Resignation of Thomas Duffield. (Chiltern Hundreds)

11 May 1844
Frederic Thesiger	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 June 1845 Resignation of Sir Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Attorney-General.

9 July 1845
Sir Frederic Thesiger	Conservative Party	156	55.32
James Caulfeild	Whig	126	44.68
Majority		30	10.64

30 July 1847		339
Sir Frederic Thesiger	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1847 Petition - withdrawn.

27 February 1852 Resignation of Sir Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Attorney-General.

5 March 1852		312
Sir Frederic Thesiger	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		312
James Caulfeild	Whig	Unopposed

4 November 1852 Death of James Caulfeild.

3 December 1852		282/312	90.38
Montagu Bertie, Baron Norreys	Whig	153	54.26
Daniel Higford Davall Burr	Conservative Party	129	45.74
Majority		24	8.51

16 October 1854 Succession of Baron Norreys to the Peerage - 6th Earl of Abingdon.

13 December 1854
Joseph Haythorne Reed	Whig	125	51.65
John Thomas Norris	Radical	117	48.35
Majority		8	3.31

27 March 1857		323
John Thomas Norris	Radical	Unopposed

2 May 1859		263/320	82.19
John Thomas Norris	Liberal Party	144	54.75
John Godfrey Bellingham Hudson	Conservative Party	119	45.25
Majority		25	9.51

13 July 1865		253/304	83.22
Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay	Conservative Party	137	54.15
John Thomas Norris	Liberal Party	116	45.85
Majority		21	8.30

1 August 1866 Resignation of Hon Charles Lindsay on appointment as a Groom in Waiting.

6 August 1866
Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		721/801	90.01
Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay	Conservative Party	397	55.06
Godfrey Lushington	Liberal Party	324	44.94
Majority		73	10.12

4 February 1874		772/860	89.77
John Creemer Clarke	Liberal Party	439	56.87
Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay	Conservative Party	333	43.13
Majority		106	13.73

31 March 1880		814/890	91.46
John Creemer Clarke	Liberal Party	428	52.58
Alban George Henry Gibbs	Conservative Party	386	47.42
Majority		42	5.16

28 November 1885		7,231/8,791	82.25
Philip Wroughton	Conservative Party	4,245	58.71
Robert Purvis	Liberal Party	2,986	41.29
Majority		1,259	17.41

9 July 1886		5,809/8,791	66.08
Philip Wroughton	Conservative Party	3,899	67.12
Edward Colston Keevil	Liberal Party	1,910	32.88
Majority		1,989	34.24

11 July 1892		6,804/8,585	79.25
Philip Wroughton	Conservative Party	3,565	52.40
Charles Alfred Pryce	Liberal Party	3,239	47.60
Majority		326	4.79

20 July 1895		7,083/8,615	82.22
Archie Kirkman Loyd	Conservative Party	4,064	57.38
Charles Alfred Pryce	Liberal Party	3,019	42.62
Majority		1,045	14.75

1 October 1900		8,698
Archie Kirkman Loyd	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 January 1906		7,710/8,875	86.87
Edward Anthony Strauss	Liberal Party	3,943	51.14
Harold Greenwood Henderson	Conservative Party	3,767	48.86
Majority		176	2.28

19 January 1910		8,605/9,255	92.98
Harold Greenwood Henderson	Conservative Party	4,829	56.12
Edward Anthony Strauss	Liberal Party	3,776	43.88
Majority		1,053	12.24

7 December 1910		8,005/9,255	86.49
Harold Greenwood Henderson	Conservative Party	4,677	58.43
Edward Anthony Strauss	Liberal Party	3,328	41.57
Majority		1,349	16.85

21 August 1916 Resignation of Harold Henderson. (Northstead)

29 August 1916
Archie Kirkman Loyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		26,288
John Tyson Wigan	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

2 May 1921 Resignation of John Wigan. (Chiltern Hundreds)

14 May 1921
Arthur Thomas Loyd	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		20,474/26,541	77.14
Arthur Thomas Loyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,507	51.32
Edward Albert Lessing	Liberal Party	9,967	48.68
Majority		540	2.64

6 December 1923		21,610/27,183	79.50
Edward Albert Lessing	Liberal Party	10,932	50.59
Ralph George Campbell Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,678	49.41
Majority		254	1.18

29 October 1924		23,277/28,082	82.89
Ralph George Campbell Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,117	56.35
Edward Albert Lessing	Liberal Party	8,805	37.83
Daniel Fernley Brundrit	Labour Party	1,355	5.82
Majority		4,312	18.52

30 May 1929		29,702/36,758	80.80
Ralph George Campbell Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,094	47.45
Edward Albert Lessing	Liberal Party	11,896	40.05
Arthur Essex Edgeworth Reade	Labour Party	3,712	12.50
Majority		2,198	7.40

27 October 1931		37,954
Ralph George Campbell Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		40,843
Sir Ralph George Campbell Glyn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		38,066/56,491	67.38
Sir Ralph George Campbell Glyn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,968	44.58
Dale Hope Parkinson	Labour Party	11,980	31.47
John Henry Charles Miller	Liberal Party	7,031	18.47
John Clement Dix Dunman	Communist Party	1,668	4.38
Charles Arland Maitland Freake	Independent	419	1.10
Majority		4,988	13.10

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		44,336/54,004	82.10
Sir Ralph George Campbell Glyn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,595	46.45
Robert Jarrett McCullagh	Labour Party	16,733	37.74
Eric Digby Tempest Vane	Liberal Party	6,612	14.91
John Clement Dix Dunman	Communist Party	396	0.89
Majority		3,862	8.71

25 October 1951		44,665/55,856	79.96
Sir Ralph George Campbell Glyn, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,774	55.47
John Edwin George Curthoys	Labour Party	19,891	44.53
Majority		4,883	10.93

3 June 1953 Resignation of Sir Ralph Glyn, Bt prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Glyn. (Northstead)

30 June 1953		43,172/56,851	75.94
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,986	53.24
Edward Cyril Castle	Labour Party	17,126	39.67
George Rollason Allen	Liberal Party	3,060	7.09
Majority		5,860	13.57

26 May 1955		46,862/58,487	80.12
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,613	54.66
Margaret Reid	Labour Party	16,979	36.23
George Rollason Allen	Liberal Party	4,270	9.11
Majority		8,634	18.42

8 October 1959		51,565/63,844	80.77
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,943	54.19
Marcel Philip Picard	Labour Party	16,971	32.91
Verdun Isabel Perl	Liberal Party	6,651	12.90
Majority		10,972	21.28

15 October 1964		55,668/69,102	80.56
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,707	47.98
Frederick John Riddell	Labour Party	20,334	36.53
Verdun Isabel Perl	Liberal Party	8,627	15.50
Majority		6,373	11.45

31 March 1966		59,899/72,575	82.53
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,749	46.33
Alan Horace Samuel Matterson	Labour Party	24,447	40.81
Denis Henry Vaughan Case	Liberal Party	7,703	12.86
Majority		3,302	5.51

18 June 1970		66,543/85,838	77.52
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,209	54.41
Norman Harry Price	Labour Party	23,136	34.77
Simon Ronald Caradoc Evans	Liberal Party	7,198	10.82
Majority		13,073	19.65

28 February 1974		74,257/89,479	82.99
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,771	46.83
Denis Edmund Hugh Moriarty	Labour Party	21,028	28.32
Prof Michael Patrick Fogarty	Liberal Party	18,458	24.86
Majority		13,743	18.51

10 October 1974		68,514/90,422	75.77
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,956	46.64
Denis Edmund Hugh Moriarty	Labour Party	21,319	31.12
Prof Michael Patrick Fogarty	Liberal Party	15,239	22.24
Majority		10,637	15.53

30 March 1979 Assassination of Airey Neave.

3 May 1979		76,676/96,447	79.50
Thomas Yates Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	41,211	53.75
Andrew John Daniel Popper	Labour Party	18,920	24.68
Ian Murray Blair	Liberal Party	16,164	21.08
Ruth Pinder	Independent	381	0.50
Majority		22,291	29.07

Ruth Pinder sought election as a Christian Humane Independant for Peace.