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10 December 1832		779
Beaumont Hotham, Baron Hotham	Tory	Unopposed
Thomas Bish	Whig	Unopposed

5 January 1835		694
Beaumont Hotham, Baron Hotham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Bish	Whig	Unopposed

25 July 1837		579/671	86.29
Beaumont Hotham, Baron Hotham	Conservative Party	395	68.22
Charles Greenaway	Whig	364	62.87
James Wigram	Conservative Party	266	45.94
Majority		98	16.93

28 June 1841		619
Charles Greenaway	Whig	Unopposed
James Wigram	Conservative Party	Unopposed

February 1842 Resignation of James Wigram on appointment as Vice-Chancellor.

8 February 1842
George Arkwright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

April 1845 Resignation of Charles Greenaway. (Chiltern Hundreds)

26 April 1845
Henry Barkly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 July 1847		631
George Arkwright	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry Barkly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1849 Resignation of Henry Barkly on appointment as Governor of British Guiana.

6 February 1849
Frederick Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1852		328/551	59.53
George Arkwright	Conservative Party	260	79.27
John George Phillimore	Whig	206	62.80
John Pollard Willoughby	Conservative Party	190	57.93
Majority		16	4.88

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

5 February 1856 Death of George Arkwright.

19 February 1856		280/387	72.35
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	179	63.93
James Campbell	Whig	101	36.07
Majority		78	27.86

27 March 1857		370
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Pollard Willoughby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of John Willoughby on appointment as a member for the Council of India.

22 October 1858
Hon Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 April 1859		392
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		348/367	94.82
Arthur Walsh	Conservative Party	214	61.49
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	208	59.77
William Mathewson Hindmarch	Liberal Party	137	39.37
Majority		71	20.40

1866 Gathorne Hardy elects to sit for Oxford University.

26 February 1866
Richard Arkwright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 April 1868 Resignation of Arthur Walsh in order to contest Radnorshire. (Northstead)

27 April 1868
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		579/882	65.65
Richard Arkwright	Conservative Party	432	74.61
Dr Thomas Spinks	Liberal Party	147	25.39
Majority		285	49.22

30 January 1874		905
Richard Arkwright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 February 1876 Resignation of Richard Arkwright. (Chiltern Hundreds)

16 February 1876		783/927	84.47
Thomas Blake	Liberal Party	434	55.43
Hon Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury-Kincaid-Lennox	Conservative Party	349	44.57
Majority		85	10.86

31 March 1880		812/900	90.22
James Rankin	Conservative Party	457	56.28
Thomas Blake	Liberal Party	355	43.72
Majority		102	12.56

1880 Petition - withdrawn.

2 December 1885		7,621/9,314	81.82
Thomas Duckham	Liberal Party	3,871	50.79
James Rankin	Conservative Party	3,750	49.21
Majority		121	1.59

7 July 1886		6,681/9,314	71.73
James Rankin	Conservative Party	4,287	64.17
Edward Scudamore Lucas	Liberal Party	2,394	35.83
Majority		1,893	28.33

8 July 1892		7,236/9,778	74.00
James Rankin	Conservative Party	4,318	59.67
James Tertius Southall	Liberal Party	2,918	40.33
Majority		1,400	19.35

16 July 1895		9,954
James Rankin	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 October 1900
Sir James Rankin, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 January 1906		7,756/9,328	83.15
Edmund George Lamb	Liberal Party	3,892	50.18
Sir James Rankin, Bt	Conservative Party	3,864	49.82
Majority		28	0.36

20 January 1910		8,813/9,689	90.96
Sir James Rankin, Bt	Conservative Party	4,822	54.71
Edmund George Lamb	Liberal Party	3,991	45.29
Majority		831	9.43

8 December 1910		8,031/9,689	82.89
Sir James Rankin, Bt	Conservative Party	4,600	57.28
Wyatt Wyatt-Paine	Liberal Party	3,431	42.72
Majority		1,169	14.56

13 March 1912 Resignation of Sir James Rankin, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

18 March 1912
Henry FitzHerbert Wright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		16,469/26,184	62.90
Charles Lionel Atkins Ward-Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,308	50.45
Edmund George Lamb	Liberal Party	5,291	32.13
Ernest Wilfred Langford	Agriculturalist	2,870	17.43
Majority		3,017	18.32

Ernest Langford was the nominee of the National Farmers' Union.

15 November 1922		20,676/26,182	78.97
Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,978	53.10
Geoffrey le Mesurier Mander	Liberal Party	9,698	46.90
Majority		1,280	6.19

6 December 1923		20,196/26,658	75.76
Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,582	57.35
James Dockett	Liberal Party	8,614	42.65
Majority		2,968	14.70

29 October 1924		19,367/27,033	71.64
Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,470	64.39
George Adolphus Edinger	Liberal Party	6,897	35.61
Majority		5,573	28.78

30 May 1929		25,227/33,046	76.34
Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,237	52.47
George Adolphus Edinger	Liberal Party	11,990	47.53
Majority		1,247	4.94

27 October 1931		26,719/33,432	79.92
Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,916	63.31
George Adolphus Edinger	Liberal Party	9,803	36.69
Majority		7,113	26.62

14 November 1935		26,645/34,079	78.19
Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,180	53.22
Albert Edward Farr	Liberal Party	12,465	46.78
Majority		1,715	6.44

5 July 1945		27,810/37,389	74.38
Archer Ernest Baldwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,224	51.15
Albert Edward Farr	Liberal Party	13,586	48.85
Majority		638	2.29

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		32,288/39,935	80.85
Archer Ernest Baldwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,036	55.86
Edmund John Milfranydd Jones	Labour Party	8,402	26.02
George Morgan-Harris	Liberal Party	5,850	18.12
Majority		9,634	29.84

25 October 1951		29,891/40,306	74.16
Archer Ernest Baldwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,952	66.75
Edmund John Milfranydd Jones	Labour Party	9,939	33.25
Majority		10,013	33.50

26 May 1955		28,227/40,098	70.40
Archer Ernest Baldwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,487	65.49
Alfred Thomas Evans	Labour Party	9,740	34.51
Majority		8,747	30.99

8 October 1959		30,022/39,306	76.38
Clive Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,642	55.43
Thomas Grenville Jones	Liberal Party	6,905	23.00
Frederick William Bowerman	Labour Party	6,475	21.57
Majority		9,737	32.43

15 October 1964		29,929/38,805	77.13
Hon Clive Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,238	50.91
Dr Edward Paul Cadbury	Liberal Party	8,941	29.87
Kenneth Arnold Gulleford	Labour Party	5,750	19.21
Majority		6,297	21.04

31 March 1966		29,228/38,880	75.17
Hon Sir Clive Bossom, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,045	51.47
Dr Edward Paul Cadbury	Liberal Party	7,647	26.16
Kenneth Roy Simmons	Labour Party	6,536	22.36
Majority		7,398	25.31

18 June 1970		30,413/41,719	72.90
Hon Sir Clive Bossom, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,630	57.97
Roger James Pincham	Liberal Party	6,462	21.25
Martyn George Morgan Sloman	Labour Party	6,321	20.78
Majority		11,168	36.72

28 February 1974		34,995/43,722	80.04
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,221	46.35
Roger James Pincham	Liberal Party	14,602	41.73
Clive Denzil Lindley	Labour Party	4,172	11.92
Majority		1,619	4.63

10 October 1974		34,527/44,045	78.39
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,741	45.59
Roger James Pincham	Liberal Party	15,162	43.91
Stephen Allen	Labour Party	3,624	10.50
Majority		579	1.68

3 May 1979		39,486/48,211	81.90
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,126	53.50
Roger James Pincham	Liberal Party	16,261	41.18
Patrick Julian Dobbs	Labour Party	2,099	5.32
Majority		4,865	12.32

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,366/67,110	76.54
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,276	56.99
Roger James Pincham	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,490	37.94
Donald Wilcox	Labour Party	1,932	3.76
Felicity Mary Norman	Ecology Party	668	1.30
Majority		9,786	19.05

11 June 1987		54,263/70,360	77.12
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,396	57.86
Stephen Clive Morris	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,321	31.92
Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell	Labour Party	4,444	8.19
Felicity Mary Norman	Green Party	1,102	2.03
Majority		14,075	25.94

9 April 1992		57,903/70,873	81.70
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,783	56.62
David Cyril Short	Liberal Democrats	16,103	27.81
Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell	Labour Party	6,874	11.87
Felicity Mary Norman	Green Party	1,503	2.60
Edmund Paul Carlise	Anti-Fed	640	1.11
Majority		16,680	28.81

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,553/65,993	76.60
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,888	45.28
Terence Morgan James	Liberal Democrats	14,053	27.80
Richard John Westwood	Labour Party	8,831	17.47
Anthony John Parkin	Referendum Party	2,815	5.57
Felicity Mary Norman	Green Party	1,086	2.15
Richard John Chamings	UK Independence Party	588	1.16
John Bernard Haycock	British National Party	292	0.58
Majority		8,835	17.48

21 November 1997 The Conservative whip is removed from Peter Temple-Morris, who resigns from the Conservative Party.

21 June 1998 Peter Temple-Morris accepts the Labour whip.

7 June 2001		46,729/68,726	67.99
William David Wiggin	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,879	48.96
Celia Mary Downie	Liberal Democrats	12,512	26.78
Stephen James Scott Hart	Labour Party	7,872	16.85
Pippa Bennett	Green Party	1,690	3.62
Christopher Rupert Kingsley	UK Independence Party	1,590	3.40
John Bernard Haycock	Independent	186	0.40
Majority		10,367	22.19

5 May 2005		48,793/63,121	77.30
William David Wiggin	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,407	52.07
Caroline Jane Williams	Liberal Democrats	12,220	25.04
Paul Keith Bell	Labour Party	7,424	15.22
Felicity Mary Norman	Green Party	2,191	4.49
Peter Stephen Whyte Venables	UK Independence Party	1,551	3.18
Majority		13,187	27.03