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11 December 1832		878/1,043	84.18
George Fieschi Heneage	Whig	543	61.85
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer	Whig	490	55.81
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Tory	402	45.79
Majority		88	10.02

6 May 1833 Petition - dismissed.

7 January 1835		885/1,124	78.74
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	565	63.84
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer	Whig	466	52.66
Hon Charles Beaumont Phipps	Whig	335	37.85
Majority		131	14.80

25 July 1837		864/1,041	83.00
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	514	59.49
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer	Whig	436	50.46
Hon Henry Ellis	Conservative Party	392	45.37
Charles Henry Churchill	Whig	330	38.19
Majority		44	5.09

30 June 1841		932/1,091	85.43
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	541	58.05
William Rickford Collett	Conservative Party	481	51.61
Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, Bt	Whig	443	47.53
Charles Seely	Whig	340	36.48
Majority		38	4.08

29 July 1847		946/1,271	74.43
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	659	69.66
Charles Seely	Radical	518	54.76
Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Bt	Whig	436	46.09
William Rickford Collett	Conservative Party	278	29.39
Majority		82	8.67

10 March 1848 Petition - Charles Seely unseated.

15 March 1848		1,057/1,271	83.16
Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse	Radical	552	52.22
Lebbeus Charles Humphrey	Conservative Party	505	47.78
Majority		47	4.45

6 July 1852		990/1,363	72.63
Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	840	84.85
George Fieschi Heneage	Whig	661	66.77
Charles Seely	Radical	478	48.28
Majority		183	18.48

14 December 1855 Death of Charles Sibthorp.

16 January 1856
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,006/1,405	71.60
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	829	82.41
George Fieschi Heneage	Whig	641	63.72
John Hinde Palmer	Radical	541	53.78
Majority		100	9.94

29 April 1859		1,384/1,435	96.45
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	740	53.47
George Fieschi Heneage	Liberal Party	658	47.54
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	629	45.45
Majority		29	2.10

1861 Resignation of Gervaise Sibthorp.

9 October 1861
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	Unopposed

January 1862 Resignation of George Heneage. (Chiltern Hundreds)

11 February 1862		1,405/1,490	94.30
John Bramley Moore	Conservative Party	715	50.89
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	690	49.11
Majority		25	1.78

12 July 1865		1,639/1,713	95.68
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	878	53.57
Edward Heneage	Liberal Party	870	53.08
John Bramley Moore	Conservative Party	765	46.67
Majority		105	6.41

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

16 November 1868		4,243
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	Unopposed
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	Unopposed

3 February 1874		3,953/4,689	84.30
Edward Chaplin	Conservative Party	2,107	53.30
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	1,907	48.24
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	1,784	45.13
Majority		123	3.11

31 March 1880		5,591/6,402	87.33
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	3,401	78.01
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	3,128	71.75
Edward Chaplin	Conservative Party	2,190	50.24
Majority		938	16.78

2 June 1884 Death of John Hinde Palmer.

14 June 1884		5,497/6,769	81.21
Joseph Ruston	Liberal Party	3,234	58.83
Richard Hall	Conservative Party	2,263	41.17
Majority		971	17.66

26 November 1885		6,427/7,444	86.34
Joseph Ruston	Liberal Party	3,726	57.97
Frederick Harold Kerans	Conservative Party	2,701	42.03
Majority		1,025	15.95

3 July 1886		6,010/7,444	80.74
Frederick Harold Kerans	Conservative Party	3,159	52.56
William Crosfield	Liberal Party	2,851	47.44
Majority		308	5.12

4 July 1892		6,596/7,358	89.64
William Crosfield	Liberal Party	3,410	51.70
Frederick Harold Kerans	Conservative Party	3,186	48.30
Majority		224	3.40

13 July 1895		7,398/8,068	91.70
Charles Hilton Seely	Liberal Unionist Party	3,808	51.47
William Crosfield	Liberal Party	3,590	48.53
Majority		218	2.95

2 October 1900		7,937/8,846	89.72
Charles Hilton Seely	Liberal Unionist Party	4,002	50.42
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	3,935	49.58
Majority		67	0.84

15 January 1906		9,990/10,645	93.85
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	5,110	51.15
Charles Hilton Seely	Free Trade	3,718	37.22
Henry Page Croft	Conservative Party	1,162	11.63
Majority		1,392	13.93

Charles Seely lost the support of the local Conservative and Liberal Unionist Association in February 1904 as a result of his support of free trade. In May 1905 the Association adopted Henry Croft as their candidate.

15 January 1910		10,767/11,577	93.00
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	5,402	50.17
Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, Bt	Conservative Party	3,236	30.05
Charles Hilton Seely	Free Trade	2,129	19.77
Majority		2,166	20.12

3 December 1910		10,362/11,577	89.51
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	5,484	52.92
Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, Bt	Conservative Party	4,878	47.08
Majority		606	5.85

14 December 1918		23,322/31,365	74.36
Alfred Thomas Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,114	47.65
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	6,658	28.55
Charles Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	5,550	23.80
Majority		4,456	19.11

15 November 1922		26,731/31,124	85.89
Alfred Thomas Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,780	59.03
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	10,951	40.97
Majority		4,829	18.07

6 December 1923		27,036/31,610	85.53
Alfred Thomas Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,338	41.94
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	9,251	34.22
Archibald Gordon Macdonnell	Liberal Party	6,447	23.85
Majority		2,087	7.72

29 October 1924		28,105/31,768	88.47
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	11,596	41.26
Sir Collingwood George Clement Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,557	41.12
Archibald Gordon Macdonnell	Liberal Party	4,952	17.62
Majority		39	0.14

30 May 1929		34,873/39,419	88.47
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	15,176	43.52
Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,978	34.35
Robert Pattinson	Liberal Party	7,719	22.13
Majority		3,198	9.17

27 October 1931		35,143/39,531	88.90
Walter Sydney Liddall	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,688	58.87
Robert Arthur Taylor	Labour Party	14,455	41.13
Majority		6,233	17.74

14 November 1935		33,212/39,526	84.03
Walter Sydney Liddall	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,948	54.04
George Deer	Labour Party	15,264	45.96
Majority		2,684	8.08

5 July 1945		34,091/42,457	80.30
George Deer	Labour Party	14,052	41.22
Sir Walter Sydney Liddall	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,414	30.55
Frederick Charles Truman	Liberal Party	9,625	28.23
Majority		3,638	10.67

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		43,074/48,582	88.66
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	21,537	50.00
James William Francis Hill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,784	41.29
Jean Mary Henderson	Liberal Party	3,753	8.71
Majority		3,753	8.71

25 October 1951		43,240/49,279	87.75
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	23,400	54.12
Maurice Victor Macmillan	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,840	45.88
Majority		3,560	8.23

26 May 1955		42,324/49,729	85.11
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	23,773	56.17
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,551	43.83
Majority		5,222	12.34

8 October 1959		42,869/50,933	84.17
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas	Labour Party	23,629	55.12
Leslie Herbert Priestley	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,240	44.88
Majority		4,389	10.24

20 December 1961 Resignation of Geoffrey de Freitas on appointment as the British High Commissioner in Ghana. (Northstead)

8 March 1962		37,692/50,262	74.99
Dick Taverne	Labour Party	19,038	50.51
William Percival Grieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,386	30.21
Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell	Liberal Party	6,856	18.19
Alexander Taylor	Independent	412	1.09
Majority		7,652	20.30

Alexander Taylor advocated the re-introduction of a period of compulsory service in HM Forces.

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		41,271/51,420	80.26
Dick Taverne	Labour Party	19,737	47.82
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,015	36.38
Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell	Liberal Party	6,519	15.80
Majority		4,722	11.44

31 March 1966		39,475/50,165	78.69
Dick Taverne	Labour Party	23,006	58.28
Richard Thain Alexander	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,469	41.72
Majority		6,537	16.56

18 June 1970		39,367/52,827	74.52
Dick Taverne	Labour Party	20,090	51.03
Richard Thain Alexander	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,340	38.97
Gilbert Thomas Blades	Independent	3,937	10.00
Majority		4,750	12.07

16 October 1972 Resignation of Dick Taverne on his leaving the Labour Party. (Northstead)

1 March 1973		37,738/51,996	72.58
Dick Taverne	Democratic Labour	21,967	58.21
John Dilks	Labour Party	8,776	23.26
Hon Jonathan Bryan Guinness	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,616	17.53
Reginald Ernest Garrick Simmerson	Independent Conservative	198	0.52
Malcolm S Waller	Independent	100	0.26
Jean Justice	Independent	81	0.21
Majority		13,191	34.95

Reginald Simmerson was the chairman and founder of an organisation called Democratic Conservatives Against the Common Market.

Malcolm Waller advocated holding referendums on controversial national and local issues.

Jean Justice sought an enquiry into the conviction for murder and subsequent execution of James Hanratty in 1962.

28 February 1974		41,566/52,548	79.10
Dick Taverne	Democratic Labour	14,780	35.56
Margaret Mary Jackson	Labour Party	13,487	32.45
Peter Myles Moran	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,299	31.99
Majority		1,293	3.11

10 October 1974		39,635/53,008	74.77
Margaret Mary Jackson	Labour Party	14,698	37.08
Dick Taverne	Democratic Labour	13,714	34.60
Peter Myles Moran	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,223	28.32
Majority		984	2.48

3 May 1979		42,517/55,194	77.03
Kenneth Melville Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,777	41.81
Margaret Mary Jackson	Labour Party	17,175	40.40
Keith Myers Melton	Liberal Party	5,638	13.26
Frederick Minshull Stockdale	Democratic Labour	1,743	4.10
Jack Neal Noble	National Front	107	0.25
Thomas Beaton Kyle	Rev Refm	77	0.18
Majority		602	1.42

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,356/73,879	73.57
Kenneth Melville Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,244	46.44
Malcolm Robert Crawford Withers	Labour Party	14,958	27.52
Frederick Minshull Stockdale	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,631	25.08
Gilbert Thomas Blades	Independent	523	0.96
Majority		10,286	18.92

11 June 1987		58,262/77,939	74.75
Kenneth Melville Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,097	46.51
Nicholas Jones Butler	Labour Party	19,614	33.67
Peter Zentner	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,319	19.43
Thomas Beaton Kyle	RRPRC	232	0.40
Majority		7,483	12.84

9 April 1992		62,454/78,905	79.15
Kenneth Melville Carlisle	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,792	46.10
Nicholas Jones Butler	Labour Party	26,743	42.82
David Harding-Price	Liberal Democrats	6,316	10.11
Susan Edith Wiggin	Official Liberal Party	603	0.97
Majority		2,049	3.28

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		46,548/65,485	71.08
Gillian Joanna Merron	Labour Party	25,563	54.92
Anthony Geoffrey Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,433	31.01
Lisa Marie Gabriel	Liberal Democrats	5,048	10.84
John Ivory	Referendum Party	1,329	2.86
Adrian Duncan Sabin Myers	Natural Law Party	175	0.38
Majority		11,130	23.91

7 June 2001		37,125/66,299	56.00
Gillian Joanna Merron	Labour Party	20,003	53.88
Christine-Anne Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,583	31.20
Lisa Marie Gabriel	Liberal Democrats	4,703	12.67
Rodger William Doughty	UK Independence Party	836	2.25
Majority		8,420	22.68

5 May 2005		36,857/65,203	56.53
Gillian Joanna Merron	Labour Party	16,724	45.38
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,110	32.86
Lisa Marie Gabriel	Liberal Democrats	6,715	18.22
Nicholas Smith	UK Independence Party	1,308	3.55
Majority		4,614	12.52

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,721/73,210	62.45
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,163	37.54
Gillian Joanna Merron	Labour Party	16,105	35.22
Reg Shore	Liberal Democrats	9,256	20.24
Robert Malcolm Brian West	British National Party	1,367	2.99
Nicholas Smith	UK Independence Party	1,004	2.20
Ernest Charles Coleman	English Democrats Party	604	1.32
Gary Robert Walker	Independent	222	0.49
Majority		1,058	2.31

7 May 2015		46,852/74,121	63.21
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,976	42.64
Lucy Rigby	Labour Party	18,533	39.56
Nicholas Smith	UK Independence Party	5,721	12.21
Ross David Pepper	Liberal Democrats	1,992	4.25
Elaine Smith	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	344	0.73
Helen Nunziatina Joan Powell	Lincolnshire Independent	286	0.61
Majority		1,443	3.08

8 June 2017		48,718/73,111	66.64
Karen Elizabeth Lee	Labour Party	23,333	47.89
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,795	44.74
Nicholas Smith	UK Independence Party	1,287	2.64
Caroline Hilda Kenyon	Liberal Democrats	1,284	2.64
Benjamin Loryman	Green Party	583	1.20
Phil Gray	Independent	312	0.64
Ian Scott-Burdon	Independent	124	0.25
Majority		1,538	3.16

12 December 2019		50,629/74,778	67.71
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,267	47.93
Karen Elizabeth Lee	Labour Party	20,753	40.99
Caroline Hilda Kenyon	Liberal Democrats	2,422	4.78
Sally Anne Horscroft	Green Party	1,195	2.36
Reece Wilkes	Brexit Party	1,079	2.13
Rob Bradley	Independent	609	1.20
Charles Shaw	Official Liberal Party	304	0.60
Majority		3,514	6.94

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,160/72,313	58.30
Hamish Nicholas Falconer	Labour Party	18,470	43.81
Karl Ian McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,677	22.95
Jamie-Lee McMillan	Reform UK	7,602	18.03
Sally Anne Horscroft	Green Party	2,751	6.53
Clare Frances Smalley	Liberal Democrats	2,580	6.12
Linda Katrina Richardson	Workers Britain	479	1.14
Charles William Shaw	Official Liberal Party	278	0.66
Laura Victoria Ashby	Independent	243	0.58
Craig Jonathan Marshall	Social Democratic Party	80	0.19
Majority		8,793	20.86