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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,419/30,683	50.25
Sir William Watson Rutherford	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,832	63.77
Peter Joseph Tevenan	Labour Party	5,587	36.23
Majority		4,245	27.53

15 November 1922		23,706/33,634	70.48
Sir William Watson Rutherford	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,186	59.84
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	9,520	40.16
Majority		4,666	19.68

15 February 1923 Resignation of Sir William Rutherford. (Chiltern Hundreds)

6 March 1923		19,550/33,634	58.13
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	10,300	52.69
John Waller Hills	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,250	47.31
Majority		1,050	5.37

At the time of the election, John Hills was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He subsequently resigned.

6 December 1923		23,787/34,021	69.92
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	13,538	56.91
Hon Oliver Frederick George Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,249	43.09
Majority		3,289	13.83

29 October 1924		26,755/34,254	78.11
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	14,168	52.95
Daniel Charles Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,587	47.05
Majority		1,581	5.91

30 May 1929		31,853/42,516	74.92
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	17,650	55.41
Sir John Hugo Rutherford, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,622	36.49
Arthur Donald Dennis	Liberal Party	2,581	8.10
Majority		6,028	18.92

27 October 1931		31,673/42,394	74.71
Sir John Hugo Rutherford, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,901	62.83
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	11,772	37.17
Majority		8,129	25.67

14 November 1935		27,463/40,328	68.10
Alexander Critchley	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,882	50.55
John Henry Hayes	Labour Party	13,581	49.45
Majority		301	1.10

5 July 1945		20,261/30,661	66.08
Dr Richard Clitherow	Labour Party	13,150	64.90
Wilfred Clothier	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,111	35.10
Majority		6,039	29.81

3 June 1947 Death of Dr Richard Clitherow.

11 September 1947		20,813/33,210	62.67
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	10,827	52.02
John Reginald Bevins	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,874	42.64
Sir Hubert Winthrop Young	Liberal Party	910	4.37
David Wylie Gibson	Independent Labour Party	154	0.74
Cyril Foster	Independent	48	0.23
Majority		1,953	9.38

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,911/54,806	78.30
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	21,834	50.88
Eric Errington	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,830	43.88
John Bowen	Liberal Party	2,247	5.24
Majority		3,004	7.00

25 October 1951		42,475/55,570	76.44
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	22,906	53.93
Harold Macdonald Steward	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,569	46.07
Majority		3,337	7.86

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		39,000/57,391	67.95
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	20,060	51.44
Harry Sibson Leslie Rigg	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,940	48.56
Majority		1,120	2.87

8 October 1959		38,751/54,824	70.68
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	19,725	50.90
Joseph Norton	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,026	49.10
Majority		699	1.80

15 October 1964		32,556/49,657	65.56
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	19,221	59.04
Neil Samuel Jamieson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,335	40.96
Majority		5,886	18.08

31 March 1966		28,865/47,704	60.51
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	18,203	63.06
Michael Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,662	36.94
Majority		7,541	26.13

18 June 1970		25,556/43,520	58.72
Rt Hon Sir Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	14,752	57.72
Michael Howard	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,804	42.28
Majority		3,948	15.45

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		27,079/40,697	66.54
Rt Hon Sir Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	12,979	47.93
David Patrick Paul Alton	Liberal Party	7,229	26.70
Stephen Nicholas Perry	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,871	25.37
Majority		5,750	21.23

10 October 1974		25,083/40,962	61.23
Rt Hon Sir Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	13,023	51.92
David Patrick Paul Alton	Liberal Party	6,852	27.32
Stephen Nicholas Perry	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,208	20.76
Majority		6,171	24.60

15 December 1978 Death of Rt Hon Sir Arthur Irvine.

29 March 1979		20,199/35,306	57.21
David Patrick Paul Alton	Liberal Party	12,945	64.09
Robert Nelson Wareing	Labour Party	4,812	23.82
Charles John Nicholas Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,906	9.44
Joan Jonker	Law and Order	337	1.67
Ann H Walker	Socialist Unity	127	0.63
Michael Taylor	Independent	40	0.20
William George Boaks	Independent	32	0.16
Majority		8,133	40.26

Michael Taylor claimed he was duped into standing as a National Front candidate by two men in a public house. He agreed and apparently signed the consent to nomination form which was later lodged with a nomination paper describing him as a Gay Liberal. He took no part in the campaign.

Joan Jonker sought election as a Citzens Crusade Against Violence candidate, and campaigned for the restoration of capital punishment.

3 May 1979		24,404/35,350	69.04
David Patrick Paul Alton	Liberal Party	12,701	52.04
Robert Nelson Wareing	Labour Party	8,453	34.64
Charles John Nicholas Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,098	12.69
Howard Hawksley	National Front	152	0.62
Majority		4,248	17.41