UK Elections Info

London University

Search

Home Page

Login

View MPs

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
This website is considered to be an archive in the public interest.

New
17 November 1868		186
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

21 December 1868
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 February 1874		1,560
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

5 April 1880		1,549/1,947	79.56
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	1,014	65.46
Arthur Charles	Conservative Party	535	34.54
Majority		479	30.92

25 May 1880 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe to the Peerage - Viscount Sherbrooke.

2 June 1880
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 November 1885
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

8 July 1886		1,830/2,579	70.96
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	1,314	71.80
Frederic Harrison	Liberal Party	516	28.20
Majority		798	43.61

3 July 1892		3,388
Rt Hon Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

13 July 1895		4,287
Rt Hon Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

22 January 1900 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir John Lubbock, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Avebury.

10 February 1900		2,725/4,403	61.89
Sir Michael Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	1,271	46.64
Dr William Job Collins	Liberal Party	868	31.85
Edward Henry Busk	Ind LIB U	586	21.50
Majority		403	14.79

1 October 1900		4,403
Sir Michael Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

19 January 1906		3,656/5,212	70.15
Sir Philip Magnus	Liberal Unionist Party	1,840	50.33
Sir Michael Foster	Liberal Party	1,816	49.67
Majority		24	0.66

22 January 1910		4,553/6,070	75.01
Sir Philip Magnus	Liberal Unionist Party	2,625	57.65
Rt Hon Sir Joseph West Ridgeway	Liberal Party	1,928	42.35
Majority		697	15.31

9 December 1910		4,436/6,070	73.08
Sir Philip Magnus	Liberal Unionist Party	2,579	58.14
Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley	Liberal Party	1,857	41.86
Majority		722	16.28

14 December 1918		6,761/9,797	69.01
Sir Philip Magnus, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	2,810	41.56
Sidney James Webb	Labour Party	2,141	31.67
Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Teachers	885	13.09
Sir Wilmot Parker Herringham	Independent	715	10.58
Charles Louis Nordon	Independent	210	3.11
Majority		669	9.89

15 November 1922		7,440/11,000	67.64
Sir Sydney Russell Russell-Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,833	51.52
Prof Albert Frederick Pollard	Liberal Party	2,180	29.30
Herbert George Wells	Labour Party	1,427	19.18
Majority		1,653	22.22

6 December 1923		8,050/11,293	71.28
Sir Sydney Russell Russell-Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,037	50.15
Prof Albert Frederick Pollard	Liberal Party	2,593	32.21
Herbert George Wells	Labour Party	1,420	17.64
Majority		1,444	17.94

14 July 1924 Death of Sir Sydney Russell-Wells.

29 October 1924		8,641/11,997	72.03
Dr Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little	Independent	3,202	37.06
Prof Sir John Rose Bradford	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,813	32.55
Prof Albert Frederick Pollard	Liberal Party	1,539	17.81
Dr Frank George Bushnell	Labour Party	1,087	12.58
Majority		389	4.50

30 May 1929		10,971/15,558	70.52
Dr Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little	Independent	5,869	53.50
Walter Thomas Layton	Liberal Party	2,923	26.64
Sir John William Gilbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,179	19.86
Majority		2,946	26.85

27 October 1931		11,595/16,501	70.27
Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little	Nat Ind	8,461	72.97
Archibald George Church	Nationalist	3,134	27.03
Majority		5,327	45.94

14 November 1935		12,876/17,949	71.74
Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little	Nat Ind	8,958	69.57
Sir Ralph Norman Angell	Labour Party	3,918	30.43
Majority		5,040	39.14

5 July 1945		15,087/23,948	63.00
Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little	Nat Ind	7,618	50.49
Mary Danvers Stocks	Independent Progressive Party	7,469	49.51
Majority		149	0.99