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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 December 1885		9,951/12,135	82.00
Cyril Flower	Liberal Party	6,080	61.10
Sydney Gedge	Conservative Party	3,871	38.90
Majority		2,209	22.20

5 February 1886 Resignation of Cyril Flower on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

13 February 1886		12,106
Cyril Flower	Liberal Party	Unopposed

8 July 1886		7,877/12,106	65.07
Cyril Flower	Liberal Party	4,275	54.27
Walter George Barttelot	Conservative Party	3,602	45.73
Majority		673	8.54

12 July 1892		9,573/12,642	75.72
Cyril Flower	Liberal Party	5,296	55.32
Oliver Thomas Duke	Liberal Unionist Party	4,277	44.68
Majority		1,019	10.64

5 September 1892 Elevation of Cyril Flower to the Peerage - Baron Battersea.

29 September 1892		9,434/12,642	74.62
Samuel Howard Whitbread	Liberal Party	4,838	51.28
Oliver Thomas Duke	Liberal Unionist Party	4,596	48.72
Majority		242	2.57

26 July 1895		10,674/12,760	83.65
Thomas Gair Ashton	Liberal Party	5,430	50.87
Oliver Thomas Duke	Liberal Unionist Party	5,244	49.13
Majority		186	1.74

12 October 1900		10,845/13,317	81.44
Thomas Gair Ashton	Liberal Party	5,474	50.47
George Elliott	Conservative Party	5,371	49.53
Majority		103	0.95

24 January 1906		12,627/14,459	87.33
Thomas Gair Ashton	Liberal Party	7,240	57.34
Dr Alfred Peter Hillier	Conservative Party	5,387	42.66
Majority		1,853	14.67

25 January 1910		15,026/16,564	90.71
Thomas Gair Ashton	Liberal Party	7,946	52.88
George Elliott	Liberal Unionist Party	7,080	47.12
Majority		866	5.76

16 December 1910		14,224/16,564	85.87
Thomas Gair Ashton	Liberal Party	7,601	53.44
John Owen Hickman	Conservative Party	6,623	46.56
Majority		978	6.88

28 June 1911 Elevation of Thomas Ashton to the Peerage - Baron Ashton of Hyde.

20 July 1911		14,625/17,177	85.14
Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth	Liberal Party	7,619	52.10
John Owen Hickman	Conservative Party	7,006	47.90
Majority		613	4.19

14 December 1918		19,465/37,051	52.54
Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth	Liberal Party - Coalition	13,501	69.36
Willet Ball	Labour Party	5,964	30.64
Majority		7,537	38.72

15 November 1922		30,545/37,730	80.96
Sir John Prescott Hewett	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,301	43.55
Harry Arnold	Liberal Party	10,137	33.19
Percy Alden	Labour Party	7,107	23.27
Majority		3,164	10.36

6 December 1923		30,305/38,799	78.11
Hon Geoffrey William Algernon Howard	Liberal Party	15,569	51.37
Sir John Prescott Hewett	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,738	38.73
Willet Ball	Labour Party	2,998	9.89
Majority		3,831	12.64

29 October 1924		32,788/39,701	82.59
Terence James O'Connor	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,443	47.10
Hon Geoffrey William Algernon Howard	Liberal Party	11,495	35.06
Philip Leslie Millwood	Labour Party	5,850	17.84
Majority		3,948	12.04

30 May 1929		44,529/54,661	81.46
Edward Leslie Burgin	Liberal Party	20,248	45.47
Terence James O'Connor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,930	38.02
Florence Nightingale Harrison Bell	Labour Party	7,351	16.51
Majority		3,318	7.45

27 October 1931		39,912/58,880	67.79
Edward Leslie Burgin	National Liberal Party	32,015	80.21
James Hyndman MacDonnell	Labour Party	7,897	19.79
Majority		24,118	60.43

14 November 1935		43,990/69,548	63.25
Edward Leslie Burgin	National Liberal Party	28,809	65.49
Ferdinand Louis Kerran	Labour Party	15,181	34.51
Majority		13,628	30.98

5 July 1945		71,249/95,227	74.82
William Noble Warbey	Labour Party	39,335	55.21
Dr Leonard Graham Brown	National Liberal Party	31,914	44.79
Majority		7,421	10.42

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		49,253/56,569	87.07
Dr Charles Hill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,946	46.59
William Noble Warbey	Labour Party	21,860	44.38
Wilfred George Matthews	Liberal Party	4,447	9.03
Majority		1,086	2.20

25 October 1951		50,396/57,535	87.59
Dr Charles Hill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	26,554	52.69
William Noble Warbey	Labour Party	23,842	47.31
Majority		2,712	5.38

26 May 1955		48,166/57,932	83.14
Rt Hon Dr Charles Hill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	24,722	51.33
Morris Janis	Labour Party	20,304	42.15
Jean Mary Henderson	Liberal Party	3,140	6.52
Majority		4,418	9.17

8 October 1959		49,287/59,769	82.46
Rt Hon Dr Charles Hill	National Liberal and Conservative Party	27,153	55.09
Cyril Rawlett Fenton	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,134	44.91
Majority		5,019	10.18

13 June 1963 Elevation of Rt Hon Dr Charles Hill to the Peerage - Baron Hill of Luton.

7 November 1963		43,958/59,395	74.01
William Howie	Labour Party	21,108	48.02
Sir John Fletcher-Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,359	39.49
Malvyn Anthony Benjamin	Liberal Party	5,001	11.38
Dr Anthony Philip John Chater	Communist Party	490	1.11
Majority		3,749	8.53

15 October 1964		47,346/59,299	79.84
William Howie	Labour Party	23,751	50.16
Charles Fitzmaurice Creighton Simeons	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,028	48.64
Dr Anthony Philip John Chater	Communist Party	567	1.20
Majority		723	1.53

31 March 1966		47,309/59,725	79.21
William Howie	Labour Party	23,069	48.76
Charles Fitzmaurice Creighton Simeons	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,605	43.55
Thomas Henry Daniels	Liberal Party	3,049	6.44
Dr Anthony Philip John Chater	Communist Party	586	1.24
Majority		2,464	5.21

18 June 1970		45,714/62,429	73.23
Charles Fitzmaurice Creighton Simeons	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,308	50.99
William Howie	Labour Party	21,959	48.04
Dr Anthony Philip John Chater	Communist Party	447	0.98
Majority		1,349	2.95