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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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11 December 1832		873/1,108	78.79
Abraham Wildey Robarts	Whig	500	57.27
Charles James Barnett	Whig	469	53.72
Wyndham Lewis	Tory	422	48.34
Majority		47	5.38

5 January 1835		907/1,234	73.50
Wyndham Lewis	Conservative Party	529	58.32
Abraham Wildey Robarts	Whig	398	43.88
Charles James Barnett	Whig	333	36.71
Matthias Prime Lucas	Conservative Party	5	0.55
E Hildyard	Conservative Party	3	0.33
Majority		65	7.17

27 July 1837		1,209/1,399	86.42
Wyndham Lewis	Conservative Party	782	64.68
Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative Party	668	55.25
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	559	46.24
Thomas Erskine Perry	Radical	25	2.07
Majority		109	9.02

28 March 1838		1,291/1,484	86.99
John Minet Fector	Conservative Party	708	54.84
Abraham Wildey Robarts	Whig	583	45.16
Majority		125	9.68

15 June 1838		1,219/1,484	82.14
John Minet Fector	Conservative Party	707	58.00
Abraham Wildey Robarts	Whig	512	42.00
Majority		195	16.00

1838 Petition - dismissed.

14 March 1838 Death of Wyndham Lewis.

6 June 1838 Petition - election declared void.

29 June 1841		1,152/1,660	69.40
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative Party	765	66.41
George Dodd	Conservative Party	725	62.93
David Salomons	Radical	418	36.28
Majority		307	26.65

29 July 1847		1,741
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Dodd	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		1,071/1,751	61.17
James Whatman	Radical	848	79.18
George Dodd	Conservative Party	709	66.20
William Lee	Radical	584	54.53
Majority		125	11.67

22 April 1853 Petition - George Dodd unseated.

16 May 1853		1,486/1,814	81.92
William Lee	Radical	748	50.34
Charles Wykeham Martin	Peelite	738	49.66
Majority		10	0.67

30 March 1857		1,452/1,611	90.13
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative Party	801	55.17
Edward Scott	Conservative Party	759	52.27
William Lee	Radical	689	47.45
Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay	Whig	655	45.11
Majority		70	4.82

8 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.

30 April 1859		1,526/1,848	82.58
William Lee	Liberal Party	776	50.85
Charles Buxton	Liberal Party	776	50.85
John Wardlaw	Conservative Party	751	49.21
Egerton Vernon-Harcourt	Conservative Party	749	49.08
Majority		25	1.64

1859 Petition - dismissed.

12 July 1865		1,688/1,817	92.90
William Lee	Liberal Party	869	51.48
James Whatman	Liberal Party	867	51.36
Edward Ladd Betts	Conservative Party	838	49.64
John Wardlaw	Conservative Party	801	47.45
Majority		29	1.72

1865 Petition - dismissed.

17 November 1868		2,948/3,420	86.20
William Lee	Liberal Party	1,569	53.22
James Whatman	Liberal Party	1,546	52.44
William Foster White	Conservative Party	1,412	47.90
George Parbury	Conservative Party	1,369	46.44
Majority		134	4.55

16 February 1870 Resignation of William Lee. (Chiltern Hundreds)

25 February 1870
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	1,504	51.75
William Foster White	Conservative Party	1,402	48.25
Majority		102	3.51

31 January 1874		2,914/3,517	82.85
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	1,558	53.47
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, Bt	Liberal Party	1,491	51.17
Alexander Henry Ross	Conservative Party	1,414	48.52
Hon John Constantine Stanley	Conservative Party	1,365	46.84
Majority		77	2.64

31 March 1880		3,573/3,878	92.14
Alexander Henry Ross	Conservative Party	1,965	55.00
John Evans Freke-Aylmer	Conservative Party	1,832	51.27
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	1,725	48.28
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, Bt	Liberal Party	1,624	45.45
Majority		107	2.99

25 November 1885		4,023/4,273	94.15
Alexander Henry Ross	Conservative Party	2,184	54.29
Martin Andrew Sharp Hume	Liberal Party	1,839	45.71
Majority		345	8.58

2 July 1886		3,520/4,273	82.38
Alexander Henry Ross	Conservative Party	1,917	54.46
Thomas Proctor Baptie	Liberal Party	1,603	45.54
Majority		314	8.92

3 December 1888 Death of Alexander Ross.

14 December 1888		3,915/4,519	86.63
Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis	Conservative Party	2,050	52.36
John Barker	Liberal Party	1,865	47.64
Majority		185	4.73

4 July 1892		4,070/4,729	86.06
Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis	Conservative Party	2,443	60.02
Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal Party	1,627	39.98
Majority		816	20.05

12 July 1895		4,861
Sir Frederick Seager Hunt, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 March 1898 Resignation of Sir Frederick Hunt, Bt. (Northstead)

26 March 1898		4,250/4,865	87.36
Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis	Conservative Party	2,214	52.09
John Barker	Liberal Party	2,036	47.91
Majority		178	4.19

5 October 1900		4,364/5,068	86.11
John Barker	Liberal Party	2,201	50.44
Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis	Conservative Party	2,163	49.56
Majority		38	0.87

13 February 1901 Election declared void on petition.

1 March 1901		4,557/5,170	88.14
Sir Francis Henry Evans	Liberal Party	2,375	52.12
Thomas Milvain	Conservative Party	2,182	47.88
Majority		193	4.24

17 January 1906		5,550/5,870	94.55
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh	Conservative Party	2,841	51.19
Sir Francis Henry Evans, Bt	Liberal Party	2,709	48.81
Majority		132	2.38

1906 Petition - dismissed.

17 January 1910		5,941/6,260	94.90
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh	Conservative Party	3,094	52.08
Henry Vivian Phillipps	Liberal Party	2,847	47.92
Majority		247	4.16

3 December 1910		5,742/6,260	91.73
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh	Conservative Party	2,906	50.61
Henry Vivian Phillipps	Liberal Party	2,836	49.39
Majority		70	1.22

8 February 1915 Succession of Viscount Castlereagh to the Peerage - 7th Marquess of Londonderry.

22 February 1915
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		18,208/30,747	59.22
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,931	65.53
Frederick George Burgess	Labour Party	6,277	34.47
Majority		5,654	31.05

15 November 1922		25,827/32,916	78.46
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,928	34.57
George Foster Clark	Liberal Party	8,895	34.44
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	8,004	30.99
Majority		33	0.13

While George Clark sought election as an Independent, he was the nominee of the local Liberal Association.

6 December 1923		26,849/34,037	78.88
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,244	41.88
George Foster Clark	Liberal Party	9,047	33.70
Frederick Seymour Cocks	Labour Party	6,558	24.43
Majority		2,197	8.18

29 October 1924		24,313/34,811	69.84
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,121	66.31
Frederick Seymour Cocks	Labour Party	8,192	33.69
Majority		7,929	32.61

30 May 1929		34,895/45,317	77.00
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,254	40.85
John Morgan	Labour Party	10,419	29.86
Thomas Fairchild Day	Liberal Party	10,222	29.29
Majority		3,835	10.99

27 October 1931		34,164/47,258	72.29
Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,394	80.18
Gertrude Speedwell Massingham	Labour Party	6,770	19.82
Majority		20,624	60.37

14 November 1935		33,984/50,334	67.52
Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,644	72.52
John Warren MacAlpine	Labour Party	9,340	27.48
Majority		15,304	45.03

5 July 1945		40,031/56,347	71.04
Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,320	53.26
Otto Leslie Shaw	Labour Party	18,295	45.70
George Murray	Democratic Party	416	1.04
Majority		3,025	7.56

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,931/59,835	81.78
Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,008	51.11
Henry Albert White	Labour Party	18,377	37.56
Thomas Frederick Rice	Liberal Party	5,546	11.33
Majority		6,631	13.55

25 October 1951		48,765/60,549	80.54
Alfred Charles Bossom	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,606	56.61
Henry Albert White	Labour Party	21,159	43.39
Majority		6,447	13.22

26 May 1955		47,128/61,144	77.08
Sir Alfred Charles Bossom, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,267	57.86
Otto Leslie Shaw	Labour Party	19,861	42.14
Majority		7,406	15.71

8 October 1959		49,767/63,311	78.61
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,115	60.51
Arthur Bertram Spencer Soper	Labour Party	19,652	39.49
Majority		10,463	21.02

15 October 1964		53,466/68,539	78.01
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,079	46.91
James Daly	Labour Party	17,143	32.06
Stanley Blow	Liberal Party	11,244	21.03
Majority		7,936	14.84

31 March 1966		53,422/71,882	74.32
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,208	54.67
Michael Joseph O'Flaherty	Labour Party	24,214	45.33
Majority		4,994	9.35

18 June 1970		60,956/84,440	72.19
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,316	51.37
Kenneth MacDonald Graham	Labour Party	18,473	30.31
Stanley Blow	Liberal Party	11,167	18.32
Majority		12,843	21.07

28 February 1974		71,018/87,377	81.28
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,334	44.12
Edward Peter Graham Harrison	Liberal Party	23,678	33.34
Richard Yeoman Arndell	Labour Party	16,006	22.54
Majority		7,656	10.78

10 October 1974		65,261/88,108	74.07
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,852	44.21
Ernest John Burnett	Liberal Party	18,581	28.47
Kenneth MacDonald Graham	Labour Party	17,828	27.32
Majority		10,271	15.74

3 May 1979		71,738/93,125	77.03
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,727	52.59
Ernest John Burnett	Liberal Party	16,676	23.25
Richard Evans	Labour Party	16,632	23.18
Arthur Dennis Whiting	National Front	703	0.98
Majority		21,051	29.34

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,894/71,399	72.68
John Julius Wells	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,420	50.91
Ernest John Burnett	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,194	36.99
Gordon Thomas Carey	Labour and Co-operative Party	6,280	12.10
Majority		7,226	13.92

11 June 1987		55,488/73,952	75.03
Ann Noreen Widdecombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,100	52.44
Christopher John Sutton-Mattocks	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,736	33.77
Kevin Peter Brooks	Labour Party	6,935	12.50
Penelope Anne Kemp	Green Party	717	1.29
Majority		10,364	18.68

9 April 1992		58,332/72,834	80.09
Ann Noreen Widdecombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,611	54.19
Paula G?len Yates	Liberal Democrats	15,325	26.27
Anne Frances Helen Logan	Labour Party	10,517	18.03
Penelope Anne Kemp	Green Party	707	1.21
Frederick John Ingram	Natural Law Party	172	0.29
Majority		16,286	27.92