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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 December 1885		9,018/10,190	88.50
Rt Hon Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	5,150	57.11
Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	Liberal Party	3,868	42.89
Majority		1,282	14.22

2 July 1886		10,190
Rt Hon Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	Unopposed

August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Manners on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

13 August 1886		10,190
Rt Hon Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 March 1888 Succession of Rt Hon Lord John Manners to the Peerage - 7th Duke of Rutland.

21 March 1888
Henry John Brinsley Manners, Marquess of Granby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 July 1892		11,350
Henry John Brinsley Manners, Marquess of Granby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 July 1895		9,919/11,894	83.39
Lord Edward William John Manners	Conservative Party	5,636	56.82
Arthur Wakerley	Liberal Party	4,283	43.18
Majority		1,353	13.64

4 October 1900		10,778/13,470	80.01
Lord Cecil Reginald Manners	Conservative Party	5,585	51.82
Arthur Wakerley	Liberal Party	5,193	48.18
Majority		392	3.64

19 January 1906		13,833/15,815	87.47
Henry de Rosenbach Walker	Liberal Party	7,800	56.39
Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, Bt	Conservative Party	6,033	43.61
Majority		1,767	12.77

19 January 1910		15,373/16,873	91.11
Henry de Rosenbach Walker	Liberal Party	7,748	50.40
Charles Edward Yate	Conservative Party	7,625	49.60
Majority		123	0.80

7 December 1910		14,826/16,873	87.87
Charles Edward Yate	Conservative Party	7,599	51.25
Edward Marten Dunne	Liberal Party	7,227	48.75
Majority		372	2.51

14 December 1918		30,277
Charles Edward Yate	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		24,891/31,143	79.92
Sir Charles Edward Yate, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,341	53.60
Arthur Richardson	Liberal Party	11,550	46.40
Majority		1,791	7.20

6 December 1923		26,434/32,655	80.95
Sir Charles Edward Yate, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,239	50.08
Arthur Richardson	Liberal Party	13,195	49.92
Majority		44	0.17

29 October 1924		29,024/34,412	84.34
William Lindsay Everard	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,090	58.88
Arthur Richardson	Liberal Party	11,934	41.12
Majority		5,156	17.76

30 May 1929		39,420/47,396	83.17
William Lindsay Everard	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,707	47.46
Guy Halford Dixon	Liberal Party	14,144	35.88
Albert Ernest Stubbs	Labour Party	6,569	16.66
Majority		4,563	11.58

27 October 1931		38,455/50,318	76.42
William Lindsay Everard	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,355	78.94
Albert Ernest Stubbs	Labour Party	8,100	21.06
Majority		22,255	57.87

14 November 1935		39,049/54,312	71.90
William Lindsay Everard	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,325	67.42
Albert Ernest Stubbs	Labour Party	12,724	32.58
Majority		13,601	34.83

5 July 1945		51,661/67,440	76.60
Harold Anthony Nutting	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,772	46.02
Archibald Crawford	Labour Party	18,379	35.58
Brian Melton Butcher	Liberal Party	9,510	18.41
Majority		5,393	10.44

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		51,316/58,676	87.46
Harold Anthony Nutting	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,177	51.01
Archibald Crawford	Labour Party	19,621	38.24
Wilfrid Horace Kirby	Liberal Party	5,518	10.75
Majority		6,556	12.78

25 October 1951		50,997/59,671	85.46
Harold Anthony Nutting	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,689	56.26
Kenneth Frank Urwin	Labour Party	22,308	43.74
Majority		6,381	12.51

26 May 1955		49,368/60,986	80.95
Rt Hon Harold Anthony Nutting	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,074	60.92
Kenneth Frank Urwin	Labour Party	19,294	39.08
Majority		10,780	21.84

16 November 1956 Resignation of Rt Hon Anthony Nutting over the Prime Minister's handling of the Suez crisis. (Northstead)

19 December 1956		35,904/63,516	56.53
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,133	53.29
Edward John Masters	Labour Party	16,771	46.71
Majority		2,362	6.58

8 October 1959		57,173/70,233	81.40
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,997	61.21
Charles Watson Shepherd	Labour Party	22,176	38.79
Majority		12,821	22.42

15 October 1964		63,812/77,285	82.57
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,842	51.47
David John Williams	Labour Party	19,578	30.68
Garth Victor Jones Pratt	Liberal Party	11,392	17.85
Majority		13,264	20.79

31 March 1966		64,065/79,616	80.47
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,776	48.04
John Russell Frears	Labour Party	23,181	36.18
Garth Victor Jones Pratt	Liberal Party	10,108	15.78
Majority		7,595	11.86

18 June 1970		69,154/90,971	76.02
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,782	56.08
Kevin Wood	Labour Party	20,907	30.23
John Barclay Pick	Liberal Party	9,465	13.69
Majority		17,875	25.85

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		67,957/81,395	83.49
Michael Anthony Latham	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,239	47.44
John Barclay Pick	Liberal Party	19,490	28.68
Royston William Samuel Mayhew	Labour Party	16,228	23.88
Majority		12,749	18.76

10 October 1974		63,257/82,117	77.03
Michael Anthony Latham	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,943	48.92
David John Knaggs	Labour Party	16,747	26.47
John Barclay Pick	Liberal Party	15,567	24.61
Majority		14,196	22.44

3 May 1979		68,720/87,319	78.70
Michael Anthony Latham	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,242	58.56
Imelda Mary Read	Labour Party	15,882	23.11
David John Farrer	Liberal Party	12,596	18.33
Majority		24,360	35.45