UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 November 1868		6,120/8,723	70.16
William Hart Dyke	Conservative Party	3,251	53.12
William Archer Amherst, Viscount Holmesdale	Conservative Party	3,248	53.07
Lord John William Nicholas Hervey	Liberal Party	2,872	46.93
Francis Somerville Head	Liberal Party	2,868	46.86
Majority		376	6.14

7 February 1874		6,582/8,905	73.91
Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt	Conservative Party	3,710	56.37
William Archer Amherst, Viscount Holmesdale	Conservative Party	3,542	53.81
Sir Daniel Salomons, Bt	Liberal Party	2,956	44.91
Majority		586	8.90

7 April 1880		7,089/8,763	80.90
Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt	Conservative Party	4,056	57.22
Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt	Conservative Party	3,788	53.43
Edward Cazalet	Liberal Party	3,318	46.80
Howard Warburton Elphinstone	Liberal Party	3,020	42.60
Majority		470	6.63

7 May 1884 Resignation of Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

14 May 1884
Hon John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 June 1885 Resignation of Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

1 July 1885
Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

New
9 June 1983		47,509/67,317	70.58
Andrew John Bernard Rowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,400	53.46
Alison Joan Wainman	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,857	27.06
Vernon Alan Hull	Labour Party	8,928	18.79
Dennis William Delderfield	New Britain	324	0.68
Majority		12,543	26.40

11 June 1987		52,090/73,223	71.14
Andrew John Bernard Rowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,719	55.13
Graham David Colley	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,951	26.78
Jack Allan Hazelgrove	Labour Party	9,420	18.08
Majority		14,768	28.35

9 April 1992		59,317/74,459	79.66
Andrew John Bernard Rowe	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,633	56.70
Timothy John Robson	Labour Party	13,984	23.58
Graham David Colley	Liberal Democrats	11,476	19.35
Gerard Joseph Valente	Natural Law Party	224	0.38
Majority		19,649	33.13