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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		12,246/25,286	48.43
Penry Williams	Liberal Party	8,470	69.17
Frederick William Carey	Labour Party	3,776	30.83
Majority		4,694	38.33

Penry Williams was issued with the Coalition "coupon" but repudiated it.

15 November 1922		22,787/28,905	78.83
John Wesley Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,885	38.99
Martin Henry Connolly	Labour Party	7,607	33.38
Penry Williams	Liberal Party	6,295	27.63
Majority		1,278	5.61

6 December 1923		22,743/29,430	77.28
Penry Williams	Liberal Party	9,241	40.63
Martin Henry Connolly	Labour Party	7,712	33.91
James Reid	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,790	25.46
Majority		1,529	6.72

29 October 1924		24,909/29,747	83.74
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	9,574	38.44
John Ralph Patientins Warde-Aldam	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,647	34.71
Penry Williams	Liberal Party	6,688	26.85
Majority		927	3.72

30 May 1929		29,509/36,512	80.82
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	12,215	41.39
Ernest James Young	Liberal Party	9,016	30.55
John Wesley Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,278	28.05
Majority		3,199	10.84

27 October 1931		30,489/36,078	84.51
Ernest James Young	Liberal Party	18,409	60.38
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	Labour Party	12,080	39.62
Majority		6,329	20.76

14 November 1935		28,896/35,611	81.14
Alfred Edwards	Labour Party	12,699	43.95
Benjamin Chetwynd Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,632	43.72
Ernest James Young	Liberal Party	3,565	12.34
Majority		67	0.23

5 July 1945		26,779/34,922	76.68
Alfred Edwards	Labour Party	17,427	65.08
Benjamin Chetwynd Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,352	34.92
Majority		8,075	30.15

16 May 1948 Alfred Edwards was expelled from the Labour Party.

August 1949 Alfred Edwards joins the Conservative Party.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,497/56,086	82.90
Rt Hon Hilary Adair Marquand	Labour Party	29,185	62.77
Alfred Edwards	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,405	26.68
Dr William Stanley Russell Thomas	Liberal Party	4,540	9.76
Dr Norman Levy	Communist Party	367	0.79
Majority		16,780	36.09

25 October 1951		47,026/58,110	80.93
Rt Hon Hilary Adair Marquand	Labour Party	31,277	66.51
Ralph Meredyth Turton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,749	33.49
Majority		15,528	33.02

26 May 1955		43,314/59,563	72.72
Rt Hon Hilary Adair Marquand	Labour Party	27,036	62.42
Bernard Aloysius Connelly	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,278	37.58
Majority		10,758	24.84

8 October 1959		47,756/62,666	76.21
Rt Hon Hilary Adair Marquand	Labour Party	29,391	61.54
Derek Richard Chapman	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,365	38.46
Majority		11,026	23.09

29 November 1961 Resignation of Rt Hon Hilary Marquand on appointment as Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies. (Chiltern Hundreds)

14 March 1962		31,236/59,880	52.16
Rt Hon Arthur George Bottomley	Labour Party	18,928	60.60
George Edwin Scott	Liberal Party	7,145	22.87
Frederick Ambrose Stuart Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,613	14.77
Edward Jeffrey Hamm	Union Movement	550	1.76
Majority		11,783	37.72

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		42,349/58,062	72.94
Rt Hon Arthur George Bottomley	Labour Party	29,432	69.50
Frederick Ambrose Stuart Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,917	30.50
Majority		16,515	39.00

31 March 1966		37,824/55,407	68.27
Rt Hon Arthur George Bottomley	Labour Party	28,404	75.10
Peter Darby	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,420	24.90
Majority		18,984	50.19

18 June 1970		33,204/54,899	60.48
Rt Hon Arthur George Bottomley	Labour Party	23,581	71.02
Nigel Neville Laville	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,623	28.98
Majority		13,958	42.04