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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 December 1885		9,060/10,377	87.31
William George Mount	Conservative Party	4,631	51.11
George Palmer	Liberal Party	4,429	48.89
Majority		202	2.23

6 July 1886		10,453
William George Mount	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1892		8,526/10,338	82.47
William George Mount	Conservative Party	4,588	53.81
Thomas Stevens	Liberal Party	3,938	46.19
Majority		650	7.62

25 July 1895		8,661/10,621	81.55
William George Mount	Conservative Party	4,895	56.52
Sir John Swinburne, Bt	Liberal Party	3,766	43.48
Majority		1,129	13.04

2 October 1900
William Arthur Mount	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 January 1906		10,274/11,746	87.47
Frederick Michael Coleridge Mackarness	Liberal Party	5,338	51.96
William Arthur Mount	Conservative Party	4,936	48.04
Majority		402	3.91

22 January 1910		11,804/13,063	90.36
William Arthur Mount	Conservative Party	7,081	59.99
Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick	Liberal Party	4,723	40.01
Majority		2,358	19.98

9 December 1910		10,763/13,063	82.39
William Arthur Mount	Conservative Party	6,485	60.25
Lisle March-Phillipps	Liberal Party	4,278	39.75
Majority		2,207	20.51

14 December 1918		29,367
William Arthur Mount	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

26 May 1922 Resignation of Sir William Mount, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

10 June 1922
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		21,466/30,804	69.69
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,322	57.40
Innes Harold Stranger	Liberal Party	9,144	42.60
Majority		3,178	14.80

6 December 1923		22,411/31,443	71.28
Innes Harold Stranger	Liberal Party	11,226	50.09
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,185	49.91
Majority		41	0.18

29 October 1924		26,448/32,650	81.00
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,785	55.90
Innes Harold Stranger	Liberal Party	10,444	39.49
Frank Mortimer Jacques	Labour Party	1,219	4.61
Majority		4,341	16.41

30 May 1929		34,875/44,538	78.30
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,800	51.04
Edward Harold Brooks	Liberal Party	13,604	39.01
Frank Mortimer Jacques	Labour Party	3,471	9.95
Majority		4,196	12.03

27 October 1931		46,902
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		33,767/51,568	65.48
Howard Clifton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,642	72.98
Richard Russell	Labour Party	9,125	27.02
Majority		15,517	45.95

5 July 1945		46,693/71,443	65.36
Anthony Richard Hurd	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,463	52.39
Iris Brook	Labour Party	15,754	33.74
Eric Digby Tempest Vane	Liberal Party	6,052	12.96
George Booth Suggett	Common Wealth Movement	424	0.91
Majority		8,709	18.65

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		34,348/42,374	81.06
Anthony Richard Hurd	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,150	52.84
George Colin Jackson	Labour Party	11,914	34.69
Edwin Burrows	Liberal Party	4,284	12.47
Majority		6,236	18.16

25 October 1951		33,609/42,728	78.66
Anthony Richard Hurd	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,102	59.81
George Colin Jackson	Labour Party	13,507	40.19
Majority		6,595	19.62

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		44,923/57,404	78.26
Anthony Richard Hurd	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,080	58.05
Jon Anthony Arnold Evans	Labour Party	18,843	41.95
Majority		7,237	16.11

8 October 1959		49,490/62,854	78.74
Sir Anthony Richard Hurd	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,703	60.02
David Leonard Stoddart	Labour Party	19,787	39.98
Majority		9,916	20.04

24 August 1964 Elevation of Sir Anthony Hurd to the Peerage - Baron Hurd of Newbury.

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		55,003/69,338	79.33
Hon John Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,936	45.34
David Leonard Stoddart	Labour Party	18,943	34.44
Denis Egginton	Liberal Party	11,124	20.22
Majority		5,993	10.90

31 March 1966		57,241/72,348	79.12
Hon John Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,908	45.26
Ronald Lloyd Spiller	Labour Party	21,762	38.02
Stanley Clement Davies	Liberal Party	9,571	16.72
Majority		4,146	7.24

18 June 1970		62,306/85,933	72.51
Hon John Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,380	48.76
Timothy John Kingston Sims	Labour Party	18,647	29.93
Dane Stewart Campbell Clouston	Liberal Party	13,279	21.31
Majority		11,733	18.83

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		58,074/71,878	80.80
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,620	42.39
Dane Stewart Campbell Clouston	Liberal Party	23,419	40.33
Celia Anne Fletcher	Labour Party	10,035	17.28
Majority		1,201	2.07

10 October 1974		55,366/72,566	76.30
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,499	42.44
Dane Stewart Campbell Clouston	Liberal Party	22,477	40.60
Celia Anne Fletcher	Labour Party	9,390	16.96
Majority		1,022	1.85

3 May 1979		63,741/80,355	79.32
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,677	52.83
Anthony Garry Richards	Liberal Party	23,388	36.69
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	6,676	10.47
Majority		10,289	16.14

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		53,661/72,379	74.14
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,836	59.33
Anthony Garry Richards	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,798	35.03
Richard Charles Knight	Labour Party	3,027	5.64
Majority		13,038	24.30

11 June 1987		58,639/76,145	77.01
Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,266	60.14
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,608	31.73
Robert Charles Stapley	Labour Party	4,765	8.13
Majority		16,658	28.41

9 April 1992		66,414/80,252	82.76
Sybil Judith Chaplin	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,135	55.91
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	24,778	37.31
Richard James Edward Hall	Labour Party	3,962	5.97
James Powers Wallis	Green Party	539	0.81
Majority		12,357	18.61

19 February 1993 Death of Judith Chaplin.

6 May 1993		57,773/81,081	71.25
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	37,590	65.06
Julian Turner Davidson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,535	26.89
Stephen Billcliffe	Labour Party	1,151	1.99
Dr Alan Sked	Anti-Maastricht	601	1.04
Andrew Patrick Peter Bannon	Independent Conservative	561	0.97
Stephen G B Martin	Commoner	435	0.75
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	432	0.75
James Powers Wallis	Green Party	341	0.59
Robin Geoffrey Marlar	Referendum Party	338	0.59
John Ernest Douglas de la Valette Browne	Independent Conservative	267	0.46
Lindi St Claire	Corrective	170	0.29
William Owen Board	Maastricht Referendm	84	0.15
Michael Robert Stephen Grenville	Natural Law Party	60	0.10
Jonathon R Day	Pensioner	49	0.08
Colin Richard Palmer	21st Century	40	0.07
Mladen Grbin	Bosnian	33	0.06
Alan William Page	Social Democratic Party	33	0.06
Anne Geraldine Murphy	Communist Party of Great Britain	32	0.06
Michael S Stone	Independent	21	0.04
Majority		22,055	38.18

William Board advocated holding a referendum on the ratification of the Maastricht treaty.

Stephen Martin was the candidate of the "Commoners' Party Movement".

Andrew Bannon was a member of the Slough Labour Party who contested the election as "The Conservative Candidate" to draw attention to the situation in Slough in 1992 when a candidate standing as "The Labour Candidate" polled more votes than the Conservative majority over the Labour candidate.

Michael Stone sought election as a "Give Royal Billions to Schools" candidate. He was opposed to the monarchy and wished to confiscate its assets to fund improvements in education.

Mladin Grbin sought election as a "Defence of Children's Humanity, Bosnia" candidate. He advocated military intervention in Bosnia by UK forces.

John Browne sought election as a Conservative Rebel.

Jonathon Day sought election as a "People and Pensioners Party" candidate.

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		56,476/73,680	76.65
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	29,887	52.92
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,370	37.84
John Paul Russell Hannon	Labour Party	3,107	5.50
Edward Snook	Referendum Party	992	1.76
Rachel Anne Stark	Green Party	644	1.14
Roy Brian Tubb	UK Independence Party	302	0.53
Katrina Rosemary Howse	Socialist Labour	174	0.31
Majority		8,517	15.08

7 June 2001		50,807/75,490	67.30
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	24,507	48.24
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,092	43.48
Stephen Billcliffe	Labour Party	3,523	6.93
Delphine Isabel Grey-Fisk	UK Independence Party	685	1.35
Majority		2,415	4.75

5 May 2005		54,673/75,903	72.03
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,771	48.97
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	23,311	42.64
Oscar Richard van Nooijen	Labour Party	3,239	5.92
David John McMahon	UK Independence Party	857	1.57
Nicholas John Cornish	Independent	409	0.75
Barrie Charles Singleton	Independent	86	0.16
Majority		3,460	6.33

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		58,589/78,902	74.26
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,057	56.42
David Digby Rendel	Liberal Democrats	20,809	35.52
Hannah Cooper	Labour Party	2,505	4.28
David Michael Black	UK Independence Party	1,475	2.52
Adrian Oakley Hollister	Green Party	490	0.84
Brian Burgess	Independent	158	0.27
David Edward Yates	Independent	95	0.16
Majority		12,248	20.90

7 May 2015		57,300/79,058	72.48
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,973	61.03
Judith Bunting	Liberal Democrats	8,605	15.02
Catherine Anderson	UK Independence Party	6,195	10.81
Jonathan Paul Roberts	Labour Party	4,837	8.44
Paul Field	Green Party	2,324	4.06
Peter Norman	Apolitical Democrats	228	0.40
Barrie Charles Singleton	Independent	85	0.15
Andrew Stott	Patriotic Soc	53	0.09
Majority		26,368	46.02

8 June 2017		60,849/82,924	73.38
Rt Hon Richard Henry Ronald Benyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,399	61.46
Judith Bunting	Liberal Democrats	13,019	21.40
Alex Skirvin	Labour Party	8,596	14.13
Paul Field	Green Party	1,531	2.52
David Edward Yates	Apolitical Democrat	304	0.50
Majority		24,380	40.07

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Richard Benyon.

29 October 2019 The Conservative whip is restored to Richard Benyon.

12 December 2019		59,998/83,414	71.93
Laura Rose Farris	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,431	57.39
Lee Raymond James Dillon	Liberal Democrats	18,384	30.64
James Andrew Stephen Wilder	Labour Party	4,404	7.34
Stephen Michael Masters	Green Party	2,454	4.09
Benjamin Luke Richard Holden-Crowther	Independent	325	0.54
Majority		16,047	26.75

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		48,930/71,986	67.97
Lee Raymond James Dillon	Liberal Democrats	19,645	40.15
Laura Rose Farris	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,268	35.29
Douglas William Terry	Reform UK	5,357	10.95
Elizabeth Rowena Jane Bell	Labour Party	3,662	7.48
Stephen Michael Masters	Green Party	2,714	5.55
Earl Elvis Phillippe Jesse	Freedom Alliance	153	0.31
Gary Edward Johnson	UK Independence Party	131	0.27
Majority		2,377	4.86