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12 December 1832		365/421	86.70
John Heywood Hawkins	Whig	216	59.18
William Henry Ord	Whig	216	59.18
Sir James Willoughby Gordon, bt	Tory	161	44.11
Majority		55	15.07

9 January 1835		449/500	89.80
William Henry Ord	Whig	233	51.89
John Heywood Hawkins	Whig	230	51.22
Sir James Willoughby Gordon, bt	Conservative Party	229	51.00
William John Hamilton	Conservative Party	205	45.66
Majority		1	0.22

18 April 1835 Resignation of William Ord on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

27 April 1835		500
William Henry Ord	Whig	Unopposed

26 July 1837		506/633	79.94
John Heywood Hawkins	Whig	265	52.37
William John Blake	Whig	263	51.98
Charles Wykeham Martin	Conservative Party	244	48.22
William John Hamilton	Conservative Party	236	46.64
Majority		19	3.75

1 July 1841		485/750	64.67
Charles Wykeham Martin	Conservative Party	254	52.37
William John Hamilton	Conservative Party	252	51.96
Thomas Gisborne	Whig	229	47.22
William John Blake	Whig	226	46.60
Majority		23	4.74

1841 Petition - withdrawn.

31 July 1847		501/646	77.55
William Henry Chicheley Plowden	Peelite	262	52.30
Charles Wykeham Martin	Peelite	252	50.30
William John Blake	Whig	250	49.90
Charles John Crompton	Whig	238	47.50
Majority		2	0.40

9 July 1852		565/707	79.92
William Biggs	Radical	310	54.87
William Nathaniel Massey	Radical	306	54.16
William Henry Chicheley Plowden	Peelite	266	47.08
Charles Wykeham Martin	Peelite	256	45.31
Majority		40	7.08

7 January 1857 Resignation of William Biggs. (Chiltern Hundreds)

11 February 1857		532/654	81.35
Robert William Kennard	Conservative Party	289	54.32
Charles Seely	Radical	243	45.68
Majority		46	8.65

25 February 1857 Petition - lapsed on dissolution of Parliament.

23 March 1857		570/654	87.16
Charles Edward Mangles	Whig	305	53.51
Charles Buxton	Whig	294	51.58
Robert William Kennard	Conservative Party	283	49.65
William Anderson Rose	Conservative Party	257	45.09
Majority		11	1.93

1857 Petition - withdrawn.

30 April 1859		544/647	84.08
Robert William Kennard	Conservative Party	319	58.64
Philip Lybbe Powys	Conservative Party	312	57.35
Robert Charles	Liberal Party	228	41.91
Majority		84	15.44

12 July 1865		578/643	89.89
Charles Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	309	53.46
Robert William Kennard	Conservative Party	307	53.11
Hon Auberon Edward William Molyneaux Herbert	Conservative Party	230	39.79
Majority		77	13.32

Boundary Change
16 November 1868		965
Charles Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 October 1870 Death of Charles Martin.

23 November 1870
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Liberal Party	437	55.46
Henry Martyn Kennard	Conservative Party	351	44.54
Majority		86	10.91

4 February 1874		997/1,166	85.51
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Liberal Party	522	52.36
Henry Robert Twyford	Conservative Party	475	47.64
Majority		47	4.71

1 April 1880		1,178/1,362	86.49
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Liberal Party	618	52.46
Henry Robert Twyford	Conservative Party	560	47.54
Majority		58	4.92

New
14 December 1918		24,961/40,146	62.18
Lewis Haslam	Liberal Party - Coalition	14,080	56.41
John William Bowen	Labour Party	10,234	41.00
Bertie Pardoe Thomas	Independent Democrat	647	2.59
Majority		3,846	15.41

12 September 1922 Death of Lewis Haslam.

18 October 1922		33,781/42,645	79.21
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,515	40.01
John William Bowen	Labour Party	11,425	33.82
W L Moore	Liberal Party	8,841	26.17
Majority		2,090	6.19

15 November 1922		35,019/42,645	82.12
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,019	54.31
John William Bowen	Labour Party	16,000	45.69
Majority		3,019	8.62

6 December 1923		36,539/42,899	85.17
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,424	39.48
John William Bowen	Labour Party	14,100	38.59
Henry Davies	Liberal Party	8,015	21.94
Majority		324	0.89

29 October 1924		38,689/45,138	85.71
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,426	52.80
John William Bowen	Labour Party	18,263	47.20
Majority		2,163	5.59

30 May 1929		47,229/56,392	83.75
James Walker	Labour Party	18,653	39.49
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,841	33.54
Samuel Immanuel Cohen	Liberal Party	12,735	26.96
Majority		2,812	5.95

27 October 1931		47,067/57,035	82.52
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,829	59.13
James Walker	Labour Party	19,238	40.87
Majority		8,591	18.25

14 November 1935		45,055/56,780	79.35
Reginald George Clarry	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,300	51.71
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	21,755	48.29
Majority		1,545	3.43

17 January 1945 Death of Sir Reginald Clarry.

17 May 1945		30,146/60,248	50.04
Ronald McMillan Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,424	54.48
Robert J Edwards	Independent Labour Party	13,722	45.52
Majority		2,702	8.96

5 July 1945		43,961/60,378	72.81
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	23,845	54.24
Ronald McMillan Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,754	33.56
William Robert Crawshay	Liberal Party	5,362	12.20
Majority		9,091	20.68

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		62,485/71,066	87.93
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	31,858	50.99
Ivor Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,866	34.99
William John Owen	Liberal Party	8,761	14.02
Majority		9,992	15.99

25 October 1951		62,296/72,185	86.30
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	32,883	52.79
Thomas Esmôr Rhys Rhys-Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,166	38.79
William John Owen	Liberal Party	5,247	8.42
Majority		8,717	13.99

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		58,714/71,989	81.56
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	31,537	53.71
Donald Stewart Box	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,177	46.29
Majority		4,360	7.43

19 May 1956 Death of Peter Freeman.

6 July 1956		51,903/71,943	72.14
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice	Labour Party	29,205	56.27
Donald Stewart Box	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,720	39.92
Emrys Pugh Roberts	Plaid Cymru	1,978	3.81
Majority		8,485	16.35

8 October 1959		58,602/71,342	82.14
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice	Labour Party	31,125	53.11
Anthony Dowdeswell Arnold	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,477	46.89
Majority		3,648	6.23

15 October 1964		55,611/70,387	79.01
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice	Labour Party	31,962	57.47
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,649	42.53
Majority		8,313	14.95

31 March 1966		53,697/68,131	78.81
Royston John Hughes	Labour Party	32,098	59.78
Peter Temple-Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,599	40.22
Majority		10,499	19.55

18 June 1970		54,134/71,520	75.69
Royston John Hughes	Labour Party	30,132	55.66
Anthony Dowdeswell Arnold	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,005	40.65
Alfred Robert Vickery	Plaid Cymru	1,997	3.69
Majority		8,127	15.01

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		60,190/74,386	80.92
Royston John Hughes	Labour Party	29,384	48.82
Gerald Alexander Lewin Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,002	29.91
John Harold Morgan	Liberal Party	11,868	19.72
Phyllis Mary Rose Cox	Plaid Cymru	936	1.56
Majority		11,382	18.91

10 October 1974		56,745/75,041	75.62
Royston John Hughes	Labour Party	30,069	52.99
Gerald Alexander Lewin Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,253	28.64
John Harold Morgan	Liberal Party	9,207	16.23
Godfrey Lee	Plaid Cymru	1,216	2.14
Majority		13,816	24.35

3 May 1979		59,858/75,122	79.68
Royston John Hughes	Labour Party	30,919	51.65
Gerald Geoffrey Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,742	36.32
Anthony Lambert	Liberal Party	6,270	10.47
Alfred Robert Vickery	Plaid Cymru	473	0.79
Georgina Rose Woodward	National Front	454	0.76
Majority		9,177	15.33