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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 13 December 1832 | 2,406/2,497 | 96.36 | |
| Whig | 1,321 | 54.90 | |
| Tory | 1,275 | 52.99 | |
| Whig | 1,191 | 49.50 | |
| Tory | 958 | 39.82 | |
| Majority | 84 | 3.49 | |
| 9 January 1835 | 1,591/2,178 | 73.05 | |
| Whig | 1,119 | 70.33 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,111 | 69.83 | |
| Whig | 951 | 59.77 | |
| Majority | 160 | 10.06 | |
| 26 July 1837 | 1,922/2,079 | 92.45 | |
| Whig | 1,095 | 56.97 | |
| Radical | 1,033 | 53.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 925 | 48.13 | |
| Majority | 108 | 5.62 | |
| 30 June 1841 | 1,517/1,997 | 75.96 | |
| Whig | 990 | 65.26 | |
| Radical | 970 | 63.94 | |
| Conservative Party | 897 | 59.13 | |
| Chartist | 176 | 11.60 | |
| Majority | 73 | 4.81 | |
| 30 July 1847 | 1,569/1,867 | 84.04 | |
| Radical | 897 | 57.17 | |
| Whig | 841 | 53.60 | |
| Conservative Party | 652 | 41.56 | |
| Conservative Party | 607 | 38.69 | |
| Chartist | 141 | 8.99 | |
| Majority | 189 | 12.05 | |
| 6 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
| 11 February 1852 | 1,303/2,263 | 57.58 | |
| Whig | 823 | 63.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 480 | 36.84 | |
| Majority | 343 | 26.32 | |
| 8 July 1852 | 1,585/2,263 | 70.04 | |
| Whig | 855 | 53.94 | |
| Radical | 825 | 52.05 | |
| Conservative Party | 745 | 47.00 | |
| Chartist | 106 | 6.69 | |
| Majority | 80 | 5.05 | |
| 3 March 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
| 5 March 1855 | |||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| 30 March 1857 | 1,860/2,375 | 78.32 | |
| Whig | 1,079 | 58.01 | |
| Radical | 1,011 | 54.35 | |
| Conservative Party | 815 | 43.82 | |
| Majority | 196 | 10.54 | |
| 30 April 1859 | 1,979/2,526 | 78.35 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,151 | 58.16 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,143 | 57.76 | |
| Conservative Party | 832 | 42.04 | |
| Chartist | 27 | 1.36 | |
| Majority | 311 | 15.72 | |
| 25 June 1859 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Smith to the Peerage - Baron Lyveden. | |||
| 5 July 1859 | 2,526 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 12 July 1865 | 2,249/2,620 | 85.84 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,269 | 56.43 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,250 | 55.58 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,029 | 45.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 950 | 42.24 | |
| Majority | 221 | 9.83 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 18 November 1868 | 4,727/6,621 | 71.39 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,691 | 56.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,154 | 45.57 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,634 | 34.57 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,396 | 29.53 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,086 | 22.97 | |
| Liberal Party | 492 | 10.41 | |
| Majority | 520 | 11.00 | |
| 5 February 1874 | 5,312/6,829 | 77.79 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,690 | 50.64 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,310 | 43.49 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,175 | 40.95 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,796 | 33.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,653 | 31.12 | |
| Majority | 135 | 2.54 | |
| 8 September 1874 Death of Charles Gilpin. | |||
| 7 October 1874 | 5,773/6,829 | 84.54 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,171 | 37.61 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,836 | 31.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,766 | 30.59 | |
| Majority | 335 | 5.80 | |
| 2 April 1880 | 6,982/8,189 | 85.26 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,158 | 59.55 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,827 | 54.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,152 | 45.14 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,826 | 40.48 | |
| Majority | 675 | 9.67 | |
| 23 June 1880 Charles Bradlaugh was detained by the Serjeant at Arms for his refusal to take the oath of allegiance. | |||
| March 1881 Charles Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the House of Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance. | |||
| 12 April 1881 | 6,742/8,185 | 82.37 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,437 | 50.98 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,305 | 49.02 | |
| Majority | 132 | 1.96 | |
| 22 February 1882 Expulsion of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
| 4 March 1882 | 7,484/8,361 | 89.51 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,796 | 50.72 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,688 | 49.28 | |
| Majority | 108 | 1.44 | |
| 12 February 1884 Expulsion of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
| 21 February 1884 | 7,696/8,886 | 86.61 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,032 | 52.39 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,664 | 47.61 | |
| Majority | 368 | 4.78 | |
| 25 November 1885 | 8,561/9,582 | 89.34 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,845 | 56.59 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,315 | 50.40 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,890 | 45.44 | |
| Majority | 425 | 4.96 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 5 July 1886 | 8,343/9,582 | 87.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,570 | 54.78 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,353 | 52.18 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 3,850 | 46.15 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,456 | 41.42 | |
| Majority | 503 | 6.03 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 30 January 1891 Death of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
| 12 February 1891 | 9,159/10,895 | 84.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,436 | 59.35 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,723 | 40.65 | |
| Majority | 1,713 | 18.70 | |
| 4 July 1892 | 9,079/11,180 | 81.21 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,439 | 59.91 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,164 | 56.88 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,651 | 40.21 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,235 | 35.63 | |
| Majority | 1,513 | 16.66 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 16 July 1895 | 9,548/11,442 | 83.45 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,884 | 51.15 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,820 | 40.01 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 3,703 | 38.78 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,394 | 35.55 | |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 1,216 | 12.74 | |
| Independent Liberal | 1,131 | 11.85 | |
| Majority | 117 | 1.23 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 4 October 1900 | 10,117/12,180 | 83.06 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,437 | 53.74 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,281 | 52.20 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,480 | 44.28 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,124 | 40.76 | |
| Majority | 801 | 7.92 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 January 1906 | 10,992/11,954 | 91.95 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,479 | 40.75 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,244 | 38.61 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,078 | 37.10 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,000 | 36.39 | |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 2,544 | 23.14 | |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 2,366 | 21.52 | |
| Majority | 166 | 1.51 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 18 January 1910 | 11,663/12,580 | 92.71 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,398 | 46.28 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,289 | 45.35 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,569 | 39.18 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,464 | 38.27 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,792 | 15.36 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,617 | 13.86 | |
| Majority | 720 | 6.17 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 8 December 1910 | 11,028/12,580 | 87.66 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,179 | 56.03 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,025 | 54.63 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,885 | 44.30 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,550 | 41.26 | |
| Majority | 1,140 | 10.34 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 December 1918 | 28,745/46,007 | 62.48 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 18,010 | 62.65 | |
| Labour Party | 10,735 | 37.35 | |
| Majority | 7,275 | 25.31 | |
| 19 March 1920 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles McCurdy on appointment as Minister of Food Control. | |||
| 1 April 1920 | 29,929/44,573 | 67.15 | |
| Liberal Party - Coalition | 16,650 | 55.63 | |
| Labour Party | 13,279 | 44.37 | |
| Majority | 3,371 | 11.26 | |
| 15 November 1922 | 38,225/44,722 | 85.47 | |
| National Liberal Party | 19,974 | 52.25 | |
| Labour Party | 14,498 | 37.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,753 | 9.82 | |
| Majority | 5,476 | 14.33 | |
| 6 December 1923 | 38,418/45,599 | 84.25 | |
| Labour Party | 15,556 | 40.49 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,520 | 29.99 | |
| Liberal Party | 11,342 | 29.52 | |
| Majority | 4,036 | 10.51 | |
| 29 October 1924 | 40,499/46,543 | 87.01 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,017 | 39.55 | |
| Labour Party | 15,046 | 37.15 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,436 | 23.30 | |
| Majority | 971 | 2.40 | |
| 7 December 1927 Death of Sir Arthur Holland. | |||
| 9 January 1928 | 40,466/48,048 | 84.22 | |
| Labour Party | 15,173 | 37.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,616 | 36.12 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,584 | 23.68 | |
| Independent Conservative | 1,093 | 2.70 | |
| Majority | 557 | 1.38 | |
| 30 May 1929 | 53,587/61,222 | 87.53 | |
| Labour Party | 22,356 | 41.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,177 | 37.65 | |
| Liberal Party | 11,054 | 20.63 | |
| Majority | 2,179 | 4.07 | |
| 27 October 1931 | 54,715/62,577 | 87.44 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,817 | 63.63 | |
| Labour Party | 19,898 | 36.37 | |
| Majority | 14,919 | 27.27 | |
| 14 November 1935 | 49,421/62,079 | 79.61 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,438 | 51.47 | |
| Labour Party | 23,983 | 48.53 | |
| Majority | 1,455 | 2.94 | |
| 11 November 1940 Resignation of Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, Bt. (Northstead) | |||
| 6 December 1940 | 17,754/59,267 | 29.96 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,587 | 93.43 | |
| Christian Pacifist | 1,167 | 6.57 | |
| Majority | 15,420 | 86.85 | |
| 5 July 1945 | 49,114/65,134 | 75.40 | |
| Labour Party | 27,681 | 56.36 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,684 | 42.11 | |
| Independent Labour | 749 | 1.53 | |
| Majority | 6,997 | 14.25 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 23 February 1950 | 65,229/74,502 | 87.55 | |
| Labour Party | 31,946 | 48.98 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,664 | 37.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,619 | 13.21 | |
| Majority | 7,282 | 11.16 | |
| 25 October 1951 | 65,282/75,551 | 86.41 | |
| Labour Party | 35,038 | 53.67 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,244 | 46.33 | |
| Majority | 4,794 | 7.34 | |
| 26 May 1955 | 60,890/73,712 | 82.61 | |
| Labour Party | 32,119 | 52.75 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,771 | 47.25 | |
| Majority | 3,348 | 5.50 | |
| 8 October 1959 | 60,099/72,521 | 82.87 | |
| Labour Party | 27,823 | 46.30 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,106 | 41.77 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,170 | 11.93 | |
| Majority | 2,717 | 4.52 | |
| 15 October 1964 | 58,253/73,129 | 79.66 | |
| Labour Party | 28,568 | 49.04 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,128 | 41.42 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,557 | 9.54 | |
| Majority | 4,440 | 7.62 | |
| 31 March 1966 | 55,593/72,781 | 76.38 | |
| Labour Party | 31,541 | 56.74 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,052 | 43.26 | |
| Majority | 7,489 | 13.47 | |
| 18 June 1970 | 53,607/74,502 | 71.95 | |
| Labour Party | 27,424 | 51.16 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,183 | 48.84 | |
| Majority | 1,241 | 2.31 | |