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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Boundary Change
10 December 1832		971/1,011	96.04
Hon Charles Langdale	Whig	516	53.14
Henry Burton	Whig	490	50.46
Charles Winn	Tory	464	47.79
Majority		26	2.68

5 January 1835		994/1,042	95.39
James Weir Hogg	Conservative Party	523	52.62
Henry Burton	Whig	497	50.00
Joseph Sykes	Whig	314	31.59
Majority		183	18.41

25 July 1837		976/1,062	91.90
James Weir Hogg	Conservative Party	622	63.73
George Lane Fox	Conservative Party	582	59.63
James Clay	Whig	380	38.93
George Rennie	Whig	347	35.55
Majority		202	20.70

January 1840 Resignation of George Lane Fox. (Chiltern Hundreds)

24 January 1840		966/1,053	91.74
Sackville Walter Lane Fox	Conservative Party	556	57.56
Thomas Lamie Murray	Whig	410	42.44
Majority		146	15.11

30 June 1841		1,012/1,073	94.32
John Towneley	Whig	531	52.47
James Weir Hogg	Conservative Party	529	52.27
Sackville Walter Lane Fox	Conservative Party	489	48.32
Majority		40	3.95

30 July 1847		780/1,357	57.48
John Towneley	Whig	543	69.62
Sackville Walter Lane Fox	Conservative Party	542	69.49
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bt	Whig	257	32.95
Majority		285	36.54

7 July 1852		1,095/1,405	77.94
Hon Francis Charles Lawley	Radical	611	55.80
William Wells	Radical	584	53.33
Edward Auchmuty Glover	Independent Conservative	497	45.39
Majority		87	7.95

July 1854 Resignation of Hon Francis Lawley. (Northstead)

31 July 1854		685/1,333	51.39
Hon Arthur Hamilton-Gordon	Peelite	493	71.97
George Woodyatt Hastings	Independent Liberal	192	28.03
Majority		301	43.94

28 March 1857		1,029/1,136	90.58
Hon William Henry Forester Denison	Whig	566	55.00
Edward Auchmuty Glover	Independent Conservative	537	52.19
William Wells	Radical	492	47.81
Majority		45	4.37

11 August 1857		980/1,136	86.27
Henry Edwards	Conservative Party	579	59.08
William Wells	Radical	401	40.92
Majority		178	18.16

1857 Petition - withdrawn.

28 July 1857 Petition - against Hon William Denison withdrawn.

3 August 1857 Petition - Edward Glover unseated.

29 April 1859		819/1,210	67.69
Ralph Walters	Liberal Party	605	73.87
Henry Edwards	Conservative Party	539	65.81
James Robert Walker	Conservative Party	439	53.60
Edward Auchmuty Glover	Independent	54	6.59
Majority		100	12.21

1859 Petition - against Henry Edwards dismissed.

1859 Petition - Ralph Walters unseated.

31 January 1860		1,072/1,213	88.38
James Robert Walker	Conservative Party	599	55.88
Henry Gillett Gridley	Liberal Party	473	44.12
Majority		126	11.75

1860 Petition - dismissed.

12 July 1865		1,158/1,239	93.46
Henry Edwards	Conservative Party	689	59.50
Christopher Sykes	Conservative Party	637	55.01
David Deady Keane	Liberal Party	495	42.75
Majority		142	12.26

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

17 November 1868		1,877/2,672	70.25
Sir Henry Edwards, Bt	Conservative Party	1,132	60.31
Edmund Hegan Kennard	Conservative Party	986	52.53
Hon Marmaduke C Maxwell	Liberal Party	895	47.68
Anthony Trollope	Liberal Party	740	39.42
Majority		91	4.85

11 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

4 July 1870 As a result of a Royal Commission which found proof of extensive bribery, the Borough was disenfranchised.

New
23 February 1950		47,938/57,782	82.96
George William Odey	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,699	55.69
Arnold William Gray	Labour Party	12,399	25.86
Harold Stewart Freemantle	Liberal Party	7,719	16.10
Gofton Thorley	Independent Conservative	1,121	2.34
Majority		14,300	29.83

25 October 1951		47,237/59,067	79.97
George William Odey	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,937	59.14
Thomas Brennan	Labour Party	12,778	27.05
Harold Stewart Freemantle	Liberal Party	6,522	13.81
Majority		15,159	32.09

New
9 June 1983		55,518/76,835	72.26
Sir Patrick Henry Bligh Wall	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,233	56.26
Michael Ford Pitts	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,364	31.28
Elliot Anthony Morley	Labour Party	6,921	12.47
Majority		13,869	24.98

11 June 1987		60,224/79,958	75.32
James Douglas Cran	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,459	52.24
John William Bryant	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,864	31.32
Martin Shaw	Labour Party	9,901	16.44
Majority		12,595	20.91

9 April 1992		64,714/81,198	79.70
James Douglas Cran	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,503	53.32
Arthur Collinge	Liberal Democrats	17,986	27.79
Colin Robert Challen	Labour Party	12,026	18.58
David Hetherington	Natural Law Party	199	0.31
Majority		16,517	25.52