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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 December 1885		7,551/8,522	88.61
Hon Edwin Berkeley Portman	Liberal Party	4,520	59.86
Hon Humphrey Napier Sturt	Conservative Party	3,031	40.14
Majority		1,489	19.72

17 July 1886		6,907/8,522	81.05
Hon Edwin Berkeley Portman	Liberal Party	3,571	51.70
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Unionist Party	3,336	48.30
Majority		235	3.40

15 July 1892		7,437/8,714	85.35
John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby	Conservative Party	3,981	53.53
Arthur Arnold	Liberal Party	3,456	46.47
Majority		525	7.06

17 July 1895		8,548
John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 October 1900		6,870/8,318	82.59
John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby	Conservative Party	3,705	53.93
Hon George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon	Liberal Party	3,165	46.07
Majority		540	7.86

25 December 1904 Death of John Wingfield-Digby.

26 January 1905		7,569/8,338	90.78
Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal Party	4,239	56.00
Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, Bt	Conservative Party	3,330	44.00
Majority		909	12.01

19 January 1906		7,661/8,490	90.24
Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal Party	4,153	54.21
Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, Bt	Conservative Party	3,508	45.79
Majority		645	8.42

19 January 1910		8,037/8,616	93.28
Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, Bt	Conservative Party	4,093	50.93
Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal Party	3,944	49.07
Majority		149	1.85

7 December 1910		7,806/8,616	90.60
Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, Bt	Conservative Party	3,919	50.20
Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal Party	3,887	49.80
Majority		32	0.41

14 December 1918		14,852/24,334	61.03
William Philip Colfox	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	7,532	50.71
John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	7,320	49.29
Majority		212	1.43

15 November 1922		20,674/24,539	84.25
John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	10,805	52.26
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,869	47.74
Majority		936	4.53

6 December 1923		21,203/25,160	84.27
John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	10,992	51.84
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,211	48.16
Majority		781	3.68

29 October 1924		22,160/25,616	86.51
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,819	53.33
John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	10,341	46.67
Majority		1,478	6.67

30 May 1929		25,782/31,684	81.37
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,203	47.33
Hon William Borthwick	Liberal Party	11,281	43.76
Colin Grant Clark	Labour Party	2,298	8.91
Majority		922	3.58

27 October 1931		26,181/31,898	82.08
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,499	59.20
Hon William Borthwick	Liberal Party	10,682	40.80
Majority		4,817	18.40

14 November 1935		26,057/32,714	79.65
Cecil Hanbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,055	50.10
Hon William Borthwick	Liberal Party	9,871	37.88
George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers	Agriculturalist	1,771	6.80
Mary May Whitehead	Labour Party	1,360	5.22
Majority		3,184	12.22

George Pitt-Rivers was the nominee of the North Dorset Agricultural Defence League.

10 June 1937 Death of Cecil Hanbury.

13 July 1937		23,951/32,654	73.35
Angus Valdimar Hambro	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,247	51.13
Hon William Borthwick	Liberal Party	11,704	48.87
Majority		543	2.27

5 July 1945		26,923/35,879	75.04
Charles Frank Byers	Liberal Party	14,444	53.65
Richard Hamilton Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,479	46.35
Majority		1,965	7.30