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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 December 1885		8,525/10,083	84.55
Stanley Leighton	Conservative Party	4,753	55.75
Henry Lorenzo Jephson	Liberal Party	3,772	44.25
Majority		981	11.51

3 July 1886		10,083
Stanley Leighton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 July 1892		10,774
Stanley Leighton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

20 July 1895		8,203/9,958	82.38
Stanley Leighton	Conservative Party	4,605	56.14
Owen Thomas	Liberal Party	3,598	43.86
Majority		1,007	12.28

1 October 1900
Stanley Leighton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 May 1901 Death of Stanley Leighton.

24 May 1901		7,948/9,998	79.50
Hon George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	4,518	56.84
Allan Heywood Bright	Liberal Party	3,430	43.16
Majority		1,088	13.69

26 June 1904 Succession of Hon George Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Harlech.

26 July 1904		8,699/10,075	86.34
Allan Heywood Bright	Liberal Party	4,542	52.21
William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative Party	4,157	47.79
Majority		385	4.43

19 January 1906		9,519/10,490	90.74
William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative Party	5,011	52.64
Allan Heywood Bright	Liberal Party	4,508	47.36
Majority		503	5.28

22 January 1910		9,382/10,151	92.42
William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative Party	5,003	53.33
Edward Powell	Liberal Party	4,379	46.67
Majority		624	6.65

12 December 1910		8,988/10,151	88.54
William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative Party	4,867	54.15
Edward Powell	Liberal Party	4,121	45.85
Majority		746	8.30

14 December 1918		20,743/31,977	64.87
William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,276	59.18
Thomas Morris	Labour Party	8,467	40.82
Majority		3,809	18.36

15 November 1922		25,602/31,923	80.20
Rt Hon William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,837	50.14
Russell Sidebottom	Liberal Party	6,660	26.01
Thomas Morris	Labour Party	6,105	23.85
Majority		6,177	24.13

6 December 1923		24,718/32,595	75.83
Rt Hon William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,528	46.64
Russell Sidebottom	Liberal Party	9,713	39.30
Sidney Ronald Campion	Labour Party	3,477	14.07
Majority		1,815	7.34

29 October 1924		25,962/32,913	78.88
Rt Hon William Clive Bridgeman	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,316	55.14
Russell Sidebottom	Liberal Party	6,143	23.66
Thomas Morris	Labour Party	5,503	21.20
Majority		8,173	31.48

30 May 1929		33,063/41,953	78.81
Bertie Edward Parker Leighton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,554	47.04
Prof John Share Jones	Liberal Party	10,565	31.95
Hugh Simon Evans	Labour Party	6,944	21.00
Majority		4,989	15.09

27 October 1931		32,083/42,928	74.74
Bertie Edward Parker Leighton	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,740	74.00
William Elim Warder	Labour Party	8,343	26.00
Majority		15,397	47.99

14 November 1935		43,874
Bertie Edward Parker Leighton	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		34,908/48,719	71.65
Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,082	54.66
Denys Gilbert Ewart Boyd-Carpenter	Labour Party	10,777	30.87
Leslie Corbet Burcher	Liberal Party	5,049	14.46
Majority		8,305	23.79

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		38,118/48,700	78.27
Hon William David Ormsby-Gore	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,562	61.81
Arthur George Wait	Labour Party	14,556	38.19
Majority		9,006	23.63

25 October 1951		38,314/49,830	76.89
Hon William David Ormsby-Gore	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,843	62.23
Arthur George Wait	Labour Party	14,471	37.77
Majority		9,372	24.46

26 May 1955		35,293/50,289	70.18
Hon William David Ormsby-Gore	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,859	64.77
Mark Edward Boggin	Labour Party	12,434	35.23
Majority		10,425	29.54

8 October 1959		37,654/50,772	74.16
Rt Hon William David Ormsby-Gore	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,055	55.92
Glyn Thomas	Labour Party	10,531	27.97
Dennis Gilbert Rees	Liberal Party	6,068	16.12
Majority		10,524	27.95

1 June 1961 Resignation of Rt Hon David Ormsby-Gore on appointment as United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States of America. (Chiltern Hundreds)

8 November 1961		30,433/50,057	60.80
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,428	40.84
John Robson Buchanan	Liberal Party	8,647	28.41
Alastair Brian Walden	Labour Party	8,519	27.99
John Elmer Dayton	Patriotic Front	839	2.76
Majority		3,781	12.42

John Dayton sought election for the "Patriotic Front for Political Action".

15 October 1964		38,336/50,066	76.57
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,184	47.43
George Joseph Costley	Labour Party	11,407	29.76
Thomas Rowland Crowther	Liberal Party	8,745	22.81
Majority		6,777	17.68

31 March 1966		36,748/50,102	73.35
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,727	48.24
George Joseph Costley	Labour Party	13,011	35.41
Thomas Rowland Crowther	Liberal Party	6,010	16.35
Majority		4,716	12.83

18 June 1970		40,125/55,575	72.20
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,361	50.74
Neil Turner	Labour Party	10,801	26.92
Dr Edward Paul Cadbury	Liberal Party	8,963	22.34
Majority		9,560	23.83

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		43,551/55,927	77.87
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,438	46.93
David John Evans	Liberal Party	13,428	30.83
John Bishton	Labour Party	9,685	22.24
Majority		7,010	16.10

10 October 1974		40,539/56,414	71.86
William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,165	47.28
John Bishton	Labour Party	10,751	26.52
David John Evans	Liberal Party	10,623	26.20
Majority		8,414	20.76

3 May 1979		43,106/58,334	73.90
Rt Hon William John Biffen	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,551	54.64
Peter Ernest Sandland-Nielsen	Labour Party	10,150	23.55
David John Evans	Liberal Party	9,405	21.82
Majority		13,401	31.09