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10 December 1832		956
Hon Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham	Whig	Unopposed
John Gully	Whig	Unopposed

6 January 1835		743/862	86.19
John Gully	Whig	509	68.51
John Charles George Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	498	67.03
Alexander Raphael	Whig	478	64.33
Majority		20	2.69

25 July 1837		679/795	85.41
Richard Monckton Milnes	Conservative Party	507	74.67
William Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley	Whig	403	59.35
Sir Culling Eardley Smith, bt	Whig	123	18.11
Henry Gompertz	Conservative Party
Majority		280	41.24

29 June 1841		632/712	88.76
John Charles George Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	464	73.42
Richard Monckton Milnes	Conservative Party	433	68.51
John Gully	Whig	253	40.03
Majority		180	28.48

30 July 1847		563/685	82.19
Samuel Martin	Whig	415	73.71
Richard Monckton Milnes	Conservative Party	365	64.83
Thomas Henry Preston	Conservative Party	346	61.46
Majority		19	3.37

1851 Resignation of Samuel Martin on appointment as a Judge of the Court of the Exchequer.

13 February 1851		542/675	80.30
Beilby Richard Lawley	Whig	427	78.78
John Charles George Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	115	21.22
Majority		312	57.56

9 May 1852 Succession of Hon Beilby Lawley to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Wenlock.

8 July 1852		542/684	79.24
Richard Monckton Milnes	Conservative Party	433	79.89
Benjamin Oliveira	Whig	338	62.36
William David Lewis	Conservative Party	313	57.75
Majority		25	4.61

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

28 March 1857		566/705	80.28
Richard Monckton Milnes	Whig	439	77.56
William Wood	Whig	374	66.08
Benjamin Oliveira	Whig	319	56.36
Majority		55	9.72

1857 Petition - dismissed.

29 April 1859		550/701	78.46
Richard Monckton Milnes	Liberal Party	497	90.36
William Overend	Conservative Party	306	55.64
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	296	53.82
Majority		10	1.82

1859 Petition - withdrawn.

13 December 1859 Resignation of William Overend. (Hempholme)

31 January 1860		577/689	83.74
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	320	55.46
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	257	44.54
Majority		63	10.92

1860 Petition - withdrawn.

28 July 1863 Resignation of Richard Milnes.

3 August 1863
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	Unopposed

April 1864 Resignation of Hugh Childers on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

20 April 1864
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 July 1865		654/699	93.56
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	359	54.89
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	330	50.46
William McArthur	Liberal Party	288	44.04
Majority		42	6.42

17 November 1868		1,697/1,910	88.85
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	913	53.80
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	900	53.03
Charles George Milnes Gaskell	Liberal Party	680	40.07
Majority		220	12.96

December 1868 Resignation of Hugh Childers on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.

21 December 1868		1,910
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 August 1872 Resignation of Hugh Childers on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

17 August 1872		1,236/1,941	63.68
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	658	53.24
John Horace Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	578	46.76
Majority		80	6.47

This was the first contest to be held under a secret ballot.

4 February 1874		1,719/2,038	84.35
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	934	54.33
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	861	50.09
John Horace Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	709	41.24
Majority		152	8.84

1 April 1880		1,857/2,429	76.45
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	1,154	62.14
Solomon Rees Sidney Woolf	Liberal Party	1,029	55.41
Edward Green	Conservative Party	904	48.68
John Shaw	Conservative Party	627	33.76
Majority		125	6.73

28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon Hugh Childers on appointment as Secretary of State for the War Department.

8 May 1880		2,429
Rt Hon Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		2,186/2,465	88.68
Hon Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	1,111	50.82
Rt Hon Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	1,075	49.18
Majority		36	1.65

3 July 1886		2,103/2,465	85.31
Hon Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	1,156	54.97
Charles James Fleming	Liberal Party	947	45.03
Majority		209	9.94

4 July 1892		2,224/2,518	88.32
Hon Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	1,132	50.90
Henry Smithson Lee Wilson	Liberal Party	1,092	49.10
Majority		40	1.80

17 January 1893 Succession of Hon Rowland Winn to the Peerage - 2 Baron St Oswald.

13 February 1893		2,393/2,575	92.93
Harold James Reckitt	Liberal Party	1,228	51.32
John Reginald Shaw	Conservative Party	1,165	48.68
Majority		63	2.63

14 June 1893 Election declared void on petition.

26 June 1893		2,350/2,575	91.26
Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal Party	1,191	50.68
Elliott Lees	Conservative Party	1,159	49.32
Majority		32	1.36

15 July 1895		2,433/2,721	89.42
Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal Party	1,245	51.17
James Fitzalan Hope	Conservative Party	1,188	48.83
Majority		57	2.34

4 October 1900		2,654/3,004	88.35
Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal Party	1,385	52.19
Sir Frederick W Ripley, Bt	Conservative Party	1,269	47.81
Majority		116	4.37

16 January 1906		2,867/3,288	87.20
Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal Party	1,837	64.07
Charles Edward Yate	Conservative Party	1,030	35.93
Majority		807	28.15

20 January 1910		3,439/3,661	93.94
Sir Thomas Willans Nussey, Bt	Liberal Party	1,924	55.95
John Reginald Shaw	Conservative Party	1,515	44.05
Majority		409	11.89

8 December 1910		3,306/3,661	90.30
Frederick Handel Booth	Liberal Party	1,679	50.79
John Reginald Shaw	Conservative Party	1,627	49.21
Majority		52	1.57

14 December 1918		13,608/29,841	45.60
Rt Hon Sir Joseph Compton Compton-Rickett	Liberal Party - Coalition	8,561	62.91
Isaac Burns	Labour Party	5,047	37.09
Majority		3,514	25.82

1919 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett.

6 September 1919		18,365/29,841	61.54
Walter Forrest	Liberal Party - Coalition	9,920	54.02
Isaac Burns	Labour Party	8,445	45.98
Majority		1,475	8.03

15 November 1922		23,475/31,747	73.94
Tom Smith	Labour Party	9,111	38.81
Joshua Scholefield	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,485	36.14
Walter Forrest	National Liberal Party	5,879	25.04
Majority		626	2.67

6 December 1923		24,573/33,425	73.52
Tom Smith	Labour Party	11,134	45.31
Albert Newby Braithwaite	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,872	36.10
Mary Pollock Grant	Liberal Party	4,567	18.59
Majority		2,262	9.21

29 October 1924		26,789/35,148	76.22
Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,745	51.31
Tom Smith	Labour Party	13,044	48.69
Majority		701	2.62

30 May 1929		36,267/45,254	80.14
Tom Smith	Labour Party	17,335	47.80
Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,040	27.68
Harold Powis	Liberal Party	8,892	24.52
Majority		7,295	20.11

27 October 1931		37,811/46,745	80.89
Thomas Edmund Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,941	55.38
Tom Smith	Labour Party	16,870	44.62
Majority		4,071	10.77

14 November 1935		37,040/48,900	75.75
Adam Hills	Labour Party	19,783	53.41
Victor Basil John Seely	National Liberal Party	17,257	46.59
Majority		2,526	6.82

June 1941 Death of Adam Hills.

24 July 1941
Percy Gott Barstow	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		40,738/54,537	74.70
Percy Gott Barstow	Labour Party	24,690	60.61
Kenneth Hargreaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,048	39.39
Majority		8,642	21.21

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,863/53,681	87.30
George Oscar Sylvester	Labour Party	35,432	75.61
Maurice Grant	National Liberal and Conservative Party	11,431	24.39
Majority		24,001	51.22

25 October 1951		46,323/53,856	86.01
George Oscar Sylvester	Labour Party	35,280	76.16
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike	National Liberal and Conservative Party	11,043	23.84
Majority		24,237	52.32

26 May 1955		42,829/53,877	79.49
George Oscar Sylvester	Labour Party	32,646	76.22
Alan Geoffrey Blake	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,183	23.78
Majority		22,463	52.45

8 October 1959		46,078/54,677	84.27
George Oscar Sylvester	Labour Party	35,194	76.38
Edward Thomas Bowman	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,884	23.62
Majority		24,310	52.76

26 October 1961 Death of George Sylvester.

22 March 1962		34,240/54,126	63.26
Joseph Harper	Labour Party	26,461	77.28
Arthur Paul Dean	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,633	19.37
Russell Ernest Eckley	Independent	1,146	3.35
Majority		19,828	57.91

15 October 1964		42,485/54,774	77.56
Joseph Harper	Labour Party	32,357	76.16
John Flett Whitfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,128	23.84
Majority		22,229	52.32

31 March 1966		41,255/54,551	75.63
Joseph Harper	Labour Party	32,328	78.36
Anthony Francis Wigram	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,927	21.64
Majority		23,401	56.72

18 June 1970		42,461/60,146	70.60
Joseph Harper	Labour Party	31,774	74.83
Ian Deslandes	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,687	25.17
Majority		21,087	49.66