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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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12 December 1832		360/412	87.38
Benjamin Lester Lester	Whig	284	78.89
Rt Hon Sir John Byng	Whig	186	51.67
Charles Augustus Tulk	Whig	168	46.67
Majority		18	5.00

7 January 1835		297/450	66.00
Rt Hon Sir John Byng	Whig	230	77.44
Charles Augustus Tulk	Whig	199	67.00
John Irving	Conservative Party	119	40.07
T Bonar	Conservative Party	46	15.49
Majority		80	26.94

12 May 1835 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir John Byng to the Peerage - Baron Strafford.

21 May 1835		373/450	82.89
Hon George Stevens Byng	Whig	199	53.35
Sir John Colquhoun Grant	Conservative Party	174	46.65
Majority		25	6.70

25 July 1837		504/645	78.14
Hon Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby	Whig	278	55.16
George Richard Philips	Whig	259	51.39
Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, bt	Conservative Party	242	48.02
Sir John Benn Walsh, bt	Conservative Party	222	44.05
Majority		17	3.37

1837 Petition - withdrawn.

1 July 1841		410/469	87.42
Hon Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby	Whig	231	73.22
George Richard Philips	Whig	211	66.88
George Pitt Rose	Conservative Party	189	59.90
Majority		22	5.37

31 July 1847		358/522	68.58
George Richard Robinson	Peelite	240	67.04
George Richard Philips	Whig	220	61.45
Edward John Hutchins	Whig	203	56.70
Montague Merryweather Turner	Radical	52	14.53
Majority		17	4.75

24 August 1850 Death of George Robinson.

24 September 1850		354/498	71.08
Henry Danby Seymour	Whig	187	52.82
John Savage	Conservative Party	167	47.18
Majority		20	5.65

8 July 1852		508
Henry Danby Seymour	Whig	Unopposed
George Woodroffe Franklyn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 March 1857		249/539	46.20
Henry Danby Seymour	Whig	211	84.74
George Woodroffe Franklyn	Conservative Party	189	75.90
William Taylor Haly	Radical	98	39.36
Majority		91	36.55

30 April 1859		376/553	67.99
George Woodroffe Franklyn	Conservative Party	208	55.32
Henry Danby Seymour	Liberal Party	193	51.33
William Taylor Haly	Liberal Party	143	38.03
Majority		50	13.30

12 July 1865		431/521	82.73
Henry Danby Seymour	Liberal Party	258	59.86
Charles Waring	Liberal Party	248	57.54
Stephen Lewin	Conservative Party	178	41.30
Majority		70	16.24

17 November 1868		1,186/1,256	94.43
Arthur Edward Guest	Conservative Party	623	52.53
Charles Waring	Liberal Party	563	47.47
Majority		60	5.06

3 February 1874		1,285/1,526	84.21
Charles Waring	Liberal Party	705	54.86
Arthur Edward Guest	Conservative Party	580	45.14
Majority		125	9.73

26 May 1874		1,253/1,526	82.11
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Party	631	50.36
Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, Bt	Conservative Party	622	49.64
Majority		9	0.72

1874 Petition - withdrawn.

13 May 1874 Petition - election declared void.

31 March 1880		1,702/1,911	89.06
Charles Schreiber	Conservative Party	854	50.18
Charles Waring	Liberal Party	848	49.82
Majority		6	0.35

31 March 1884 Death of Charles Schreiber.

19 April 1884		1,692/1,983	85.33
William James Harris	Conservative Party	877	51.83
Thomas Chatfield Clarke	Liberal Party	815	48.17
Majority		62	3.66

New
23 February 1950		49,305/56,606	87.10
Mervyn James Wheatley	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,344	49.37
Evelyn Mansfield King	Labour Party	17,831	36.16
William Ridgway	Liberal Party	7,130	14.46
Majority		6,513	13.21

25 October 1951		50,373/59,286	84.97
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,998	53.60
Leonard Joseph Matchan	Labour Party	18,346	36.42
William Ridgway	Liberal Party	5,029	9.98
Majority		8,652	17.18

26 May 1955		49,376/61,004	80.94
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,594	53.86
Frederick Charles Reeves	Labour Party	17,032	34.49
James Charles Holland	Liberal Party	5,750	11.65
Majority		9,562	19.37

8 October 1959		51,016/63,554	80.27
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,956	52.84
Alan John Williams	Labour Party	15,325	30.04
James Charles Holland	Liberal Party	8,735	17.12
Majority		11,631	22.80

15 October 1964		52,832/66,000	80.05
Henry Oscar Murton	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,440	46.26
Henry Toch	Labour Party	16,158	30.58
Herbert Charles Richard Ballam	Liberal Party	12,234	23.16
Majority		8,282	15.68

31 March 1966		53,475/67,687	79.00
Henry Oscar Murton	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,451	47.59
David Alwyn Sutton	Labour Party	19,630	36.71
Brian Sidney Sherriff	Liberal Party	8,394	15.70
Majority		5,821	10.89

18 June 1970		58,556/77,927	75.14
Henry Oscar Murton	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,100	53.11
Ian Sydney Campbell	Labour Party	17,610	30.07
Geoffrey Maxwell Goode	Liberal Party	9,846	16.81
Majority		13,490	23.04

28 February 1974		67,678/82,691	81.84
Henry Oscar Murton	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,156	46.04
Geoffrey Maxwell Goode	Liberal Party	21,088	31.16
Garfield William Hobbs	Labour Party	15,434	22.81
Majority		10,068	14.88

10 October 1974		62,801/83,382	75.32
Henry Oscar Murton	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,982	46.15
Geoffrey Maxwell Goode	Liberal Party	17,557	27.96
Garfield William Hobbs	Labour Party	16,262	25.89
Majority		11,425	18.19

3 May 1979		68,138/87,208	78.13
John Deveraux Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,846	57.01
David Alan Bell	Labour Party	15,291	22.44
Bryan Herbert Sutton	Liberal Party	14,001	20.55
Majority		23,555	34.57

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,059/71,559	72.75
John Deveraux Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,358	58.31
Brian Ralph Clements	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,929	30.60
Michael Victor Castle	Labour Party	5,595	10.75
Allan Stewart Foster	Independent	177	0.34
Majority		14,429	27.72

11 June 1987		59,411/77,481	76.68
John Deveraux Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,159	57.50
Dr Robert James Whitley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	19,351	32.57
Michael John Shutler	Labour Party	5,901	9.93
Majority		14,808	24.92

9 April 1992		62,894/79,221	79.39
John Deveraux Ward	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,445	53.18
Brian Ralph Clements	Liberal Democrats	20,614	32.78
Haydn Roger White	Labour Party	6,912	10.99
Michael Steen	Independent Conservative	1,620	2.58
Alistair Lidard Bailey	Natural Law Party	303	0.48
Majority		12,831	20.40

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		46,810/66,078	70.84
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,726	42.14
Alan Graham Tetlow	Liberal Democrats	14,428	30.82
Hadyn Roger White	Labour Party	10,100	21.58
John William Riddington	Referendum Party	1,932	4.13
Peter Charles Tyler	UK Independence Party	487	1.04
Jennifer Mary Rosta	Natural Law Party	137	0.29
Majority		5,298	11.32

7 June 2001		39,233/64,644	60.69
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,710	45.14
David Thomas Watt	Labour Party	10,544	26.88
Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook	Liberal Democrats	10,011	25.52
John Bass	UK Independence Party	968	2.47
Majority		7,166	18.27

5 May 2005		40,513/64,178	63.13
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,571	43.37
Michael Ian Plummer	Liberal Democrats	11,583	28.59
Darren Adrian Brown	Labour Party	9,376	23.14
Cyril John Barnes	UK Independence Party	1,436	3.54
Peter Leslie Pirnie	British National Party	547	1.35
Majority		5,988	14.78

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,436/72,614	65.33
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,532	47.50
Philip Michael Eades	Liberal Democrats	14,991	31.60
Jason Graham Sanderson	Labour Party	6,041	12.74
Nick Wellstead	UK Independence Party	2,507	5.29
David Holmes	British National Party	1,188	2.50
Ian Donald Northover	Independent	177	0.37
Majority		7,541	15.90

7 May 2015		47,393/72,557	65.32
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,745	50.10
David McPherson Young	UK Independence Party	7,956	16.79
Helen Mary Elizabeth Rosser	Labour Party	6,102	12.88
Philip Michael Eades	Liberal Democrats	5,572	11.76
Adrian John Oliver	Green Party	2,198	4.64
Mark Edward Howell	Poole People	1,766	3.73
Ian Donald Northover	Independent	54	0.11
Majority		15,789	33.32

8 June 2017		49,850/73,796	67.55
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,888	57.95
Katie Taylor	Labour Party	14,679	29.45
Michael Ian Plummer	Liberal Democrats	4,433	8.89
Adrian John Oliver	Green Party	1,299	2.61
Marty Caine	Demos Direct Initiative	551	1.11
Majority		14,209	28.50

12 December 2019		50,451/73,989	68.19
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,599	58.67
Sue Aitkenhead	Labour and Co-operative Party	10,483	20.78
Victoria Mel Elizabeth Collins	Liberal Democrats	7,819	15.50
Barry Harding-Rathbone	Green Party	1,702	3.37
David McPherson Young	Independent	848	1.68
Majority		19,116	37.89

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,495/72,509	61.36
Neil John Duncan-Jordan	Labour Party	14,168	31.84
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,150	31.80
Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu	Reform UK	7,429	16.70
Oliver John Walters	Liberal Democrats	5,507	12.38
Sarah Catherine Ward	Green Party	2,218	4.98
Joe Cronin	Independent	698	1.57
Leanne Barnes	UK Independence Party	325	0.73
Majority		18	0.04