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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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12 December 1832		4,309
Thomas Attwood	Radical	Unopposed
Joshua Scholefield	Radical	Unopposed

12 January 1835		2,580/3,681	70.09
Thomas Attwood	Radical	1,718	66.59
Joshua Scholefield	Radical	1,660	64.34
Richard Spooner	Conservative Party	915	35.47
Majority		745	28.88

26 July 1837		3,135/5,236	59.87
Thomas Attwood	Radical	2,145	68.42
Joshua Scholefield	Radical	2,114	67.43
Augustus Granville Stapleton	Conservative Party	1,046	33.37
Majority		1,068	34.07

January 1840 Resignation of Thomas Attwood. (Chiltern Hundreds)

25 January 1840		2,371/4,619	51.33
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	1,454	61.32
Sir Charles Wetherell	Conservative Party	917	38.68
Majority		537	22.65

2 July 1841		3,756/5,870	63.99
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	2,176	57.93
Joshua Scholefield	Radical	1,963	52.26
Richard Spooner	Conservative Party	1,825	48.59
Majority		138	3.67

4 July 1844 Death of Joshua Scholefield.

15 July 1844		4,176/6,129	68.14
Richard Spooner	Conservative Party	2,095	50.17
William Scholefield	Radical	1,735	41.55
Joseph Sturge	Chartist	346	8.29
Majority		360	8.62

31 July 1847		5,110/7,081	72.16
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	2,830	55.38
William Scholefield	Radical	2,824	55.26
Richard Spooner	Conservative Party	2,302	45.05
Sergeant Allen	Radical	89	1.74
Majority		522	10.22

7 July 1852		7,936
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	Unopposed
William Scholefield	Radical	Unopposed

27 March 1857		9,074
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	Unopposed
William Scholefield	Radical	Unopposed

30 July 1857 Death of George Muntz.

10 August 1857		9,074
John Bright	Radical	Unopposed

30 April 1859		5,898/9,222	63.96
William Scholefield	Liberal Party	4,425	75.03
John Bright	Liberal Party	4,282	72.60
Thomas Dyke Acland	Conservative Party	1,544	26.18
Majority		2,738	46.42

12 July 1865		14,997
William Scholefield	Liberal Party	Unopposed
John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 July 1867 Death of William Scholefield.

23 July 1867
George Dixon	Liberal Party	5,819	58.00
Sampson Samuel Lloyd	Conservative Party	4,214	42.00
Majority		1,605	16.00

18 November 1868		22,685/42,042	53.96
George Dixon	Liberal Party	15,198	67.00
Philip Henry Muntz	Liberal Party	14,614	64.42
John Bright	Liberal Party	14,601	64.36
Sampson Samuel Lloyd	Conservative Party	8,700	38.35
Sebastian Evans	Conservative Party	7,061	31.13
Majority		5,901	26.01

9 December 1868 Resignation of John Bright on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

21 December 1868		42,042
John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1873 Resignation of John Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

20 October 1873
John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 January 1874		51,361
George Dixon	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Philip Henry Muntz	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

21 June 1876 Resignation of George Dixon. (Chiltern Hundreds)

27 June 1876
Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal Party	Unopposed

31 March 1880		47,295/63,398	74.60
Philip Henry Muntz	Liberal Party	22,969	48.57
Rt Hon John Bright	Liberal Party	20,079	42.45
Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal Party	19,544	41.32
Frederick Burnaby	Conservative Party	15,735	33.27
Hon Augustus Cholmondley Gough-Calthorpe	Conservative Party	14,308	30.25
Majority		3,809	8.05

28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon John Bright on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

3 May 1880 Resignation of Joseph Chamberlain on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

7 May 1880		63,398
Rt Hon John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal Party	Unopposed