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| 10 December 1832 | 5,538/6,352 | 87.19 | |
| Tory | 3,372 | 60.89 | |
| Whig | 3,273 | 59.10 | |
| Radical | 2,054 | 37.09 | |
| Radical | 1,926 | 34.78 | |
| Radical | 118 | 2.13 | |
| Majority | 1,219 | 22.01 | |
| 6 January 1835 | 3,350/3,734 | 89.72 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,165 | 64.63 | |
| Whig | 2,092 | 62.45 | |
| Radical | 1,385 | 41.34 | |
| Radical | 789 | 23.55 | |
| Majority | 707 | 21.10 | |
| 24 July 1837 | 3,264/3,656 | 89.28 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,726 | 83.52 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,821 | 55.79 | |
| Whig | 1,562 | 47.86 | |
| Majority | 259 | 7.94 | |
| 29 June 1841 | 2,905/3,371 | 86.18 | |
| Whig | 1,655 | 56.97 | |
| Whig | 1,629 | 56.08 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,270 | 43.72 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,255 | 43.20 | |
| Majority | 359 | 12.36 | |
| 29 July 1847 | 2,752/3,044 | 90.41 | |
| Whig | 1,404 | 51.02 | |
| Whig | 1,378 | 50.07 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,361 | 49.45 | |
| Majority | 17 | 0.62 | |
| 19 May 1852 Resignation of Charles Grenfell. (Hempholme) | |||
| 6 July 1852 | 2,204/2,854 | 77.22 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,335 | 60.57 | |
| Whig | 1,253 | 56.85 | |
| Whig | 1,127 | 51.13 | |
| Radical | 692 | 31.40 | |
| Majority | 126 | 5.72 | |
| 30 March 1857 | 2,015/2,793 | 72.14 | |
| Whig | 1,503 | 74.59 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,433 | 71.12 | |
| Whig | 1,094 | 54.29 | |
| Majority | 339 | 16.82 | |
| 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| 30 April 1859 | 1,959/2,657 | 73.73 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,542 | 78.71 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,208 | 61.66 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,168 | 59.62 | |
| Majority | 40 | 2.04 | |
| 26 March 1862 Resignation of Richard Cross. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 4 April 1862 | 2,541/2,773 | 91.63 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,527 | 60.09 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,014 | 39.91 | |
| Majority | 513 | 20.19 | |
| 11 July 1865 | 2,562 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| Boundary Change | |||
| 18 November 1868 | 10,454/10,763 | 97.13 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,803 | 55.51 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,700 | 54.52 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,741 | 45.35 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,663 | 44.60 | |
| Majority | 959 | 9.17 | |
| 20 August 1872 Death of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt. | |||
| 16 September 1872 | 8,366/10,214 | 81.91 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,542 | 54.29 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,824 | 45.71 | |
| Majority | 718 | 8.58 | |
| 3 February 1874 | 9,618/12,073 | 79.67 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,512 | 67.71 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,211 | 54.18 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 3,756 | 39.05 | |
| Majority | 1,455 | 15.13 | |
| 1874 Resignation of John Holker on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
| 24 April 1874 | 12,073 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 31 March 1880 | 11,594/12,108 | 95.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,239 | 53.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,641 | 48.65 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,355 | 46.19 | |
| Majority | 286 | 2.47 | |
| 6 May 1881 Death of Edward Hermon. | |||
| 23 May 1881 | 10,344/11,748 | 88.05 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,004 | 58.04 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,340 | 41.96 | |
| Majority | 1,664 | 16.09 | |
| 1882 Resignation of Sir John Holker on appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal. | |||
| 4 February 1882 | 10,257/12,978 | 79.03 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,045 | 58.94 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 4,212 | 41.06 | |
| Majority | 1,833 | 17.87 | |
| 16 November 1882 Resignation of Henry Raikes in order to contest Cambridge University. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 25 November 1882 | 10,518/12,978 | 81.04 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,351 | 60.38 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,167 | 39.62 | |
| Majority | 2,184 | 20.76 | |
| 24 November 1885 | 13,550/14,876 | 91.09 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,459 | 62.43 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,971 | 58.83 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,491 | 40.52 | |
| Majority | 2,480 | 18.30 | |
| 2 July 1886 | 12,473/14,876 | 83.85 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,497 | 60.11 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,296 | 58.49 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,982 | 39.94 | |
| Liberal/Labour | 4,771 | 38.25 | |
| Majority | 2,314 | 37.10 | |
| 4 July 1892 | 14,003/15,959 | 87.74 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,070 | 57.63 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,764 | 55.45 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,182 | 44.15 | |
| Majority | 1,582 | 11.30 | |
| 15 July 1895 | 12,508/16,395 | 76.29 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,928 | 71.38 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,622 | 60.94 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 4,781 | 38.22 | |
| Majority | 2,841 | 22.71 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 1 October 1900 | 12,878/16,867 | 76.35 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,944 | 69.45 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,067 | 62.64 | |
| Labour Party | 4,834 | 37.54 | |
| Majority | 3,233 | 25.10 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 19 November 1900 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Hanbury on appointment as President of the Board of Agriculture. | |||
| 8 December 1900 | 16,867 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 28 April 1903 Death of Rt Hon Robert Hanbury. | |||
| 14 May 1903 | 15,129/17,973 | 84.18 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,639 | 57.10 | |
| Labour Party | 6,490 | 42.90 | |
| Majority | 2,149 | 14.20 | |
| 15 January 1906 | 17,921/18,626 | 96.21 | |
| Labour Party | 10,181 | 56.81 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,538 | 47.64 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,303 | 40.75 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,856 | 38.26 | |
| Majority | 1,235 | 13.78 | |
| 17 January 1910 | 18,421/19,521 | 94.37 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,526 | 51.71 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,160 | 49.73 | |
| Labour Party | 7,539 | 40.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,281 | 34.10 | |
| Free Trade | 2,704 | 14.68 | |
| Majority | 1,621 | 8.80 | |
| Harold Cox was refused re-adoption by the local Liberal Association on account of his frequent criticism of the Liberal Government's social policy. | |||
| 5 December 1910 | 17,362/19,521 | 88.94 | |
| Conservative Party | 9,184 | 52.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,993 | 51.80 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,193 | 47.19 | |
| Labour Party | 7,855 | 45.24 | |
| Majority | 800 | 4.61 | |
| 1915 Resignation of Alfred Tobin on appointment as a County Court Judge. | |||
| 9 June 1915 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 14 December 1918 | 40,263/57,795 | 69.67 | |
| Labour Party | 19,213 | 47.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 18,970 | 47.12 | |
| Liberal Party | 18,485 | 45.91 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 17,928 | 44.53 | |
| Majority | 485 | 1.20 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 November 1922 | 50,869/57,953 | 87.78 | |
| Labour Party | 26,259 | 51.62 | |
| Liberal Party | 24,798 | 48.75 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,574 | 44.38 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,410 | 40.12 | |
| Majority | 2,224 | 4.37 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 December 1923 | 51,805/59,406 | 87.20 | |
| Labour Party | 25,816 | 49.83 | |
| Liberal Party | 25,155 | 48.56 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,962 | 46.25 | |
| Majority | 1,193 | 2.30 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 29 October 1924 | 54,050/60,840 | 88.84 | |
| Labour Party | 27,009 | 49.97 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,887 | 47.89 | |
| Liberal Party | 25,327 | 46.86 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,557 | 45.43 | |
| Majority | 560 | 1.04 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 1929 Resignation of Alfred Kennedy on appointment as a County Court Judge. | |||
| 30 May 1929 | 71,946/81,866 | 87.88 | |
| Labour Party | 37,705 | 52.41 | |
| Liberal Party | 31,277 | 43.47 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,116 | 40.47 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,754 | 38.58 | |
| Independent Labour | 2,111 | 2.93 | |
| Majority | 2,161 | 3.00 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| Servetus Holden stated that he was the nominee of an organisation callled the British Reform and Women's Party (with headquarters in Manchester) which supported local option. | |||
| 12 July 1929 Resignation of William Jowitt who seeks re-election upon joining the Labour Party. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 31 July 1929 | 65,186/81,866 | 79.63 | |
| Labour Party | 35,608 | 54.63 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,168 | 44.75 | |
| Independent Labour | 410 | 0.63 | |
| Majority | 6,440 | 9.88 | |
| Servetus Holden was the nominee of the Preston Progressive Labour Party which was formed shortly after the General Election. | |||
| 27 October 1931 | 72,202/84,243 | 85.71 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 46,276 | 64.09 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 45,843 | 63.49 | |
| Labour Party | 25,710 | 35.61 | |
| Labour Party | 24,660 | 34.15 | |
| Majority | 20,133 | 27.88 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 November 1935 | 69,649/84,291 | 82.63 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,219 | 53.44 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,797 | 52.83 | |
| Labour Party | 32,225 | 46.27 | |
| Labour Party | 31,827 | 45.70 | |
| Majority | 4,572 | 6.56 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 19 October 1936 Resignation of William Kirkpatrick on appointment as Representative in China of the Exports Credits Guarantee Department. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 25 November 1936 | 66,766/84,535 | 78.98 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,575 | 48.79 | |
| Labour Party | 30,970 | 46.39 | |
| Independent | 3,221 | 4.82 | |
| Majority | 1,605 | 2.40 | |
| Freda White was the founder and nominee of the Spinsters Pensions' Association. | |||
| 10 July 1940 Death of Adrian Moreing. | |||
| 25 September 1940 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 5 July 1945 | 70,964/88,535 | 80.15 | |
| Labour Party | 33,053 | 46.58 | |
| Labour Party | 32,889 | 46.35 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,129 | 41.05 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,885 | 39.29 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,251 | 11.63 | |
| Communist Party | 5,168 | 7.28 | |
| Majority | 3,760 | 5.30 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 24 November 1945 Death of John Sunderland. | |||
| 31 January 1946 | 57,907/89,282 | 64.86 | |
| Labour Party | 32,189 | 55.59 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,718 | 44.41 | |
| Majority | 6,471 | 11.17 | |
| New | |||
| 9 June 1983 | 46,681/65,716 | 71.03 | |
| Labour Party | 21,810 | 46.72 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,832 | 31.77 | |
| Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 10,039 | 21.51 | |
| Majority | 6,978 | 14.95 | |
| 11 June 1987 | 44,489/63,257 | 70.33 | |
| Labour Party | 23,341 | 52.46 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,696 | 28.54 | |
| Liberal Party in Alliance | 8,452 | 19.00 | |
| Majority | 10,645 | 23.93 | |
| 9 April 1992 | 46,029/64,158 | 71.74 | |
| Labour Party | 24,983 | 54.28 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,808 | 27.83 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,897 | 17.16 | |
| Natural Law Party | 341 | 0.74 | |
| Majority | 12,175 | 26.45 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 1 May 1997 | 48,074/72,933 | 65.92 | |
| Labour Party | 29,220 | 60.78 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,540 | 21.92 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,045 | 14.65 | |
| Referendum Party | 924 | 1.92 | |
| Natural Law Party | 345 | 0.72 | |
| Majority | 18,680 | 38.86 | |
| 2 September 2000 Death of Mrs Audrey Wise. | |||
| 23 November 2000 | 21,363/72,688 | 29.39 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 9,765 | 45.71 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,339 | 24.99 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,454 | 16.17 | |
| Lancs Soc All | 1,210 | 5.66 | |
| UK Independence Party | 458 | 2.14 | |
| Green Party | 441 | 2.06 | |
| Independent | 416 | 1.95 | |
| British National Party | 229 | 1.07 | |
| Independent | 51 | 0.24 | |
| Majority | 4,426 | 20.72 | |
| David Franklin-Baird sought election for the "Battle of Britain Christian Alliance Party". | |||
| Peter Garrett sought election for the "Preston Alliance - Christian Peoples Alliance". | |||
| 7 June 2001 | 36,041/72,077 | 50.00 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 20,540 | 56.99 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,272 | 22.95 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,746 | 13.17 | |
| Independent | 1,241 | 3.44 | |
| Green Party | 1,019 | 2.83 | |
| Independent | 223 | 0.62 | |
| Majority | 12,268 | 34.04 | |
| 5 May 2005 | 34,081/63,351 | 53.80 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,210 | 50.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,803 | 22.90 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,701 | 16.73 | |
| Respect the Unity Coalition | 2,318 | 6.80 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,049 | 3.08 | |
| Majority | 9,407 | 27.60 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 6 May 2010 | 32,505/60,735 | 53.52 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 15,668 | 48.20 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,935 | 24.41 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,060 | 21.72 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,462 | 4.50 | |
| Christian | 272 | 0.84 | |
| Independent | 108 | 0.33 | |
| Majority | 7,733 | 23.79 | |
| 7 May 2015 | 33,469/59,981 | 55.80 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 18,755 | 56.04 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,688 | 19.98 | |
| UK Independence Party | 5,139 | 15.35 | |
| Green Party | 1,643 | 4.91 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,244 | 3.72 | |
| Majority | 12,067 | 36.05 | |
| 8 June 2017 | 35,597/57,791 | 61.60 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 24,210 | 68.01 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,487 | 23.84 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1,348 | 3.79 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,204 | 3.38 | |
| Green Party | 348 | 0.98 | |
| Majority | 15,723 | 44.17 | |
| 12 December 2019 | 33,790/59,672 | 56.63 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 20,870 | 61.76 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,724 | 25.82 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,799 | 5.32 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,737 | 5.14 | |
| Green Party | 660 | 1.95 | |
| Majority | 12,146 | 35.95 | |
| Major Boundary Change | |||
| 4 July 2024 | 39,993/77,608 | 51.53 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 14,006 | 35.02 | |
| Independent | 8,715 | 21.79 | |
| Reform UK | 5,738 | 14.35 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,212 | 13.03 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,195 | 7.99 | |
| Green Party | 1,751 | 4.38 | |
| Independent | 891 | 2.23 | |
| Rejoin EU | 216 | 0.54 | |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 145 | 0.36 | |
| UK Independence Party | 124 | 0.31 | |
| Majority | 5,291 | 13.23 | |