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14 December 1832		1,001
Charles Fyshe Palmer	Whig	Unopposed
Charles Russell	Tory	Unopposed

8 January 1835		960/1,002	95.81
Thomas Noon Talfourd	Radical	643	66.98
Charles Russell	Conservative Party	441	45.94
Benjamin Oliveira	Whig	384	40.00
Majority		57	5.94

25 July 1837		875/1,035	84.54
Thomas Noon Talfourd	Radical	468	53.49
Charles Fyshe Palmer	Whig	457	52.23
Charles Russell	Conservative Party	448	51.20
Majority		9	1.03

1837 Petition - withdrawn.

30 June 1841		984/1,194	82.41
Charles Russell	Conservative Party	570	57.93
Henry Charles Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	564	57.32
Thomas Mills	Whig	410	41.67
William Tooke	Whig	397	40.35
Majority		154	15.65

1841 Petition - dismissed.

31 July 1847		1,054/1,251	84.25
Francis Piggott	Whig	614	58.25
Thomas Noon Talfourd	Radical	596	56.55
Charles Russell	Conservative Party	521	49.43
Henry Charles Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	376	35.67
Majority		75	7.12

1849 Resignation of Thomas Talfourd on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

8 August 1849		978/1,309	74.71
John Frederick Stanford	Conservative Party	507	51.84
George Bowyer	Whig	364	37.22
Thomas Norton	Radical	107	10.94
Majority		143	14.62

8 July 1852		951/1,399	67.98
Francis Pigott	Whig	753	79.18
Henry Singer Keating	Whig	631	66.35
Samuel Auchmuty Dickson	Conservative Party	518	54.47
Majority		113	11.88

27 March 1857		1,431
Francis Pigott	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Singer Keating	Whig	Unopposed

1857 Resignation of Henry Keating on appointment as Solicitor-General.

2 June 1857		1,431
Henry Singer Keating	Whig	Unopposed

2 May 1859		986/1,451	67.95
Francis Pigott	Liberal Party	761	77.18
Sir Henry Singer Keating	Liberal Party	666	67.55
Ralph Augustus Benson	Conservative Party	544	55.17
Majority		122	12.37

1859 Resignation of Sir Henry Keating on appointment as Solicitor-General.

27 June 1859		1,451
Sir Henry Singer Keating	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1860 Resignation of Sir Henry Keating on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

11 January 1860		1,212/1,506	80.48
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	661	54.54
Ralph Augustus Benson	Conservative Party	551	45.46
Majority		110	9.08

9 October 1860 Resignation of Francis Pigott on appointment as Governor of the Isle of Man.

21 November 1860		1,021/1,506	67.80
Gillery Pigott	Liberal Party	586	57.39
Edward Walter	Conservative Party	435	42.61
Majority		151	14.79

1863 Resignation of Gillery Pigott on appointment as a Judge of the Court of the Exchequer.

17 October 1863
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		1,165/1,769	65.86
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	727	62.40
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	714	61.29
Stephen Tucker	Conservative Party	444	38.11
Majority		270	23.18

May 1866 Resignation of George Shaw-Lefevre on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

5 May 1866
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		2,603/3,228	80.64
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	1,629	62.58
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	1,618	62.16
Sir Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	979	37.61
Majority		639	24.55

3 February 1874		3,434/4,118	83.39
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	1,794	52.24
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	1,791	52.15
Richard Attenborough	Conservative Party	1,652	48.11
William Dalziel Mackenzie	Conservative Party	1,631	47.50
Majority		139	4.05

2 May 1878 Death of Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bt.

18 May 1878		3,788/4,721	80.24
George Palmer	Liberal Party	2,223	58.69
Richard Attenborough	Conservative Party	1,565	41.31
Majority		658	17.37

1 April 1880		4,580/5,107	89.68
George Palmer	Liberal Party	2,513	54.87
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	2,286	49.91
Albert George Sandeman	Conservative Party	2,067	45.13
Majority		219	4.78

29 November 1880 Resignation of George Shaw-Lefevre on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.

15 December 1880		5,107
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		6,907/7,515	91.91
Charles Townshend Murdoch	Conservative Party	3,518	50.93
Rt Hon George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	3,389	49.07
Majority		129	1.87

3 July 1886		6,640/7,515	88.36
Charles Townshend Murdoch	Conservative Party	3,378	50.87
William Berkeley Monk	Liberal Party	3,262	49.13
Majority		116	1.75

4 July 1892		7,690/8,438	91.14
George William Palmer	Liberal Party	3,990	51.89
Charles Townshend Murdoch	Conservative Party	3,700	48.11
Majority		290	3.77

15 July 1895		8,205/9,104	90.13
Charles Townshend Murdoch	Conservative Party	4,278	52.14
George William Palmer	Liberal Party	3,927	47.86
Majority		351	4.28

8 July 1898 Death of Charles Murdoch.

25 July 1898		8,776/9,104	96.40
George William Palmer	Liberal Party	4,600	52.42
Charles Edward Keyser	Conservative Party	3,906	44.51
Henry Quelch	Social Democratic Foundation	270	3.08
Majority		694	7.91

1 October 1900		8,945/10,152	88.11
George William Palmer	Liberal Party	4,592	51.34
Charles Edward Keyser	Conservative Party	4,353	48.66
Majority		239	2.67

28 July 1904 Resignation of George Palmer. (Northstead)

6 August 1904		9,310/11,151	83.49
Rufus Daniel Isaacs	Liberal Party	4,770	51.24
Charles Edward Keyser	Conservative Party	4,540	48.76
Majority		230	2.47

13 January 1906		10,117/11,041	91.63
Rufus Daniel Isaacs	Liberal Party	5,407	53.44
George Horace Johnstone	Conservative Party	4,710	46.56
Majority		697	6.89

15 January 1910		10,321/11,016	93.69
Rufus Daniel Isaacs	Liberal Party	5,264	51.00
Alexander Leslie Renton	Liberal Unionist Party	5,057	49.00
Majority		207	2.01

6 March 1910 Appointment of Rufus Isaacs as Solicitor-General.

12 March 1910		11,016
Rufus Daniel Isaacs	Liberal Party	Unopposed

3 December 1910		10,089/11,016	91.58
Sir Rufus Daniel Isaacs	Liberal Party	5,094	50.49
Leslie Orme Wilson	Conservative Party	4,995	49.51
Majority		99	0.98

19 October 1913 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Rufus Isaacs as Lord Chief Justice of England - Lord Reading.

8 November 1913		10,220/11,088	92.17
Leslie Orme Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,144	50.33
George Peabody Gooch	Liberal Party	4,013	39.27
Joseph George Butler	British Socialist Party	1,063	10.40
Majority		1,131	11.07

14 December 1918		28,219/45,379	62.19
Leslie Orme Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	15,204	53.88
Thomas Charles Morris	Labour Party	8,410	29.80
Frederick Thoresby	Liberal Party	3,143	11.14
Lorenzo Edward Quelch	Nat Soc	1,462	5.18
Majority		6,794	24.08

15 November 1922		37,616/45,003	83.59
Hon Edward Cecil George Cadogan	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,082	42.75
Derwent Hall Caine	Labour Party	14,322	38.07
Henry Delacombe Roome	Liberal Party	7,212	19.17
Majority		1,760	4.68

6 December 1923		37,178/45,308	82.06
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	16,657	44.80
Hon Edward Cecil George Cadogan	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,115	40.66
Frederick Maddison	Liberal Party	5,406	14.54
Majority		1,542	4.15

29 October 1924		39,675/46,234	85.81
Herbert Geraint Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,338	53.78
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	18,337	46.22
Majority		3,001	7.56

30 May 1929		53,443/62,873	85.00
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	23,281	43.56
Herbert Geraint Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,429	41.97
Rev Dugald Macfadyen	Liberal Party	7,733	14.47
Majority		852	1.59

27 October 1931		54,577/65,009	83.95
Dr Alfred Bakewell Howitt	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,439	63.10
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	19,277	35.32
Eric Rider Troward	New	861	1.58
Majority		15,162	27.78

14 November 1935		53,174/67,181	79.15
Dr Alfred Bakewell Howitt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,540	51.79
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	22,949	43.16
John William Todd	Liberal Party	2,685	5.05
Majority		4,591	8.63

5 July 1945		62,374/85,039	73.35
Ian Mikardo	Labour Party	30,465	48.84
William Ewart Clarke McIlroy	Nationalist	24,075	38.60
Robert Nevill Tronchin-James	Liberal Party	7,834	12.56
Majority		6,390	10.24

New
26 May 1955		50,218/59,678	84.15
Ian Mikardo	Labour Party	25,228	50.24
Frederick Mackarness Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,990	49.76
Majority		238	0.47

8 October 1959		48,686/58,772	82.84
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,314	54.05
Ian Mikardo	Labour Party	22,372	45.95
Majority		3,942	8.10

15 October 1964		47,379/59,371	79.80
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,815	43.93
John Michael Hubert Lee	Labour Party	20,805	43.91
Michael Francis Burns	Liberal Party	5,759	12.16
Majority		10	0.02

31 March 1966		49,670/59,132	84.00
John Michael Hubert Lee	Labour Party	25,338	51.01
Peter Frank Hannibal Emery	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,205	42.69
Ernest Henry Palfrey	Liberal Party	3,127	6.30
Majority		4,133	8.32

18 June 1970		46,909/63,313	74.09
Dr Gerard Folliott Vaughan	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,598	50.31
John Michael Hubert Lee	Labour Party	22,444	47.85
Alec Boothroyd	Democratic Party	867	1.85
Majority		1,154	2.46