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10 December 1832		330/341	96.77
Thomas Kitchenham Staveley	Whig	168	50.91
Joshua Samuel Crompton	Whig	168	50.91
Sir James Charles Dalbiac	Tory	162	49.09
William Markham	Tory	159	48.18
Majority		6	1.82

1 April 1833 Petition - dismissed.

8 January 1835		360/383	93.99
Sir James Charles Dalbiac	Conservative Party	246	68.33
Thomas Pemberton	Conservative Party	235	65.28
Thomas Kitchenham Staveley	Whig	125	34.72
Majority		110	30.56

24 July 1837		424
Thomas Pemberton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 June 1841		373
Thomas Pemberton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden	Conservative Party	Unopposed

September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Sugden on appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

27 September 1841		373
Sir George Cockburn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

March 1843 Resignation of Thomas Pemberton. (Chiltern Hundreds)

18 March 1843
Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1846 Resignation of Thomas Cusack-Smith on appointment as Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

2 February 1846
Hon Edwin Lascelles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 July 1847		350
Rt Hon Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt	Peelite	Unopposed
Hon Edwin Lascelles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1852		309/353	87.54
William Beckett	Conservative Party	266	86.08
Hon Edwin Lascelles	Conservative Party	202	65.37
Augustus Newton	Radical	75	24.27
Majority		127	41.10

27 March 1857		339
John Greenwood	Whig	Unopposed
John Ashley Warre	Whig	Unopposed

30 April 1859		230/337	68.25
John Greenwood	Liberal Party	223	96.96
John Ashley Warre	Liberal Party	205	89.13
Alfred Bates Richards	Liberal Party	31	13.48
Majority		174	75.65

18 November 1860 Death of John Warre.

22 December 1860
Reginald Arthur Vyner	Liberal Party	187	100.00
Frederic Richard Lees	Chartist
Majority		187	100.00

12 July 1865		289/348	83.05
Sir Charles Wood, Bt	Liberal Party	215	74.39
Robert Kearsley	Liberal Party	189	65.40
John Greenwood	Liberal Party	173	59.86
Majority		16	5.54

21 February 1866 Resignation of Sir Charles Wood, Bt. He was then immediately elevated to the Peerage - Viscount Halifax. (Northstead)

26 February 1866
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	Unopposed

March 1866 Resignation of Lord John Hay on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.

28 March 1866
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		962/1,132	84.98
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	554	57.59
George Allanson Cayley	Conservative Party	408	42.41
Majority		146	15.18

18 December 1868 Resignation of Lord John Hay on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.

21 December 1868		1,132
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1871 Resignation of Lord John Hay. (Chiltern Hundreds)

15 February 1871		824/1,035	79.61
Sir Henry Knight Storks	Liberal Party	522	63.35
George Allanson Cayley	Conservative Party	302	36.65
Majority		220	26.70

30 January 1874		1,025
Frederick Oliver Robinson, Earl de Grey	Liberal Party	Unopposed

31 March 1880		953/1,087	87.67
George Joachim Goschen	Liberal Party	591	62.01
Francis Darwin	Conservative Party	362	37.99
Majority		229	24.03

2 December 1885		7,805/9,049	86.25
William Harker	Liberal Party	3,985	51.06
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	3,820	48.94
Majority		165	2.11

10 July 1886		7,238/9,049	79.99
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	4,113	56.83
Claude Ashley Charles Ponsonby	Liberal Party	3,125	43.17
Majority		988	13.65

9 July 1892		7,925/10,199	77.70
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	4,268	53.85
Henry Leetham	Liberal Party	3,657	46.15
Majority		611	7.71

24 July 1895		8,168/10,219	79.93
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	4,435	54.30
Robert Charles Phillimore	Liberal Party	3,733	45.70
Majority		702	8.59

2 October 1900
Rt Hon John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

26 January 1906		10,977/12,635	86.88
Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch	Liberal Party	5,645	51.43
Rt Hon John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	5,332	48.57
Majority		313	2.85

22 January 1910		11,482/12,860	89.28
Hon Edward Frederick Lindley Wood	Conservative Party	6,363	55.42
Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch	Liberal Party	5,119	44.58
Majority		1,244	10.83

13 December 1910		10,914/12,860	84.87
Hon Edward Frederick Lindley Wood	Conservative Party	5,894	54.00
Henry Norman Rae	Liberal Party	5,020	46.00
Majority		874	8.01

14 December 1918		34,230
Hon Edward Frederick Linley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		35,796
Rt Hon Edward Frederick Linley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923
Rt Hon Edward Frederick Linley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		36,393
Rt Hon Edward Frederick Linley Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

11 November 1925 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Wood on appointment as Viceroy of India. (Northstead)

5 December 1925		27,855/37,338	74.60
John Waller Hills	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,433	58.99
John Murray	Liberal Party	11,422	41.01
Majority		5,011	17.99

30 May 1929		42,054/55,191	76.20
John Waller Hills	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,173	55.10
Frederick L Boult	Liberal Party	14,542	34.58
Arthur Godfrey	Labour Party	4,339	10.32
Majority		8,631	20.52

27 October 1931		43,023/58,381	73.69
Rt Hon John Waller Hills	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,898	88.09
Robert Joseph Hall	Labour Party	5,125	11.91
Majority		32,773	76.18

14 November 1935		39,920/58,159	68.64
Rt Hon John Waller Hills	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,804	77.16
Robert Joseph Hall	Labour Party	9,116	22.84
Majority		21,688	54.33

24 December 1938 Death of Rt Hon John Hills.

23 February 1939		33,470/58,603	57.11
Christopher York	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,257	69.49
Robert Joseph Hall	Labour Party	10,213	30.51
Majority		13,044	38.97

5 July 1945		48,395/69,374	69.76
Christopher York	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,674	61.32
Reginald Hartley	Labour Party	12,599	26.03
Mabel Cowley	Liberal Party	6,122	12.65
Majority		17,075	35.28

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		33,609/40,000	84.02
Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,292	66.33
William Sales Hill	Labour Party	11,317	33.67
Majority		10,975	32.65

25 October 1951		33,674/40,499	83.15
Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,047	68.44
Sydney James Andrews	Labour Party	10,627	31.56
Majority		12,420	36.88

26 May 1955		31,889/40,451	78.83
Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,977	68.92
Eric Brierley	Labour Party	9,912	31.08
Majority		12,065	37.83

8 October 1959		32,548/41,184	79.03
Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,757	69.92
Joseph Harris Swann	Labour Party	9,791	30.08
Majority		12,966	39.84

15 October 1964		33,658/41,773	80.57
Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,503	54.97
Ronald Hugh Hastings Duncan	Liberal Party	7,814	23.22
Peter Andrew Aloysius O'Grady	Labour Party	7,341	21.81
Majority		10,689	31.76

31 March 1966		33,260/42,141	78.93
Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,352	52.17
Michael McGowan	Labour Party	8,607	25.88
Ronald Hugh Hastings Duncan	Liberal Party	7,301	21.95
Majority		8,745	26.29

18 June 1970		34,941/47,395	73.72
Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,211	60.71
David Daniel	Labour Party	9,147	26.18
Valerie Suzanne Craven	Liberal Party	4,583	13.12
Majority		12,064	34.53

15 June 1973 Death of Sir Malcolum Stoddart-Scott.

26 July 1973		31,983/49,761	64.27
David Austick	Liberal Party	13,902	43.47
Dr Keith Hampson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,956	40.51
David Mark English	Labour Party	4,435	13.87
Reginald Ernest Garrick Simmerson	Independent Conservative	690	2.16
Majority		946	2.96

28 February 1974		42,468/49,761	85.34
Dr Keith Hampson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,080	49.64
David Austick	Liberal Party	16,745	39.43
David Mark English	Labour Party	4,643	10.93
Majority		4,335	10.21

10 October 1974		39,598/50,160	78.94
Dr Keith Hampson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,636	52.11
David Austick	Liberal Party	13,632	34.43
Stephen Peter Meyer	Labour Party	5,330	13.46
Majority		7,004	17.69

3 May 1979		41,911/53,180	78.81
Dr Keith Hampson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,292	60.35
Robert Fred Tennant	Liberal Party	9,089	21.69
William Michael Neil Davies	Labour Party	6,749	16.10
Alastair Douglas Laurence	Ecology Party	781	1.86
Majority		16,203	38.66