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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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13 December 1832		650/973	66.80
Ralph Bernal	Whig	354	54.46
John Mills	Tory	350	53.85
George Lewes Newnham Collingwood	Whig	293	45.08
Majority		57	8.77

10 January 1835		873/967	90.28
Ralph Bernal	Whig	502	57.50
Thomas Twisden Hodges	Whig	443	50.74
Lord Charles Wellesley	Conservative Party	442	50.63
Majority		1	0.11

1835 Petition - dismissed.

26 July 1837		913/1,015	89.95
Ralph Bernal	Whig	489	53.56
Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse	Radical	473	51.81
James Douglas Stoddart Douglas	Conservative Party	445	48.74
Hon Thomas Best	Conservative Party	412	45.13
Majority		28	3.07

30 June 1841		1,019/1,139	89.46
James Douglas Stoddart Douglas	Conservative Party	541	53.09
William Henry Bodkin	Conservative Party	499	48.97
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund	Whig	497	48.77
Francis Dashwood	Whig	489	47.99
Majority		2	0.20

1841 Petition - withdrawn.

31 July 1847		1,090/1,451	75.12
Ralph Bernal	Whig	637	58.44
Thomas Twisden Hodges	Whig	617	56.61
William Henry Bodkin	Conservative Party	464	42.57
James Douglas Stoddart Douglas	Conservative Party	462	42.39
Majority		153	14.04

9 July 1852		1,093/1,269	86.13
Hon Francis John Robert Villiers	Conservative Party	584	53.43
Sir Thomas Herbert Maddock	Conservative Party	581	53.16
Ralph Bernal	Whig	514	47.03
Thomas Twisden Hodges	Whig	507	46.39
Majority		67	6.13

22 November 1855 Resignation of Hon Francis Villiers. (Chiltern Hundreds)

8 February 1856		1,059/1,170	90.51
Philip Wykeham Martin	Radical	560	52.88
William Henry Bodkin	Conservative Party	499	47.12
Majority		61	5.76

11 April 1856 Petition - dismissed.

30 March 1857		1,180
Philip Wykeham Martin	Radical	Unopposed
John Alexander Kinglake	Radical	Unopposed

30 April 1859		1,163/1,419	81.96
Philip Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	665	57.18
John Alexander Kinglake	Liberal Party	662	56.92
George Henry Money	Conservative Party	505	43.42
George Mitchell	Conservative Party	493	42.39
Majority		157	13.50

13 July 1865		1,238/1,458	84.91
Philip Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	855	69.06
John Alexander Kinglake	Liberal Party	792	63.97
Alfred Smee	Conservative Party	414	33.44
Majority		378	30.53

18 November 1868		2,085/2,569	81.16
Philip Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	1,458	69.93
John Alexander Kinglake	Liberal Party	1,305	62.59
Alfred Smee	Conservative Party	703	33.72
Majority		602	28.87

9 July 1870 Death of John Kinglake.

19 July 1870
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	987	64.22
Charles James Fox	Independent Conservative	550	35.78
Majority		437	28.43

31 January 1874		2,010/2,676	75.11
Philip Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	1,206	60.00
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	1,144	56.92
Alfred Smee	Conservative Party	835	41.54
Majority		309	15.37

31 May 1878 Death of Philip Martin.

14 June 1878		2,288/2,832	80.79
Arthur John Otway	Liberal Party	1,284	56.12
Walter Scott Seton-Karr	Conservative Party	1,004	43.88
Majority		280	12.24

31 March 1880		2,748/3,026	90.81
Arthur John Otway	Liberal Party	1,497	54.48
Roger Leigh	Conservative Party	1,393	50.69
Walter Scott Seton-Karr	Conservative Party	1,312	47.74
Sir Julian Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	1,294	47.09
Majority		81	2.95

24 November 1885		3,013/3,304	91.19
Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett	Conservative Party	1,627	54.00
John Passmore Edwards	Liberal Party	1,386	46.00
Majority		241	8.00

2 July 1886		2,955/3,304	89.44
Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett	Conservative Party	1,602	54.21
Francis Flint Belsey	Liberal Party	1,353	45.79
Majority		249	8.43

6 April 1889 Resignation of Francis Hughes-Hallett. (Chiltern Hundreds)

16 April 1889		3,235/3,550	91.13
Hon Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen	Liberal Party	1,655	51.16
Horatio David Davies	Conservative Party	1,580	48.84
Majority		75	2.32

4 July 1892		3,831/4,211	90.98
Horatio David Davies	Conservative Party	2,119	55.31
Frederic Brunning Maddison	Liberal Party	1,712	44.69
Majority		407	10.62

16 December 1892 Petition - election declared void.

8 February 1893
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount Cranborne	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1895		3,823/4,785	79.90
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount Cranborne	Conservative Party	2,151	56.26
Cecil Alfred Grenfell	Liberal Party	1,672	43.74
Majority		479	12.53

29 September 1900		4,936
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount Cranborne	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 August 1903 Succession of Viscount Cranborne to the Peerage - 4th Marquess of Salisbury.

23 September 1903		4,487/5,206	86.19
Charles Tuff	Conservative Party	2,504	55.81
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston	Liberal Party	1,983	44.19
Majority		521	11.61

15 January 1906		5,341/5,763	92.68
Ernest Henry Lamb	Liberal Party	2,967	55.55
Charles Tuff	Conservative Party	2,374	44.45
Majority		593	11.10

15 January 1910		5,218/5,629	92.70
Samuel Forde Ridley	Conservative Party	2,675	51.26
Ernest Henry Lamb	Liberal Party	2,543	48.74
Majority		132	2.53

3 December 1910		5,065/5,629	89.98
Ernest Henry Lamb	Liberal Party	2,609	51.51
Samuel Forde Ridley	Conservative Party	2,456	48.49
Majority		153	3.02