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5 December 1885		7,761/9,306	83.40
Herbert Coulston Gardner	Liberal Party	4,755	61.27
Hon Charles Hedley Strutt	Conservative Party	3,006	38.73
Majority		1,749	22.54

14 July 1886		7,378/9,306	79.28
Herbert Coulston Gardner	Liberal Party	4,059	55.01
George William Brewis	Conservative Party	3,319	44.99
Majority		740	10.03

14 July 1892		7,247/9,098	79.65
Herbert Coulston Gardner	Liberal Party	4,564	62.98
Philip Vernon Smith	Conservative Party	2,683	37.02
Majority		1,881	25.96

25 August 1892 Resignation of Rt Hon Herbert Gardner on appointment as President of the Board of Agriculture.

19 September 1892		9,098
Rt Hon Herbert Coulston Gardner	Liberal Party	Unopposed

27 July 1895		7,187/8,920	80.57
Charles Gold	Liberal Party	3,806	52.96
Charles Wing Gray	Conservative Party	3,381	47.04
Majority		425	5.91

15 October 1900		6,384/8,920	71.57
Hon Armine Wodehouse	Liberal Party	3,247	50.86
Charles Wing Gray	Conservative Party	3,137	49.14
Majority		110	1.72

1 May 1901 Death of Hon Armine Woodhouse.

31 May 1901		7,196/8,550	84.16
Joseph Albert Pease	Liberal Party	3,994	55.50
Charles Wing Gray	Conservative Party	3,202	44.50
Majority		792	11.01

20 January 1906		7,138/8,779	81.31
Joseph Albert Pease	Liberal Party	4,203	58.88
Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, Bt	Conservative Party	2,935	41.12
Majority		1,268	17.76

20 January 1910		8,294/9,187	90.28
Douglas James Proby	Conservative Party	4,283	51.64
Rt Hon Joseph Albert Pease	Liberal Party	4,011	48.36
Majority		272	3.28

9 December 1910		8,102/9,187	88.19
Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck	Liberal Party	4,071	50.25
Douglas James Proby	Conservative Party	4,031	49.75
Majority		40	0.49

4 February 1915 Resignation of Arthur Beck on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

13 February 1915
Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		15,159/31,682	47.85
Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,628	70.11
James Joseph Mallon	Labour Party	4,531	29.89
Majority		6,097	40.22

15 November 1922		22,591/31,774	71.10
William Foot Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,844	43.57
William Cash	Labour Party	6,797	30.09
William Dawson Harbinson	National Liberal Party	3,097	13.71
Dr Robert McNair Wilson	Liberal Party	2,853	12.63
Majority		3,047	13.49

6 December 1923		21,802/32,212	67.68
William Foot Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,652	44.27
William Cash	Labour Party	6,398	29.35
Dr Robert McNair Wilson	Liberal Party	5,752	26.38
Majority		3,254	14.93

29 October 1924		24,424/32,590	74.94
William Foot Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,289	50.32
William Cash	Labour Party	6,340	25.96
Arthur Musgrove Mathews	Liberal Party	5,795	23.73
Majority		5,949	24.36

30 May 1929		30,510/40,253	75.80
Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,561	44.45
William Cash	Labour Party	8,642	28.33
Arthur Musgrove Mathews	Liberal Party	8,307	27.23
Majority		4,919	16.12

27 October 1931		28,969/41,159	70.38
Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,501	77.67
Sidney Stanley Wilson	Labour Party	6,468	22.33
Majority		16,033	55.35

14 November 1935		29,302/42,371	69.16
Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,669	67.13
Clara Dorothea Rackham	Labour Party	9,633	32.87
Majority		10,036	34.25

5 July 1945		36,137/48,497	74.51
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,950	46.90
Sidney Stanley Wilson	Labour Party	15,792	43.70
George Adolphus Edinger	Liberal Party	3,395	9.39
Majority		1,158	3.20

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,668/46,998	84.40
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,797	49.91
Sidney Stanley Wilson	Labour Party	14,908	37.58
William Oliver Smedley	Liberal Party	4,963	12.51
Majority		4,889	12.32

25 October 1951		39,763/47,836	83.12
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,564	51.72
Reginald Groves	Labour Party	15,425	38.79
William Oliver Smedley	Liberal Party	3,774	9.49
Majority		5,139	12.92

26 May 1955		38,133/47,922	79.57
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,671	54.21
Rev Hampden Nicholson Horne	Labour Party	14,253	37.38
Helen Georgina Carson	Liberal Party	3,209	8.42
Majority		6,418	16.83

Minor Boundary Change
8 October 1959		39,373/48,477	81.22
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,955	53.22
Rev Hampden Nicholson Horne	Labour Party	14,173	36.00
David John Ridley	Liberal Party	4,245	10.78
Majority		6,782	17.23

15 October 1964		41,804/50,724	82.41
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,610	49.30
Michael David Cornish	Labour Party	15,655	37.45
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	5,539	13.25
Majority		4,955	11.85

19 February 1965 Elevation of Rt Hon Richard Butler to the Peerage - Baron Butler of Saffron Walden - on appointment as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

23 March 1965		38,835/51,029	76.10
Peter Michael Kirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,851	48.54
Michael David Cornish	Labour Party	15,358	39.55
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	4,626	11.91
Majority		3,493	8.99

31 March 1966		43,104/52,221	82.54
Peter Michael Kirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,441	47.42
Stephen Michael Alan Haseler	Labour Party	17,176	39.85
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	5,487	12.73
Majority		3,265	7.57

18 June 1970		46,393/60,019	77.30
Peter Michael Kirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,549	52.92
Kenneth Thomas Weetch	Labour Party	14,885	32.08
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	6,959	15.00
Majority		9,664	20.83

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,619/61,915	83.37
Peter Michael Kirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,013	44.58
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	15,468	29.97
John Dowsett	Labour Party	13,138	25.45
Majority		7,545	14.62

10 October 1974		48,713/62,383	78.09
Peter Michael Kirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,291	43.71
Francis Pepys Durie Moore	Liberal Party	14,770	30.32
Henry Green	Labour Party	12,652	25.97
Majority		6,521	13.39

17 April 1977 Death of Sir Peter Kirk.

7 July 1977		40,713/62,850	64.78
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,692	55.74
Andrew Wyndham Phillips	Liberal Party	10,255	25.19
Benjamin Russell MacIntosh Stoneham	Labour Party	5,948	14.61
William Oliver Smedley	Anti-Common Market	1,818	4.47
Majority		12,437	30.55

3 May 1979		53,077/65,034	81.61
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,563	53.81
Andrew Wyndham Phillips	Liberal Party	13,200	24.87
Benjamin Russell MacIntosh Stoneham	Labour Party	10,547	19.87
William Oliver Smedley	Anti-Common Market	425	0.80
Roger John Bailey	National Front	342	0.64
Majority		15,363	28.94

9 June 1983		53,364/70,271	75.94
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,869	57.85
John Arthur Torode	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,620	29.27
Robert Philip Trory	Labour Party	6,078	11.39
William Oliver Smedley	Independent Liberal	797	1.49
Majority		15,249	28.58

11 June 1987		57,785/74,093	77.99
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,354	57.72
Mark Philip Hayes	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,752	28.99
Robert Ulric Gifford	Labour Party	6,674	11.55
George Bell Hannah	Green Party	788	1.36
William Oliver Smedley	CMNHY	217	0.38
Majority		16,602	28.73

9 April 1992		62,313/74,878	83.22
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,272	56.60
Mark Philip Hayes	Liberal Democrats	17,848	28.64
John Kotz	Labour Party	8,933	14.34
Michael Dennis Miller	Natural Law Party	260	0.42
Majority		17,424	27.96

1 May 1997		57,050/74,097	76.99
Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,871	45.35
Melvin Henry Caton	Liberal Democrats	15,298	26.82
Malcolm John Fincken	Labour Party	12,275	21.52
Richard Glover	Referendum Party	2,308	4.05
Ian Charles Evans	UK Independence Party	658	1.15
Raymond Barry Tyler	Independent	486	0.85
Christopher Edwards	Natural Law Party	154	0.27
Majority		10,573	18.53

7 June 2001		50,040/76,724	65.22
Rt Hon Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,485	48.93
Elfreda Drusilla Sarah Tealby-Watson	Liberal Democrats	12,481	24.94
Tania Rogers	Labour Party	11,305	22.59
Richard Glover	UK Independence Party	1,769	3.54
Majority		12,004	23.99

5 May 2005		53,020/77,600	68.32
Rt Hon Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,263	51.42
Elfreda Drusilla Sarah Tealby-Watson	Liberal Democrats	14,255	26.89
Swatantra Dhanraj Nandanwar	Labour Party	8,755	16.51
Raymond Brown	English Democrats Party	1,412	2.66
Raymond Barry Tyler	UK Independence Party	860	1.62
Trevor Hackett	Veritas	475	0.90
Majority		13,008	24.53

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,429/76,358	71.28
Rt Hon Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,155	55.40
Peter Anthony Wilcock	Liberal Democrats	14,913	27.40
Barbara Ann Light	Labour Party	5,288	9.72
Roger Gordon Lord	UK Independence Party	2,288	4.20
Christine Margaret Mitchell	British National Party	1,050	1.93
Shah Reza Hossain	Green Party	735	1.35
Majority		15,242	28.00

7 May 2015		57,563/80,615	71.40
Rt Hon Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,926	57.20
Peter Anthony Day	UK Independence Party	7,935	13.78
Jane Berney	Labour Party	6,791	11.80
Michael Anthony Hibbs	Liberal Democrats	6,079	10.56
Karmel Stannard	Green Party	2,174	3.78
Heather Jane Asker	Residents for Uttles	1,658	2.88
Majority		24,991	43.42

8 June 2017		60,911/83,072	73.32
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,629	61.78
Jane Berney	Labour Party	12,663	20.79
Michael Anthony Hibbs	Liberal Democrats	8,528	14.00
Lorna Howe	UK Independence Party	2,091	3.43
Majority		24,966	40.99

12 December 2019		63,086/87,017	72.50
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,714	62.95
Michael Anthony Hibbs	Liberal Democrats	12,120	19.21
Thomas Albert van der Bilt	Labour Party	8,305	13.16
Coby Jane Wing	Green Party	2,947	4.67
Majority		27,594	43.74