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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 November 1885		8,607/11,090	77.61
Charles William Mills	Conservative Party	4,651	54.04
Patteson Nickalls	Liberal Party	3,956	45.96
Majority		695	8.07

2 July 1886		11,098
Hon Charles William Mills	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 July 1892		9,944/13,916	71.46
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	6,036	60.70
Thomas Johnston	Liberal Party	3,908	39.30
Majority		2,128	21.40

15 July 1895		13,777
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 October 1900		8,396/14,861	56.50
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	6,604	78.66
Murray Spenser Richardson	Liberal Party	1,792	21.34
Majority		4,812	57.31

15 August 1902 Resignation of Henry Forster on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

21 August 1902		9,775/15,420	63.39
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	5,333	54.56
Beaumont Morice	Liberal Party	4,442	45.44
Majority		891	9.12

17 January 1906		14,118/17,256	81.82
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	7,219	51.13
Beaumont Morice	Liberal Party	6,855	48.56
Murray Spenser Richardson	Independent Liberal	44	0.31
Majority		364	2.58

19 January 1910		16,772/19,035	88.11
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	10,421	62.13
Sir Frederic Styles Philpin Lely	Liberal Party	6,351	37.87
Majority		4,070	24.27

3 December 1910		19,035
Henry William Forster	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		13,973/30,189	46.29
Thomas Jewell Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,650	76.22
John Ephraim Skinner	Independent Labour	3,323	23.78
Majority		7,327	52.44

15 November 1922		18,894/31,000	60.95
Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,045	63.75
Lewis Alexander Goldie	Labour Party	6,849	36.25
Majority		5,196	27.50

6 December 1923		20,643/32,078	64.35
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams	Liberal Party	10,656	51.62
Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,987	48.38
Majority		669	3.24

29 October 1924		24,436/32,660	74.82
Herbert Walter Styles	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,125	61.90
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams	Liberal Party	9,311	38.10
Majority		5,814	23.79

30 May 1929		31,245/43,627	71.62
Rt Hon Sir Edward Hilton Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,767	53.66
Edgar Stratton Liddiard	Liberal Party	7,844	25.10
Henry Hamilton Fyfe	Labour Party	6,634	21.23
Majority		8,923	28.56

27 October 1931		45,610
Rt Hon Sir Edward Hilton Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

9 July 1935 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Hilton Young prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Kennet. (Chiltern Hundreds)

20 July 1935
Charles Edward Ponsonby	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		31,702/48,559	65.29
Charles Edward Ponsonby	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,405	67.52
John Horridge	Liberal Party	10,297	32.48
Majority		11,108	35.04

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		41,422/56,345	73.51
Charles Edward Ponsonby	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,893	45.61
John Sleigh Pudney	Labour Party	14,947	36.08
Nelia Muspratt	Liberal Party	6,906	16.67
Kenneth Frederick Thompson	Communist Party	676	1.63
Majority		3,946	9.53

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,871/57,563	84.90
John Charles Rodgers	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,292	51.75
Jack Spencer	Labour Party	17,610	36.03
Edward Richard Moulton-Barrett	Liberal Party	5,969	12.21
Majority		7,682	15.72

25 October 1951		47,491/58,299	81.46
John Charles Rodgers	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,668	60.37
John Nicoll Powrie	Labour Party	18,823	39.63
Majority		9,845	20.73

26 May 1955		46,794/59,937	78.07
John Charles Rodgers	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,936	61.84
John Nicol Powrie	Labour Party	17,858	38.16
Majority		11,078	23.67

8 October 1959		50,270/62,701	80.17
John Charles Rodgers	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,186	56.07
Roderick Clive Ogley	Labour Party	14,265	28.38
Nelia Penman	Liberal Party	7,819	15.55
Majority		13,921	27.69

15 October 1964		55,116/68,820	80.09
Sir John Charles Rodgers, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,678	52.03
Peter Basil Mark Pearce	Labour Party	14,958	27.14
Nelia Penman	Liberal Party	11,480	20.83
Majority		13,720	24.89

31 March 1966		56,735/71,644	79.19
Sir John Charles Rodgers, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,651	50.50
Peter Basil Mark Pearce	Labour Party	18,338	32.32
Alfred Noel Humphris Blackburn	Liberal Party	9,746	17.18
Majority		10,313	18.18

18 June 1970		60,320/81,583	73.94
Sir John Charles Rodgers, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,654	54.13
John Frederick Ovenden	Labour Party	15,376	25.49
Robert Frank Webster	Liberal Party	12,290	20.37
Majority		17,278	28.64

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		61,900/74,256	83.36
Sir John Charles Rodgers, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,936	48.36
Ian Campbell Bradley	Liberal Party	16,223	26.21
James Scanlan	Labour Party	14,987	24.21
Duncan James Woolard	Independent	754	1.22
Majority		13,713	22.15

Duncan Woolard sought election as a Patriot.

10 October 1974		56,759/74,948	75.73
Sir John Charles Rodgers, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,670	46.99
James Scanlan	Labour Party	15,065	26.54
Robert Frank Webster	Liberal Party	15,024	26.47
Majority		11,605	20.45

3 May 1979		63,940/80,960	78.98
Geoffrey Mark Wolfson	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,697	57.39
Richard Henry Redden	Labour Party	14,583	22.81
Graham John Phillips	Liberal Party	11,839	18.52
Michael David Stephen Easter	National Front	821	1.28
Majority		22,114	34.59

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,593/72,312	72.73
Geoffrey Mark Wolfson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,722	58.41
Stephen Ronald Jakobi	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,016	28.55
Roland Gooding	Labour Party	6,439	12.24
Geoffrey Leon Burnett	National Front	416	0.79
Majority		15,706	29.86

11 June 1987		55,924/74,047	75.53
Geoffrey Mark Wolfson	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,945	58.91
Stephen Ronald Jakobi	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,600	27.90
Graham Andrew Green	Labour Party	7,379	13.19
Majority		17,345	31.02

9 April 1992		57,802/71,050	81.35
Geoffrey Mark Wolfson	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,245	57.52
Roger Francis Croker Walshe	Liberal Democrats	14,091	24.38
Jeannie Susan Evans	Labour Party	9,470	16.38
Margot Elizabeth Lawrence	Green Party	786	1.36
Peter Leslie Wakeling	Natural Law Party	210	0.36
Majority		19,154	33.14

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,149/66,474	75.44
Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,776	45.42
John Patrick Hayes	Labour Party	12,315	24.56
Roger Francis Croker Walshe	Liberal Democrats	12,086	24.10
Nigel Royden Austen Large	Referendum Party	2,138	4.26
Margot Elizabeth Lawrence	Green Party	443	0.88
Mark Calder Ellis	PF	244	0.49
Dr Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey	Natural Law Party	147	0.29
Majority		10,461	20.86

7 June 2001		42,614/66,648	63.94
Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,052	49.40
Caroline Humphreys	Labour Party	10,898	25.57
Clive John Gray	Liberal Democrats	9,214	21.62
Lisa Hawkins	UK Independence Party	1,155	2.71
Mark Caldor Ellis	PF	295	0.69
Majority		10,154	23.83

5 May 2005		43,298/65,109	66.50
Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,437	51.82
Benjamin Peter Abbotts	Liberal Democrats	9,467	21.86
Timothy Randolph Stanley	Labour Party	9,101	21.02
Robert Charles Dobson	UK Independence Party	1,309	3.02
John Francis Marshall	English Democrats Party	751	1.73
Mark Calder Ellis	UK Pathfinders	233	0.54
Majority		12,970	29.96

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,408/70,804	69.78
Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,076	56.82
Alan James Bullion	Liberal Democrats	10,561	21.38
Gareth John Siddorn	Labour Party	6,541	13.24
Christopher Derek Landen Heath	UK Independence Party	1,782	3.61
Paul Anthony Golding	British National Party	1,384	2.80
Louise Ann Uncles	English Democrats Party	806	1.63
Mark Calder Ellis	Independent	258	0.52
Majority		17,515	35.45

7 May 2015		50,124/70,741	70.86
Rt Hon Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,531	56.92
Stephen Lindsay	UK Independence Party	8,970	17.90
Christopher Robert Clark	Labour Party	6,448	12.86
Alan James Bullion	Liberal Democrats	3,937	7.85
Amelie Elisabeth Boleyn	Green Party	2,238	4.46
Majority		19,561	39.03

8 June 2017		51,218/71,565	71.57
Rt Hon Sir Michael Cathel Fallon	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,644	63.74
Christopher Robert Clark	Labour Party	10,727	20.94
Alan James Bullion	Liberal Democrats	4,280	8.36
Graham Russell Cushway	UK Independence Party	1,894	3.70
Philip Dodd	Green Party	1,673	3.27
Majority		21,917	42.79

12 December 2019		50,956/71,757	71.01
Laura Trott	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,932	60.70
Gareth James Gregson Willis	Liberal Democrats	10,114	19.85
Seamus William John McCauley	Labour Party	6,946	13.63
Paul Francis Wharton	Green Party	1,974	3.87
Paulette Rosetta Furse	Independent	695	1.36
Sean Edward Finch	Libertarian	295	0.58
Majority		20,818	40.85

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,899/73,708	67.70
Rt Hon Laura Trott	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,328	36.73
Richard Giles Streatfeild	Liberal Democrats	12,888	25.83
James Douglas Milmine	Reform UK	9,341	18.72
Denise Roseanne Scott-McDonald	Labour Party	6,802	13.63
Laura Marie Manston	Green Party	2,033	4.07
Elwyn Lloyd Jones	Rejoin EU	298	0.60
Adam Hibbert	Social Democratic Party	209	0.42
Majority		5,440	10.90