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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		43,974/52,117	84.38
Hon Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,014	45.51
Frederick Newman Stacey	Labour Party	17,471	39.73
Wyatt Trevelyan Rawson Rawson	Liberal Party	6,489	14.76
Majority		2,543	5.78

25 October 1951		44,928/53,501	83.98
Hon Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,679	48.25
Frederick Newman Stacey	Labour Party	18,244	40.61
Wilfred Ewart Ward	Liberal Party	5,005	11.14
Majority		3,435	7.65

26 May 1955		43,619/55,039	79.25
Hon Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,119	50.71
Frederick Newman Stacey	Labour Party	16,702	38.29
Geoffrey Maxwell Goode	Liberal Party	4,798	11.00
Majority		5,417	12.42

May 1957 Viscount Hinchingbrooke resigns the Conservative whip over the "capitulation of the Conservative government" regarding the Suez crisis.

1958 Viscount Hinchingbrooke is readmitted under the Conservative whip.

8 October 1959		44,294/56,196	78.82
Hon Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,050	49.78
Conrad Frank Ascher	Labour Party	15,357	34.67
Lawrence Ingram Norbury-Williams	Liberal Party	6,887	15.55
Majority		6,693	15.11

15 June 1962 Succession of Viscount Hinchingbrooke to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Sandwich.

22 November 1962		41,137/58,574	70.23
Nicholas Guy Barnett	Labour Party	13,783	33.51
Angus Edmund Upton Maude	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,079	31.79
Lawrence Ingram Norbury-Williams	Liberal Party	8,910	21.66
Sir Piers Kenrick Debenham, Bt	Anti-Common Market	5,057	12.29
P O Burn	Ind Serviceman	181	0.44
M Fudge	Ind Serviceman	82	0.20
J C O'Connor	Ind Serviceman	45	0.11
Majority		704	1.71

Sir Piers Debenham, Bt was supported by the Earl of Sandwich and the Beaverbrook press.

J O'Connor was in active military service and stood in the by-election in order to achieve immediate discharge.

M Fudge was in active military service and stood in the by-election in order to achieve immediate discharge.

P Burn was in active military service and stood in the by-election in order to achieve immediate discharge.

15 October 1964		48,583/59,963	81.02
Evelyn Mansfield King	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,209	43.66
Nicholas Guy Barnett	Labour Party	20,274	41.73
Terence Patrick Bourke, Earl of Mayo	Liberal Party	7,100	14.61
Majority		935	1.92

31 March 1966		49,979/60,593	82.48
Evelyn Mansfield King	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,997	46.01
Frederick William Morgan	Labour Party	21,120	42.26
Geoffrey Maxwell Goode	Liberal Party	5,862	11.73
Majority		1,877	3.76

18 June 1970		52,976/66,953	79.12
Evelyn Mansfield King	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,580	52.06
Richard George May	Labour Party	20,716	39.10
Keith Newton Searby	Liberal Party	4,680	8.83
Majority		6,864	12.96

28 February 1974		57,411/69,852	82.19
Evelyn Mansfield King	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,933	46.91
Alan Chedzoy	Labour Party	18,338	31.94
David Thomas James Broomfield	Liberal Party	12,140	21.15
Majority		8,595	14.97

10 October 1974		53,078/70,400	75.39
Evelyn Mansfield King	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,351	45.88
Alan Chedzoy	Labour Party	17,652	33.26
Edward Christopher Sandy	Liberal Party	11,075	20.87
Majority		6,699	12.62

3 May 1979		58,154/74,239	78.33
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,372	55.67
Alan Chedzoy	Labour Party	17,133	29.46
Peter St John Howe	Liberal Party	8,649	14.87
Majority		15,239	26.20

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,146/69,730	71.91
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,631	57.10
Simon Andrew Head	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,533	26.99
David John Hewitt	Labour Party	7,831	15.62
Bernice Olive Smith	Independent	151	0.30
Majority		15,098	30.11

11 June 1987		55,039/73,607	74.77
Ian Cameron Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,184	54.84
Brian Eric James Ellis	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,117	27.47
Brenda Ruth Dawn Dench	Labour Party	9,494	17.25
Alistair Edwin Hayler	Independent	244	0.44
Majority		15,067	27.38

9 April 1992		58,292/75,788	76.91
Ian Cameron Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,319	50.30
Brian Eric James Ellis	Liberal Democrats	15,811	27.12
Dr Alan Chedzoy	Labour Party	12,298	21.10
Jessica Wood Nager	Independent	673	1.15
Mark Roderick Francis Griffiths	Natural Law Party	191	0.33
Majority		13,508	23.17

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		49,182/66,318	74.16
Ian Cameron Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,755	36.10
James Philip Knight	Labour Party	17,678	35.94
Michael Ian Plummer	Liberal Democrats	9,936	20.20
Patrick Charles McAndrew	Referendum Party	2,791	5.67
Malcolm Leonard Shakesby	UK Independence Party	861	1.75
Gerald Thomas Harold Napper	Natural Law Party	161	0.33
Majority		77	0.16

7 June 2001		45,345/69,233	65.50
James Philip Knight	Labour Party	19,027	41.96
Ian Cameron Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,874	41.62
Andrew James Canning	Liberal Democrats	6,531	14.40
Laurence Alec Walter Moss	UK Independence Party	913	2.01
Majority		153	0.34

5 May 2005		48,584/70,668	68.75
James Philip Knight	Labour Party	20,231	41.64
Edmund St John Matts	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,419	37.91
Graham John Oakes	Liberal Democrats	7,647	15.74
Hugh Clifford George Chalker	UK Independence Party	1,571	3.23
Victor Hamilton	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	282	0.58
Bernard Edward Parkes	Respect the Unity Coalition	219	0.45
Andrew Cleverdon Kirkwood	Independent	107	0.22
Colin Roland Bex	Wessex Regionalist	83	0.17
David Terence Marchesi	Socialist Labour	25	0.05
Majority		1,812	3.73

6 May 2010		50,310/73,592	68.36
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,667	45.05
Rt Hon James Philip Knight	Labour Party	15,224	30.26
Rosamund Catherine Kayes	Liberal Democrats	9,557	19.00
Mike Hobson	UK Independence Party	2,034	4.04
Brian Antony Heatley	Green Party	595	1.18
Andrew Cleverdon Kirkwood	Independent	233	0.46
Majority		7,443	14.79

7 May 2015		48,597/71,534	67.94
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,756	48.88
Simon Jonathan Bowkett	Labour Party	11,762	24.20
Malcolm Leonard Shakesby	UK Independence Party	7,304	15.03
Howard Richard Legg	Liberal Democrats	2,901	5.97
Jane Burnet	Green Party	2,275	4.68
Mervyn Stewkesbury	Independent	435	0.90
Andrew Cleverdon Kirkwood	Movement for Active	164	0.34
Majority		11,994	24.68

8 June 2017		51,906/72,323	71.77
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,135	56.13
Tashi Warr	Labour Party	17,440	33.60
Howard Richard Legg	Liberal Democrats	3,053	5.88
Jon Orrell	Green Party	2,278	4.39
Majority		11,695	22.53

12 December 2019		51,058/72,924	70.02
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,024	58.80
Carralyn Parkes	Labour Party	12,871	25.21
Nick Ireland	Liberal Democrats	5,432	10.64
Jon Orrell	Green Party	2,246	4.40
Joseph Green	Independent	485	0.95
Majority		17,153	33.60

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,037/75,924	64.59
Lloyd Hatton	Labour Party	15,659	31.93
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,611	29.80
Morgan Tara Young	Reform UK	8,168	16.66
Matthew Alastair Bell	Liberal Democrats	8,017	16.35
Catherine Bennett	Green Party	2,153	4.39
Joy Heather Wilson	Independent	192	0.39
Giovanna Elizabeth Lewis	Independent	185	0.38
Rosie Morrell	Independent	52	0.11
Majority		1,048	2.14