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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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4 December 1885		7,849/9,343	84.01
Newton Wallop, Viscount Lymington	Liberal Party	4,925	62.75
Hon Walter Rodolph Trefusis	Conservative Party	2,924	37.25
Majority		2,001	25.49

10 July 1886		6,393/9,343	68.43
Newton Wallop, Viscount Lymington	Liberal Unionist Party	4,041	63.21
William Heap Walker	Liberal Party	2,352	36.79
Majority		1,689	26.42

4 October 1891 Succession of Viscount Lymington to the Peerage - 6th Earl of Portsmouth.

13 November 1891		7,232/8,712	83.01
George Lambert	Liberal Party	4,222	58.38
Charles William Buller	Liberal Unionist Party	3,010	41.62
Majority		1,212	16.76

16 July 1892		7,217/8,737	82.60
George Lambert	Liberal Party	4,278	59.28
Richard Arthur Moore-Stevens	Conservative Party	2,939	40.72
Majority		1,339	18.55

23 July 1895		7,206/8,662	83.19
George Lambert	Liberal Party	4,283	59.44
Prof James J Long	Liberal Unionist Party	2,923	40.56
Majority		1,360	18.87

1 October 1900
George Lambert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 January 1906		8,542
George Lambert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

22 January 1910		7,817/8,700	89.85
George Lambert	Liberal Party	4,419	56.53
John Thomas Woolrych Perowne	Liberal Unionist Party	3,398	43.47
Majority		1,021	13.06

9 December 1910		7,441/8,700	85.53
George Lambert	Liberal Party	4,224	56.77
John Thomas Woolrych Perowne	Liberal Unionist Party	3,217	43.23
Majority		1,007	13.53

14 December 1918		18,517/28,139	65.81
Rt Hon George Lambert	Liberal Party	10,424	56.29
Herbert Weston Sheppard Sparkes	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,093	43.71
Majority		2,331	12.59

15 November 1922		28,471
Rt Hon George Lambert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		28,793
Rt Hon George Lambert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		24,968/29,257	85.34
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,811	51.31
Rt Hon George Lambert	Liberal Party	12,157	48.69
Majority		654	2.62

30 May 1929		31,370/35,884	87.42
Rt Hon George Lambert	Liberal Party	15,072	48.05
Cedric Drewe	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,567	43.25
Rudolf Putnam Messel	Labour Party	2,731	8.71
Majority		1,505	4.80

27 October 1931		29,199/36,033	81.03
Rt Hon George Lambert	National Liberal Party	25,700	88.02
Rudolf Putnam Messel	Labour Party	3,499	11.98
Majority		22,201	76.03

14 November 1935		26,377/36,176	72.91
Rt Hon George Lambert	National Liberal Party	20,767	78.73
Harold Frederick Chilcott	Labour Party	5,610	21.27
Majority		15,157	57.46

5 July 1945		28,205/39,221	71.91
Hon George Lambert	National Liberal Party	19,065	67.59
Charles Douglas Conyers Lang	Labour Party	9,140	32.41
Majority		9,925	35.19