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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		42,635/49,520	86.10
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,608	55.37
Lawrence Allaker	Labour Party	14,913	34.98
George Christopher Middleton	Liberal Party	4,114	9.65
Majority		8,695	20.39

25 October 1951		46,040/54,150	85.02
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,049	58.75
Lawrence Allaker	Labour Party	18,991	41.25
Majority		8,058	17.50

26 May 1955		50,725/62,383	81.31
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,847	56.87
Wyndham Thomas	Labour Party	21,878	43.13
Majority		6,969	13.74

8 October 1959		58,489/69,291	84.41
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,724	50.82
Anthony John Whiteside	Labour Party	19,487	33.32
Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks	Liberal Party	9,278	15.86
Majority		10,237	17.50

15 October 1964		61,846/74,502	83.01
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,308	45.77
Sydney James Bidwell	Labour Party	22,237	35.96
Douglas Brown	Liberal Party	11,301	18.27
Majority		6,071	9.82

31 March 1966		62,160/74,777	83.13
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,378	45.65
Stanley John Chapman	Labour Party	25,186	40.52
Peter Albert Stanley Benton	Liberal Party	8,596	13.83
Majority		3,192	5.14

18 June 1970		64,906/85,654	75.78
Gilbert James Morley Longden	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,661	50.32
Bruce Joseph Grocott	Labour Party	24,214	37.31
John Ellis Stewart Jarrett	Liberal Party	7,489	11.54
Ronald William Skilton	Independent	542	0.84
Majority		8,447	13.01

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		63,015/75,254	83.74
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,563	42.15
James Edward Mitchell	Labour Party	18,465	29.30
John Ellis Stewart Jarrett	Liberal Party	17,987	28.54
Majority		8,098	12.85

10 October 1974		58,507/75,970	77.01
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,939	42.63
Alec Louis Charles Cohen	Labour Party	19,098	32.64
John Ellis Stewart Jarrett	Liberal Party	14,470	24.73
Majority		5,841	9.98

3 May 1979		60,543/75,930	79.74
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,112	54.69
Anthony John Colman	Labour Party	16,784	27.72
Morris Gerald Cass	Liberal Party	9,808	16.20
Peter David Graves	National Front	839	1.39
Majority		16,328	26.97

24 October 1979 Resignation of Geoffrey Dodsworth. (Chiltern Hundreds)

13 December 1979		37,077/76,776	48.29
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,031	45.93
Susan Ann Reeves	Labour Party	10,259	27.67
Dane Stewart Campbell Clouston	Liberal Party	8,752	23.60
Nigel R Jeskins	Ecology Party	602	1.62
David William Bundy	Anti-Common Market and Free Trade Party	288	0.78
Nigel Q Ffooks	Independent	145	0.39
Majority		6,772	18.26

Nigel Ffooks sought election as Father Christmas: Support Southampton University Rag.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		56,365/75,326	74.83
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,217	53.61
Ian Murray Blair	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,023	31.98
Edward Playfair	Labour Party	7,818	13.87
Michael Edward Lupton	Independent	307	0.54
Majority		12,194	21.63

11 June 1987		58,764/76,344	76.97
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,791	55.80
Ian Murray Blair	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,007	28.94
Ian Willmore	Labour Party	8,966	15.26
Majority		15,784	26.86

9 April 1992		59,336/70,836	83.77
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,825	57.01
Ann Shaw	Liberal Democrats	13,718	23.12
Andrew Paul Gale	Labour Party	11,512	19.40
Christopher James Adamson	Natural Law Party	281	0.47
Majority		20,107	33.89

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		55,411/71,671	77.31
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,462	45.95
Mark David Dominic Wilson	Labour Party	15,441	27.87
Ann Shaw	Liberal Democrats	12,381	22.34
Timothy Michael Millward	Referendum Party	1,853	3.34
Christopher James Adamson	Natural Law Party	274	0.49
Majority		10,021	18.08

7 June 2001		47,269/73,367	64.43
Richard Lewis Page	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,933	44.28
Graham William Dale	Labour Party	12,752	26.98
Edward Harry Featherstone	Liberal Democrats	12,431	26.30
Colin Dale-Mills	UK Independence Party	847	1.79
Julia Elaine Goffin	Pro-Life Alliance	306	0.65
Majority		8,181	17.31

5 May 2005		50,088/73,170	68.45
David Michael Gauke	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,494	46.91
Edward Harry Featherstone	Liberal Democrats	15,021	29.99
Kerron James Cross	Labour Party	10,466	20.90
Colin Scott Rodden	UK Independence Party	1,107	2.21
Majority		8,473	16.92

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		56,750/78,438	72.35
David Michael Gauke	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,773	54.23
Christopher Francis Townsend	Liberal Democrats	15,853	27.93
Harry Mann	Labour Party	6,526	11.50
Mark Edwin Benson	UK Independence Party	1,450	2.56
Deirdre Anne Gates	British National Party	1,302	2.29
James Hannaway	Independent	846	1.49
Majority		14,920	26.29

7 May 2015		57,267/79,668	71.88
David Michael Gauke	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,608	56.94
Simon Leo Carr Diggins	Labour Party	9,345	16.32
Mark Anderson	UK Independence Party	6,603	11.53
Nigel Alan Quinton	Liberal Democrats	5,872	10.25
Charlotte Susan Pardy	Green Party	2,583	4.51
Graham Cartmell	Common Sense	256	0.45
Majority		23,263	40.62

8 June 2017		60,653/81,087	74.80
Rt Hon David Michael Gauke	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,128	57.92
Robert Wakely	Labour Party	15,578	25.68
Christopher Francis Townsend	Liberal Democrats	7,078	11.67
Paul Gregory de Hoest	Green Party	1,576	2.60
Mark Anderson	UK Independence Party	1,293	2.13
Majority		19,550	32.23

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon David Gauke.

12 December 2019		61,191/80,449	76.06
Gagan Mohindra	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,327	49.56
Rt Hon David Michael Gauke	Independent	15,919	26.02
Ali Aklakul	Labour Party	7,228	11.81
Sally Elizabeth Symington	Liberal Democrats	6,251	10.22
Thomas Pashby	Green Party	1,466	2.40
Majority		14,408	23.55

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		48,254/71,737	67.27
Gagan Mohindra	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,458	34.11
Sally Elizabeth Symington	Liberal Democrats	12,002	24.87
Alexandra Sufit	Labour Party	9,637	19.97
Keith William Steers	Reform UK	6,790	14.07
Narinder Singh Sian	Green Party	2,532	5.25
Bernardette Mary O'Malley	Party of Women	295	0.61
Victor Silkin	Rejoin EU	232	0.48
Michael John McGetrick	Social Democratic Party	158	0.33
Ketankumar Pipaliya	UK Voice	150	0.31
Majority		4,456	9.23