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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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12 December 1832		637/657	96.96
Sir Francis Vincent, bt	Whig	392	61.54
Henry George Ward	Whig	373	58.56
William Turner	Tory	345	54.16
Majority		28	4.40

7 January 1835		442/544	81.25
Hon Edward Harbottle Grimston	Conservative Party	362	81.90
Henry George Ward	Whig	284	64.25
William Horsley Beresford	Conservative Party	237	53.62
Majority		47	10.63

25 July 1837		561/595	94.29
Hon Edward Harbottle Grimston	Conservative Party	361	64.35
George Alfred Muskett	Whig	347	61.85
Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative Party	219	39.04
Majority		128	22.82

9 February 1841		457/500	91.40
William Hare, Earl of Listowel	Whig	252	55.14
Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative Party	205	44.86
Majority		47	10.28

1841 Petition - dismissed.

February 1841 Resignation of Hon Edward Grimston. (Chiltern Hundreds)

29 June 1841		482/500	96.40
George William John Repton	Conservative Party	288	59.75
William Hare, Earl of Listowel	Whig	258	53.53
Henry Thomas Worley	Conservative Party	251	52.07
George Alfred Muskett	Whig	150	31.12
Majority		7	1.45

1846 Resignation of the Earl of Listowel on appointment as a Lord in Waiting to Her Majesty.

11 August 1846		413/541	76.34
Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative Party	264	63.92
William Hare, Earl of Listowel	Whig	149	36.08
Majority		115	27.85

1846 Petition - withdrawn.

29 July 1847		464/532	87.22
Alexander Raphael	Whig	295	63.58
George William John Repton	Conservative Party	276	59.48
John Wilks	Whig	230	49.57
Hon Frederick Keppel Craven	Whig	126	27.16
Majority		46	9.91

November 1850 Death of Alexander Raphael.

24 December 1850		423/483	87.58
Jacob Bell	Whig	276	65.25
Sir Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	147	34.75
Majority		129	30.50

1851 Petition - dismissed.

3 May 1852 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament and was incorporated into Hertfordshire.

3 December 1885		7,145/8,741	81.74
James Walter Grimston, Viscount Grimston	Conservative Party	4,108	57.49
John Coles	Liberal Party	3,037	42.51
Majority		1,071	14.99

2 July 1886		8,741
James Walter Grimston, Viscount Grimston	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1892		7,569/9,672	78.26
Vicary Gibbs	Conservative Party	3,417	45.14
Thomas Morgan Harvey	Liberal Party	2,572	33.98
William Henry Bingham-Cox	Independent Conservative	1,580	20.87
Majority		845	11.16

13 July 1895		10,205
Vicary Gibbs	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 October 1900
Hon Vicary Gibbs	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 February 1904 Disqualification of Hon Vicary Gibbs who, since his election, had undertaken a contract with the Commissioners of the Admiralty.

12 February 1904		9,382/11,518	81.46
John Bamford Slack	Liberal Party	4,757	50.70
Hon Vicary Gibbs	Conservative Party	4,625	49.30
Majority		132	1.41

17 January 1906		11,160/12,497	89.30
Edward Hildred Carlile	Conservative Party	5,856	52.47
John Bamford Slack	Liberal Party	5,304	47.53
Majority		552	4.95

25 January 1910		12,594/13,929	90.42
Edward Hildred Carlile	Conservative Party	7,323	58.15
Henry Roscoe Beddoes	Liberal Party	5,271	41.85
Majority		2,052	16.29

9 December 1910		11,676/13,929	83.83
Edward Hildred Carlile	Conservative Party	6,899	59.09
Robert Charles Phillimore	Liberal Party	4,777	40.91
Majority		2,122	18.17

14 December 1918		32,633
Sir Edward Hildred Carlile, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

20 November 1919 Resignation of Sir Edward Carlile, Bt. (Northstead)

10 December 1919		21,003/33,437	62.81
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,621	45.81
John William Brown	Labour Party	8,908	42.41
Milner Gray	Liberal Party	2,474	11.78
Majority		713	3.39

15 November 1922		25,256/35,520	71.10
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,594	57.78
John William Brown	Labour Party	10,662	42.22
Majority		3,932	15.57

6 December 1923		25,077/36,474	68.75
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,968	47.73
Christopher Birdwood Thomson	Labour Party	6,640	26.48
Harry Krauss Nield	Liberal Party	6,469	25.80
Majority		5,328	21.25

29 October 1924		26,686/37,983	70.26
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,004	67.47
Frank Herbert	Labour Party	8,682	32.53
Majority		9,322	34.93

30 May 1929		42,434/58,418	72.64
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,436	48.16
Mary Monica Whately	Labour Party	11,699	27.57
George Gordon Honeyman	Liberal Party	10,299	24.27
Majority		8,737	20.59

27 October 1931		46,979/65,365	71.87
Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,690	78.10
Mary Monica Whately	Labour Party	10,289	21.90
Majority		26,401	56.20

14 November 1935		49,976/79,885	62.56
Sir Francis Edward Fremantle	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,743	67.52
Hugh Arthur Franklin	Labour Party	16,233	32.48
Majority		17,510	35.04

26 August 1943 Death of Sir Francis Fremantle.

5 October 1943
Hon John Grimston	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

Major Boundary Change
5 July 1945		52,204/71,893	72.61
Cyril Walter Dumpleton	Labour Party	24,241	46.44
Hon John Grimston	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,362	42.84
Enid Lakeman	Liberal Party	5,601	10.73
Majority		1,879	3.60

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		52,364/61,644	84.95
Hon John Grimston	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,733	47.23
Cyril Walter Dumpleton	Labour Party	22,351	42.68
Deryck Robert Endsleigh Abel	Liberal Party	5,280	10.08
Majority		2,382	4.55

25 October 1951		52,513/62,431	84.11
Hon John Grimston	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,602	54.47
John McKnight	Labour Party	23,911	45.53
Majority		4,691	8.93

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		37,935/47,827	79.32
Hon John Grimston	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,828	57.54
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	16,107	42.46
Majority		5,721	15.08

8 October 1959		43,755/52,823	82.83
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,157	52.92
Lawrence William Carroll	Labour Party	14,650	33.48
William Albert Newton Jones	Liberal Party	5,948	13.59
Majority		8,507	19.44

15 October 1964		45,966/55,658	82.59
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,063	48.00
Bruce Leslie Home Douglas-Mann	Labour Party	16,672	36.27
William Glanville Brown	Liberal Party	7,231	15.73
Majority		5,391	11.73

31 March 1966		46,665/56,248	82.96
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,260	47.70
John Keith Kyle	Labour Party	19,428	41.63
James Julian Wates	Liberal Party	4,977	10.67
Majority		2,832	6.07

18 June 1970		47,571/62,373	76.27
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,503	51.51
Christopher Herbert Beaumont	Labour Party	16,629	34.96
Charles Anthony Shaw	Liberal Party	6,439	13.54
Majority		7,874	16.55

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		58,346/68,990	84.57
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,345	45.15
Charles Anthony Shaw	Liberal Party	17,924	30.72
Daniel Lipman Bernstein	Labour Party	14,077	24.13
Majority		8,421	14.43

10 October 1974		54,377/69,672	78.05
Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,436	44.94
Edwin Hudson	Labour Party	15,301	28.14
Charles Anthony Shaw	Liberal Party	14,640	26.92
Majority		9,135	16.80

3 May 1979		58,996/73,339	80.44
Sir Victor Henry Goodhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,301	53.06
David Michael Picton	Liberal Party	14,057	23.83
Ronald John Greaves	Labour and Co-operative Party	13,638	23.12
Majority		17,244	29.23

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		57,004/73,857	77.18
Peter Bruce Lilley	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,676	52.06
Alexander Stuart Burnett Walkington	Liberal Party in Alliance	21,115	37.04
Rita Austin	Labour Party	6,213	10.90
Majority		8,561	15.02

11 June 1987		60,391/76,206	79.25
Peter Bruce Lilley	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,726	52.53
Alexander Stuart Burnett Walkington	Liberal Party in Alliance	20,845	34.52
Anthony McWalter	Labour and Co-operative Party	6,922	11.46
Elaine Valerie Field	Green Party	788	1.30
William Henry Pass	CPRP	110	0.18
Majority		10,881	18.02

9 April 1992		61,925/74,188	83.47
Rt Hon Peter Bruce Lilley	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,709	52.82
Monica Howes	Liberal Democrats	16,305	26.33
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	12,016	19.40
Craig Simmons	Green Party	734	1.19
David John Lucas	Natural Law Party	161	0.26
Majority		16,404	26.49

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,805/65,560	77.49
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	21,338	42.00
David Henry Rutley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,879	33.22
Anthony Francis Rowlands	Liberal Democrats	10,692	21.05
James Richard Warrilow	Referendum Party	1,619	3.19
Sari Craigen	Dream	166	0.33
Ian Alan Docker	Natural Law Party	111	0.22
Majority		4,459	8.78

7 June 2001		43,761/66,040	66.26
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	19,889	45.45
Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,423	35.24
Nicholas David Rijke	Liberal Democrats	7,847	17.93
Christopher Arthur Sherwin	UK Independence Party	602	1.38
Majority		4,466	10.21

5 May 2005		45,462/64,595	70.38
Anne Margaret Main	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,953	37.29
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	15,592	34.30
Michael Andrew Green	Liberal Democrats	11,561	25.43
Richard Martin Evans	UK Independence Party	707	1.56
Janet Ruth Girsman	St Albans	430	0.95
Mark James Reynolds	Independent	219	0.48
Majority		1,361	2.99

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		52,835/70,135	75.33
Anne Margaret Main	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,533	40.76
Alexander Stuart Burnett Walkington	Liberal Democrats	19,228	36.39
Roma Mills	Labour Party	9,288	17.58
John Francis Stocker	UK Independence Party	2,028	3.84
Jack Edward Easton	Green Party	758	1.43
Majority		2,305	4.36

7 May 2015		54,433/75,825	71.79
Anne Margaret Main	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,392	46.65
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	12,660	23.26
Alexander Stuart Burnett Walkington	Liberal Democrats	10,076	18.51
Christopher Lancelot Gerrard Wright	UK Independence Party	4,271	7.85
Jack Edward Easton	Green Party	2,034	3.74
Majority		12,732	23.39

8 June 2017		56,998/72,811	78.28
Anne Margaret Main	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,571	43.11
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrats	18,462	32.39
Kerry Patrick Pollard	Labour Party	13,137	23.05
Jack Edward Easton	Green Party	828	1.45
Majority		6,109	10.72

12 December 2019		57,599/73,727	78.12
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrats	28,867	50.12
Anne Margaret Main	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,574	39.19
Rebecca Anna-Marie Lury	Labour Party	5,000	8.68
Simon Jonathan Grover	Green Party	1,004	1.74
Jules Anthony Sherrington	Independent	154	0.27
Majority		6,293	10.93

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		51,614/72,739	70.96
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrats	29,222	56.62
James Michael Spencer	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,388	18.19
Sophia Adams Bhatti	Labour Party	5,189	10.05
John Leroy Dowdle	Reform UK	4,336	8.40
Simon Jonathan Grover	Green Party	3,272	6.34
Dafydd Huw Morriss	Heritage	104	0.20
Stewart David Satterly	Social Democratic Party	103	0.20
Majority		19,834	38.43