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11 December 1832 | 1,049/1,176 | 89.20 | |
Whig | 739 | 70.45 | |
Whig | 526 | 50.14 | |
Whig | 476 | 45.38 | |
Majority | 50 | 4.77 | |
6 August 1833 Petition - withdrawn. A Bill was brought forward to the House of Commons to disenfranchise Stafford on the grounds of extensive bribery, but this was never progressed. | |||
6 January 1835 | 941/1,117 | 84.24 | |
Conservative Party | 605 | 64.29 | |
Whig | 456 | 48.46 | |
Conservative Party | 312 | 33.16 | |
Whig | 246 | 26.14 | |
Radical | 29 | 3.08 | |
Majority | 144 | 15.30 | |
May 1835 Resignation of Sir Francis Holyoake Goodricke, bt in order to contest Southern Staffordshire. The issue of a new writ was suspended, only being issued in February 1837 after a call to move the writ was passed in the House of Commons with a majority of one. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
21 February 1837 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 July 1837 | 980/1,246 | 78.65 | |
Whig | 565 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 504 | 51.43 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 47.35 | |
Whig | 348 | 35.51 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.08 | |
29 June 1841 | 804/1,154 | 69.67 | |
Conservative Party | 681 | 84.70 | |
Whig | 587 | 73.01 | |
Conservative Party | 339 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 248 | 30.85 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
11 March 1846 Resignation of Hon Swynfen Carnegie on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
13 March 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | 733 | 96.70 | |
Whig | 25 | 3.30 | |
Majority | 708 | 93.40 | |
30 July 1847 | 774/1,272 | 60.85 | |
Conservative Party | 754 | 97.42 | |
Conservative Party | 516 | 66.67 | |
Conservative Party | 271 | 35.01 | |
Whig | 6 | 0.78 | |
Whig | 1 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 245 | 31.65 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
8 July 1852 | 901/1,246 | 72.31 | |
Whig | 801 | 88.90 | |
Whig | 501 | 55.60 | |
Conservative Party | 458 | 50.83 | |
Whig | 39 | 4.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1 | 0.11 | |
Majority | 43 | 4.77 | |
28 March 1857 | 1,012/1,252 | 80.83 | |
Whig | 993 | 98.12 | |
Conservative Party | 745 | 73.62 | |
Whig | 286 | 28.26 | |
Majority | 459 | 45.36 | |
30 April 1859 | 1,041/1,364 | 76.32 | |
Liberal Party | 911 | 87.51 | |
Conservative Party | 624 | 59.94 | |
Liberal Party | 366 | 35.16 | |
Liberal Party | 181 | 17.39 | |
Majority | 258 | 24.78 | |
27 July 1860 Resignation of John Wise. (Hempholme) | |||
3 August 1860 | 1,042/1,390 | 74.96 | |
Liberal Party | 716 | 68.71 | |
Conservative Party | 326 | 31.29 | |
Majority | 390 | 37.43 | |
12 July 1865 | 1,174/1,540 | 76.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,091 | 92.93 | |
Conservative Party | 658 | 56.05 | |
Liberal Party | 598 | 50.94 | |
Majority | 60 | 5.11 | |
Boundary Change | |||
10 November 1868 | 2,272/3,152 | 72.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,189 | 52.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1,124 | 49.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,107 | 48.72 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.75 | |
13 May 1869 Petition - election declared void. | |||
7 June 1869 | 2,117/3,152 | 67.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,206 | 56.97 | |
Conservative Party | 1,130 | 53.38 | |
Liberal Party | 954 | 45.06 | |
Liberal Party | 943 | 44.54 | |
Majority | 176 | 8.31 | |
4 February 1874 | 4,271/3,440 | 124.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,238 | 57.97 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,183 | 55.40 | |
Conservative Party | 947 | 44.35 | |
Liberal Party | 903 | 42.29 | |
Majority | 236 | 11.05 | |
2 April 1880 | 2,611/3,699 | 70.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,498 | 57.37 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,345 | 51.51 | |
Conservative Party | 1,230 | 47.11 | |
Conservative Party | 1,149 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 115 | 4.40 | |
31 October 1881 Death of Alexander Macdonald. | |||
21 November 1881 | 2,667/3,344 | 79.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,482 | 55.57 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,185 | 44.43 | |
Majority | 297 | 11.14 | |
25 November 1885 | 3,017/3,264 | 92.43 | |
Liberal Party | 1,532 | 50.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,485 | 49.22 | |
Majority | 47 | 1.56 | |
3 July 1886 | 2,963/3,264 | 90.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,528 | 51.57 | |
Liberal Party | 1,435 | 48.43 | |
Majority | 93 | 3.14 | |
July 1892 | 3,006/3,409 | 88.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,684 | 56.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,322 | 43.98 | |
Majority | 362 | 12.04 | |
16 July 1895 | 3,124/3,361 | 92.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,568 | 50.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,556 | 49.81 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.38 | |
3 October 1900 | 3,161/3,534 | 89.45 | |
Liberal Party | 1,633 | 51.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,528 | 48.34 | |
Majority | 105 | 3.32 | |
13 January 1906 | 3,583/3,885 | 92.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,947 | 54.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,636 | 45.66 | |
Majority | 311 | 8.68 | |
15 January 1910 | 3,999/4,137 | 96.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,042 | 51.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,957 | 48.94 | |
Majority | 85 | 2.13 | |
3 December 1910 | 3,829/4,137 | 92.55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,992 | 52.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,837 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 155 | 4.05 | |
14 December 1918 | 12,507/23,140 | 54.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 8,304 | 66.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,203 | 33.61 | |
Majority | 4,101 | 32.79 | |
15 November 1922 | 18,662/24,317 | 76.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,990 | 58.89 | |
Labour Party | 7,672 | 41.11 | |
Majority | 3,318 | 17.78 | |
6 December 1923 | 18,235/25,024 | 72.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,823 | 53.87 | |
Labour Party | 8,412 | 46.13 | |
Majority | 1,411 | 7.74 | |
29 October 1924 | 19,975/25,260 | 79.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,404 | 62.10 | |
Labour Party | 7,571 | 37.90 | |
Majority | 4,833 | 24.20 | |
30 May 1929 | 27,335/33,420 | 81.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,324 | 45.09 | |
Labour Party | 10,011 | 36.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,000 | 18.29 | |
Majority | 2,313 | 8.46 | |
27 October 1931 | 27,107/34,535 | 78.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,467 | 68.13 | |
Labour Party | 8,640 | 31.87 | |
Majority | 9,827 | 36.25 | |
14 November 1935 | 28,689/36,298 | 79.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,175 | 56.38 | |
Labour Party | 12,514 | 43.62 | |
Majority | 3,661 | 12.76 | |
8 May 1938 Succession of Rt Hon William Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - 4th Baron Harlech. | |||
9 June 1938 | 29,100/37,719 | 77.15 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,754 | 57.57 | |
Labour Party | 12,346 | 42.43 | |
Majority | 4,408 | 15.15 | |
5 July 1945 | 34,423/43,314 | 79.47 | |
Labour Party | 17,923 | 52.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,500 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 1,423 | 4.13 | |
New | |||
9 June 1983 | 54,002/71,523 | 75.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,639 | 51.18 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 13,362 | 24.74 | |
Labour Party | 12,789 | 23.68 | |
Independent | 212 | 0.39 | |
Majority | 14,277 | 26.44 | |
6 March 1984 Death of Rt Hon Sir Hugh Fraser. | |||
3 May 1984 | 46,333/71,523 | 64.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,713 | 40.39 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 14,733 | 31.80 | |
Labour Party | 12,677 | 27.36 | |
Independent | 210 | 0.45 | |
Majority | 3,980 | 8.59 | |
11 June 1987 | 57,552/73,421 | 78.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,541 | 51.33 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 15,834 | 27.51 | |
Labour Party | 12,177 | 21.16 | |
Majority | 13,707 | 23.82 | |
9 April 1992 | 61,908/74,663 | 82.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,876 | 49.87 | |
Labour Party | 19,976 | 32.27 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10,702 | 17.29 | |
Hardcore | 178 | 0.29 | |
Natural Law Party | 176 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 10,900 | 17.61 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 51,772/67,555 | 76.64 | |
Labour Party | 24,606 | 47.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,292 | 39.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,480 | 10.58 | |
Referendum Party | 1,146 | 2.21 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 248 | 0.48 | |
Majority | 4,314 | 8.33 | |
7 June 2001 | 44,366/67,934 | 65.31 | |
Labour Party | 21,285 | 47.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,253 | 36.63 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,205 | 9.48 | |
UK Independence Party | 2,315 | 5.22 | |
Rock and Roll Loony Party | 308 | 0.69 | |
Majority | 5,032 | 11.34 | |
5 May 2005 | 45,554/70,359 | 64.75 | |
Labour Party | 19,889 | 43.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,768 | 39.00 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,390 | 14.03 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,507 | 3.31 | |
Majority | 2,121 | 4.66 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 50,239/70,836 | 70.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,047 | 43.88 | |
Labour Party | 16,587 | 33.02 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,211 | 16.34 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,727 | 3.44 | |
British National Party | 1,103 | 2.20 | |
Green Party | 564 | 1.12 | |
Majority | 5,460 | 10.87 | |
7 May 2015 | 48,767/68,705 | 70.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,606 | 48.41 | |
Labour Party | 14,429 | 29.59 | |
UK Independence Party | 6,293 | 12.90 | |
National Health Action | 1,701 | 3.49 | |
Green Party | 1,390 | 2.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,348 | 2.76 | |
Majority | 9,177 | 18.82 | |
8 June 2017 | 51,924/68,445 | 75.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,424 | 54.74 | |
Labour Party | 20,695 | 39.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,540 | 2.97 | |
Green Party | 1,265 | 2.44 | |
Majority | 7,729 | 14.89 | |
12 December 2019 | 51,149/72,572 | 70.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,992 | 58.64 | |
Labour Party | 15,615 | 30.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,175 | 6.21 | |
Green Party | 2,367 | 4.63 | |
Majority | 14,377 | 28.11 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
4 July 2024 | 46,009/70,608 | 65.16 | |
Labour Party | 18,531 | 40.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,936 | 30.29 | |
Reform UK | 8,612 | 18.72 | |
Green Party | 2,856 | 6.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,676 | 3.64 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 307 | 0.67 | |
Heritage | 91 | 0.20 | |
Majority | 4,595 | 9.99 | |