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14 December 1832 | 1,132/1,378 | 82.15 | |
Whig | 697 | 61.57 | |
Whig | 525 | 46.38 | |
Whig | 404 | 35.69 | |
Tory | 392 | 34.63 | |
Majority | 121 | 10.69 | |
March 1833 Resignation of Hon George Barrington. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
4 April 1833 | 1,130/1,378 | 82.00 | |
Tory | 574 | 50.80 | |
Whig | 556 | 49.20 | |
Majority | 18 | 1.59 | |
8 January 1835 | 1,107/1,359 | 81.46 | |
Conservative Party | 844 | 76.24 | |
Whig | 709 | 64.05 | |
Whig | 389 | 35.14 | |
Majority | 320 | 28.91 | |
30 July 1837 | 1,176/1,532 | 76.76 | |
Conservative Party | 688 | 58.50 | |
Whig | 628 | 53.40 | |
Whig | 591 | 50.26 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.15 | |
30 June 1841 | 1,691 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 September 1841 | 1,168/1,691 | 69.07 | |
Whig | 706 | 60.45 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 39.55 | |
Majority | 244 | 20.89 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
September 1841 Resignation of William Thompson in order to contest Westmorland. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
3 July 1845 Succession of Viscount Howick to the Peerage - 3rd Earl Grey. | |||
15 August 1845 | 1,125/1,681 | 66.92 | |
Conservative Party | 627 | 55.73 | |
Radical | 498 | 44.27 | |
Majority | 129 | 11.47 | |
4 August 1847 | 1,045/1,693 | 61.72 | |
Conservative Party | 879 | 84.11 | |
Whig | 642 | 61.44 | |
Radical | 568 | 54.35 | |
Majority | 74 | 7.08 | |
December 1847 Resignation of David Barclay. | |||
22 December 1847 | 1,281/1,692 | 75.71 | |
Whig | 705 | 55.04 | |
Radical | 576 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 129 | 10.07 | |
8 July 1852 | 1,168/1,973 | 59.20 | |
Conservative Party | 868 | 74.32 | |
Radical | 814 | 69.69 | |
Whig | 654 | 55.99 | |
Majority | 160 | 13.70 | |
December 1854 Resignation of William Seymour on appointment as Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne. | |||
2 January 1855 | |||
Whig | 956 | 59.68 | |
Radical | 646 | 40.32 | |
Majority | 310 | 19.35 | |
28 March 1857 | 1,534/2,493 | 61.53 | |
Whig | 1,123 | 73.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,081 | 70.47 | |
Radical | 863 | 56.26 | |
Majority | 218 | 14.21 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
30 April 1859 | 2,200/2,729 | 80.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,527 | 69.41 | |
Liberal Party | 1,292 | 58.73 | |
Conservative Party | 790 | 35.91 | |
Majority | 502 | 22.82 | |
12 July 1865 | 2,922/3,468 | 84.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,826 | 62.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,355 | 46.37 | |
Liberal Party | 1,307 | 44.73 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.64 | |
23 January 1866 Resignation of Henry Fenwick on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
28 February 1866 | 2,724/3,468 | 78.55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,430 | 52.50 | |
Liberal Party | 1,294 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 136 | 4.99 | |
Boundary Change | |||
18 November 1868 | 7,367/11,364 | 64.83 | |
Liberal Party | 6,237 | 84.66 | |
Liberal Party | 4,901 | 66.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,596 | 48.81 | |
Majority | 1,305 | 17.71 | |
4 February 1874 | 9,827/14,008 | 70.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,172 | 62.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,920 | 60.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,781 | 38.48 | |
Majority | 2,139 | 21.77 | |
31 March 1880 | 11,901/15,021 | 79.23 | |
Liberal Party | 7,639 | 64.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,995 | 58.78 | |
Conservative Party | 4,262 | 35.81 | |
Majority | 2,733 | 22.96 | |
5 April 1881 Resignation of Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
12 April 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 November 1885 | 14,416/18,078 | 79.74 | |
Liberal Party | 8,295 | 57.54 | |
Liberal Party | 7,759 | 53.82 | |
Conservative Party | 6,703 | 46.50 | |
Majority | 1,056 | 7.33 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,863/18,078 | 71.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,971 | 54.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,840 | 53.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 6,027 | 46.86 | |
Majority | 813 | 6.32 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 July 1892 | 17,990/22,282 | 80.74 | |
Liberal Party | 9,711 | 53.98 | |
Liberal Party | 9,554 | 53.11 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 8,394 | 46.66 | |
Conservative Party | 8,002 | 44.48 | |
Majority | 1,160 | 6.45 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
16 July 1895 | 17,910/22,408 | 79.93 | |
Conservative Party | 9,833 | 54.90 | |
Liberal Party | 8,232 | 45.96 | |
Liberal Party | 8,185 | 45.70 | |
Majority | 47 | 0.26 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
27 January 1896 Petition - dismissed. | |||
4 October 1900 | 19,124/24,423 | 78.30 | |
Conservative Party | 9,617 | 50.29 | |
Conservative Party | 9,566 | 50.02 | |
Liberal Party | 9,370 | 49.00 | |
Labour Party | 8,842 | 46.24 | |
Majority | 196 | 1.02 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
17 January 1906 | 23,637/27,650 | 85.49 | |
Liberal Party | 13,620 | 57.62 | |
Labour Party | 13,430 | 56.82 | |
Conservative Party | 7,879 | 33.33 | |
Conservative Party | 7,244 | 30.65 | |
Majority | 5,551 | 46.97 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
17 January 1910 | 24,077/27,610 | 87.20 | |
Independent Conservative | 12,334 | 51.23 | |
Conservative Party | 12,270 | 50.96 | |
Liberal Party | 11,529 | 47.88 | |
Labour Party | 11,058 | 45.93 | |
Majority | 741 | 6.16 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
Samuel Storey said in his election address that he was seeking election at the request of the Sunderland Tariff Reform Association. He ran as an "Independent Tariff Reform" candidate, but received the full support of the local Conservative Association and his return of election expenses was made jointly with James Knott. | |||
5 December 1910 | 22,421/27,610 | 81.21 | |
Liberal Party | 11,997 | 53.51 | |
Labour Party | 11,291 | 50.36 | |
Conservative Party | 10,300 | 45.94 | |
Conservative Party | 10,132 | 45.19 | |
Majority | 991 | 8.84 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 December 1918 | 41,212/73,121 | 56.36 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 27,646 | 67.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,698 | 62.36 | |
Labour Party | 9,603 | 23.30 | |
Majority | 16,095 | 39.05 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
2 April 1920 Resignation of Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
24 April 1920 | 42,257/76,216 | 55.44 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 22,813 | 53.99 | |
Labour Party | 14,379 | 34.03 | |
Liberal Party | 5,065 | 11.99 | |
Majority | 8,434 | 19.96 | |
15 November 1922 | 61,155/74,970 | 81.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,001 | 45.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,591 | 40.21 | |
National Liberal Party | 19,058 | 31.16 | |
Labour Party | 13,683 | 22.37 | |
Labour Party | 13,490 | 22.06 | |
Liberal Party | 13,036 | 21.32 | |
Majority | 5,533 | 9.05 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
6 December 1923 | 59,943/76,916 | 77.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,497 | 39.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,379 | 39.00 | |
Liberal Party | 22,438 | 37.43 | |
Liberal Party | 22,034 | 36.76 | |
Labour Party | 13,707 | 22.87 | |
Labour Party | 13,184 | 21.99 | |
Majority | 941 | 1.57 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
29 October 1924 | 66,316/78,361 | 84.63 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,612 | 43.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,608 | 43.14 | |
Labour Party | 21,823 | 32.91 | |
Liberal Party | 20,139 | 30.37 | |
Liberal Party | 13,731 | 20.71 | |
Majority | 6,785 | 10.23 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
30 May 1929 | 82,640/101,875 | 81.12 | |
Labour Party | 31,794 | 38.47 | |
Labour Party | 31,085 | 37.61 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,180 | 35.31 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,937 | 35.02 | |
Liberal Party | 21,300 | 25.77 | |
Liberal Party | 21,142 | 25.58 | |
Majority | 1,905 | 2.31 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
12 February 1931 Death of Alfred Smith. | |||
26 March 1931 | 75,592/103,363 | 73.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,497 | 40.34 | |
Labour Party | 30,075 | 39.79 | |
Liberal Party | 15,020 | 19.87 | |
Majority | 422 | 0.56 | |
27 October 1931 | 83,935/103,559 | 81.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 53,386 | 63.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 52,589 | 62.65 | |
Labour Party | 29,707 | 35.39 | |
Labour Party | 29,680 | 35.36 | |
Majority | 22,882 | 27.26 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 November 1935 | 82,061/103,928 | 78.96 | |
National Liberal Party | 49,001 | 59.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 48,760 | 59.42 | |
Labour Party | 32,483 | 39.58 | |
Labour Party | 32,059 | 39.07 | |
Majority | 16,277 | 19.84 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 July 1945 | 70,060/90,729 | 77.22 | |
Labour Party | 38,769 | 55.34 | |
Labour Party | 36,711 | 52.40 | |
National Liberal Party | 29,366 | 41.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,579 | 40.79 | |
Communist Party | 4,501 | 6.42 | |
Majority | 7,345 | 10.48 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||