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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 July 1945		42,207/55,742	75.72
Sidney Horatio Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,431	46.04
Helen Osborn Judd	Labour Party	17,293	40.97
John Pickering Hughes	Liberal Party	5,483	12.99
Majority		2,138	5.07

23 February 1950		51,295/59,141	86.73
Sidney Horatio Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,200	56.93
Helen Osborn Judd	Labour Party	17,706	34.52
Henry Joseph Wheeler	Liberal Party	4,389	8.56
Majority		11,494	22.41

25 October 1951		48,886/59,848	81.68
Sidney Horatio Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,684	62.77
Eric Kenneth Isaac Hurst	Labour Party	18,202	37.23
Majority		12,482	25.53

3 October 1954 Resignation of Sir Sidney Marshall. (Chiltern Hundreds)

4 November 1954		32,953/59,292	55.58
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,930	66.55
N T Poulter	Labour Party	11,023	33.45
Majority		10,907	33.10

26 May 1955		44,743/58,529	76.45
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,538	66.02
Ronald Montague Lewis	Labour Party	15,205	33.98
Majority		14,333	32.03

8 October 1959		46,890/58,898	79.61
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,344	58.32
Frank Ashcroft Judd	Labour Party	11,946	25.48
John Montgomerie	Liberal Party	7,600	16.21
Majority		15,398	32.84

15 October 1964		43,641/58,763	74.27
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,975	52.65
Paul Derrick	Labour Party	11,839	27.13
John Montgomerie	Liberal Party	8,827	20.23
Majority		11,136	25.52

31 March 1966		43,700/57,227	76.36
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,331	51.10
Francis James Ward	Labour Party	13,235	30.29
Nicholas Dudley Murdoch McGeorge	Liberal Party	8,134	18.61
Majority		9,096	20.81

18 June 1970		41,241/60,991	67.62
Richard Christopher Sharples	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,957	58.09
John Dowsett	Labour Party	11,261	27.31
Nicholas Dudley Murdoch McGeorge	Liberal Party	6,023	14.60
Majority		12,696	30.78

1972 Resignation of Richard Sharples on appointment as Governor of Bermuda.

7 December 1972		34,204/60,771	56.28
Graham Norman Tope	Liberal Party	18,328	53.58
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,911	31.90
David T Miller	Labour Party	2,973	8.69
Christopher Newman Frere-Smith	Independent	1,332	3.89
Edgar Scruby	Nat Independence	660	1.93
Majority		7,417	21.68

Christopher Frere-Smith was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market.

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		49,661/60,131	82.59
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,555	45.42
Graham Norman Tope	Liberal Party	20,836	41.96
James Kenneth Rhodes	Labour Party	6,270	12.63
Majority		1,719	3.46

10 October 1974		46,567/60,546	76.91
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,156	47.58
Graham Norman Tope	Liberal Party	16,995	36.50
James Kenneth Rhodes	Labour Party	7,118	15.29
Dr Una Margaret Patricia Kroll	Independent	298	0.64
Majority		5,161	11.08

Dr Una Kroll was sponsored by the Womens' Rights Campaign.

3 May 1979		49,697/63,038	78.84
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,842	58.04
Christopher John Caswill	Liberal Party	13,136	26.43
Nancy Todd Irwin	Labour Party	7,126	14.34
John Ernest George Hunt	National Front	465	0.94
John Allan Smoker	Independent	128	0.26
Majority		15,706	31.60

John Smoker resigned from the Labour Party to fight the election on a policy opposed to the taking of human life by abortion, euthanasia or capital punishment.

9 June 1983		46,868/63,834	73.42
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,782	57.14
Christopher John Caswill	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,518	35.24
Geoffrey Stephen Dixon	Labour Party	3,568	7.61
Majority		10,264	21.90

11 June 1987		48,904/64,459	75.87
David Neil Macfarlane	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,710	60.75
Robert Douglas Greig	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,992	28.61
Lorraine Monk	Labour Party	5,202	10.64
Majority		15,718	32.14

9 April 1992		50,221/60,949	82.40
Lady Olga Helen Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,710	55.18
Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	16,954	33.76
Geoffrey Clifford Martin	Labour Party	4,980	9.92
James Duffy	Green Party	444	0.88
Angela Rose Hatchard	Natural Law Party	133	0.26
Majority		10,756	21.42

1 May 1997		47,092/62,785	75.01
Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	19,919	42.30
Lady Helen Olga Hay Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,822	37.85
Mark Gervais Allison	Labour Party	7,280	15.46
Peter Geoffrey Atkinson	Referendum Party	1,784	3.79
Simon Peter McKie	UK Independence Party	191	0.41
Deborah Wright	Natural Law Party	96	0.20
Majority		2,097	4.45

Minor Boundary Change
7 June 2001		39,723/63,648	62.41
Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	19,382	48.79
Lady Helen Olga Hay Maitland	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,078	37.96
Lisa Faith Homan	Labour Party	5,263	13.25
Majority		4,304	10.84

5 May 2005		41,932/63,319	66.22
Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	19,768	47.14
Richard James Willis	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,922	40.36
Anand Shukla	Labour Party	4,954	11.81
Rainbow George Weiss	Rainbow	288	0.69
Majority		2,846	6.79

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		48,508/66,632	72.80
Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	22,156	45.67
Philippa Stroud	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,548	42.36
Kathy Allen	Labour Party	3,376	6.96
John James Clarke	British National Party	1,014	2.09
David John Pickles	UK Independence Party	950	1.96
Peter Harry Hickson	Green Party	246	0.51
John Benjamin Dodds	English Democrats Party	106	0.22
Matthew Brendan Connolly	Christian Alliance	52	0.11
Martin James Cullip	Libertarian	41	0.08
Dr Brian Hammond	Independent	19	0.04
Majority		1,608	3.31

7 May 2015		49,905/69,160	72.16
Paul Stuart Scully	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,732	41.54
Rt Hon Paul Kenneth Burstow	Liberal Democrats	16,811	33.69
Emily Andrea Melanie Brothers	Labour Party	5,546	11.11
Gus Dalgleish	UK Independence Party	5,341	10.70
Maeve Tomlinson	Green Party	1,051	2.11
Dave Ash	National Health Action	345	0.69
Pauline Frances Gorman	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	79	0.16
Majority		3,921	7.86

8 June 2017		51,970/70,404	73.82
Paul Stuart Scully	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,567	51.12
Amna Ahmad	Liberal Democrats	13,869	26.69
Bonnie Craven	Labour Party	10,663	20.52
Claire Elizabeth Jackson-Prior	Green Party	871	1.68
Majority		12,698	24.43

12 December 2019		50,487/71,779	70.34
Paul Stuart Scully	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,235	49.98
Hina Bokhari	Liberal Democrats	16,884	33.44
Bonnie Craven	Labour Party	7,200	14.26
Claire Elizabeth Jackson-Prior	Green Party	1,168	2.31
Majority		8,351	16.54

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		47,606/72,302	65.84
Luke Alexander Taylor	Liberal Democrats	17,576	36.92
Thomas William Drummond	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,775	28.94
Christina Reshekaron	Labour Party	8,430	17.71
Ryan Powell	Reform UK	5,787	12.16
Aasha Anam	Green Party	1,721	3.62
Kingsley Julian Duncan Hamilton	Independent	317	0.67
Majority		3,801	7.98