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10 December 1832		949
Edward Thomas Bainbridge	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Labouchere	Whig	Unopposed

5 January 1835		920
Edward Thomas Bainbridge	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Labouchere	Whig	Unopposed

April 1835 Resignation of Henry Labouchere on appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint.

29 April 1835		734/920	79.78
Henry Labouchere	Whig	452	61.58
Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative Party	282	38.42
Majority		170	23.16

26 July 1837		798/943	84.62
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	469	58.77
Edward Thomas Bainbridge	Whig	414	51.88
Robert Newton Lee	Conservative Party	409	51.25
Majority		5	0.63

1837 Petition - dismissed.

30 June 1841		759/856	88.67
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	430	56.65
Edward Thomas Bainbridge	Whig	409	53.89
William Wilberforce	Conservative Party	381	50.20
James Hall	Conservative Party	218	28.72
Majority		28	3.69

February 1842 Resignation of Edward Bainbridge. (Chiltern Hundreds)

11 February 1842		731/1,010	72.38
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bt	Whig	394	53.90
James Hall	Conservative Party	337	46.10
Majority		57	7.80

6 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Labouchere on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

10 July 1846
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	Unopposed

30 July 1847		654/911	71.79
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	543	83.03
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bt	Whig	388	59.33
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	376	57.49
Majority		12	1.83

9 July 1852		575/790	72.78
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	430	74.78
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	361	62.78
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bt	Whig	358	62.26
Majority		3	0.52

4 May 1853		739/886	83.41
Sir John William Ramsden, Bt	Whig	372	50.34
Henry Badcock	Conservative Party	367	49.66
Majority		5	0.68

1853 Petition - dismissed.

18 April 1853 Petition - Arthur Mills unseated on petition.

21 November 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Labouchere on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

5 February 1856
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	Unopposed

28 March 1857		605/887	68.21
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	442	73.06
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	401	66.28
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Whig	366	60.50
Majority		35	5.79

1857 Petition - withdrawn.

30 April 1859		692/832	83.17
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	415	59.97
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Liberal Party	388	56.07
George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	325	46.97
William Beadon	Liberal Party	255	36.85
Majority		63	9.10

2 August 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Labouchere prior to his elevation to the Peerage - Baron Taunton. (Chiltern Hundreds)

9 August 1859		719/832	86.42
George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	382	53.13
Alexander Charles Barclay	Liberal Party	337	46.87
Majority		45	6.26

12 July 1865		750/839	89.39
Alexander Charles Barclay	Liberal Party	478	63.73
Lord William Montagu Hay	Liberal Party	470	62.67
Edward William Cox	Conservative Party	292	38.93
Alfred Austin	Conservative Party	260	34.67
Majority		178	23.73

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		1,492/1,977	75.47
Alexander Charles Barclay	Liberal Party	1,105	74.06
Edward William Cox	Conservative Party	988	66.22
Henry James	Liberal Party	890	59.65
Majority		98	6.57

8 March 1869 Petition - election of Edward Cox declared void. Henry James was declared duly elected after a scrutiny. Two petitions against Barclay were withdrawn. A subsequent petition was lodged against Henry James but the Court ruled that a petitioner who had been seated on petition could not afterwards be petitioned against.

September 1873 Resignation of Henry James on appointment as Solicitor-General.

14 October 1873		1,711/1,913	89.44
Henry James	Liberal Party	899	52.54
Sir Alfred Frederic Adolphus Slade, Bt	Conservative Party	812	47.46
Majority		87	5.08

26 January 1874 Petition - dismissed.

31 January 1874		1,999
Alexander Charles Barclay	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Sir Henry James	Liberal Party	Unopposed

31 March 1880		2,012/2,225	90.43
Sir William Palliser	Conservative Party	1,084	53.88
Sir Henry James	Liberal Party	1,000	49.70
William Walter Cargill	Conservative Party	971	48.26
Roger Eykyn	Liberal Party	968	48.11
Majority		29	1.44

3 May 1880 Resignation of Sir Henry James on appointment as Attorney-General.

8 May 1880
Sir Henry James	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 February 1882 Death of Sir William Palliser.

17 February 1882		2,061/2,362	87.26
Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative Party	1,144	55.51
Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie	Liberal Party	917	44.49
Majority		227	11.01

24 November 1885		2,339/2,541	92.05
Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative Party	1,361	58.19
Sir Charles James Jessel, Bt	Liberal Party	978	41.81
Majority		383	16.37

1 July 1886		2,541
Hon Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 April 1887 Succession of Hon Samuel Allsopp to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Hindlip.

23 April 1887		2,316/2,591	89.39
Hon Alfred Percy Allsopp	Conservative Party	1,426	61.57
James Harris Sanders	Liberal Party	890	38.43
Majority		536	23.14

6 July 1892		2,323/2,825	82.23
Hon Alfred Percy Allsopp	Conservative Party	1,402	60.35
Henry Hewitt Bridgman	Liberal Party	921	39.65
Majority		481	20.71

12 July 1895		2,999
Alfred Cholmeley Earle-Welby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 October 1900		2,411/3,272	73.69
Alfred Cholmeley Earle-Welby	Conservative Party	1,387	57.53
Walker King	Liberal Party	1,024	42.47
Majority		363	15.06

15 January 1906		3,345/3,590	93.18
Sir Edward Gurney Boyle, Bt	Conservative Party	1,842	55.07
Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby	Liberal Party	1,503	44.93
Majority		339	10.13

11 February 1909 Resignation of Sir Edward Boyle, Bt. (Northstead)

23 February 1909		3,061/3,808	80.38
Hon William Robert Wellesley Peel	Conservative Party	1,976	64.55
Francis Samuel Smith	Labour Party	1,085	35.45
Majority		891	29.11

17 January 1910		3,444/3,814	90.30
Hon William Robert Wellesley Peel	Conservative Party	1,906	55.34
William Arthur Addinsell	Liberal Party	1,538	44.66
Majority		368	10.69

5 December 1910		3,379/3,814	88.59
Hon William Robert Wellesley Peel	Conservative Party	1,806	53.45
John Edward Schunck	Liberal Party	1,573	46.55
Majority		233	6.90

24 October 1912 Succession of Hon William Peel to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Peel.

11 November 1912		3,479/3,921	88.73
Sir Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,882	54.10
John Edward Schunck	Liberal Party	1,597	45.90
Majority		285	8.19

14 December 1918		17,435/26,845	64.95
Dennis Fortescue Boles	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,619	72.38
Rev George Saville Woods	Labour Party	4,816	27.62
Majority		7,803	44.75

18 March 1921 Resignation of Dennis Boles. (Chiltern Hundreds)

8 April 1921		21,284/28,976	73.45
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,994	61.05
James Lunnon	Labour Party	8,290	38.95
Majority		4,704	22.10

Rt Hon Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen was Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

15 November 1922		23,377/29,567	79.06
John Hope Simpson	Liberal Party	13,195	56.44
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,182	43.56
Majority		3,013	12.89

6 December 1923		24,851/30,088	82.59
John Hope Simpson	Liberal Party	13,053	52.53
Andrew Hamilton Gault	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,798	47.47
Majority		1,255	5.05

29 October 1924		26,752/31,235	85.65
Andrew Hamilton Gault	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,930	52.07
John Hope Simpson	Liberal Party	10,381	38.80
Rev George Saville Woods	Labour Party	2,441	9.12
Majority		3,549	13.27

30 May 1929		30,819/39,926	77.19
Andrew Hamilton Gault	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,083	42.45
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	11,121	36.08
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	6,615	21.46
Majority		1,962	6.37

27 October 1931		30,931/41,006	75.43
Andrew Hamilton Gault	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,564	72.95
Dr Frank George Bushnell	Labour Party	8,367	27.05
Majority		14,197	45.90

14 November 1935		30,662/42,437	72.25
Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,443	63.41
James Lunnon	Labour Party	11,219	36.59
Majority		8,224	26.82

5 July 1945		37,834/51,681	73.21
Victor John Collins	Labour Party	19,976	52.80
Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,858	47.20
Majority		2,118	5.60

23 February 1950		44,637/50,261	88.81
Henry Lennox d'Aubign? Hopkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,724	46.43
Victor John Collins	Labour Party	19,352	43.35
John Robert Phillipson	Liberal Party	4,561	10.22
Majority		1,372	3.07

25 October 1951		45,671/51,313	89.00
Henry Lennox d'Aubigné Hopkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,826	54.36
Victor John Collins	Labour Party	20,845	45.64
Majority		3,981	8.72

26 May 1955		44,066/51,564	85.46
Rt Hon Henry Lennox d'Aubign? Hopkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,962	52.11
Reginald Alfred Pestell	Labour Party	17,420	39.53
Guy Leonard Gresham Barrington	Liberal Party	3,684	8.36
Majority		5,542	12.58

19 January 1956 Elevation of Rt Hon Henry Hopkinson to the Peerage - Baron Colyton.

14 February 1956		38,983/51,978	75.00
Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,820	50.84
Reginald Alfred Pestell	Labour Party	19,163	49.16
Majority		657	1.69

8 October 1959		45,893/52,675	87.12
Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,680	49.42
Leonard Vincent Pike	Labour Party	16,182	35.26
Charles Meddon Karslake Bruton	Liberal Party	7,031	15.32
Majority		6,498	14.16

15 October 1964		45,930/54,202	84.74
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,367	46.52
Leonard Vincent Pike	Labour Party	16,619	36.18
Hon Margaret Irene Gaenor Heathcoat-Amory	Liberal Party	7,944	17.30
Majority		4,748	10.34

31 March 1966		47,045/55,108	85.37
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,369	47.55
Robin James Bradbury	Labour Party	19,216	40.85
Hon Margaret Irene Gaenor Heathcoat-Amory	Liberal Party	5,460	11.61
Majority		3,153	6.70

18 June 1970		48,852/61,805	79.04
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,158	53.55
Steven Mama	Labour Party	17,823	36.48
Gerard Leo O'Donnell	Liberal Party	4,871	9.97
Majority		8,335	17.06

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		52,849/63,035	83.84
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,841	45.11
David Wolfe Keene	Labour Party	15,401	29.14
Martin Edward Mann	Liberal Party	13,607	25.75
Majority		8,440	15.97

10 October 1974		50,530/63,636	79.40
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,542	44.61
Barry John Sheerman	Labour Party	15,721	31.11
Martin Edward Mann	Liberal Party	11,984	23.72
Lewis Daniel Bradford	United Democratic Party	283	0.56
Majority		6,821	13.50

3 May 1979		53,573/66,349	80.74
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,483	53.17
Sandra Mary Cowan Horne	Labour Party	15,759	29.42
Marcus James Lee	Liberal Party	7,928	14.80
Geoffrey George Garbett	Ecology Party	1,403	2.62
Majority		12,724	23.75

9 June 1983		53,155/71,270	74.58
Rt Hon Edward Dillon Lott du Cann	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,112	52.89
Michael Alfred Kelynack Cocks	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,545	29.24
Jonathan Frederick Gray	Labour Party	9,498	17.87
Majority		12,567	23.64

Minor Boundary Change
11 June 1987		58,861/75,115	78.36
David John Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,248	51.39
Michael Alfred Kelynack Cocks	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	19,868	33.75
Dr Gary Reynolds	Labour Party	8,745	14.86
Majority		10,380	17.63

9 April 1992		64,246/78,036	82.33
David John Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,576	46.04
Jacqueline Margaret Ballard	Liberal Democrats	26,240	40.84
Lorna Jean Hole	Labour Party	8,151	12.69
Philip Andrew Leavey	Natural Law Party	279	0.43
Majority		3,336	5.19

1 May 1997		61,011/79,783	76.47
Jacqueline Margaret Ballard	Liberal Democrats	26,064	42.72
David John Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,621	38.72
Elizabeth Susan Lisgo	Labour Party	8,248	13.52
Brian John Ahern	Referendum Party	2,760	4.52
Leslie Charles Andrews	British National Party	318	0.52
Majority		2,443	4.00

7 June 2001		55,225/81,651	67.64
Adrian John Flook	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,033	41.71
Jacqueline Margaret Ballard	Liberal Democrats	22,798	41.28
Andrew James Govier	Labour Party	8,254	14.95
Michael Henry Canton	UK Independence Party	1,140	2.06
Majority		235	0.43

5 May 2005		59,438/85,466	69.55
Jeremy Richard Browne	Liberal Democrats	25,674	43.19
Adrian John Flook	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,191	42.38
Andrew James Govier	Labour Party	7,132	12.00
Helen Catherine Miles	UK Independence Party	1,441	2.42
Majority		483	0.81