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11 December 1832		179/217	82.49
James Cornish	Whig	127	70.95
Jasper Parrott	Whig	127	70.95
Edmund Parker, Viscount Boringdon	Tory	66	36.87
Majority		61	34.08

February 1834 Resignation of James Cornish. (Chiltern Hundreds)

17 February 1834		226/277	81.59
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	153	67.70
John Thomas Mayne	Radical	73	32.30
Majority		80	35.40

5 January 1835		259
Jasper Parrott	Whig	Unopposed
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	Unopposed

18 April 1835 Resignation of Baron Seymour on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

24 April 1835
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	Unopposed

25 July 1837		280/318	88.05
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	192	68.57
Jasper Parrott	Whig	159	56.79
Sir George Pownall Adams	Conservative Party	121	43.21
Majority		38	13.57

July 1839 Resignation of Jasper Parrott. (Chiltern Hundreds)

26 July 1839
Charles Barry Baldwin	Conservative Party	142	50.00
William Blount	Whig	142	50.00

Double return.

8 April 1840 Petition - election declared void on the grounds that the Returning Officer had failed to give proper notice of the poll.

21 April 1840		309/341	90.62
Charles Barry Baldwin	Conservative Party	158	51.13
Thomas Guy Gisborne	Whig	151	48.87
Majority		7	2.27

1 July 1841		391
Charles Barry Baldwin	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	Unopposed

30 July 1847		294/378	77.78
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	280	95.24
Charles Barry Baldwin	Conservative Party	154	52.38
Samson Ricardo	Whig	153	52.04
Majority		1	0.34

17 April 1849 Resignation of Baron Seymour on appointment as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests.

30 March 1850
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	Unopposed

8 July 1852		295/371	79.51
Edward Adolphus Seymour, Baron Seymour	Whig	263	89.15
Thomas Mills	Whig	154	52.20
Charles Barry Baldwin	Conservative Party	141	47.80
Majority		13	4.41

1852 Petition - dismissed.

15 August 1855 Succession of Baron Seymour to the Peerage - 12th Duke of Somerset.

5 November 1855
George Hay, Earl of Gifford	Whig	Unopposed

28 March 1857		248/315	78.73
George Hay, Earl of Gifford	Whig	171	68.95
Thomas Mills	Whig	150	60.48
James Thomas Mackenzie	Peelite	118	47.58
John Gregory	Peelite	57	22.98
Majority		32	12.90

1857 Petition - withdrawn.

30 April 1859		301/341	88.27
George Hay, Earl of Gifford	Liberal Party	180	59.80
Thomas Mills	Liberal Party	152	50.50
John Dunn	Conservative Party	135	44.85
Majority		17	5.65

11 November 1862 Death of Thomas Mills.

9 December 1862		176/357	49.30
John Pender	Liberal Party	171	97.16
John Dent	Conservative Party	5	2.84
Majority		166	94.32

22 December 1862 Death of the Earl of Gifford.

20 January 1863		322/357	90.20
Alfred Seymour	Liberal Party	165	51.24
John Dent	Conservative Party	157	48.76
Majority		8	2.48

12 July 1865		362/382	94.76
John Pender	Liberal Party	210	58.01
Alfred Seymour	Liberal Party	204	56.35
William Gregory Dawkins	Conservative Party	162	44.75
Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim	Conservative Party	147	40.61
Majority		42	11.60

22 March 1866 Petition - election of John Pinder declared void. Petition - (against Alfred Seymour) dismissed.

11 November 1868 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.

New
3 December 1885		7,641/9,188	83.16
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Party	4,389	57.44
Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	Conservative Party	3,252	42.56
Majority		1,137	14.88

7 July 1886		5,793/9,188	63.05
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	4,652	80.30
Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe	Liberal Party	1,141	19.70
Majority		3,511	60.61

13 July 1892		7,199/9,263	77.72
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	4,815	66.88
Alfred Herbert Lush	Liberal Party	2,384	33.12
Majority		2,431	33.77

25 July 1895		6,894/9,431	73.10
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	4,630	67.16
Alfred John Sparke	Liberal Party	2,264	32.84
Majority		2,366	34.32

2 October 1900
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

19 January 1906		8,224/9,370	87.77
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	5,226	63.55
Lewis Humfrey Edmunds	Liberal Party	2,998	36.45
Majority		2,228	27.09

20 January 1910		9,083/10,107	89.87
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	5,505	60.61
Isaac Foot	Liberal Party	3,578	39.39
Majority		1,927	21.22

8 December 1910		8,292/10,107	82.04
Francis Bingham Mildmay	Liberal Unionist Party	5,252	63.34
Robert Dunstan	Liberal Party	3,040	36.66
Majority		2,212	26.68

14 December 1918		24,946/39,042	63.90
Rt Hon Francis Bingham Mildmay	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,680	58.85
John Arthur Robert Cairns	Liberal Party	10,266	41.15
Majority		4,414	17.69

15 November 1922		31,564/40,417	78.10
Samuel Emile Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,532	52.38
Thomas Henry Johnson Underdown	Liberal Party	15,032	47.62
Majority		1,500	4.75

6 December 1923		33,188/41,115	80.72
Henry Harvey Vivian	Liberal Party	16,845	50.76
Samuel Emile Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,343	49.24
Majority		502	1.51

29 October 1924		36,797/42,757	86.06
Samuel Emile Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,771	53.73
Henry Harvey Vivian	Liberal Party	14,786	40.18
Kate Florence Spurrell	Labour Party	2,240	6.09
Majority		4,985	13.55

30 May 1929		45,291/54,471	83.15
Samuel Emile Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,673	47.85
Philip Foale Rowsell	Liberal Party	17,790	39.28
Kate Florence Spurrell	Labour Party	5,828	12.87
Majority		3,883	8.57

27 October 1931		46,968/56,308	83.41
Samuel Emile Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,765	56.99
Ernest Ronald Haylor	Liberal Party	20,203	43.01
Majority		6,562	13.97

14 November 1935		46,302/58,434	79.24
Ralph Herbert Rayner	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,815	53.59
Ernest Ronald Haylor	Liberal Party	17,639	38.10
William Roy John Henwood	Labour Party	3,848	8.31
Majority		7,176	15.50

5 July 1945		48,272/64,801	74.49
Ralph Herbert Rayner	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,638	51.04
John Robins Warde	Labour Party	16,098	33.35
Thomas Henry Aggett	Liberal Party	7,536	15.61
Majority		8,540	17.69

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		53,268/62,972	84.59
Ralph Herbert Rayner	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,104	49.01
David Graham Widdicombe	Labour Party	15,767	29.60
Dr Harold Ernest Desch	Liberal Party	10,974	20.60
Edwin Leo Tapscott	Communist Party	423	0.79
Majority		10,337	19.41

25 October 1951		52,249/63,066	82.85
Ralph Herbert Rayner	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,005	53.60
Charles Aloysius O'Donnell	Labour Party	16,409	31.41
Dr Harold Ernest Desch	Liberal Party	7,835	15.00
Majority		11,596	22.19

26 May 1955		50,639/62,710	80.75
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,381	52.10
Daniel John Poland Mann	Labour Party	14,787	29.20
Arthur Claude Shobbrook	Liberal Party	9,471	18.70
Majority		11,594	22.90

8 October 1959		50,760/63,071	80.48
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,925	53.04
Terence James Beresford Heelas	Labour Party	13,116	25.84
Thomas Cedric Jones	Liberal Party	10,719	21.12
Majority		13,809	27.20

15 October 1964		52,256/66,292	78.83
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,417	48.64
Reginald Cyril James Scott	Labour Party	14,542	27.83
Edward Brewster Taylor	Liberal Party	12,297	23.53
Majority		10,875	20.81

31 March 1966		53,589/67,466	79.43
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,623	47.81
Barry Smethurst	Labour Party	16,900	31.54
Paul Archer Tyler	Liberal Party	11,066	20.65
Majority		8,723	16.28

18 June 1970		57,463/74,644	76.98
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,519	54.85
Robert Blank	Labour Party	16,429	28.59
David Charles Penhaligon	Liberal Party	9,515	16.56
Majority		15,090	26.26

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		65,130/80,149	81.26
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,565	46.93
Anthony Hugh Rogers	Liberal Party	20,922	32.12
Harold Michael Luscombe	Labour Party	13,249	20.34
James Richard John Lewis	Anti-Common Market	394	0.60
Majority		9,643	14.81

10 October 1974		61,939/80,698	76.75
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,987	45.18
Anthony Hugh Rogers	Liberal Party	21,586	34.85
Saxon May Spence	Labour Party	12,366	19.96
Majority		6,401	10.33

3 May 1979		67,123/83,960	79.95
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,010	52.16
Anthony Hugh Rogers	Liberal Party	24,445	36.42
John Barnet Henry Duffin	Labour and Co-operative Party	7,668	11.42
Majority		10,565	15.74

Renamed with no Boundary Change
1 May 1997		53,769/70,473	76.30
Sir Anthony David Steen	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,637	36.52
Robert Frederick Chave	Liberal Democrats	18,760	34.89
Victor Samuel Ellery	Labour Party	8,796	16.36
Pamela Helen Cook	Referendum Party	2,552	4.75
Christopher Venmore	Independent Conservative	2,369	4.41
Howard William Thomas	UK Independence Party	999	1.86
Andy Robert Pratt	Green Party	548	1.02
James Stuart Miles Golding	Dream	108	0.20
Majority		877	1.63

Christopher Venmore sought election as a Local Conservative candidate.

7 June 2001		49,246/72,548	67.88
Sir Anthony David Steen	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,914	44.50
Rachel Clare Oliver	Liberal Democrats	18,317	37.19
Thomas Trerise Wildy	Labour Party	6,005	12.19
Craig Mackinlay	UK Independence Party	3,010	6.11
Majority		3,597	7.30

5 May 2005		50,575/74,744	67.66
Sir Anthony David Steen	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,112	41.74
Michael Treleaven	Liberal Democrats	19,165	37.89
Valerie Jean Burns	Labour Party	6,185	12.23
Roger Maurice Knapman	UK Independence Party	3,914	7.74
Michael Thompson	Independent	199	0.39
Majority		1,947	3.85

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,843/68,159	70.19
Dr Sarah Wollaston	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,940	45.86
Julian Charles Martin Brazil	Liberal Democrats	17,013	35.56
Carole Whitty	Labour Party	3,538	7.40
Jeff Beer	UK Independence Party	2,890	6.04
Lydia Helen Somerville	Green Party	1,181	2.47
Mike Turner	British National Party	624	1.30
Simon Drew	Independent	390	0.82
Dr Stephen Hopwood	Independent	267	0.56
Majority		4,927	10.30

7 May 2015		47,097/68,630	68.62
Dr Sarah Wollaston	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,941	52.96
Justin Saeed Haque	UK Independence Party	6,656	14.13
Nichola Jane Williams	Labour Party	5,988	12.71
Margaret Gillian Coombs	Green Party	4,845	10.29
Julian Charles Martin Brazil	Liberal Democrats	4,667	9.91
Majority		18,285	38.82

8 June 2017		50,270/68,914	72.95
Dr Sarah Wollaston	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,972	53.65
Gerrie Messer	Labour Party	13,495	26.85
Julian Charles Martin Brazil	Liberal Democrats	6,466	12.86
Jacqi Hodgson	Green Party	2,097	4.17
Steven Harvey	UK Independence Party	1,240	2.47
Majority		13,477	26.81

20 February 2019 Dr Sarah Wollaston resigns the Conservative whip and joins The Independent Group.

4 June 2019 Dr Sarah Wollaston leaves Change UK.

14 August 2019 Dr Sarah Wollaston joins the Liberal Democrats.

12 December 2019		52,182/69,863	74.69
Anthony James Holland Mangnall	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,751	53.18
Dr Sarah Wollaston	Liberal Democrats	15,027	28.80
Louise Michelle Webberley	Labour Party	8,860	16.98
John Jeremy Francis Kitson	Independent	544	1.04
Majority		12,724	24.38