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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 November 1885		11,903
Rt Hon Frederick Arthur Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 July 1886		11,903
Rt Hon Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 August 1886 Elevation to the Peerage of Rt Hon Sir Frederick Stanley - Baron Stanley of Preston - and appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

20 August 1886		8,776/11,903	73.73
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative Party	6,263	71.37
John Ormerod Pilkington	Liberal Party	2,513	28.63
Majority		3,750	42.73

9 July 1892		10,023/13,124	76.37
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative Party	6,536	65.21
Thomas Walker	Liberal Party	3,487	34.79
Majority		3,049	30.42

29 June 1895 Resignation of Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt on appointment os Secretary of State for the Home Department.

6 July 1895		16,057
Rt Hon Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1895		13,699
Rt Hon Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 October 1900		16,807
Rt Hon Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 December 1900 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

21 December 1900		12,648/16,807	75.25
Henry Wilson Worsley-Taylor	Conservative Party	7,059	55.81
Joseph Heap	Liberal Party	5,589	44.19
Majority		1,470	11.62

18 January 1906		17,217/20,339	84.65
Wilfrid William Ashley	Conservative Party	10,139	58.89
Henry Vivian Phillipps	Liberal Party	7,078	41.11
Majority		3,061	17.78

24 January 1910		19,510/22,360	87.25
Wilfrid William Ashley	Conservative Party	11,567	59.29
Samuel Hodgkinson	Liberal Party	7,943	40.71
Majority		3,624	18.58

5 December 1910		22,360
Wilfrid William Ashley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		28,288/41,627	67.96
Albert Lindsay Parkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	15,818	55.92
Clive F Critchley	Ind Prog Coalition	9,862	34.86
Allan Gee	Labour Party	2,608	9.22
Majority		5,956	21.05

Clive Critchley received support from the local Liberal Party.

15 November 1922		36,246/46,292	78.30
Leonard Greenham Star Molloy	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,206	50.23
Hugh Mowbray Meyler	Liberal Party	18,040	49.77
Majority		166	0.46

6 December 1923		41,456/48,865	84.84
Hugh Mowbray Meyler	Liberal Party	22,264	53.71
Hon Victor Albert Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,192	46.29
Majority		3,072	7.41

29 October 1924		44,551/51,914	85.82
Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,839	58.00
Hugh Mowbray Meyler	Liberal Party	18,712	42.00
Majority		7,127	16.00

30 May 1929		70,335/86,744	81.08
Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,912	46.79
Miles Ewart Mitchell	Liberal Party	25,374	36.08
Ernest Alfred Machin	Labour Party	12,049	17.13
Majority		7,538	10.72

27 October 1931		72,534/91,099	79.62
Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	Conservative & Unionist Party	53,010	73.08
Richard Edgar Horatio Wallace	Liberal Party	19,524	26.92
Majority		33,486	46.17

Richard Wallace was opposed to the National Government.

14 November 1935		74,357/100,529	73.97
John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	48,514	65.24
Harry Thorneycroft	Labour Party	13,598	18.29
Henry George Purchase	Liberal Party	12,245	16.47
Majority		34,916	46.96