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14 December 1918		16,838/34,924	48.21
William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,015	83.23
Rev Humphrey Chalmers	Labour Party	2,823	16.77
Majority		11,192	66.47

15 November 1922		37,073
Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		23,270/37,558	61.96
Rt Hon Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,903	55.45
Stanley Simon Sherman	Labour Party	5,509	23.67
Charles Baker	Liberal Party	4,858	20.88
Majority		7,394	31.77

29 October 1924		26,834/38,353	69.97
Rt Hon Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,889	70.39
Stanley Simon Sherman	Labour Party	7,945	29.61
Majority		10,944	40.78

30 May 1929		43,454/62,264	69.79
Rt Hon Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,087	48.53
Thomas Jackson Mason	Labour Party	15,121	34.80
Frederick Graham Paterson	Liberal Party	7,246	16.68
Majority		5,966	13.73

5 July 1929 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt to the Peerage - Viscount Brentford.

8 August 1929		30,827/62,264	49.51
Sir John Ferguson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,705	47.70
Thomas Jackson Mason	Labour Party	14,202	46.07
Frederick Graham Paterson	Liberal Party	1,920	6.23
Majority		503	1.63

Sir John Ferguson had the active support of Conservative Central Office withdrawn during the campaign. He advocated Empire Free Trade.

27 October 1931		52,924/74,272	71.26
Sir John Ferguson	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,161	73.99
Percy Holman	Labour and Co-operative Party	13,763	26.01
Majority		25,398	47.99

17 July 1932 Death of Sir John Ferguson.

16 September 1932		38,569/74,272	51.93
Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,688	56.23
Percy Holman	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,881	43.77
Majority		4,807	12.46

24 May 1934 Death of Hylton Murray-Philipson.

22 June 1934		45,285/81,529	55.54
Alfred Cecil Critchley	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,395	56.08
Percy Holman	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,890	43.92
Majority		5,505	12.16

14 November 1935		60,458/90,923	66.49
Edward Herbert Keeling	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,635	62.25
Percy Holman	Labour Party	22,823	37.75
Majority		14,812	24.50

Major Boundary Change
5 July 1945		54,690/73,291	74.62
Edward Herbert Keeling	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,045	47.62
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	22,736	41.57
George Granville Slack	Liberal Party	5,909	10.80
Majority		3,309	6.05

23 February 1950		65,795/76,810	85.66
Edward Herbert Keeling	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,757	55.87
John Thomson Stonehouse	Labour Party	23,088	35.09
Derek Alan Forwood	Liberal Party	5,950	9.04
Majority		13,669	20.78

25 October 1951		62,951/77,444	81.29
Edward Herbert Keeling	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,080	62.08
Ethel Eleanor Beatrice Chipchase	Labour Party	23,871	37.92
Majority		15,209	24.16

23 November 1954 Death of Sir Edward Keeling.

25 January 1955		36,028/76,147	47.31
Roger Gresham Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,075	64.05
R P Pitman	Labour Party	12,953	35.95
Majority		10,122	28.09

26 May 1955		57,802/75,106	76.96
Roger Gresham Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,726	58.35
Patrick O'Gorman	Labour Party	17,450	30.19
Margaret Neilson	Liberal Party	6,626	11.46
Majority		16,276	28.16

8 October 1959		58,904/73,852	79.76
Roger Gresham Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,677	57.17
Anne Patricia Clark	Labour Party	16,638	28.25
Kenwyn Arthur Powell	Liberal Party	8,589	14.58
Majority		17,039	28.93

15 October 1964		56,037/72,154	77.66
Roger Gresham Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,427	48.94
William Eric Wolff	Labour Party	15,231	27.18
John Woolfe	Liberal Party	12,306	21.96
Michael Harold Craft	Independent Nuclear Disarmament Election Committee	1,073	1.91
Majority		12,196	21.76

31 March 1966		55,556/70,675	78.61
Roger Gresham Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,512	47.72
David Carlton	Labour Party	18,884	33.99
Simon Goldblatt	Liberal Party	10,160	18.29
Majority		7,628	13.73

22 February 1970 Death of Roger Cooke.

18 June 1970		52,499/73,974	70.97
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,571	54.42
John Herring Wanklyn Grant	Labour Party	16,950	32.29
David Kenneth Rebak	Liberal Party	6,516	12.41
Richard Franklin	Independent	462	0.88
Majority		11,621	22.14

Richard Franklin sought election as the Peoples' Representative.

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		59,596/71,708	83.11
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,595	46.30
Stephen Ernest Kramer	Liberal Party	16,092	27.00
Ronald Martin Taylor	Labour Party	15,909	26.69
Majority		11,503	19.30

10 October 1974		53,719/72,195	74.41
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,959	46.46
Mavis Cunningham	Labour Party	15,452	28.76
Stephen Ernest Kramer	Liberal Party	13,021	24.24
William Burgess	Anti-Common Market	287	0.53
Majority		9,507	17.70

3 May 1979		57,463/71,535	80.33
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,017	52.24
John Waller	Liberal Party	17,169	29.88
David Christopher Wetzel	Labour Party	9,591	16.69
Martin Frederick Braithwaite	National Front	686	1.19
Majority		12,848	22.36

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,858/64,833	76.90
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,110	50.36
John Waller	Liberal Party in Alliance	20,318	40.75
Patricia Ann Nicholas	Labour Party	3,732	7.49
John James Clarke	Ecology Party	424	0.85
Terence John Denville-Faulkner	National Front	234	0.47
Roger William Kenyon	Independent	40	0.08
Majority		4,792	9.61

11 June 1987		52,696/65,281	80.72
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,331	51.87
John Waller	Liberal Party in Alliance	20,204	38.34
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz	Labour Party	4,415	8.38
David Stephen Batchelor	Green Party	746	1.42
Majority		7,127	13.52

9 April 1992		53,151/63,072	84.27
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,804	50.43
John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	21,093	39.69
Michael Drummond Gold	Labour Party	4,914	9.25
Gary Patrick Gill	Natural Law Party	152	0.29
David William Griffiths	Dem LIB CON	103	0.19
Adrian James Miners	Official Liberal Party	85	0.16
Majority		5,711	10.74

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		58,144/73,281	79.34
Dr John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	26,237	45.12
Thomas Francis Henry Jessel	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,956	37.76
Eva Tutchell	Labour Party	9,065	15.59
Margaret Jane Harrison	Ind ECR	589	1.01
Terence David Haggar	Dream	155	0.27
Anthony John Whittelle Hardy	Natural Law Party	142	0.24
Majority		4,281	7.36

7 June 2001		49,938/75,224	66.39
Dr John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	24,344	48.75
Nicholas Roger Simon Longworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,689	33.42
Dean Peter Rogers	Labour Party	6,903	13.82
Judy Sara Marguerita Maciejowska	Green Party	1,423	2.85
Raymond Thomas Hollebone	UK Independence Party	579	1.16
Majority		7,655	15.33

5 May 2005		51,687/72,015	71.77
Dr John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	26,696	51.65
Paul Christopher Maynard	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,731	32.37
Brian Whitington	Labour Party	5,868	11.35
Henry Boscawen Leveson Gower	Green Party	1,445	2.80
Douglas Orchard	UK Independence Party	766	1.48
Brian Patrick Gilbert	Independent	117	0.23
Rainbow George Weiss	Rainbow	64	0.12
Majority		9,965	19.28

6 May 2010		59,721/80,569	74.12
Dr John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	32,483	54.39
Deborah Helen Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,343	34.06
Brian Tomlinson	Labour Party	4,583	7.67
Brian Patrick Gilbert	UK Independence Party	868	1.45
Stephen George Roest	Green Party	674	1.13
Chris Hurst	British National Party	654	1.10
Harry Cole	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	76	0.13
Paul Armstrong	Magna Carta	40	0.07
Majority		12,140	20.33

7 May 2015		62,004/80,250	77.26
Dr Tania Mathias	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,580	41.26
Rt Hon Dr John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	23,563	38.00
Nick Grant	Labour Party	7,129	11.50
Barry Edwards	UK Independence Party	3,069	4.95
Tanya Roussopolous Williams	Green Party	2,463	3.97
Dominic Francis Stockford	Christian	174	0.28
David Dean Wedgwood	Magna Carta	26	0.04
Majority		2,017	3.25

8 June 2017		66,290/83,362	79.52
Rt Hon Sir John Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrats	34,969	52.75
Dr Tania Mathias	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,207	38.03
Katherine Dunne	Labour Party	6,114	9.22
Majority		9,762	14.73

20 July 2017 Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable becomes leader of the Liberal Democrats.

12 December 2019		64,503/84,906	75.97
Munira Hassam Wilson	Liberal Democrats	36,166	56.07
Isobel Lucy Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,045	34.18
Ranjeev Walia	Labour Party	5,476	8.49
Stuart John Wells	Brexit Party	816	1.27
Majority		14,121	21.89

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		53,635/74,980	71.53
Munira Hassam Wilson	Liberal Democrats	30,185	56.28
Jonathan Roger Hulley	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,728	16.27
Thomas James Bruce	Labour Party	6,693	12.48
Alexander Charles Starling	Reform UK	4,092	7.63
Chantal Lyn Kerr-Sheppard	Green Party	3,590	6.69
Umair Malik	Workers Britain	347	0.65
Majority		21,457	40.01