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12 December 1832		726
Daniel Gaskell	Radical	Unopposed

7 January 1835		497/617	80.55
Daniel Gaskell	Radical	277	55.73
Hon William Saunders Sebright Lascelles	Conservative Party	220	44.27
Majority		57	11.47

27 July 1837		588/702	83.76
Hon William Saunders Sebright Lascelles	Conservative Party	307	52.21
Daniel Gaskell	Radical	281	47.79
Majority		26	4.42

3 July 1841		628/750	83.73
Joseph Holdsworth	Whig	328	52.23
Hon William Saunders Sebright Lascelles	Conservative Party	300	47.77
Majority		28	4.46

21 April 1842 Petition - Joseph Holdsworth unseated owing to disqualification. Hon William Lascelles declared elected.

30 July 1847		650/682	95.31
George Sandars	Conservative Party	392	60.31
George William Alexander	Radical	258	39.69
Majority		134	20.62

9 July 1852		685/766	89.43
George Sandars	Conservative Party	359	52.41
William Henry Leatham	Whig	326	47.59
Majority		33	4.82

27 March 1857		906
John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 May 1859		809/882	91.72
William Henry Leatham	Liberal Party	406	50.19
John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth	Conservative Party	403	49.81
Majority		3	0.37

27 July 1859 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1862.

28 February 1862		881/1,030	85.53
Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt	Conservative Party	455	51.65
Richard Smethurst	Liberal Party	426	48.35
Majority		29	3.29

1862 Petition - withdrawn.

12 July 1865		964/1,086	88.77
William Henry Leatham	Liberal Party	507	52.59
Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt	Conservative Party	457	47.41
Majority		50	5.19

1865 Petition - dismissed.

Boundary Change
19 November 1868		3,069/3,627	84.62
Somerset Archibald Beaumont	Liberal Party	1,557	50.73
Thomas Kemp Sanderson	Conservative Party	1,512	49.27
Majority		45	1.47

2 February 1874		3,379/3,889	86.89
Edward Green	Conservative Party	1,779	52.65
Robert Bownas Mackie	Liberal Party	1,600	47.35
Majority		179	5.30

27 April 1874 Petition - election declared void.

6 May 1874		3,441/3,889	88.48
Thomas Kemp Sanderson	Conservative Party	1,814	52.72
Robert Bownas Mackie	Liberal Party	1,627	47.28
Majority		187	5.43

1 April 1880		3,990/4,430	90.07
Robert Bownas Mackie	Liberal Party	2,194	54.99
Thomas Kemp Sanderson	Conservative Party	1,796	45.01
Majority		398	9.97

18 June 1885 Death of Robert Mackie.

4 July 1885
Edward Green	Conservative Party	1,918	53.59
William Hartley Lee	Liberal Party	1,661	46.41
Majority		257	7.18

26 November 1885		4,423/4,801	92.13
Edward Green	Conservative Party	2,374	53.67
Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	2,049	46.33
Majority		325	7.35

2 July 1886		4,199/4,801	87.46
Sir Edward Green, Bt	Conservative Party	2,253	53.66
John James Cousins	Liberal Party	1,946	46.34
Majority		307	7.31

6 July 1892		4,760/5,274	90.25
Albany Hawkes Charlesworth	Conservative Party	2,582	54.24
Thomas Young Strachan	Liberal Party	2,178	45.76
Majority		404	8.49

16 July 1895		5,029/5,748	87.49
William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton	Liberal Unionist Party	2,864	56.95
Henry Smithson Lee Wilson	Liberal Party	2,165	43.05
Majority		699	13.90

29 September 1900		6,055
William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

20 February 1902 Succession of Viscount Milton to the Peerage - 7th Earl Fitzwilliam.

25 March 1902		4,939/6,103	80.93
Edward Allen Brotherton	Conservative Party	2,960	59.93
Philip Snowden	Labour Party	1,979	40.07
Majority		981	19.86

17 January 1906		5,600/6,326	88.52
Edward Allen Brotherton	Conservative Party	2,285	40.80
Dr Stanton Coit	Labour Party	2,068	36.93
Thomas Snape	Liberal Party	1,247	22.27
Majority		217	3.88

17 January 1910		5,723/6,326	90.47
Edward Allen Brotherton	Conservative Party	3,121	54.53
Dr Stanton Coit	Labour Party	2,602	45.47
Majority		519	9.07

5 December 1910		5,488/6,326	86.75
Arthur Harold Marshall	Liberal Party	2,837	51.69
Edward Allen Brotherton	Conservative Party	2,651	48.31
Majority		186	3.39

14 December 1918		17,458/24,203	72.13
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,128	52.29
Albert Bellamy	Labour Party	5,882	33.69
Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	Liberal Party	2,448	14.02
Majority		3,246	18.59

15 November 1922		20,214/23,960	84.37
Robert Geoffrey Ellis	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,416	51.53
Albert Bellamy	Labour Party	9,798	48.47
Majority		618	3.06

6 December 1923		19,951/24,649	80.94
George Henry Sherwood	Labour Party	7,966	39.93
Robert Geoffrey Ellis	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,345	36.82
Eric John Lassen	Liberal Party	4,640	23.26
Majority		621	3.11

29 October 1924		21,278/25,080	84.84
Robert Geoffrey Ellis	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,086	52.10
George Henry Sherwood	Labour Party	10,192	47.90
Majority		894	4.20

30 May 1929		27,448/32,053	85.63
George Henry Sherwood	Labour Party	13,393	48.79
Robert Geoffrey Ellis	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,180	37.09
Leonard Parish	Liberal Party	3,875	14.12
Majority		3,213	11.71

27 October 1931		27,655/32,334	85.53
Dr George Brown Hillman	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,881	57.43
George Henry Sherwood	Labour Party	11,774	42.57
Majority		4,107	14.85

19 March 1932 Death of Dr George Hillman.

21 April 1932		26,828/32,334	82.97
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	13,586	50.64
Alfred Ernest Greaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,242	49.36
Majority		344	1.28

14 November 1935		28,204/33,215	84.91
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	15,804	56.03
Alfred Ernest Greaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,400	43.97
Majority		3,404	12.07

5 July 1945		26,259/32,721	80.25
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	14,378	54.75
Harry Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,268	31.49
George Leonard Jack Oliver	Liberal Party	3,613	13.76
Majority		6,110	23.27

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,943/53,763	87.31
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	25,996	55.38
Harry Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,925	33.92
Stanley Jack Berwin	Liberal Party	5,022	10.70
Majority		10,071	21.45

25 October 1951		46,498/54,529	85.27
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	27,100	58.28
Maurice Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,398	41.72
Majority		7,702	16.56

9 June 1954 Death of Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood.

21 October 1954		37,536/54,733	68.58
Rt Hon Arthur Creech Jones	Labour Party	21,822	58.14
Maurice Victor Macmillan	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,714	41.86
Majority		6,108	16.27

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		46,615/59,828	77.92
Rt Hon Arthur Creech Jones	Labour Party	28,180	60.45
Denton Hinchcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,435	39.55
Majority		9,745	20.91

8 October 1959		49,819/60,791	81.95
Rt Hon Arthur Creech Jones	Labour Party	29,705	59.63
Thomas Michael Jopling	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,114	40.37
Majority		9,591	19.25

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		47,453/60,863	77.97
Walter Harrison	Labour Party	26,315	55.45
John Deane Spence	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,385	30.31
John Morris Collins	Liberal Party	6,753	14.23
Majority		11,930	25.14

31 March 1966		44,206/60,245	73.38
Walter Harrison	Labour Party	28,907	65.39
Ronald Benson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,299	34.61
Majority		13,608	30.78

18 June 1970		47,091/64,705	72.78
Walter Harrison	Labour Party	27,352	58.08
Dale Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,668	33.27
Beatrice Nancy Seear	Liberal Party	4,071	8.64
Majority		11,684	24.81

28 February 1974		52,655/65,969	79.82
Walter Harrison	Labour Party	27,032	51.34
Eric Jan Leendert Koops	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,614	29.65
Antony Fussey	Liberal Party	10,009	19.01
Majority		11,418	21.68

10 October 1974		46,730/66,518	70.25
Walter Harrison	Labour Party	25,616	54.82
Eric Jan Leendert Koops	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,810	27.41
Antony Fussey	Liberal Party	8,304	17.77
Majority		12,806	27.40

3 May 1979		53,284/70,509	75.57
Rt Hon Walter Harrison	Labour Party	27,124	50.90
John Stuart Woodward Sheard	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,571	36.73
Norman Robert Collins-Tooth	Liberal Party	6,059	11.37
Tony Cooper	National Front	530	0.99
Majority		7,553	14.17

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,433/69,365	68.38
Rt Hon Walter Harrison	Labour Party	19,166	40.41
Norman Joseph Hazell	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,806	39.65
Dr David Carlton	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,166	19.32
Violet Parker	British National Party	295	0.62
Majority		360	0.76

11 June 1987		52,579/70,465	74.62
David Martin Hinchliffe	Labour Party	24,509	46.61
Norman Joseph Hazell	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,720	41.31
Dr Lutfe Rabbi Mustafa Kamal	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,350	12.08
Majority		2,789	5.30

9 April 1992		53,238/69,794	76.28
David Martin Hinchliffe	Labour Party	26,964	50.65
David Patrick Fanthorpe	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,374	38.27
Timothy John Wright	Liberal Democrats	5,900	11.08
Majority		6,590	12.38

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,486/73,210	68.96
David Martin Hinchliffe	Labour Party	28,977	57.40
Jonathan David Peacock	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,373	28.47
Douglas Dale	Liberal Democrats	5,656	11.20
Simon Christopher Shires	Referendum Party	1,480	2.93
Majority		14,604	28.93

7 June 2001		41,254/75,750	54.46
David Martin Hinchliffe	Labour Party	20,592	49.92
Thelma Karran	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,638	30.63
Douglas Dale	Liberal Democrats	5,097	12.36
Sarah Frances Greenwood	Green Party	1,075	2.61
Janice Cannon	UK Independence Party	677	1.64
Abdul Aziz	Socialist Labour	634	1.54
Michael Griffiths	Socialist Alliance	541	1.31
Majority		7,954	19.28

5 May 2005		43,371/73,118	59.32
Mary Helen Creagh	Labour Party	18,802	43.35
Alec Edward Shelbrooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,648	31.47
John Anthony David Ridgway	Liberal Democrats	7,063	16.29
Grant Jak Rowe	British National Party	1,328	3.06
Derek John Hardcastle	Green Party	1,297	2.99
John Randle Upex	UK Independence Party	467	1.08
Paul Henry Adrian McEnhill	English Democrats Party	356	0.82
Michael Griffiths	Socialist Alternative	309	0.71
Linda Venice Sheridan	Socialist Labour	101	0.23
Majority		5,154	11.88

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		44,444/71,738	61.95
Mary Helen Creagh	Labour Party	17,454	39.27
Alexander Patrick Story	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,841	35.64
David Stewart Smith	Liberal Democrats	7,256	16.33
Ian Senior	British National Party	2,581	5.81
Miriam Hawkins	Green Party	873	1.96
Mark Harrop	Independent	439	0.99
Majority		1,613	3.63

7 May 2015		42,973/70,521	60.94
Mary Helen Creagh	Labour Party	17,301	40.26
Antony Jaimes Calvert	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,688	34.18
Alan Hazelhurst	UK Independence Party	7,862	18.30
Denis Finbarr Cronin	Liberal Democrats	1,483	3.45
Rebecca Jandrell Thackray	Green Party	1,069	2.49
Michael Griffiths	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	287	0.67
Elliot Barr	CISTA	283	0.66
Majority		2,613	6.08

8 June 2017		46,284/70,340	65.80
Mary Helen Creagh	Labour Party	22,987	49.67
Antony Jaimes Calvert	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,811	44.96
Lucy Victoria Brown	Yorkshire	1,176	2.54
Denis Finbarr Cronin	Liberal Democrats	943	2.04
Wajid Mohammed Ali	Independent	367	0.79
Majority		2,176	4.70

12 December 2019		45,027/70,192	64.15
Imran Nasir Ahmad-Khan	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,283	47.27
Mary Helen Creagh	Labour Party	17,925	39.81
Peter David Wiltshire	Brexit Party	2,725	6.05
Jamie Luke Needle	Liberal Democrats	1,772	3.94
Ryan David Kett	Yorkshire	868	1.93
Stephen William Whyte	Independent	454	1.01
Majority		3,358	7.46

18 June 2021 The Conservative whip is removed from Imran Ahmad-Khan following him being charged with sexual assault.

3 May 2022 Resignation of Imran Ahmad-Khan after he was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor. (Chiltern Hundreds)

23 June 2022		27,466/69,601	39.46
Simon Robert Lightwood	Labour Party	13,166	47.94
Nadeem Ahmed	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,241	30.00
Akef Akbar	Independent	2,090	7.61
David John Rowntree Herdson	Yorkshire	1,182	4.30
Ashley Theo Blue Routh	Green Party	587	2.14
Chris Walsh	Reform UK	513	1.87
Jamie Luke Needle	Liberal Democrats	508	1.85
Ashlea Simon	Britain First	311	1.13
Mick Dodgson	Freedom Alliance	187	0.68
Sir Archibald Stanton Earl-Eaton	Monster Raving Loony Party	171	0.62
Paul Bickerdike	Christian Peoples Alliance	144	0.52
Therese Hirst	English Democrats Party	135	0.49
Jordan James Gaskell	UK Independence Party	124	0.45
Christopher Richard Jones	Northern Independence	84	0.31
Jayda Kaleigh Fransen	Independent	23	0.08
Majority		4,925	17.93