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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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13 December 1832		535/597	89.61
Charles Smith Forster	Tory	304	56.82
George de Bosco Attwood	Radical	231	43.18
Majority		73	13.64

5 January 1835		578
Charles Smith Forster	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 July 1837		612/746	82.04
Francis Finch	Radical	316	51.63
Charles Smith Forster	Conservative Party	296	48.37
Majority		20	3.27

1837 Petition - dismissed.

2 February 1841		697/808	86.26
John Neilson Gladstone	Conservative Party	362	51.94
John Benjamin Smith	Radical	335	48.06
Majority		27	3.87

1841 Petition - dismissed.

January 1841 Resignation of Francis Finch. (Chiltern Hundreds)

30 June 1841		646/808	79.95
Robert Wellbeloved Scott	Whig	334	51.70
John Neilson Gladstone	Conservative Party	312	48.30
Majority		22	3.41

29 July 1847		695/856	81.19
Hon Edward Richard Littleton	Whig	289	41.58
Charles Forster	Radical	282	40.58
William Henry Cooke	Conservative Party	124	17.84
Majority		7	1.01

1847 Petition - withdrawn.

8 July 1852		1,026
Charles Forster	Radical	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,188
Charles Forster	Radical	Unopposed

30 April 1859		878/1,092	80.40
Charles Forster	Liberal Party	495	56.38
Charles Bagnall	Conservative Party	383	43.62
Majority		112	12.76

12 July 1865		1,296
Charles Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
16 November 1868		6,047
Charles Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 February 1874		5,095/8,684	58.67
Charles Forster	Liberal Party	3,364	66.03
William Morrison Bell	Conservative Party	1,731	33.97
Majority		1,633	32.05

April 1880		9,537
Sir Charles Forster, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		8,547/10,742	79.57
Sir Charles Forster, Bt	Liberal Party	5,112	59.81
Frank James	Conservative Party	3,435	40.19
Majority		1,677	19.62

1 July 1886		10,742
Sir Charles Forster, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 July 1891 Death of Sir Charles Forster, Bt.

12 August 1891		9,259/11,712	79.06
Edward Thomas Holden	Liberal Party	4,899	52.91
Frank James	Conservative Party	4,360	47.09
Majority		539	5.82

6 July 1892		10,215/11,915	85.73
Frank James	Conservative Party	5,226	51.16
Edward Thomas Holden	Liberal Party	4,989	48.84
Majority		237	2.32

22 November 1892 Election declared void on petition.

9 February 1893		10,391/11,832	87.82
Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt	Liberal Party	5,235	50.38
Rt Hon Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative Party	5,156	49.62
Majority		79	0.76

17 July 1895		9,973/11,015	90.54
Sydney Gedge	Conservative Party	5,145	51.59
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt	Liberal Party	4,828	48.41
Majority		317	3.18

3 October 1900		10,895/12,851	84.78
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt	Liberal Party	5,610	51.49
Sydney Gedge	Conservative Party	5,285	48.51
Majority		325	2.98

17 January 1906		12,985/14,127	91.92
Edward Marten Dunne	Liberal Party	7,092	54.62
Bernal Bagshawe	Conservative Party	5,893	45.38
Majority		1,199	9.23

17 January 1910		14,035/14,713	95.39
Richard Ashmole Cooper	Conservative Party	7,290	51.94
Edward Marten Dunne	Liberal Party	6,745	48.06
Majority		545	3.88

5 December 1910		13,559/14,713	92.16
Richard Ashmole Cooper	Conservative Party	7,174	52.91
John Morgan	Liberal Party	6,385	47.09
Majority		789	5.82

14 December 1918		27,741/42,900	64.66
Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper, Bt	National Party	14,491	52.24
Joseph Thickett	Labour Party	8,336	30.05
William Henry Brown	Liberal Party	4,914	17.71
Majority		6,155	22.19

15 November 1922		37,969/45,009	84.36
Patrick Collins	Liberal Party	14,674	38.65
Lady Alice Cooper	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,349	37.79
Robert Dennison	Labour Party	8,946	23.56
Majority		325	0.86

6 December 1923		37,452/45,339	82.60
Patrick Collins	Liberal Party	16,304	43.53
Sydney Kersland Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,141	37.76
Arthur Carr Osburn	Labour Party	7,007	18.71
Majority		2,163	5.78

29 October 1924		39,998/46,407	86.19
William Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,168	37.92
Patrick Collins	Liberal Party	12,734	31.84
Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small	Labour Party	11,474	28.69
Dr John Joseph Lynch	Independent	622	1.56
Majority		2,434	6.09

February 1925 Disqualification of William Preston who held contracts with the General Post Office at the time of the General Election.

27 February 1925		38,703/46,407	83.40
William Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,793	38.22
Rt Hon Dr Thomas James Macnamara	Liberal Party	12,300	31.78
Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small	Labour Party	11,610	30.00
Majority		2,493	6.44

30 May 1929		51,767/60,230	85.95
John James McShane	Labour Party	20,524	39.65
William Preston	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,818	30.56
Rt Hon Dr Thomas James Macnamara	Liberal Party	15,425	29.80
Majority		4,706	9.09

27 October 1931		54,459/63,110	86.29
Joseph Alexander Leckie	Liberal Party	30,507	56.02
John James McShane	Labour Party	23,952	43.98
Majority		6,555	12.04

14 November 1935		49,637/65,957	75.26
Joseph Alexander Leckie	National Liberal Party	28,563	57.54
William Graham	Labour Party	19,594	39.47
Joseph Wilfred Harper	Christian Soc	1,480	2.98
Majority		8,969	18.07

9 August 1938 Death of Joseph Leckie.

16 November 1938		50,282/66,226	75.92
Sir George Ernest Schuster	National Liberal Party	28,720	57.12
George Jeger	Labour Party	21,562	42.88
Majority		7,158	14.24

5 July 1945		52,521/68,924	76.20
William Thomas Wells	Labour Party	28,324	53.93
Sir George Ernest Schuster	National Liberal Party	24,197	46.07
Majority		4,127	7.86

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		65,183/75,594	86.23
William Thomas Wells	Labour Party	36,483	55.97
Sir John Denman Barlow, Bt	National Liberal and Conservative Party	28,700	44.03
Majority		7,783	11.94

25 October 1951		64,156/77,195	83.11
William Thomas Wells	Labour Party	33,556	52.30
Frank Roper	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,083	35.98
Barbara Estelle Lewis	Liberal Party	7,517	11.72
Majority		10,473	16.32