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28 November 1885		7,744/10,029	77.22
Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	4,032	52.07
George Faudel Phillips	Liberal Party	3,712	47.93
Majority		320	4.13

3 July 1886		10,029
Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1892		8,429/11,037	76.37
Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	4,802	56.97
John Marnham	Liberal Party	3,627	43.03
Majority		1,175	13.94

15 July 1895		11,809
Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 October 1900
Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 January 1906		13,748/16,741	82.12
Nathaniel Micklem	Liberal Party	7,612	55.37
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Halsey	Conservative Party	6,136	44.63
Majority		1,476	10.74

28 January 1910		16,013/17,710	90.42
Arnold Sandwith Ward	Conservative Party	8,782	54.84
Nathaniel Micklem	Liberal Party	7,231	45.16
Majority		1,551	9.69

7 December 1910		15,203/17,710	85.84
Arnold Sandwith Ward	Conservative Party	8,043	52.90
Nathaniel Micklem	Liberal Party	7,160	47.10
Majority		883	5.81

14 December 1918		19,502/32,789	59.48
Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,155	57.20
George Lathan	Labour Party	4,952	25.39
Frank Gray	Liberal Party	3,395	17.41
Majority		6,203	31.81

15 November 1922		24,497/35,519	68.97
Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,040	49.15
James Joseph Mallon	Labour Party	8,561	34.95
Robert Allen Bateman	Liberal Party	3,896	15.90
Majority		3,479	14.20

6 December 1923		24,488/35,773	68.45
Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,533	43.01
James Joseph Mallon	Labour Party	7,532	30.76
Robert Allen Bateman	Liberal Party	6,423	26.23
Majority		3,001	12.25

29 October 1924		27,893/38,169	73.08
Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,271	54.75
Herbert Henry Elvin	Labour Party	7,417	26.59
Margery Irene Corbett Ashby	Liberal Party	5,205	18.66
Majority		7,854	28.16

30 May 1929		40,536/56,022	72.36
Sir Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,583	45.84
Edward Terrell	Liberal Party	12,288	30.31
Herman MacDonald	Labour Party	9,665	23.84
Majority		6,295	15.53

27 October 1931		43,499/61,261	71.01
Sir Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,076	78.34
Frank Mortimer Jacques	Labour Party	9,423	21.66
Majority		24,653	56.67

14 November 1935		43,102/67,826	63.55
Rt Hon Sir Dennis Henry Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,196	65.42
Stanley Walter Morgan	Labour Party	14,906	34.58
Majority		13,290	30.83

1 February 1943 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Dennis Herbert to the Peerage - Baron Hemingford.

23 February 1943		25,677/79,228	32.41
William Helmore	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,839	53.90
Albert Raymond Blackburn	Common Wealth Movement	11,838	46.10
Majority		2,001	7.79

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		69,825/95,276	73.29
John Freeman	Labour Party	32,138	46.03
William Helmore	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,944	42.88
Henry Eric Southey Harben	Liberal Party	7,743	11.09
Majority		2,194	3.14

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,940/52,651	87.25
John Freeman	Labour Party	21,759	47.36
John Maxwell Bemrose	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,302	44.19
Hamilton Brinsley Bush	Liberal Party	3,879	8.44
Majority		1,457	3.17

25 October 1951		46,701/53,568	87.18
John Freeman	Labour Party	22,370	47.90
Sydney William Leonard Ripley	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,862	46.81
Hamilton Brinsley Bush	Liberal Party	2,469	5.29
Majority		508	1.09

26 May 1955		43,375/52,662	82.36
Frederick William Farey-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,546	51.98
Ernest Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	20,829	48.02
Majority		1,717	3.96

8 October 1959		45,284/53,388	84.82
Frederick William Farey-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,216	46.85
Ren?e Short	Labour Party	18,315	40.44
Ian Sydney Steers	Liberal Party	5,753	12.70
Majority		2,901	6.41

15 October 1964		44,765/53,543	83.61
Raphael Herman Tuck	Labour Party	20,224	45.18
Frederick William Farey-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,744	41.87
Margaret Neilson	Liberal Party	5,797	12.95
Majority		1,480	3.31

31 March 1966		43,828/52,888	82.87
Raphael Herman Tuck	Labour Party	23,832	54.38
David William Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,996	45.62
Majority		3,836	8.75

18 June 1970		43,098/56,523	76.25
Raphael Herman Tuck	Labour Party	19,698	45.71
David William Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,622	45.53
Colin George Watkins	Liberal Party	3,778	8.77
Majority		76	0.18

28 February 1974		46,659/55,564	83.97
Raphael Herman Tuck	Labour Party	18,884	40.47
David William Clarke	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,089	34.48
David Anthony Jacobs	Liberal Party	11,035	23.65
Jeremy Edward Wotherspoon	National Front	651	1.40
Majority		2,795	5.99

10 October 1974		43,311/55,997	77.35
Raphael Herman Tuck	Labour Party	19,177	44.28
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,220	35.14
David Anthony Jacobs	Liberal Party	8,243	19.03
Jeremy Edward Wotherspoon	National Front	671	1.55
Majority		3,957	9.14

3 May 1979		44,757/55,079	81.26
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,320	47.64
Anthony Louis Banks	Labour Party	18,030	40.28
Bruce Jeffrey Michael Bodle	Liberal Party	5,019	11.21
Brent Alec Cheetham	National Front	388	0.87
Majority		3,290	7.35

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,787/72,906	75.15
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,273	47.95
Peter Lennox Burton	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	14,267	26.04
Ian Stuart Wilson	Labour Party	14,247	26.00
Majority		12,006	21.91

11 June 1987		57,290/74,314	77.09
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,912	48.72
Michael John Jackson	Labour Party	16,176	28.24
Fiona Mary Beckett	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,202	23.04
Majority		11,736	20.49

9 April 1992		59,527/72,291	82.34
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,072	48.84
Michael John Jackson	Labour Party	19,482	32.73
Mark Oaten	Liberal Democrats	10,231	17.19
Jeremy Hywel-Davies	Green Party	566	0.95
Leslie Jones Kenneth Davis	Natural Law Party	176	0.30
Majority		9,590	16.11

1 May 1997		55,236/74,015	74.63
Claire Margaret Ward	Labour Party	25,019	45.29
Robert Ian Neilson Gordon	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,227	34.81
Andrew James Canning	Liberal Democrats	9,272	16.79
Dr Philip Edward Roe	Referendum Party	1,484	2.69
Leslie James Kenneth Davis	Natural Law Party	234	0.42
Majority		5,792	10.49

7 June 2001		46,372/75,724	61.24
Claire Margaret Ward	Labour Party	20,992	45.27
Michael Noel McManus	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,437	33.29
Duncan John Hames	Liberal Democrats	8,088	17.44
Denise Sara Kingsley	Green Party	900	1.94
Edmund Stewart-Mole	UK Independence Party	535	1.15
Jonathan Howard Berry	Socialist Alliance	420	0.91
Majority		5,555	11.98

5 May 2005		49,394/76,280	64.75
Claire Margaret Ward	Labour Party	16,575	33.56
Sarah Virginia Brinton	Liberal Democrats	15,427	31.23
Mohammed Ali Miraj	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,634	29.63
Stephen Lawrence Rackett	Green Party	1,466	2.97
Kenneth John Wight	UK Independence Party	1,292	2.62
Majority		1,148	2.32

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,208/80,419	68.65
Richard Irwin Harrington	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,291	34.94
Sarah Virginia Brinton	Liberal Democrats	17,866	32.36
Claire Margaret Ward	Labour Party	14,750	26.72
Dr Andrew Emerson	British National Party	1,217	2.20
Graham Eardley	UK Independence Party	1,199	2.17
Ian Brandon	Green Party	885	1.60
Majority		1,425	2.58

7 May 2015		56,149/84,270	66.63
Richard Irwin Harrington	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,400	43.46
Matthew Robert Turmaine	Labour Party	14,606	26.01
Dorothy Sharpe	Liberal Democrats	10,152	18.08
Nicholas Richard Lincoln	UK Independence Party	5,481	9.76
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce	Green Party	1,332	2.37
Mark Stephen O'Connor	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	178	0.32
Majority		9,794	17.44

8 June 2017		58,610/86,507	67.75
Richard Irwin Harrington	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,731	45.61
Christopher Michael Ostrowski	Labour Party	24,639	42.04
Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury	Liberal Democrats	5,335	9.10
Ian Green	UK Independence Party	1,184	2.02
Alex Murray	Green Party	721	1.23
Majority		2,092	3.57

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Richard Harrington.

29 October 2019 The Conservative whip is restored to Richard Harrington.

12 December 2019		58,065/83,359	69.66
Dean Russell	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,421	45.50
Christopher Michael Ostrowski	Labour Party	21,988	37.87
Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury	Liberal Democrats	9,323	16.06
Michael John McGetrick	Social Democratic Party	333	0.57
Majority		4,433	7.63

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,455/73,000	60.90
Matthew Robert Turmaine	Labour Party	15,708	35.33
Dean Russell	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,985	24.71
Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury	Liberal Democrats	7,577	17.04
Gary James Ling	Reform UK	4,930	11.09
Khalid Chohan	Workers Britain	2,659	5.98
Arran Lyndall Bowen-La Grange	Green Party	2,428	5.46
Sarah Jane Knott	Heritage	168	0.38
Majority		4,723	10.62