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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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17 December 1832		5,812/7,884	73.72
Edward Ayshford Sanford	Whig	4,815	82.85
Charles John Kemeys Tynte	Whig	4,299	73.97
Bickham Escott	Tory	1,449	24.93
Majority		2,850	49.04

13 January 1835		6,323/7,658	82.57
Edward Ayshford Sanford	Whig	3,770	59.62
Charles John Kemeys Tynte	Whig	3,586	56.71
Bickham Escott	Conservative Party	2,766	43.75
Majority		820	12.97

28 July 1837		7,349/8,584	85.61
Thomas Dyke Acland	Conservative Party	3,883	52.84
Edward Ayshford Sanford	Whig	3,556	48.39
Francis Henry Dickinson	Conservative Party	3,524	47.95
Charles John Kemeys Tynte	Whig	3,458	47.05
Majority		32	0.44

10 July 1841		9,024
Thomas Dyke Acland	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Francis Henry Dickinson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 August 1847		6,161/8,433	73.06
Charles Aaron Moody	Conservative Party	3,603	58.48
Sir Alexander Hood, Bt	Conservative Party	3,311	53.74
Hon Philip Pleydell-Bouverie	Whig	2,783	45.17
Bickham Escott	Radical	2,624	42.59
Majority		528	8.57

7 March 1851 Death of Sir Alexander Hood, Bt.

10 April 1851
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1852		8,210
Charles Aaron Moody	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 April 1857		7,323
Charles Aaron Moody	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 May 1859		7,750
Charles Aaron Moody	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 January 1863 Resignation of Charles Moody. (Northstead)

17 February 1863
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1865		8,632
Sir Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
28 November 1868		7,671
Hon Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 December 1873 Death of William Gore-Langton.

12 January 1874
Vaughan Hanning Lee	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
7 February 1874		7,774
Hon Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Vaughan Hanning Lee	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 April 1880		6,128/8,291	73.91
Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee	Conservative Party	3,186	51.99
Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset	Conservative Party	3,136	51.17
Charles Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	2,967	48.42
Majority		169	2.76

18 April 1882 Resignation of Vaughan Vaughan-Lee. (Chiltern Hundreds)

26 April 1882
Edward James Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 November 1883 Resignation of Mordaunt Bisset. (Northstead)

18 February 1884		6,752/9,431	71.59
Charles Isaac Elton	Conservative Party	3,757	55.64
Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie	Liberal Party	2,995	44.36
Majority		762	11.29