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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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3 December 1885		6,977/8,223	84.85
Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss	Conservative Party	4,327	62.02
Dr Edward Knowles Muspratt	Liberal Party	2,650	37.98
Majority		1,677	24.04

10 July 1886		6,646/8,223	80.82
Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss	Conservative Party	3,719	55.96
Augustine Birrell	Liberal Party	2,927	44.04
Majority		792	11.92

14 July 1892		7,527/9,014	83.50
John Saunders Gilliat	Conservative Party	3,866	51.36
Henry Wade Deacon	Liberal Party	3,661	48.64
Majority		205	2.72

19 July 1895		7,429/8,998	82.56
John Saunders Gilliat	Conservative Party	3,973	53.48
Henry Wade Deacon	Liberal Party	3,456	46.52
Majority		517	6.96

5 October 1900		6,778/9,447	71.75
William Hall Walker	Conservative Party	4,716	69.58
M C Macinerney	Liberal Party	2,062	30.42
Majority		2,654	39.16

19 January 1906		9,182/11,005	83.43
William Hall Walker	Conservative Party	5,017	54.64
Sir John Swinburne, Bt	Liberal Party	4,165	45.36
Majority		852	9.28

21 January 1910		10,424/11,780	88.49
William Hall Walker	Conservative Party	5,758	55.24
Louis Charles Bernacchi	Liberal Party	4,666	44.76
Majority		1,092	10.48

6 December 1910		11,780
William Hall Walker	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 December 1915 William Walker owned a stud of thoroughbred horses. He gifted these to the nation in order to start a national stud and maintain the supply of horses to the army. It was thought advisable that the nation should also acquire some of his properties in Ireland and Wiltshire and he agreed to sell these at a price to be fixed by a government valuer. As the sale of his properties would have involved him in a government contract, he resigned his seat at the outset and the new writ was not moved until the legal formalities had been completed and he could seek re-election. (Chiltern Hundreds)

22 May 1916
William Hall Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		19,336/30,674	63.04
William Hall Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,515	59.55
Thomas Williamson	Labour Party	7,821	40.45
Majority		3,694	19.10

18 August 1919 Resignation of William Walker prior to his elevation to the Peerage as Baron Wavertree. (Northstead)

30 August 1919		21,901/30,674	71.40
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	11,404	52.07
Hon Francis Marion Bates Fisher	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,497	47.93
Majority		907	4.14

15 November 1922		27,576/31,784	86.76
George Christopher Clayton	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,679	53.23
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	12,897	46.77
Majority		1,782	6.46

6 December 1923		27,183/32,735	83.04
George Christopher Clayton	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,808	47.12
Joseph Patrick Cotter	Labour Party	12,020	44.22
Harry Trevor Ellis	Liberal Party	2,355	8.66
Majority		788	2.90

29 October 1924		28,802/33,553	85.84
George Christopher Clayton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,476	53.73
Joseph Patrick Cotter	Labour Party	13,326	46.27
Majority		2,150	7.46

30 May 1929		37,501/44,205	84.83
Alexander Gordon Cameron	Labour Party	19,125	51.00
George Christopher Clayton	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,376	49.00
Majority		749	2.00

27 October 1931		40,432/46,219	87.48
John Roland Robinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,123	62.14
Alexander Gordon Cameron	Labour Party	15,309	37.86
Majority		9,814	24.27

14 November 1935		43,644/54,507	80.07
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,457	56.04
Alexander Gordon Cameron	Labour Party	19,187	43.96
Majority		5,270	12.07

5 July 1945		71,362/93,945	75.96
Christopher Nyholm Shawcross	Labour Party	41,980	58.83
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,382	41.17
Majority		12,598	17.65

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,286/44,528	88.23
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	21,253	54.10
Richard Antony Pilkington	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,033	45.90
Majority		3,220	8.20

25 October 1951		40,003/45,761	87.42
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	21,688	54.22
Francis Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,315	45.78
Majority		3,373	8.43

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		38,197/45,990	83.06
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	19,823	51.90
Beata Ann Brookes	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,374	48.10
Majority		1,449	3.79

8 October 1959		40,838/48,966	83.40
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	21,218	51.96
Bruce Lionel Butcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,620	48.04
Majority		1,598	3.91

15 October 1964		43,018/55,242	77.87
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	24,446	56.83
Alan Pickering	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,572	43.17
Majority		5,874	13.65

31 March 1966		43,848/60,269	72.75
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	26,613	60.69
Alan Pickering	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,235	39.31
Majority		9,378	21.39

18 June 1970		49,225/71,598	68.75
James Eugene MacColl	Labour Party	28,384	57.66
Griffith Hughes Pierce	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,841	42.34
Majority		7,543	15.32

16 June 1971 Death of James MacColl.

23 September 1971		33,099/72,864	45.43
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	22,880	69.13
David Charles Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,219	30.87
Majority		12,661	38.25

28 February 1974		54,809/74,429	73.64
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	35,654	65.05
Albert Henry Ken Maynard	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,155	34.95
Majority		16,499	30.10

10 October 1974		53,210/75,120	70.83
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	31,532	59.26
Albert Henry Ken Maynard	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,611	27.46
Anthony Turner	Liberal Party	7,067	13.28
Majority		16,921	31.80

3 May 1979		58,075/78,228	74.24
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	32,033	55.16
Brian George Holder	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,752	37.46
Lesley Annette Self	Liberal Party	4,290	7.39
Majority		10,281	17.70