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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		21,204/33,079	64.10
Henry Page Croft	National Party	14,048	66.25
Rev Frederick Jesse Hopkins	Labour Party	5,302	25.00
Thomas Dove Keighley	Liberal Party	1,854	8.74
Majority		8,746	41.25

15 November 1922		30,005/37,598	79.80
Henry Page Croft	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,690	52.29
Cyril Berkeley Dallow	Liberal Party	10,181	33.93
Harry Keen Hargreaves	Independent Conservative	4,134	13.78
Majority		5,509	18.36

Harry Hargreaves sought election as a "Lloyd George Conservative". He stated that, although he was a Conservative, he supported Lloyd George.

6 December 1923		30,748/38,913	79.02
Henry Page Croft	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,506	50.43
Cyril Berkeley Dallow	Liberal Party	9,256	30.10
Minnie Pallister	Labour Party	5,986	19.47
Majority		6,250	20.33

29 October 1924		28,355/41,038	69.09
Sir Henry Page Croft, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,620	72.72
Minnie Pallister	Labour Party	7,735	27.28
Majority		12,885	45.44

30 May 1929		49,735/66,812	74.44
Sir Henry Page Croft, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,945	52.17
Arthur Mortimer	Liberal Party	15,890	31.95
Maurice Spencer	Labour Party	7,900	15.88
Majority		10,055	20.22

27 October 1931		49,802/70,858	70.28
Sir Henry Page Croft, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,859	80.03
James Henry Collingbourne	Labour Party	9,943	19.97
Majority		29,916	60.07

14 November 1935		45,924/73,335	62.62
Sir Henry Page Croft, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,645	71.08
Maurice Solomon Davidson	Labour Party	13,279	28.92
Majority		19,366	42.17

28 May 1940 Elevation of Sir Henry Croft, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Croft.

27 June 1940
Sir Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		62,298/87,504	71.19
Sir Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,544	55.45
Basil Thomas Wigoder	Liberal Party	14,232	22.85
Robert Spence Watson Pollard	Labour Party	13,522	21.71
Majority		20,312	32.60

13 September 1945 Elevation of Sir Charles Lyle, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Lyle of Westbourne.

15 November 1945		49,054/86,796	56.52
Rt Hon Brendan Rendall Bracken	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,980	46.85
Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton	Labour Party	16,526	33.69
Basil Thomas Wigoder	Liberal Party	9,548	19.46
Majority		6,454	13.16