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14 December 1918		15,353/27,575	55.68
Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,164	59.69
Hubert Melville Martineau	Liberal Party	6,189	40.31
Majority		2,975	19.38

15 November 1922		29,779
Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		21,184/29,889	70.88
Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,697	59.94
Morgan Griffith	Liberal Party	8,487	40.06
Majority		4,210	19.87

29 October 1924		22,979/31,031	74.05
Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,510	71.85
Luke Henry Bateman	Labour Party	6,469	28.15
Majority		10,041	43.70

30 May 1929		33,203/42,070	78.92
Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,353	49.25
Richard Charles Williams	Liberal Party	8,582	25.85
Luke Henry Bateman	Labour Party	8,268	24.90
Majority		7,771	23.40

27 October 1931		35,046/44,929	78.00
Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,829	70.85
Rev Daniel Hughes	Labour Party	10,217	29.15
Majority		14,612	41.69

13 May 1934 Death of Sir Charles Forestier-Walker, Bt.

14 June 1934		31,734/45,885	69.16
John Arthur Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,640	65.04
Rev Daniel Hughes	Labour Party	11,094	34.96
Majority		9,546	30.08

14 November 1935		36,716/47,792	76.82
John Arthur Herbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,262	63.36
Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	13,454	36.64
Majority		9,808	26.71

1 July 1939 Resignation of John Herbert on appointment as Governor of Bengal. (Chiltern Hundreds)

25 July 1939		28,901/49,690	58.16
Leslie Ruthven Pym	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,358	60.06
Frank Rivers Hancock	Labour Party	11,543	39.94
Majority		5,815	20.12

5 July 1945		42,738/59,359	72.00
Leslie Ruthven Pym	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,195	51.93
Archibald Benjamin Lloyd Oakley	Labour Party	20,543	48.07
Majority		1,652	3.87

17 July 1945 Death of Leslie Pym.

30 October 1945		40,045/60,013	66.73
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,092	52.67
Archibald Benjamin Lloyd Oakley	Labour Party	18,953	47.33
Majority		2,139	5.34

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,681/47,709	83.17
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,956	55.33
Graham Frederick Thomas	Labour Party	17,725	44.67
Majority		4,231	10.66

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		40,427/48,314	83.68
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,475	55.59
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	17,952	44.41
Majority		4,523	11.19

26 May 1955		40,143/49,252	81.51
Rt Hon George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,970	57.22
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	17,173	42.78
Majority		5,797	14.44

8 October 1959		44,587/53,628	83.14
Rt Hon George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,422	57.02
George Samuel David Parry	Labour Party	19,165	42.98
Majority		6,257	14.03

15 October 1964		51,320/60,603	84.68
Rt Hon George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,635	44.11
Albert Calvin Kerr	Labour Party	21,921	42.71
David Hywel Davies	Liberal Party	6,764	13.18
Majority		714	1.39

31 March 1966		54,273/64,356	84.33
Donald Anderson	Labour Party	28,619	52.73
Rt Hon George Edward Peter Thorneycroft	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,654	47.27
Majority		2,965	5.46

18 June 1970		60,831/75,546	80.52
John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,312	46.54
Donald Anderson	Labour Party	26,957	44.31
David Melvyn Hando	Liberal Party	4,061	6.68
Stuart Kingsley Neale	Plaid Cymru	1,501	2.47
Majority		1,355	2.23

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		62,412/74,205	84.11
John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,269	43.69
Frank Robert Thompson	Labour Party	22,707	36.38
David Melvyn Hando	Liberal Party	11,506	18.44
Edward Henry Spanswick	Plaid Cymru	930	1.49
Majority		4,562	7.31

10 October 1974		59,493/74,819	79.52
John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,460	42.79
Roger Oliver Faulkner	Labour Party	23,118	38.86
David Melvyn Hando	Liberal Party	10,076	16.94
Terrence Frank Brimmacombe	Plaid Cymru	839	1.41
Majority		2,342	3.94

3 May 1979		66,467/80,085	83.00
John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,547	50.47
Timothy Michael Steel	Labour Party	23,785	35.78
David Melvyn Hando	Liberal Party	8,494	12.78
Gwynddri Owen Williams	Plaid Cymru	641	0.96
Majority		9,762	14.69

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,235/56,941	77.69
John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,746	49.16
Clive Denzil Lindley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,403	28.04
Christopher Short	Labour Party	9,593	21.69
Gwynddri Owen Williams	Plaid Cymru	493	1.11
Majority		9,343	21.12

11 June 1987		47,100/59,003	79.83
Sir John Stradling Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,387	47.53
Katrina Gass	Labour Party	13,037	27.68
Clive Denzil Lindley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,313	24.02
Sian Rosemary Meredudd	Plaid Cymru	363	0.77
Majority		9,350	19.85

29 March 1991 Death of Sir John Stradling Thomas.

16 May 1991		45,100/59,460	75.85
William Edward Huw Edwards	Labour Party	17,733	39.32
Roger Kenneth Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,327	33.98
Frances Ann David	Liberal Democrats	11,164	24.75
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	314	0.70
Melvin John Witherden	Plaid Cymru/Green	277	0.61
Peter R Carpenter	Unitax	164	0.36
Lindi St Claire	Corrective	121	0.27
Majority		2,406	5.33

Peter Carpenter advocated that the tax and benefit system be simplified by the creation ofa single, all-inclusive tax.

9 April 1992		50,907/59,147	86.07
Roger Kenneth Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,059	47.26
William Edward Huw Edwards	Labour Party	20,855	40.97
Frances Ann David	Liberal Democrats	5,562	10.93
Melvin John Witherden	Plaid Cymru/Green	431	0.85
Majority		3,204	6.29

1 May 1997		49,025/60,703	80.76
William Edward Huw Edwards	Labour Party	23,404	47.74
Roger Kenneth Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,226	39.22
Mark Fraser Williams	Liberal Democrats	4,689	9.56
Timothy Niall Warry	Referendum Party	1,190	2.43
Alan Frank Vincent Cotton	Plaid Cymru	516	1.05
Majority		4,178	8.52

7 June 2001		44,462/62,202	71.48
William Edmund Huw Edwards	Labour Party	19,021	42.78
Roger Kenneth Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,637	41.92
Neil Martin Parker	Liberal Democrats	5,080	11.43
Marc Anthony Hubbard	Plaid Cymru	1,068	2.40
David John Rowlands	UK Independence Party	656	1.48
Majority		384	0.86

5 May 2005		45,653/63,093	72.36
David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,396	46.87
William Edward Huw Edwards	Labour Party	16,869	36.95
Philip Andrew David Hobson	Liberal Democrats	5,852	12.82
Jonathan Thomas Clark	Plaid Cymru	993	2.18
John Andreas Bufton	UK Independence Party	543	1.19
Majority		4,527	9.92

6 May 2010		46,519/64,538	72.08
David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,466	48.29
Hamish Ramsey Sandison	Labour Party	12,041	25.88
Martin Oliver Blakebrough	Liberal Democrats	9,026	19.40
Jonathan Thomas Clark	Plaid Cymru	1,273	2.74
Derek James Rowe	UK Independence Party	1,126	2.42
Steve Millson	Green Party	587	1.26
Majority		10,425	22.41

7 May 2015		47,492/62,248	76.29
David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,701	49.91
Ruth Lorraine Jones	Labour Party	12,719	26.78
Gareth Dunn	UK Independence Party	4,972	10.47
Veronica Kathleen German	Liberal Democrats	2,496	5.26
Jonathan Thomas Clark	Plaid Cymru	1,875	3.95
Christopher Martin Were	Green Party	1,629	3.43
Stephen Morris	English Democrats Party	100	0.21
Majority		10,982	23.12

8 June 2017		49,734/64,909	76.62
David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,411	53.10
Ruth Lorraine Jones	Labour Party	18,205	36.60
Veronica Kathleen German	Liberal Democrats	2,064	4.15
Carole Damon	Plaid Cymru	1,338	2.69
Ian Roy Chandler	Green Party	954	1.92
Roy Neale	UK Independence Party	762	1.53
Majority		8,206	16.50

12 December 2019		50,217/67,094	74.85
David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,160	52.09
Yvonne Clare Murphy	Labour Party	16,178	32.22
Alison Leyland Willott	Liberal Democrats	4,909	9.78
Ian Roy Chandler	Green Party	1,353	2.69
Hugh Michael Andrew Kocan	Plaid Cymru	1,182	2.35
Martyn Ford	Independent	435	0.87
Majority		9,982	19.88