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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 13 December 1832 | 1,434/1,649 | 86.96 | |
| Radical | 873 | 60.88 | |
| Radical | 722 | 50.35 | |
| Whig | 613 | 42.75 | |
| Whig | 391 | 27.27 | |
| Tory | 32 | 2.23 | |
| Majority | 109 | 7.60 | |
| 10 January 1835 | 1,382/1,535 | 90.03 | |
| Whig | 961 | 69.54 | |
| Radical | 523 | 37.84 | |
| Conservative Party | 483 | 34.95 | |
| Radical | 467 | 33.79 | |
| Majority | 40 | 2.89 | |
| 26 July 1837 | 1,640/1,968 | 83.33 | |
| Whig | 1,083 | 66.04 | |
| Conservative Party | 819 | 49.94 | |
| Radical | 801 | 48.84 | |
| Radical | 183 | 11.16 | |
| Majority | 18 | 1.10 | |
| 1 July 1841 | 2,050/2,403 | 85.31 | |
| Whig | 1,443 | 70.39 | |
| Radical | 1,235 | 60.24 | |
| Conservative Party | 872 | 42.54 | |
| Chartist | 19 | 0.93 | |
| Majority | 363 | 17.71 | |
| 5 May 1842 | 1,933/2,533 | 76.31 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,277 | 66.06 | |
| Radical | 640 | 33.11 | |
| Chartist | 16 | 0.83 | |
| Majority | 637 | 32.95 | |
| 1842 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
| April 1842 Resignation of Isaac Wigney. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 30 July 1847 | 1,848/2,776 | 66.57 | |
| Whig | 1,571 | 85.01 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,239 | 67.05 | |
| Radical | 886 | 47.94 | |
| Majority | 353 | 19.10 | |
| 8 July 1852 | 3,039/3,675 | 82.69 | |
| Whig | 1,924 | 63.31 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,431 | 47.09 | |
| Radical | 1,173 | 38.60 | |
| Radical | 119 | 3.92 | |
| Majority | 258 | 8.49 | |
| 1 January 1853 Resignation of Lord Alfred Hervey on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
| 4 January 1853 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 28 March 1857 | 3,169/3,936 | 80.51 | |
| Whig | 2,278 | 71.88 | |
| Radical | 1,900 | 59.96 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,030 | 32.50 | |
| Majority | 870 | 27.45 | |
| 30 April 1859 | 3,541/4,277 | 82.79 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,322 | 65.57 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,106 | 59.47 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,327 | 37.48 | |
| Majority | 779 | 22.00 | |
| 29 June 1860 Death of Sir George Brooke-Pechell, Bt. | |||
| 16 July 1860 | 3,378/4,786 | 70.58 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,588 | 47.01 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,242 | 36.77 | |
| Liberal Party | 548 | 16.22 | |
| Majority | 346 | 10.24 | |
| 6 February 1864 Resignation of William Coningham. (Northstead) | |||
| 16 February 1864 | 4,235/5,434 | 77.94 | |
| Conservative Party | 1,663 | 39.27 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,468 | 34.66 | |
| Liberal Party | 776 | 18.32 | |
| Liberal Party | 246 | 5.81 | |
| Independent | 82 | 1.94 | |
| Majority | 195 | 4.60 | |
| 12 July 1865 | 4,999/5,978 | 83.62 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,065 | 61.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,665 | 53.31 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,134 | 42.69 | |
| Majority | 531 | 10.62 | |
| Boundary Change | |||
| 18 November 1868 | 5,502/8,661 | 63.53 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,342 | 60.74 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,081 | 56.00 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,917 | 53.02 | |
| Independent Conservative | 1,232 | 22.39 | |
| Liberal Party | 432 | 7.85 | |
| Majority | 164 | 2.98 | |
| 5 February 1874 | 7,435/10,228 | 72.69 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,393 | 59.09 | |
| Conservative Party | 3,995 | 53.73 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,351 | 45.07 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,130 | 42.10 | |
| Majority | 644 | 8.66 | |
| 3 April 1880 | 9,610/12,454 | 77.16 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,913 | 51.12 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,904 | 51.03 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,739 | 49.31 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,664 | 48.53 | |
| Majority | 165 | 1.72 | |
| 20 February 1884 Resignation of William Marriott. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 1 March 1884 | 9,499/13,340 | 71.21 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,478 | 57.67 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,021 | 42.33 | |
| Majority | 1,457 | 15.34 | |
| July 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon William Marriott on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
| 10 July 1885 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 25 November 1885 | 12,021/14,848 | 80.96 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,047 | 58.62 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,019 | 58.39 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,899 | 40.75 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,865 | 40.47 | |
| Majority | 2,120 | 17.64 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 3 July 1886 | 8,577/14,848 | 57.77 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,963 | 69.52 | |
| Conservative Party | 5,875 | 68.50 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,633 | 30.70 | |
| Majority | 3,242 | 37.80 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 9 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon William Marriott on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
| 11 August 1886 | 14,848 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 3 November 1886 Death of David Smith. | |||
| 29 November 1886 | 14,848 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 6 October 1889 Death of Dr William Robertson. | |||
| 25 October 1889 | 11,757/15,307 | 76.81 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,132 | 60.66 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,625 | 39.34 | |
| Majority | 2,507 | 21.32 | |
| 6 July 1892 | 12,872/16,883 | 76.24 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,807 | 60.65 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,134 | 55.42 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,448 | 42.32 | |
| Majority | 1,686 | 13.10 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 8 December 1893 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Marriott. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 14 December 1893 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 16 July 1895 | 12,710/17,083 | 74.40 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,878 | 61.98 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,490 | 58.93 | |
| Liberal Party | 5,082 | 39.98 | |
| Majority | 2,408 | 18.95 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 3 October 1900 | 11,582/18,634 | 62.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,858 | 67.85 | |
| Conservative Party | 6,626 | 57.21 | |
| Ind Protestant | 4,693 | 40.52 | |
| Majority | 1,933 | 16.69 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| John Kensit was the founder of an organisation called the Protestant Truth Society and claimed to have been adopted by a local Protestant society, the Brighton and Hove Protestant Hundreds. | |||
| 1905 Resignation of Gerald Loder on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
| 5 April 1905 | 15,601/20,439 | 76.33 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,209 | 52.62 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,392 | 47.38 | |
| Majority | 817 | 5.24 | |
| 16 January 1906 | 17,305/20,976 | 82.50 | |
| Liberal Party | 9,062 | 52.37 | |
| Liberal Party | 8,919 | 51.54 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,188 | 47.32 | |
| Conservative Party | 8,176 | 47.25 | |
| Majority | 731 | 4.22 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 18 January 1910 | 19,140/21,427 | 89.33 | |
| Conservative Party | 11,625 | 60.74 | |
| Conservative Party | 11,567 | 60.43 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,506 | 39.22 | |
| Liberal Party | 7,472 | 39.04 | |
| Majority | 4,061 | 21.22 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 6 December 1910 | 17,540/21,427 | 81.86 | |
| Conservative Party | 10,780 | 61.46 | |
| Conservative Party | 10,757 | 61.33 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,723 | 38.33 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,699 | 38.19 | |
| Majority | 4,034 | 23.00 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 8 June 1911 Succession of Hon Walter Rice to the Peerage - 7th Baron Dynevor. | |||
| 26 June 1911 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 23 June 1914 Resignation of Hon John Gordon. (Northstead) | |||
| 29 June 1914 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 14 December 1918 | 42,352/82,449 | 51.37 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 32,958 | 77.82 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 32,561 | 76.88 | |
| Labour Party | 8,971 | 21.18 | |
| Labour Party | 8,514 | 20.10 | |
| Majority | 23,590 | 55.70 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 15 November 1922 | 56,537/80,674 | 70.08 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,549 | 50.50 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,844 | 47.48 | |
| Liberal Party | 22,059 | 39.02 | |
| Independent Conservative | 11,913 | 21.07 | |
| Majority | 4,785 | 8.46 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| Harry Wheater sought election as a "Free Conservative and Anti-Waste" candidate. He claimed to have been adopted by the Brighton and Hove Conservative Association and the Anti-Waste League but the official Conservative Association in the constituency, the Brighton and Hove National Unionist Association, repudiated him. The Anti-Waste League did not include his name in their official list of candidates. | |||
| 6 December 1923 | 57,133/82,475 | 69.27 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,137 | 52.75 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,759 | 52.09 | |
| Liberal Party | 17,462 | 30.56 | |
| Liberal Party | 16,567 | 29.00 | |
| Labour Party | 9,545 | 16.71 | |
| Labour Party | 9,040 | 15.82 | |
| Majority | 12,297 | 21.52 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 29 October 1924 | 53,881/83,980 | 64.16 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 39,387 | 73.10 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 39,253 | 72.85 | |
| Labour Party | 14,072 | 26.12 | |
| Majority | 25,181 | 46.73 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 30 May 1929 | 81,428/122,641 | 66.40 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 46,515 | 57.12 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 46,287 | 56.84 | |
| Labour Party | 19,494 | 23.94 | |
| Labour Party | 18,770 | 23.05 | |
| Liberal Party | 14,770 | 18.14 | |
| Liberal Party | 13,816 | 16.97 | |
| Majority | 26,793 | 32.90 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 27 October 1931 | 89,355/128,779 | 69.39 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 75,205 | 84.16 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 74,993 | 83.93 | |
| Labour Party | 12,952 | 14.49 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 12,878 | 14.41 | |
| Majority | 62,041 | 69.43 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 14 November 1935 | 81,007/129,356 | 62.62 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 60,913 | 75.19 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 60,724 | 74.96 | |
| Labour Party | 19,287 | 23.81 | |
| Labour Party | 18,743 | 23.14 | |
| Majority | 41,437 | 51.15 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||
| 18 April 1940 Elevation of Rt Hon George Tryon to the Peerage - Baron Tryon. | |||
| 9 May 1940 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 10 November 1941 Resignation of Lord Erskine. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 15 November 1941 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 17 January 1944 Resignation of Sir Alfred Rawson. (Northstead) | |||
| 3 February 1944 | 27,229/123,310 | 22.08 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,594 | 53.60 | |
| Nat Ind | 12,635 | 46.40 | |
| Majority | 1,959 | 7.19 | |
| Bruce Briant claimed to support the National government but was repudiated by Churchill. | |||
| 5 July 1945 | 82,285/124,714 | 65.98 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 49,339 | 59.96 | |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 49,026 | 59.58 | |
| Labour Party | 31,074 | 37.76 | |
| Labour Party | 30,844 | 37.48 | |
| Majority | 17,952 | 21.82 | |
| Breakdown of Votes | |||