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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950 | 46,970/55,289 | 84.95 | |
Labour Party | 29,393 | 62.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,590 | 26.80 | |
Liberal Party | 4,463 | 9.50 | |
Communist Party | 524 | 1.12 | |
Majority | 16,803 | 35.77 | |
25 October 1950 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Stanford Cripps. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
30 November 1950 | 34,137/55,835 | 61.14 | |
Labour Party | 19,367 | 56.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,018 | 35.21 | |
Liberal Party | 2,752 | 8.06 | |
Majority | 7,349 | 21.53 | |
25 October 1951 | 47,366/56,493 | 83.84 | |
Labour Party | 30,811 | 65.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,555 | 34.95 | |
Majority | 14,256 | 30.10 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 42,467/54,499 | 77.92 | |
Labour Party | 25,257 | 59.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,210 | 40.53 | |
Majority | 8,047 | 18.95 | |
8 October 1959 | 46,719/57,416 | 81.37 | |
Labour Party | 26,273 | 56.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,446 | 43.76 | |
Majority | 5,827 | 12.47 | |
17 November 1960 Hon Anthony Wedgewood Benn succeeds to peerage as 2nd Viscount Stansgate. He signed an instrument of renunciation and petitioned the House of Commons to set up a Select Committee to examine his case. The House referred the matter to the Committee of Privileges who confirmed that he was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons. A new writ was issued, and Viscount Stansgate decided to contest the by-election to draw attention to what he considered to be an unjust law. | |||
4 May 1961 | 33,506/59,097 | 56.70 | |
Labour Party | 23,275 | 69.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,231 | 30.53 | |
Majority | 13,044 | 38.93 | |
July 1961 The Court held that Viscount Stansgate was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons and declared Malcolm St Clair duly elected. Malcolm St Clair then gave an undertaking to resign the seat if a subsequent change in the law permitted Viscount Stansgate to be elected to the House of Commons. | |||
30 July 1963 Resignation of Malcolm St Clair. (Northstead) | |||
20 August 1963 | 25,478/60,382 | 42.19 | |
Labour Party | 20,313 | 79.73 | |
Independent Conservative | 4,834 | 18.97 | |
Independent | 287 | 1.13 | |
Independent | 44 | 0.17 | |
Majority | 15,479 | 60.75 | |
Edward Martell sought election as a "National Fellowship Conservative". | |||
Geoffrey Pearl sought election as an "Anti-Socialist Liberal Conservative", and withdrew on the eve of poll in favour of Edward Martell. | |||
15 October 1964 | 48,399/62,150 | 77.87 | |
Labour Party | 29,117 | 60.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,282 | 39.84 | |
Majority | 9,835 | 20.32 | |
31 March 1966 | 50,286/66,034 | 76.15 | |
Labour Party | 30,851 | 61.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,435 | 38.65 | |
Majority | 11,416 | 22.70 | |
18 June 1970 | 52,664/73,172 | 71.97 | |
Labour Party | 29,176 | 55.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,488 | 44.60 | |
Majority | 5,688 | 10.80 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 56,463/68,948 | 81.89 | |
Labour Party | 26,540 | 47.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,628 | 32.99 | |
Liberal Party | 9,870 | 17.48 | |
National Front | 757 | 1.34 | |
SD | 668 | 1.18 | |
Majority | 7,912 | 14.01 | |
10 October 1974 | 52,881/69,413 | 76.18 | |
Labour Party | 25,978 | 49.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,605 | 31.40 | |
Liberal Party | 8,987 | 16.99 | |
National Front | 775 | 1.47 | |
Mid Class | 457 | 0.86 | |
Communist Party of England | 79 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 9,373 | 17.72 | |
3 May 1979 | 54,826/69,937 | 78.39 | |
Labour Party | 24,878 | 45.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,988 | 41.93 | |
Liberal Party | 6,371 | 11.62 | |
National Front | 523 | 0.95 | |
Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain | 66 | 0.12 | |
Majority | 1,890 | 3.45 | |