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25 November 1885		6,339/7,657	82.79
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	3,876	61.15
Brinsley de Courcy Nixon	Liberal Party	2,463	38.85
Majority		1,413	22.29

2 July 1886		5,620/7,657	73.40
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	3,819	67.95
James Judd	Liberal Party	1,801	32.05
Majority		2,018	35.91

5 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

11 August 1886		7,657
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

February 1888 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

20 February 1888
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 July 1892		8,122
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 June 1895 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

1 July 1895		8,144
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1895		5,657/8,144	69.46
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	3,815	67.44
Henry Hamilton Lawless	Liberal Party	1,842	32.56
Majority		1,973	34.88

1 October 1900
Rt Hon Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 January 1906		8,169/9,423	86.69
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative Party	4,267	52.23
Thomas Joseph Lennard	Liberal Party	3,902	47.77
Majority		365	4.47

17 January 1910		9,040/10,127	89.27
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative Party	5,159	57.07
Dr Walter Saise	Liberal Party	3,881	42.93
Majority		1,278	14.14

3 December 1910		8,466/10,127	83.60
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative Party	4,871	57.54
Joseph Weston Stevens	Liberal Party	3,595	42.46
Majority		1,276	15.07

14 December 1918
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

1921 Resignation of George Gibbs on appointment as Treasurer of the Royal Household.

9 April 1921
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		29,224/38,013	76.88
George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,124	62.02
Frank Walter Raffety	Liberal Party	11,100	37.98
Majority		7,024	24.04

6 December 1923		39,098
Rt Hon George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		29,850/39,752	75.09
Rt Hon George Abraham Gibbs	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,574	78.97
Matthias Giles	Labour Party	6,276	21.03
Majority		17,298	57.95

11 January 1928 Elevation of Rt Hon George Gibbs to the Peerage - Baron Wraxall.

2 February 1928		29,668/43,900	67.58
Cyril Tom Culverwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,970	57.20
Lady Clare Annesley	Labour Party	7,702	25.96
William Nichols Marcy	Liberal Party	4,996	16.84
Majority		9,268	31.24

30 May 1929		47,286/60,844	77.72
Cyril Tom Culverwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,416	53.75
Lady Clare Annesley	Labour Party	11,961	25.30
William Nichols Marcy	Liberal Party	9,909	20.96
Majority		13,455	28.45

27 October 1931		52,139/65,740	79.31
Cyril Tom Culverwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,264	82.98
Frank Ernest White	Labour Party	8,875	17.02
Majority		34,389	65.96

14 November 1935		51,878/73,253	70.82
Cyril Tom Culverwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,820	70.97
Paul Frederick Williams	Labour Party	15,058	29.03
Majority		21,762	41.95

5 July 1945		66,161/88,599	74.67
Rt Hon Oliver Frederick George Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,149	48.59
William Edward Balmer	Labour Party	25,163	38.03
Desmond Allhusen	Liberal Party	8,849	13.37
Majority		6,986	10.56

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,285/51,299	82.43
Rt Hon Oliver Frederick George Stanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,920	58.93
Edward Stanley Bishop	Labour Party	12,677	29.98
Hilda Nuttall	Liberal Party	4,688	11.09
Majority		12,243	28.95

10 December 1950 Death of Rt Hon Oliver Stanley.

15 February 1951		27,288/50,894	53.62
Sir Walter Turner Monckton	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,216	81.41
Harold Lawrance	Labour Party	5,072	18.59
Majority		17,144	62.83

25 October 1951		40,689/50,517	80.55
Sir Walter Turner Monckton	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,858	63.55
Harold Lawrance	Labour Party	11,716	28.79
David Goldblatt	Liberal Party	3,115	7.66
Majority		14,142	34.76

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		43,533/58,359	74.60
Rt Hon Sir Walter Turner Monckton	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,767	75.27
Walter Hamlet Johnson	Labour Party	10,766	24.73
Majority		22,001	50.54

11 February 1957 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Walter Monckton to the Peerage - Viscount Monckton.

7 March 1957		35,008/57,301	61.09
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,585	70.23
William Thomas Rodgers	Labour Party	10,423	29.77
Majority		14,162	40.45

8 October 1959		41,254/56,080	73.56
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,768	67.31
Michael Francis Lovell Cocks	Labour Party	7,651	18.55
Colin Allen Hart-Leverton	Liberal Party	5,835	14.14
Majority		20,117	48.76

15 October 1964		36,611/50,052	73.15
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,230	57.99
Keith Basil Wedmore	Labour Party	7,366	20.12
Donald McLaren	Liberal Party	7,306	19.96
Philip Michael Kingston	Taxpayers Coalition	709	1.94
Majority		13,864	37.87

31 March 1966		34,898/48,361	72.16
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,783	56.69
Leslie Walter Bosisto	Labour Party	8,265	23.68
Robert Geoffrey Richardson Stacey	Liberal Party	6,850	19.63
Majority		11,518	33.00

18 June 1970		33,393/50,376	66.29
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,110	60.22
David John Blackman	Labour Party	8,175	24.48
Robert Geoffrey Richardson Stacey	Liberal Party	5,108	15.30
Majority		11,935	35.74

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		43,742/60,148	72.72
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,140	48.33
Robert Geoffrey Richardson Stacey	Liberal Party	13,076	29.89
John Malos	Labour Party	9,526	21.78
Majority		8,064	18.44

10 October 1974		39,525/60,447	65.39
Robert Gordon Cooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,555	46.94
Robert Geoffrey Richardson Stacey	Liberal Party	11,598	29.34
John Malos	Labour Party	9,372	23.71
Majority		6,957	17.60

3 May 1979		42,320/59,140	71.56
Hon William Arthur Waldegrave	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,257	52.59
Vivien Bath	Labour Party	9,690	22.90
Bernard Silver	Liberal Party	8,880	20.98
John Kenneth Ingham	Ecology Party	1,154	2.73
Malcolm Jones	National Front	246	0.58
Raymond Robert Redmore	United Democratic Party	93	0.22
Majority		12,567	29.70

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,730/73,802	70.09
Hon William Arthur Waldegrave	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,400	49.10
George Robert Paget Ferguson	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,222	29.43
Pamela Rose Tatlow	Labour Party	10,094	19.51
James Frederick Keeling Scott	Ecology Party	872	1.69
Sebastian Boyle	Independent	142	0.27
Majority		10,178	19.68

11 June 1987		54,254/72,837	74.49
Hon William Arthur Waldegrave	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,695	45.52
George Robert Paget Ferguson	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,992	31.32
Mary Caroline Georghiou	Labour Party	11,337	20.90
Dr Gundula Audrey Dorey	Green Party	1,096	2.02
Veronica Ralph	Communist Party	134	0.25
Majority		7,703	14.20

9 April 1992		52,490/70,579	74.37
Rt Hon William Arthur Waldegrave	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,169	42.23
Charles Robert Boney	Liberal Democrats	16,098	30.67
Hedley Bashforth	Labour Party	12,992	24.75
George Alistair Ronald Sawday	Green Party	906	1.73
David James Cross	Natural Law Party	104	0.20
Benjamin Brent	Revolutionary Communist Party	92	0.18
Philip James Hammond	SOADDA	87	0.17
Timothy Peter Edward Hedges	Anti-Fed	42	0.08
Majority		6,071	11.57

1 May 1997		62,641/84,870	73.81
Valerie J Davey	Labour Party	22,068	35.23
Rt Hon William Arthur Waldegrave	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,575	32.85
Charles Robert Boney	Liberal Democrats	17,551	28.02
Lady Rosalind Emily Margot Proctor Beauchamp	Referendum Party	1,304	2.08
Justin Michael Quinnell	Green Party	852	1.36
Roy Clifford Mervyn Thomas Nurse	Socialist Labour	244	0.39
Jai James Brierley	Natural Law Party	47	0.08
Majority		1,493	2.38

7 June 2001		55,665/84,821	65.63
Valerie J Davey	Labour Party	20,505	36.84
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	16,079	28.89
Pamela Joy Chesters	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,040	28.82
John Fraser Laird Devaney	Green Party	1,961	3.52
Bernard Joseph Kennedy	Socialist Labour	590	1.06
Simon David Muir	UK Independence Party	490	0.88
Majority		4,426	7.95

5 May 2005		57,396/81,382	70.53
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	21,987	38.31
Valerie J Davey	Labour Party	16,859	29.37
David John Pattison Martin	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,429	26.88
Justin Michael Quinnell	Green Party	2,163	3.77
Simon David Muir	UK Independence Party	439	0.76
Bernard Joseph Kennedy	Socialist Labour	329	0.57
Douglas James Reid	Independent	190	0.33
Majority		5,128	8.93

Doug Reid sought election for the Save the Bristol North Baths Party.

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,347/82,728	66.90
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	26,593	48.05
Paul Smith	Labour Party	15,227	27.51
Nick Yarker	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,169	18.37
Richard Antony Knight	Green Party	2,090	3.78
Christopher Mark Lees	UK Independence Party	655	1.18
Danny Kushlick	Independent	343	0.62
Jon Baker	English Democrats Party	270	0.49
Majority		11,366	20.54

7 May 2015		64,218/91,219	70.40
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire	Labour Party	22,900	35.66
Darren Edward Hall	Green Party	17,227	26.83
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	12,103	18.85
Claire Michelle Hiscott	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,752	15.19
Paul Turner	UK Independence Party	1,940	3.02
Dawn Parry	Inds for Bristol	204	0.32
Stewart Edward Weston	Left Unity	92	0.14
Majority		5,673	8.83

8 June 2017		71,608/93,003	77.00
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire	Labour Party	47,213	65.93
Annabel Tall	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,877	13.79
Sarah Margaret Scott Cato	Green Party	9,216	12.87
Stephen Roy Williams	Liberal Democrats	5,201	7.26
Jodian Rodgers	Money Free	101	0.14
Majority		37,336	52.14

12 December 2019		75,528/99,253	76.10
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire	Labour Party	47,028	62.27
Carla Suzanne Denyer	Green Party	18,809	24.90
Suria Aujla	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,822	11.68
Neil Robert Hipkiss	Brexit Party	869	1.15
Majority		28,219	37.36