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17 November 1868		4,858/6,417	75.71
Richard Shaw	Liberal Party	2,620	53.93
Hon Sir James Yorke Scarlett	Conservative Party	2,238	46.07
Majority		382	7.86

31 January 1874		5,555/6,607	84.08
Richard Shaw	Liberal Party	3,065	55.18
William Alexander Lindsay	Conservative Party	2,490	44.82
Majority		575	10.35

19 January 1876 Death of Richard Shaw.

11 February 1876		6,597/7,127	92.56
Peter Rylands	Liberal Party	3,520	53.36
William Alexander Lindsay	Conservative Party	3,077	46.64
Majority		443	6.72

31 March 1880		7,160/7,614	94.04
Peter Rylands	Liberal Party	3,943	55.07
Lord Edmund Talbot	Conservative Party	3,217	44.93
Majority		726	10.14

28 November 1885		9,065/9,638	94.05
Peter Rylands	Liberal Party	4,866	53.68
Henry Herbert Wainwright	Conservative Party	4,199	46.32
Majority		667	7.36

3 July 1886		8,375/9,638	86.90
Peter Rylands	Liberal Party	4,209	50.26
James Greenwood	Liberal Unionist Party	4,166	49.74
Majority		43	0.51

8 February 1887 Death of Peter Rylands.

19 February 1887		9,507/10,020	94.88
John Slagg	Liberal Party	5,026	52.87
John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby	Conservative Party	4,481	47.13
Majority		545	5.73

22 February 1889 Resignation of John Slagg. (Chiltern Hundreds)

27 February 1889
Jabez Spencer Balfour	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 July 1892		11,485/12,619	91.01
Jabez Spencer Balfour	Liberal Party	6,450	56.16
Edwin Lawrence	Liberal Unionist Party	5,035	43.84
Majority		1,415	12.32

12 December 1892 Resignation of Jabez Balfour. (Chiltern Hundreds)

6 February 1893		11,705/12,826	91.26
Hon Philip James Stanhope	Liberal Party	6,199	52.96
William Alexander Lindsay	Conservative Party	5,506	47.04
Majority		693	5.92

18 July 1895		12,085/13,360	90.46
Hon Philip James Stanhope	Liberal Party	5,454	45.13
William Alexander Lindsay	Conservative Party	5,133	42.47
Henry Mayers Hyndman	Social Democratic Foundation	1,498	12.40
Majority		321	2.66

4 October 1900		12,946/14,393	89.95
William Mitchell	Conservative Party	6,773	52.32
Hon Philip James Stanhope	Liberal Party	6,173	47.68
Majority		600	4.63

13 January 1906		15,184/15,893	95.54
Frederick Maddison	Liberal/Labour	5,288	34.83
Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	4,964	32.69
Henry Mayers Hyndman	Social Democratic Foundation	4,932	32.48
Majority		324	2.13

15 January 1910		16,405/16,992	96.55
Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	5,776	35.21
Frederick Maddison	Liberal/Labour	5,681	34.63
Henry Mayers Hyndman	Social Democratic Party	4,948	30.16
Majority		95	0.58

6 December 1910		15,991/16,992	94.11
Philip Edward Morrell	Liberal Party	6,177	38.63
Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	6,004	37.55
Henry Mayers Hyndman	Social Democratic Party	3,810	23.83
Majority		173	1.08

14 December 1918		36,331/50,870	71.42
David Daniel Irving	Labour Party	15,217	41.88
Hon Henry George Hill Mulholland	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,289	33.83
John Howarth Grey	Liberal Party	8,825	24.29
Majority		2,928	8.06

15 November 1922		44,456/50,111	88.72
David Daniel Irving	Labour Party	17,385	39.11
Harold Edward Jocelyn Camps	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,732	33.14
Walter Thomas Layton	Liberal Party	12,339	27.76
Majority		2,653	5.97

6 December 1923		44,588/51,086	87.28
David Daniel Irving	Labour Party	16,848	37.79
Harold Edward Jocelyn Camps	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,197	31.84
James Whitehead	Liberal Party	13,543	30.37
Majority		2,651	5.95

25 January 1924 Death of Dan Irving.

28 February 1924		42,105/51,086	82.42
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	24,571	58.36
Harold Edward Jocelyn Camps	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,534	41.64
Majority		7,037	16.71

29 October 1924		45,234/51,162	88.41
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	20,549	45.43
Stephen Ian Fairbairn	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,084	35.56
James Whitehead	Liberal Party	8,601	19.01
Majority		4,465	9.87

30 May 1929		60,730/67,781	89.60
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	28,091	46.26
Stephen Ian Fairbairn	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,137	33.16
Aneurin John Glyn Edwards	Liberal Party	12,502	20.59
Majority		7,954	13.10

27 October 1931		62,555/68,106	91.85
Gordon Campbell	Nationalist	35,126	56.15
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	26,917	43.03
James Rushton	Communist Party	512	0.82
Majority		8,209	13.12

14 November 1935		58,125/66,330	87.63
Wilfrid Andrew Burke	Labour Party	31,160	53.61
Gordon Campbell	National Liberal Party	26,965	46.39
Majority		4,195	7.22

5 July 1945		50,553/62,849	80.44
Wilfrid Andrew Burke	Labour Party	32,122	63.54
Hugh Herbert Monckton Milnes	National Liberal Party	18,431	36.46
Majority		13,691	27.08

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		55,132/61,568	89.55
Wilfrid Andrew Burke	Labour Party	30,685	55.66
Francis Henry Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,626	42.85
William Whittaker	Communist Party	526	0.95
Dan Carradice	Independent Labour Party	295	0.54
Majority		7,059	12.80

25 October 1951		55,295/62,364	88.66
Wilfrid Andrew Burke	Labour Party	31,261	56.53
Donald Palmer Dunkley	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,034	43.47
Majority		7,227	13.07

26 May 1955		50,124/60,005	83.53
Wilfrid Andrew Burke	Labour Party	27,895	55.65
Edward Brooks	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,229	44.35
Majority		5,666	11.30

8 October 1959		48,577/57,990	83.77
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	27,675	56.97
Edward Brooks	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,902	43.03
Majority		6,773	13.94

15 October 1964		44,442/54,411	81.68
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	25,244	56.80
Tom Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,365	27.82
Mary Rankine Mason	Liberal Party	6,833	15.38
Majority		12,879	28.98

31 March 1966		42,338/52,947	79.96
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	25,583	60.43
Albert Samuel Royse	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,710	27.66
Mary Rankine Mason	Liberal Party	5,045	11.92
Majority		13,873	32.77

18 June 1970		42,492/56,036	75.83
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	24,200	56.95
John Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,846	34.94
George Brownbill	Liberal Party	3,446	8.11
Majority		9,354	22.01

28 February 1974		41,847/52,505	79.70
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	21,108	50.44
Albert Pickup	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,268	26.93
Dr Stuart Paul Mews	Liberal Party	9,471	22.63
Majority		9,840	23.51

10 October 1974		39,527/52,918	74.69
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	21,642	54.75
Albert Pickup	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,766	24.71
Dr Stuart Paul Mews	Liberal Party	8,119	20.54
Majority		11,876	30.05

3 May 1979		39,677/51,050	77.72
Daniel Jones	Labour Party	20,172	50.84
Ann Noreen Widdecombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,062	35.44
Michael Steed	Liberal Party	5,091	12.83
Frank Tyrall	Independent Democrat	352	0.89
Majority		6,110	15.40

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,760/67,368	75.00
Peter Leslie Pike	Labour Party	20,178	39.75
Ian Cameron Bruce	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,391	38.20
Michael Steed	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,191	22.05
Majority		787	2.00

11 June 1987		51,964/66,756	77.84
Peter Leslie Pike	Labour Party	25,140	48.38
Harold Daniel Hope Elletson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,583	33.84
Ronald Hubert Baker	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,241	17.78
Majority		7,557	14.54

9 April 1992		51,291/68,952	74.39
Peter Leslie Pike	Labour Party	27,184	53.00
Brenda Binge	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,693	30.60
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	8,414	16.40
Majority		11,491	22.40

1 May 1997		45,245/67,585	66.95
Peter Leslie Pike	Labour Party	26,210	57.93
William David Wiggin	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,148	20.22
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	7,877	17.41
Richard John Oakley	Referendum Party	2,010	4.44
Majority		17,062	37.71

7 June 2001		36,884/66,393	55.55
Peter Leslie Pike	Labour Party	18,195	49.33
Robert John James Frost	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,697	20.87
Paul Richard Wright	Liberal Democrats	5,975	16.20
Steven Smith	British National Party	4,151	11.25
Richard Granville Buttrey	UK Independence Party	866	2.35
Majority		10,498	28.46

5 May 2005		38,983/65,869	59.18
Kitty Ussher	Labour Party	14,999	38.48
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	9,221	23.65
Henry Brooks	Independent	5,786	14.84
Yousuf Mohammed Miah	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,206	10.79
Leonard Starr	British National Party	4,003	10.27
Dr Jeffrey Robin Slater	Independent	392	1.01
Robert McDowell	UK Independence Party	376	0.96
Majority		5,778	14.82

6 May 2010		41,845/66,615	62.82
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	14,932	35.68
Julie Elizabeth Cooper	Labour Party	13,114	31.34
Richard Ali	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,950	16.61
Sharon Wilkinson	British National Party	3,747	8.95
Andrew Brown	Independent	1,876	4.48
John Wignall	UK Independence Party	929	2.22
Andrew Hennessey	Independent	297	0.71
Majority		1,818	4.34

7 May 2015		39,746/64,486	61.64
Julie Elizabeth Cooper	Labour Party	14,951	37.62
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	11,707	29.45
Tom Commis	UK Independence Party	6,864	17.27
Sarah Cockburn-Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,374	13.52
Mike Hargreaves	Green Party	850	2.14
Majority		3,244	8.16

8 June 2017		40,290/64,709	62.26
Julie Elizabeth Cooper	Labour Party	18,832	46.74
Paul White	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,479	30.97
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	6,046	15.01
Tom Commis	UK Independence Party	2,472	6.14
Laura Fisk	Green Party	461	1.14
Majority		6,353	15.77

12 December 2019		38,984/64,345	60.59
Antony Higginbotham	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,720	40.32
Julie Elizabeth Cooper	Labour Party	14,368	36.86
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	3,501	8.98
Stewart Ian Scott	Brexit Party	3,362	8.62
Charles Briggs	Burnley Padiham Ind	1,162	2.98
Laura Fisk	Green Party	739	1.90
Karen Entwistle	Independent	132	0.34
Majority		1,352	3.47

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		39,719/74,951	52.99
Oliver David Ryan	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,598	31.72
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	9,178	23.11
Anthony Higginbotham	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,058	20.29
Nathan Thomas McCollum	Reform UK	7,755	19.52
Jack Simon Launer	Green Party	1,518	3.82
Rayyan Fiass	Independent	292	0.74
Mitchell James Cryer	Independent	169	0.43
David Roper	Independent	151	0.38
Majority		3,420	8.61