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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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12 December 1832		459/535	85.79
Richard Walker	Whig	306	66.67
Edmund Grundy	Radical	153	33.33
Majority		153	33.33

6 January 1835		526
Richard Walker	Whig	Unopposed

25 July 1837		434/637	68.13
Richard Walker	Whig	251	57.83
James Paul Cobbett	Radical	96	22.12
Robert Spankie	Conservative Party	87	20.05
Majority		155	35.71

3 July 1841		613/768	79.82
Richard Walker	Whig	325	53.02
Henry Hardman	Conservative Party	288	46.98
Majority		37	6.04

30 July 1847		868
Richard Walker	Whig	Unopposed

10 July 1852		882/959	91.97
Frederick Peel	Peelite	472	53.51
Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan	Whig	410	46.49
Majority		62	7.03

30 March 1857		1,095/1,218	89.90
Robert Needham Philips	Radical	565	51.60
Frederick Peel	Peelite	530	48.40
Majority		35	3.20

9 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.

30 April 1859		1,119/1,289	86.81
Rt Hon Frederick Peel	Liberal Party	641	57.28
Thomas Barnes	Liberal Party	478	42.72
Majority		163	14.57

1859 Petition - dismissed.

12 July 1865		1,167/1,352	86.32
Robert Needham Philips	Liberal Party	595	50.99
Rt Hon Frederick Peel	Liberal Party	572	49.01
Majority		23	1.97

18 November 1868		5,094/5,587	91.18
Robert Needham Philips	Liberal Party	2,830	55.56
George Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	2,264	44.44
Majority		566	11.11

4 February 1874		5,516/6,236	88.45
Robert Needham Philips	Liberal Party	3,016	54.68
Oliver Ormerod Walker	Liberal Party	2,500	45.32
Majority		516	9.35

April 1880		6,835
Robert Needham Philips	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		7,763/8,214	94.51
Rt Hon Sir Henry James	Liberal Party	3,976	51.22
John Grant Lawson	Conservative Party	3,787	48.78
Majority		189	2.43

1 July 1886		8,214
Rt Hon Sir Henry James	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 July 1892		7,311/7,831	93.36
Rt Hon Sir Henry James	Liberal Unionist Party	4,070	55.67
Dr John Parks	Liberal Party	3,241	44.33
Majority		829	11.34

15 July 1895		7,105/7,986	88.97
James Kenyon	Conservative Party	3,890	54.75
Jonathan Frederick Cheetham	Liberal Party	3,215	45.25
Majority		675	9.50

4 October 1900		7,415/8,581	86.41
James Kenyon	Conservative Party	4,132	55.72
George Toulmin	Liberal Party	3,283	44.28
Majority		849	11.45

29 April 1902 Resignation of James Kenyon. (Northstead)

10 May 1902		8,012/8,786	91.19
George Toulmin	Liberal Party	4,213	52.58
Harry Lawson Webster Lawson	Liberal Unionist Party	3,799	47.42
Majority		414	5.17

13 January 1906		8,125/9,068	89.60
George Toulmin	Liberal Party	4,626	56.94
Reginald Jaffray Lucas	Conservative Party	3,499	43.06
Majority		1,127	13.87

15 January 1910		9,124/9,657	94.48
George Toulmin	Liberal Party	4,866	53.33
Edwin Leach Hartley	Conservative Party	4,258	46.67
Majority		608	6.66

3 December 1910		8,763/9,657	90.74
George Toulmin	Liberal Party	4,509	51.45
Edwin Leach Hartley	Conservative Party	4,254	48.55
Majority		255	2.91

14 December 1918		21,878/32,666	66.97
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,043	45.90
Sir George Toulmin	Liberal Party - Coalition	6,862	31.36
Harry Wright Wallace	Labour Party	4,973	22.73
Majority		3,181	14.54

15 November 1922		26,268/32,304	81.32
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,830	41.23
Harry Wright Wallace	Labour Party	9,643	36.71
William Alfred Lewins	Liberal Party	5,795	22.06
Majority		1,187	4.52

6 December 1923		26,499/32,803	80.78
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,680	40.30
Harry Wright Wallace	Labour Party	9,568	36.11
James Duckworth	Liberal Party	6,251	23.59
Majority		1,112	4.20

29 October 1924		28,515/32,982	86.46
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,382	46.93
Harry Wright Wallace	Labour Party	10,286	36.07
James Duckworth	Liberal Party	4,847	17.00
Majority		3,096	10.86

30 May 1929		35,180/43,216	81.41
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,845	42.20
James Bell	Labour Party	13,175	37.45
Clifford Stanley Ickringill	Liberal Party	7,160	20.35
Majority		1,670	4.75

27 October 1931		35,507/43,502	81.62
Charles Ainsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,975	70.34
James Bell	Labour Party	10,532	29.66
Majority		14,443	40.68

14 November 1935		37,335/44,817	83.31
Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,425	49.35
Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	12,845	34.40
Dr Donald McIntosh Johnson	Liberal Party	6,065	16.24
Majority		5,580	14.95

5 July 1945		35,125/44,888	78.25
Walter Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,012	39.89
Sydney Hand	Labour Party	13,902	39.58
Arthur Walter James	Liberal Party	7,211	20.53
Majority		110	0.31