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13 December 1832		1,247/1,499	83.19
George Pryme	Whig	979	78.51
Thomas Spring Rice	Whig	709	56.86
Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden	Tory	540	43.30
Majority		169	13.55

5 June 1834 Resignation of Thomas Spring Rice on appointment as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

13 June 1834		1,205/1,456	82.76
Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice	Whig	615	51.04
Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden	Tory	590	48.96
Majority		25	2.07

9 January 1835		1,341/1,482	90.49
Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice	Whig	736	54.88
George Pryme	Whig	693	51.68
James Lewis Knight	Conservative Party	688	51.30
Majority		5	0.37

18 April 1835 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

27 April 1835		1,482
Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice	Whig	Unopposed

27 July 1837		1,298/1,698	76.44
Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice	Whig	690	53.16
George Pryme	Whig	678	52.23
James Lewis Knight	Conservative Party	614	47.30
Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton	Conservative Party	599	46.15
Majority		64	4.93

August 1839 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice. (Chiltern Hundreds)

6 September 1839
Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton	Conservative Party	717	53.75
Thomas Milner Gibson	Whig	617	46.25
Majority		100	7.50

29 April 1840 Petition - election of Hon John Manners-Sutton declared void.

23 May 1840		1,393/1,857	75.01
Sir Alexander Cray Grant, bt	Conservative Party	736	52.84
Prof Thomas Starkie	Whig	657	47.16
Majority		79	5.67

30 June 1841		1,430/1,940	73.71
Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton	Conservative Party	758	53.01
Sir Alexander Cray Grant, bt	Conservative Party	722	50.49
Richard Foster	Whig	695	48.60
Lord Cosmo G Russell	Whig	656	45.87
Majority		27	1.89

21 March 1843		1,393/1,904	73.16
Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	713	51.18
Richard Foster	Whig	680	48.82
Majority		33	2.37

1843 Petition - dismissed.

13 March 1843 Resignation of Sir Alexander Grant, bt. (Poynings)

July 1845 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Solicitor-General.

16 July 1845
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	746	50.58
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Whig	729	49.42
Majority		17	1.15

31 July 1847		1,234/1,834	67.28
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Whig	811	65.72
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Whig	727	58.91
Hon John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton	Conservative Party	465	37.68
Majority		262	21.23

9 July 1852		1,517/1,984	76.46
Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative Party	821	54.12
John Harvey Astell	Conservative Party	803	52.93
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Whig	737	48.58
Francis Mowatt	Radical	673	44.36
Majority		66	4.35

1 March 1853 Petition - election declared void.

18 August 1854		1,448/1,977	73.24
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Radical	757	52.28
Francis Mowatt	Radical	733	50.62
George James Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone	Conservative Party	708	48.90
Frederick William Slade	Conservative Party	696	48.07
Majority		25	1.73

27 February 1855 Petition - withdrawn.

29 April 1857		1,468/1,878	78.17
Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative Party	770	52.45
Andrew Steuart	Conservative Party	735	50.07
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Radical	729	49.66
John Tomlinson Hibbert	Radical	702	47.82
Majority		6	0.41

6 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.

29 April 1859		1,428/1,797	79.47
Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative Party	753	52.73
Andrew Steuart	Conservative Party	750	52.52
Hon Edward Turner Boyd Twistleton	Liberal Party	683	47.83
Francis Mowatt	Liberal Party	669	46.85
Majority		67	4.69

26 January 1863 Resignation of Andrew Steuart.

12 February 1863		1,335/1,831	72.91
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	708	53.03
Prof Henry Fawcett	Liberal Party	627	46.97
Majority		81	6.07

12 July 1865		1,487/1,769	84.06
William Forsyth	Conservative Party	762	51.24
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	760	51.11
Robert Richard Torrens	Liberal Party	726	48.82
William Dougal Christie	Liberal Party	725	48.76
Majority		34	2.29

16 April 1866 Petition - William Forsyth was unseated on the grounds that he was legal adviser to the Council of India.

24 April 1866		1,529/1,769	86.43
John Eldon Gorst	Conservative Party	774	50.62
Robert Richard Torrens	Liberal Party	755	49.38
Majority		19	1.24

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		3,281/4,000	82.03
Robert Richard Torrens	Liberal Party	1,879	57.27
William Fowler	Liberal Party	1,857	56.60
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	1,436	43.77
John Eldon Gorst	Conservative Party	1,389	42.33
Majority		421	12.83

1869 Petition - withdrawn.

3 February 1874		3,581/4,428	80.87
Alfred George Marten	Conservative Party	1,856	51.83
Patrick Boyle Smollett	Conservative Party	1,794	50.10
William Fowler	Liberal Party	1,774	49.54
Sir Robert Richard Torrens	Liberal Party	1,738	48.53
Majority		20	0.56

31 March 1880		4,309/4,806	89.66
William Fowler	Liberal Party	2,386	55.37
Hugh Shield	Liberal Party	2,326	53.98
Alfred George Marten	Conservative Party	2,003	46.48
Patrick Boyle Smollett	Conservative Party	1,902	44.14
Majority		323	7.50

24 November 1885		5,585/6,189	90.24
Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	2,846	50.96
William Fowler	Liberal Party	2,739	49.04
Majority		107	1.92

2 July 1886		5,416/6,189	87.51
Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	2,937	54.23
Cyril Joseph Settle Dodd	Liberal Party	2,479	45.77
Majority		458	8.46

4 July 1892		6,343/7,362	86.16
Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	3,299	52.01
Rudolf Chambers Lehmann	Liberal Party	3,044	47.99
Majority		255	4.02

15 July 1895		6,494/7,796	83.30
Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	3,574	55.04
Alexander J David	Liberal Party	2,920	44.96
Majority		654	10.07

29 September 1900		8,186
Sir Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 January 1906		8,156/8,850	92.16
Stanley Owen Buckmaster	Liberal Party	4,232	51.89
Almeric Hugh Paget	Conservative Party	3,924	48.11
Majority		308	3.78

15 January 1910		8,747/9,392	93.13
Almeric Hugh Paget	Conservative Party	4,667	53.36
Stanley Owen Buckmaster	Liberal Party	4,080	46.64
Majority		587	6.71

3 December 1910		8,511/9,392	90.62
Almeric Hugh Paget	Conservative Party	4,427	52.02
Stanley Owen Buckmaster	Liberal Party	4,084	47.98
Majority		343	4.03

19 July 1917 Resignation of Almeric Paget. (Northstead)

25 July 1917
Rt Hon Sir Eric Campbell Geddes	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		15,342/25,170	60.95
Rt Hon Sir Eric Campbell Geddes	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,553	75.30
Rev T R Williams	Labour Party	3,789	24.70
Majority		7,764	50.61

23 February 1922 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Eric Geddes. (Northstead)

16 March 1922		22,380/27,833	80.41
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,897	48.69
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	Labour Party	6,954	31.07
Sydney Cope Morgan	Liberal Party	4,529	20.24
Majority		3,943	17.62

15 November 1922		23,053/28,402	81.17
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,238	48.75
Sydney Cope Morgan	Liberal Party	7,005	30.39
Alec Sandy Firth	Labour Party	4,810	20.86
Majority		4,233	18.36

6 December 1923		23,407/28,920	80.94
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,814	41.93
Sydney Cope Morgan	Liberal Party	7,852	33.55
Alec Sandy Firth	Labour Party	5,741	24.53
Majority		1,962	8.38

29 October 1924		24,042/29,372	81.85
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,628	52.52
Alec Sandy Firth	Labour Party	6,744	28.05
Frank Reyner Salter	Liberal Party	4,670	19.42
Majority		5,884	24.47

30 May 1929		32,107/40,227	79.81
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,867	43.19
David Rennie Hardman	Labour Party	10,116	31.51
Sir Maurice Sheldon Amos	Liberal Party	8,124	25.30
Majority		3,751	11.68

27 October 1931		31,899/42,186	75.62
Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,347	73.19
Dr Alexander Wood	Labour Party	8,552	26.81
Majority		14,795	46.38

15 January 1934 Elevation of Sir George Newton to the Peerage - Baron Eltisley.

8 February 1934		29,095/42,939	67.76
Richard Lionel Tufnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,896	51.20
Dr Alexander Wood	Labour Party	12,176	41.85
Rev Dugald Macfadyen	Liberal Party	2,023	6.95
Majority		2,720	9.35

14 November 1935		32,363/44,197	73.22
Richard Lionel Tufnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,927	58.48
Dr Alexander Wood	Labour Party	13,436	41.52
Majority		5,491	16.97

5 July 1945		38,660/55,898	69.16
Arthur Leslie Symonds	Labour Party	19,671	50.88
Richard Lionel Tufnell	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,989	49.12
Majority		682	1.76

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		50,803/58,742	86.48
Hamilton William Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,151	49.51
Arthur Leslie Symonds	Labour Party	20,297	39.95
Frances Louise Josephy	Liberal Party	5,355	10.54
Majority		4,854	9.55

25 October 1951		50,720/60,064	84.44
Hamilton William Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,570	52.39
Arthur Leslie Symonds	Labour Party	20,893	41.19
Frances Louise Josephy	Liberal Party	3,257	6.42
Majority		5,677	11.19

26 May 1955		46,991/59,868	78.49
Hamilton William Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,059	57.58
Arthur Leslie Symonds	Labour Party	19,932	42.42
Majority		7,127	15.17

8 October 1959		49,473/59,745	82.81
Sir Hamilton William Kerr, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,350	49.22
Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies	Labour Party	19,331	39.07
Arnold Geoffroy de Montmorency	Liberal Party	5,792	11.71
Majority		5,019	10.14

15 October 1964		47,774/60,365	79.14
Sir Hamilton William Kerr, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,720	43.37
Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies	Labour Party	19,331	40.46
Dr Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	Liberal Party	7,723	16.17
Majority		1,389	2.91

31 March 1966		48,302/60,380	80.00
Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies	Labour Party	21,963	45.47
David William Stennis Stuart Lane	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,972	43.42
Dr Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	Liberal Party	4,928	10.20
Peter Frank King	Independent	439	0.91
Majority		991	2.05

16 June 1967 Death of Robert Davies.

21 September 1967		39,699/60,382	65.75
David William Stennis Stuart Lane	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,488	51.61
George Bazeley Scurfield	Labour Party	14,510	36.55
David Ralph Antony Spreckley	Liberal Party	4,701	11.84
Majority		5,978	15.06

18 June 1970		47,443/65,500	72.43
David William Stennis Stuart Lane	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,252	55.33
George Bazeley Scurfield	Labour Party	21,191	44.67
Majority		5,061	10.67

28 February 1974		59,422/75,465	78.74
David William Stennis Stuart Lane	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,119	40.59
James Patrick Prendergast Curran	Labour Party	19,443	32.72
Dr Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	Liberal Party	15,491	26.07
Susan Elizabeth Inkster	Independent	369	0.62
Majority		4,676	7.87

10 October 1974		52,821/75,932	69.56
David William Stennis Stuart Lane	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,790	41.25
James Patrick Prendergast Curran	Labour Party	19,017	36.00
Dr Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	Liberal Party	11,129	21.07
Christopher John Curry	United Democratic Party	885	1.68
Majority		2,773	5.25

12 November 1976 Resignation of David Lane on appointment as the Chairman of the Commission of Racial Equality. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 December 1976		38,451/78,153	49.20
Robert Vidal Rhodes James	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,620	51.03
Martin Howard Smith	Labour Party	9,995	25.99
Dr Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	Liberal Party	7,051	18.34
G James N Sharpe	Independent	711	1.85
Jeremy Edward Wotherspoon	National Front	700	1.82
Philip M Sargent	Monster Raving Loony Party	374	0.97
Majority		9,625	25.03

James Sharpe was sponsored by the East Anglian Region of the National Federation of Self-Employed.

Philip Sargent sought election as a Science Fiction Loony.

3 May 1979		55,936/77,666	72.02
Robert Vidal Rhodes James	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,568	45.71
Martin Howard Smith	Labour Party	20,772	37.14
John Derek Wakelin	Liberal Party	9,285	16.60
Derek William Holland	National Front	311	0.56
Majority		4,796	8.57

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,420/67,616	74.57
Robert Vidal Rhodes James	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,931	41.51
Matthew Alan Oakeshott	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	14,963	29.68
Janet Dorothy Jones	Labour Party	14,240	28.24
John Desmond Ismael Dougrez-Lewis	Monster Raving Loony Party	286	0.57
Majority		5,968	11.84

11 June 1987		54,104/69,895	77.41
Robert Vidal Rhodes James	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,624	39.97
Rt Hon Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	16,564	30.62
Christopher John Howard	Labour Party	15,319	28.31
Margaret Elizabeth Wright	Green Party	597	1.10
Majority		5,060	9.35

9 April 1992		50,513/69,022	73.18
Anne Campbell	Labour Party	20,039	39.67
Mark Andrew Bishop	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,459	38.52
David Ross Howarth	Liberal Democrats	10,037	19.87
Timothy Haydon Cooper	Green Party	720	1.43
Nicholas John Brettell-Winnington	Monster Raving Loony Party	175	0.35
Roger Alistair Chalmers	Natural Law Party	83	0.16
Majority		580	1.15

1 May 1997		51,339/71,669	71.63
Anne Campbell	Labour Party	27,436	53.44
David Wallace Platt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,299	25.90
Geoffrey John Heathcock	Liberal Democrats	8,287	16.14
William Jessemy Spencer Burrows	Referendum Party	1,262	2.46
Margaret Elizabeth Wright	Green Party	654	1.27
Anna Johnstone	Pro-Life Alliance	191	0.37
Raymond John Athow	Workers Revolutionary Party	107	0.21
Maighread Leonie Patrice Gladwin	Natural Law Party	103	0.20
Majority		14,137	27.54

7 June 2001		42,836/70,663	60.62
Anne Campbell	Labour Party	19,316	45.09
David Ross Howarth	Liberal Democrats	10,737	25.07
Graham Charles Stuart	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,829	22.95
Stephen Roger Lawrence	Green Party	1,413	3.30
Howard Andrew Senter	Socialist Alliance	716	1.67
Arthur Leonard Baynes	UK Independence Party	532	1.24
Clare Joan Therese Underwood	Pro-Life Alliance	232	0.54
Margaret Mary Courtney	Workers Revolutionary Party	61	0.14
Majority		8,579	20.03

5 May 2005		43,596/70,154	62.14
David Ross Howarth	Liberal Democrats	19,152	43.93
Anne Campbell	Labour Party	14,813	33.98
Ian Lyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,193	16.50
Martin V Lucas-Smith	Green Party	1,245	2.86
Helene Yvette Davies	UK Independence Party	596	1.37
Tom Woodcock	Respect the Unity Coalition	477	1.09
Suzon Forscey-Moore	Independent	60	0.14
Graham Wilkinson	Independent	60	0.14
Majority		4,339	9.95

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		50,130/75,880	66.06
Dr Julian Leon Huppert	Liberal Democrats	19,621	39.14
Nick Hillman	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,829	25.59
Daniel Stephen Zeichner	Labour Party	12,174	24.28
Tony Juniper	Green Party	3,804	7.59
Peter Burkinshaw	UK Independence Party	1,195	2.38
Martin Booth	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	362	0.72
Holborn Old	Independent	145	0.29
Majority		6,792	13.55

7 May 2015		51,774/83,384	62.09
Daniel Stephen Zeichner	Labour Party	18,646	36.01
Dr Julian Leon Huppert	Liberal Democrats	18,047	34.86
Chamali Fernando	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,117	15.68
Rupert Jefferson Read	Green Party	4,109	7.94
Patrick James O'Flynn	UK Independence Party	2,668	5.15
Keith Alexander Garrett	Rebooting Democracy	187	0.36
Majority		599	1.16

8 June 2017		55,934/78,544	71.21
Daniel Stephen Zeichner	Labour Party	29,032	51.90
Dr Julian Leon Huppert	Liberal Democrats	16,371	29.27
John Hayward	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,133	16.33
Stuart Tuckwood	Green Party	1,265	2.26
Keith Alexander Garrett	Rebooting Democracy	133	0.24
Majority		12,661	22.64

12 December 2019		53,729/79,951	67.20
Daniel Stephen Zeichner	Labour Party	25,776	47.97
Rod Cantrill	Liberal Democrats	16,137	30.03
Russell Mark Perrin	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,342	15.53
Jeremy Lloyd Caddick	Green Party	2,164	4.03
Peter John Dawe	Brexit Party	1,041	1.94
Miles Anthony Bridgeman Hurley	Independent	111	0.21
Jane Elizabeth Robins	Social Democratic Party	91	0.17
Keith Alexander Garrett	Rebooting Democracy	67	0.12
Majority		9,639	17.94

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,100/70,315	59.87
Daniel Stephen Zeichner	Labour Party	19,614	46.59
Cheney-Anne Payne	Liberal Democrats	8,536	20.28
Sarah Louise Nicmanis	Green Party	6,842	16.25
Shane John Manning	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,073	12.05
Khalid Abu-Tayyem	Workers Britain	951	2.26
David Gustav Josef Carmona	Independent	819	1.95
Keith Alexander Garrett	Rebooting Democracy	265	0.63
Majority		11,078	26.31