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18 November 1868		11,332/17,408	65.10
Charles Wentworth Dilke	Liberal Party	7,374	65.07
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt	Liberal Party	7,183	63.39
Dr William Howard Russell	Conservative Party	4,177	36.86
Charles James Freake	Conservative Party	3,929	34.67
Majority		3,006	26.53

6 February 1874		16,098/23,560	68.33
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	7,217	44.83
William Gordon	Conservative Party	7,172	44.55
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt	Liberal Party	6,701	41.63
George Middleton Kiell	Liberal Party	1,967	12.22
Majority		471	2.93

2 April 1880		21,803/30,951	70.44
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	12,406	56.90
Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	Liberal Party	12,046	55.25
Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, Lord Inverurie	Conservative Party	9,666	44.33
Dr William James Browne	Conservative Party	9,488	43.52
Majority		2,380	21.83

1882 Resignation of Sir Charles Dilke, Bt on appointment as President of the Local Government Board.

8 December 1882
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 November 1885		8,407/11,104	75.71
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	4,291	51.04
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	4,116	48.96
Majority		175	2.08

5 July 1886		8,432/11,104	75.94
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	4,304	51.04
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	4,128	48.96
Majority		176	2.09

5 July 1892		9,420/12,585	74.85
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	4,993	53.00
Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	Liberal Party	4,427	47.00
Majority		566	6.01

16 July 1895		9,128/13,408	68.08
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	5,524	60.52
Octavius Holmes Beatty	Liberal Party	3,604	39.48
Majority		1,920	21.03

2 October 1900		7,943/12,736	62.37
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	4,637	58.38
James Jeffery	Liberal Party	3,306	41.62
Majority		1,331	16.76

16 January 1906		8,691/11,536	75.34
Emslie John Horniman	Liberal Party	4,660	53.62
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Conservative Party	4,031	46.38
Majority		629	7.24

18 January 1910		9,658/11,257	85.80
Samuel John Gurney Hoare	Conservative Party	5,610	58.09
Emslie John Horniman	Liberal Party	4,048	41.91
Majority		1,562	16.17

6 December 1910		8,217/11,257	72.99
Samuel John Gurney Hoare	Conservative Party	4,968	60.46
Hugh Edward Hoare	Liberal Party	3,249	39.54
Majority		1,719	20.92

14 December 1918		11,678/24,822	47.05
Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,259	79.29
Emily Frost Phipps	Independent Progressive Party	2,419	20.71
Majority		6,840	58.57

Emily Phipps was the nominee of the National Federation of Women Teachers.

15 November 1922		17,950/28,453	63.09
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,437	74.86
Hon Bertrand Arthur William Russell	Labour Party	4,513	25.14
Majority		8,924	49.72

6 December 1923		18,354/28,755	63.83
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,461	57.00
Hon Bertrand Arthur William Russell	Labour Party	5,047	27.50
Harry Westbury Preston	Liberal Party	2,846	15.51
Majority		5,414	29.50

29 October 1924		21,034/29,582	71.10
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,816	65.68
Hon Dora Winifred Russell	Labour Party	5,661	26.91
Iolo Aneurin Williams	Liberal Party	1,557	7.40
Majority		8,155	38.77

30 May 1929		26,485/41,945	63.14
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,480	58.45
Rev Alfred George Prichard	Labour Party	6,645	25.09
Iolo Aneurin Williams	Liberal Party	4,360	16.46
Majority		8,835	33.36

27 October 1931		27,741/42,531	65.23
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,015	82.96
Gilbert Arthur Foan	Labour Party	4,726	17.04
Majority		18,289	65.93

14 November 1935		25,340/41,061	61.71
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,992	74.95
George Sommerville Sandilands	Labour Party	6,348	25.05
Majority		12,644	49.90

14 July 1944 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt to the Peerage - Viscount Templewood.

11 October 1944
William Philip Sidney	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		18,901/30,095	62.80
Allan Herbert Percy Noble	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,043	63.72
Margaret Douglas Shufeldt	Labour Party	5,874	31.08
Dr Dorothy Anderton Sharpe	Liberal Party	984	5.21
Majority		6,169	32.64

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		36,574/51,789	70.62
Allan Herbert Percy Noble	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,471	64.17
Frederick Lionel Tonge	Labour Party	9,987	27.31
Leo Cayley Robertson	Liberal Party	3,116	8.52
Majority		13,484	36.87

25 October 1951		35,818/51,433	69.64
Allan Herbert Percy Noble	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,034	69.89
Frederick Lionel Tonge	Labour Party	10,784	30.11
Majority		14,250	39.78

26 May 1955		32,144/49,049	65.53
Allan Herbert Percy Noble	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,598	73.41
Stewart Fordyce	Labour Party	8,546	26.59
Majority		15,052	46.83

8 October 1959		30,955/47,077	65.75
John Shirley Sandys Litchfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,985	67.79
Leo Goldstone	Labour Party	6,308	20.38
Kenneth Grenville Wellings	Liberal Party	3,662	11.83
Majority		14,677	47.41

15 October 1964		27,305/43,515	62.75
John Shirley Sandys Litchfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,802	61.53
James McCulloch York Dickens	Labour Party	6,868	25.15
Anthony Clive Spencer Thomas	Liberal Party	3,635	13.31
Majority		9,934	36.38

31 March 1966		27,336/43,336	63.08
William Marcus John Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,377	59.91
Roderick Newbold Tyler	Labour Party	7,674	28.07
Peter Irvin Smith	Liberal Party	3,285	12.02
Majority		8,703	31.84

18 June 1970		24,239/44,038	55.04
William Marcus John Worsley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,852	65.40
Dr Richard John Madeley	Labour Party	5,737	23.67
Anthony Hugh Shirley Beavan	Liberal Party	2,136	8.81
Nicholas Lamert Luard	Independent	514	2.12
Majority		10,115	41.73

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		38,587/64,338	59.98
Sir William Marcus John Worsley, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,320	60.43
Nicholas Logie Clarke	Liberal Party	8,012	20.76
Susan Katherine Ward	Labour Party	6,839	17.72
Alistair James Elliott Barclay	Conservative Against the Common Market	416	1.08
Majority		15,308	39.67

10 October 1974		32,260/64,548	49.98
Nicholas Paul Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,674	60.99
George Austen Colerick	Labour Party	6,507	20.17
Nicholas Logie Clarke	Liberal Party	5,758	17.85
Richard Evelyn Byron	Independent	321	1.00
Majority		13,167	40.82

Richard Byron sought election as Independent - Save London Action Group.

3 May 1979		32,955/57,515	57.30
Nicholas Paul Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,782	66.10
Robert Martin Pandy	Labour Party	6,092	18.49
Peter George Driver	Liberal Party	4,544	13.79
Anthony Reeve	National Front	342	1.04
Barbara Fellowes	CSD	146	0.44
Amanda Marion Claire Mellon Fielding	Independent	49	0.15
Majority		15,690	47.61

Miss Amanda Fielding sought election as Independent - Trepanation for the National Health.

9 June 1983		30,238/54,080	55.91
Nicholas Paul Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,122	63.24
Jonathan Harold Fryer	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,101	23.48
Nicholas Douglas Palmer	Labour Party	3,876	12.82
Amanda Marion Claire Mellon Fielding	Independent	139	0.46
Majority		12,021	39.75

11 June 1987		28,560/49,745	57.41
Nicholas Paul Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,443	64.58
Jennifer Margaret Ware	Liberal Party in Alliance	5,124	17.94
David John Ward	Labour Party	4,406	15.43
Eniko Kortvelyessy	Green Party	587	2.06
Majority		13,319	46.64

9 April 1992		26,827/42,371	63.31
Rt Hon Nicholas Paul Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,471	65.12
Rima Elizabeth Horton	Labour Party	4,682	17.45
Susan Noelle Broidy	Liberal Democrats	4,101	15.29
Eniko Kortvelyessy	Green Party	485	1.81
Douglas Gordon Fyfe Armstrong	Anti-Fed	88	0.33
Majority		12,789	47.67