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12 December 1832		1,574/2,028	77.61
Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	1,166	74.08
John Jervis	Radical	1,053	66.90
John Finchett Maddocks	Whig	499	31.70
Majority		554	35.20

9 January 1835		2,053
Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed
John Jervis	Radical	Unopposed

25 July 1837		1,427/2,298	62.10
Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	1,282	89.84
John Jervis	Radical	1,109	77.72
Hon Frederick Dudley Ryder	Conservative Party	352	24.67
Majority		757	53.05

29 June 1841		2,444
Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed
John Jervis	Radical	Unopposed

11 July 1846
John Jervis	Radical	Unopposed

17 July 1846 Resignation of John Jervis on appointment as Attorney-General.

August 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household.

8 August 1846
Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed

January 1847 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor in order to contest Middlesex. (Chiltern Hundreds)

30 January 1847		2,450
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed

28 July 1847		2,450
Sir John Jervis	Radical	Unopposed
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed

16 July 1850 Resignation of Sir John Jervis on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas.

22 July 1850		1,631/2,529	64.49
Hon William Owen Stanley	Whig	986	60.45
Edward Christopher Egerton	Conservative Party	645	39.55
Majority		341	20.91

7 July 1852		2,524
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Whig	Unopposed
Hon William Owen Stanley	Whig	Unopposed

28 March 1857		1,477/2,428	60.83
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Whig	1,244	84.22
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury	Radical	924	62.56
Henry Riversdale Grenfell	Whig	786	53.22
Majority		138	9.34

30 April 1859		1,641/2,502	65.59
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Liberal Party	1,464	89.21
Philip Stapleton Humberston	Conservative Party	1,110	67.64
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury	Liberal Party	708	43.14
Majority		402	24.50

12 July 1865		1,621/2,274	71.28
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Liberal Party	1,284	79.21
William Henry Gladstone	Liberal Party	860	53.05
William Fenton	Conservative Party	565	34.86
Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative Party	533	32.88
Majority		295	18.20

Boundary Change
16 November 1868		4,510/6,062	74.40
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Liberal Party	2,270	50.33
Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative Party	2,198	48.74
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury	Liberal Party	1,283	28.45
Richard Hoare	Conservative Party	1,071	23.75
Majority		915	20.29

31 October 1869 Succession of Earl Grosvenor to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Westminster.

4 December 1869		6,062
Hon Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor	Liberal Party	Unopposed

3 February 1874		4,486/6,268	71.57
Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative Party	2,356	52.52
Rt Hon John George Dodson	Liberal Party	2,134	47.57
Sir Thomas Gibbons Frost	Liberal Party	2,125	47.37
Majority		9	0.20

1 April 1880		5,192/7,611	68.22
Rt Hon John George Dodson	Liberal Party	3,204	61.71
Hon Beilby Lawley	Liberal Party	3,147	60.61
Rt Hon Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative Party	2,056	39.60
Thomas Myles Sandys	Conservative Party	1,961	37.77
Frederick Lewis Malgarini	Independent	16	0.31
Majority		1,091	21.01

3 May 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon John George Dodson on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government.

7 May 1880		7,611
Rt Hon John George Dodson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 July 1880 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1885.

17 July 1880 Rt Hon John Dodson was unseated as his election at the General Election in April 1880 had been declared void.

26 November 1885		5,180/6,296	82.27
Dr Balthazar Walter Foster	Liberal Party	2,740	52.90
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	2,440	47.10
Majority		300	5.79

6 July 1886		5,032/6,296	79.92
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	2,549	50.66
Dr Balthazar Walter Foster	Liberal Party	2,483	49.34
Majority		66	1.31

6 July 1892		5,676/6,747	84.13
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	3,148	55.46
Hugh Colin Gustave George Halkett, Baron Halkett	Liberal Party	2,528	44.54
Majority		620	10.92

12 July 1895		6,997
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 October 1900		5,877/7,257	80.98
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	3,303	56.20
Thomas Howell Williams Idris	Liberal Party	2,574	43.80
Majority		729	12.40

17 January 1906		7,001/7,918	88.42
Alfred Moritz Mond	Liberal Party	3,524	50.34
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	3,477	49.66
Majority		47	0.67

17 January 1910		7,754/8,102	95.70
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	3,978	51.30
Edward Paul	Liberal Party	3,776	48.70
Majority		202	2.61

7 December 1910		7,468/8,102	92.17
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh	Conservative Party	3,787	50.71
Edward Paul	Liberal Party	3,681	49.29
Majority		106	1.42

22 February 1916 Resignation of Robert Yerburgh. (Chiltern Hundreds)

29 February 1916
Sir Owen Cosby Philipps, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed