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28 November 1885		10,033/11,830	84.81
James Joicey	Liberal Party	4,409	43.94
R Lloyd-Jones	Independent Liberal	3,606	35.94
Walter Ashworth	Conservative Party	2,018	20.11
Majority		803	8.00

3 July 1886		11,830
James Joicey	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 July 1892		10,519/13,169	79.88
James Joicey	Liberal Party	6,453	61.35
Sir Edward Sullivan, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	4,066	38.65
Majority		2,387	22.69

26 July 1895		11,483/14,618	78.55
Sir James Joicey, Bt	Liberal Party	7,370	64.18
Charles James Stanley Howard, Viscount Morpeth	Liberal Unionist Party	4,113	35.82
Majority		3,257	28.36

6 October 1900		11,221/16,358	68.60
Sir James Joicey, Bt	Liberal Party	5,830	51.96
John Nicholson	Conservative Party	5,391	48.04
Majority		439	3.91

26 January 1906		17,730/20,910	84.79
John Wilkinson Taylor	Independent Labour	8,085	45.60
Slingsby Duncombe Shafto	Conservative Party	4,985	28.12
Rev Alfred Barrett Tebb	Liberal Party	4,660	26.28
Majority		3,100	17.48

19 January 1910		19,575/23,906	81.88
John Wilkinson Taylor	Labour Party	12,684	64.80
Slingsby Duncombe Shafto	Conservative Party	6,891	35.20
Majority		5,793	29.59

8 December 1910		23,906
John Wilkinson Taylor	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		36,136
John Wilkinson Taylor	Labour Party	Unopposed

22 October 1919 Resignation of John Taylor. (Chiltern Hundreds)

13 November 1919		23,151/36,321	63.74
John James Lawson	Labour Party	17,838	77.05
David Gilmour	National Democratic Party	5,313	22.95
Majority		12,525	54.10

15 November 1922		29,631/38,672	76.62
John James Lawson	Labour Party	20,296	68.50
David Fee Todd	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,335	31.50
Majority		10,961	36.99

6 December 1923		27,727/39,532	70.14
John James Lawson	Labour Party	20,712	74.70
Charles Reginald Schiller Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,015	25.30
Majority		13,697	49.40

29 October 1924		31,950/40,578	78.74
John James Lawson	Labour Party	22,700	71.05
Michael Dodds McCarthy	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,250	28.95
Majority		13,450	42.10

30 May 1929		38,649/49,243	78.49
John James Lawson	Labour Party	26,975	69.79
Edward Geoffrey Payne	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,334	16.39
Joseph William Wright	Liberal Party	5,340	13.82
Majority		20,641	53.41

27 October 1931		40,207/50,668	79.35
John James Lawson	Labour Party	24,373	60.62
Ronald Gustave Kellett	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,834	39.38
Majority		8,539	21.24

14 November 1935		41,012/52,419	78.24
John James Lawson	Labour Party	29,111	70.98
Charles Robert Ingram Besley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,901	29.02
Majority		17,210	41.96

5 July 1945		44,016/55,375	79.49
Rt Hon John James Lawson	Labour Party	33,788	76.76
Hon Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,228	23.24
Majority		23,560	53.53

19 December 1949 Resignation of Rt Hon Jack Lawson on appointment as Vice-Chairman of the National Parks Commission. (Chiltern Hundreds)

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		45,727/52,393	87.28
Patrick Bartley	Labour Party	35,348	77.30
Henry John Martin Millican	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,379	22.70
Majority		24,969	54.60

25 October 1951		46,143/53,260	86.64
Patrick Bartley	Labour Party	35,511	76.96
Henry John Martin Millican	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,632	23.04
Majority		24,879	53.92

26 May 1955		42,370/53,247	79.57
Patrick Bartley	Labour Party	32,323	76.29
David Arnold Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,047	23.71
Majority		22,276	52.57

25 June 1956 Death of Patrick Bartley.

27 September 1956		34,537/53,191	64.93
Norman Pentland	Labour Party	27,912	80.82
William Rees-Mogg	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,625	19.18
Majority		21,287	61.64

8 October 1959		44,739/53,884	83.03
Norman Pentland	Labour Party	33,901	75.78
William Rees-Mogg	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,838	24.22
Majority		23,063	51.55

15 October 1964		43,746/55,076	79.43
Norman Pentland	Labour Party	32,895	75.20
John Michael Gorst	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,851	24.80
Majority		22,044	50.39

31 March 1966		42,187/56,345	74.87
Norman Pentland	Labour Party	32,467	76.96
Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,720	23.04
Majority		22,747	53.92

18 June 1970		47,057/63,829	73.72
Norman Pentland	Labour Party	33,694	71.60
Dennis Ramshaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,363	28.40
Majority		20,331	43.21

28 October 1972 Death of Norman Pentland.

1 March 1973		48,774/67,422	72.34
Giles Heneage Radice	Labour Party	25,874	53.05
George Booth Suggett	Liberal Party	18,808	38.56
Neil Roxburgh Balfour	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,092	8.39
Majority		7,066	14.49

28 February 1974		56,633/67,863	83.45
Giles Heneage Radice	Labour Party	33,534	59.21
David James Herd	Liberal Party	14,808	26.15
Neil Roxburgh Balfour	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,291	14.64
Majority		18,726	33.07

10 October 1974		51,012/68,335	74.65
Giles Heneage Radice	Labour Party	33,511	65.69
Douglas McCourt	Liberal Party	9,233	18.10
Richard Love Ditchburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,268	16.21
Majority		24,278	47.59

3 May 1979		64,031/83,415	76.76
Giles Heneage Radice	Labour Party	38,672	60.40
James Randall Couchman	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,112	25.16
Douglas McCourt	Liberal Party	9,247	14.44
Majority		22,560	35.23