UK Elections Info

Chichester

Search

Home Page

Login

View MPs

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
This website is considered to be an archive in the public interest.

13 December 1832		852/852	100.00
Lord Arthur Lennox	Whig	707	82.98
John Abel Smith	Whig	456	53.52
William Parrot Carter	Radical	263	30.87
Majority		193	22.65

7 January 1835		514/958	53.65
Lord Arthur Lennox	Whig	486	94.55
John Abel Smith	Whig	421	81.91
John Morgan Cobbett	Radical	121	23.54
Majority		300	58.37

25 July 1837		631/885	71.30
John Abel Smith	Whig	490	77.65
Lord Arthur Lennox	Conservative Party	387	61.33
John Morgan Cobbett	Radical	252	39.94
Majority		135	21.39

1 July 1841		829
Lord Arthur Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Abel Smith	Whig	Unopposed

21 May 1844 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.

27 May 1844
Lord Arthur Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 August 1845
Lord Arthur Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 August 1845 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox on appointment as Clerk of Ordinance.

February 1846 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox.

10 February 1846
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

31 July 1847		799
John Abel Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 February 1852 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.

4 March 1852		757
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		757
John Abel Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 March 1857		638
John Abel Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 March 1858 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.

6 March 1858
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 April 1859		579/624	92.79
Humphrey William Freeland	Liberal Party	300	51.81
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	288	49.74
John Abel Smith	Liberal Party	282	48.70
Majority		6	1.04

16 February 1863 Resignation of Humphrey Freeland. (Hempholme)

21 February 1863
John Abel Smith	Liberal Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		562
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Abel Smith	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
17 November 1868		1,036/1,195	86.69
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	603	58.20
John Abel Smith	Liberal Party	433	41.80
Majority		170	16.41

31 January 1874		1,240
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1874 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as First Commissioner of Works.

13 March 1874		1,240
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 April 1880		1,069/1,279	83.58
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	602	56.31
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs	Liberal Party	467	43.69
Majority		135	12.63

4 December 1885		7,230/8,502	85.04
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative Party	4,760	65.84
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs	Liberal Party	2,470	34.16
Majority		2,290	31.67

6 July 1886		8,502
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 March 1888 Resignation of the Earl of March. (Chiltern Hundreds)

14 March 1888
Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1891 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household.

9 December 1891
Rt Hon Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1892		6,597/9,146	72.13
Rt Hon Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	4,236	64.21
Herbert J Reid	Liberal Party	2,361	35.79
Majority		1,875	28.42

10 August 1894 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox. (Northstead)

16 August 1894
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1895		9,279
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 October 1900
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

May 1905 Resignation of Lord Edmund Talbot on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

2 June 1905		7,936/10,784	73.59
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	4,174	52.60
John Ernest Allen	Liberal Party	3,762	47.40
Majority		412	5.19

24 January 1906		9,220/11,225	82.14
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	5,197	56.37
John Ernest Allen	Liberal Party	4,023	43.63
Majority		1,174	12.73

24 January 1910		9,927/12,147	81.72
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	6,589	66.37
Richard Leopold Reiss	Liberal Party	3,338	33.63
Majority		3,251	32.75

9 December 1910		8,885/12,147	73.15
Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative Party	5,900	66.40
Richard Leopold Reiss	Liberal Party	2,985	33.60
Majority		2,915	32.81

14 December 1918		21,196/42,131	50.31
Rt Hon Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,491	68.37
Frederick Ernest Green	Labour Party	6,705	31.63
Majority		7,786	36.73

15 April 1921 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Edmund Talbot on appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. (Chiltern Hundreds)

23 April 1921
Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		26,246/45,364	57.86
Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,494	74.27
Richard Henry Kennard Hope	Labour Party	6,752	25.73
Majority		12,742	48.55

6 December 1923		27,861/46,257	60.23
Charles Mark Clement Rudkin	Liberal Party	14,513	52.09
Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,348	47.91
Majority		1,165	4.18

29 October 1924		34,891/48,170	72.43
John Sewell Courtauld	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,710	59.36
Charles Mark Clement Rudkin	Liberal Party	12,416	35.59
Richard Henry Kennard Hope	Labour Party	1,765	5.06
Majority		8,294	23.77

30 May 1929		43,676/67,276	64.92
John Sewell Courtauld	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,278	60.17
John Freeman Dunn	Liberal Party	17,398	39.83
Majority		8,880	20.33

27 October 1931		49,841/72,751	68.51
John Sewell Courtauld	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,756	87.79
Claude William Higgins	Labour Party	6,085	12.21
Majority		37,671	75.58

14 November 1935		48,366/81,239	59.54
John Sewell Courtauld	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,882	78.32
Claude William Higgins	Labour Party	10,484	21.68
Majority		27,398	56.65

20 April 1942 Death of John Courtauld.

18 May 1942		26,904/92,222	29.17
Hon Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,634	58.11
Gerald le Blount Kidd	Independent Progressive Party	10,564	39.27
A A W Tribe	Independent Conservative	706	2.62
Majority		5,070	18.84

Gerald Kidd received support from Sir Richard Acland MP, William Kendall MP and William Brown MP.

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		56,747/83,577	67.90
Hon Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,989	54.61
Rosalie Francesca Chamberlayne	Labour Party	13,670	24.09
Gerald le Blount Kidd	Liberal Party	11,345	19.99
Michael Henry Woodard	Nat Ind	625	1.10
Paul Tracy Carter	Dem P	118	0.21
Majority		17,319	30.52

M Woodard sought election as a "National Independent Youth" candidate.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,631/57,946	80.47
Hon Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,106	62.42
David George Packham	Labour Party	12,614	27.05
Ronald Vincent Gibson	Liberal Party	4,911	10.53
Majority		16,492	35.37

25 October 1951		46,137/59,667	77.32
Hon Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,166	69.72
David George Packham	Labour Party	13,971	30.28
Majority		18,195	39.44

26 May 1955		43,592/60,712	71.80
Hon Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,857	70.79
Mervyn Jones	Labour Party	12,735	29.21
Majority		18,122	41.57

27 June 1958 Succession of Hon Sir Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, Bt to the Peerage - 3rd Viscount Brentford.

6 November 1958		32,662/63,119	51.75
Walter Harris Loveys	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,158	70.90
William Edgar Simpkins	Labour Party	9,504	29.10
Majority		13,654	41.80

8 October 1959		47,214/63,958	73.82
Walter Harris Loveys	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,755	65.14
John Spencely Spooner	Labour Party	9,546	20.22
Jackson Newman	Liberal Party	6,913	14.64
Majority		21,209	44.92

15 October 1964		52,289/70,637	74.02
Walter Harris Loveys	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,222	57.80
Denys Gilbert Kinsella	Liberal Party	11,912	22.78
John Adrian Cohen	Labour Party	10,155	19.42
Majority		18,310	35.02

31 March 1966		54,856/74,951	73.19
Walter Harris Loveys	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,358	57.16
David John Burnett	Labour Party	13,784	25.13
Patrick John Collins	Liberal Party	9,714	17.71
Majority		17,574	32.04

7 March 1969 Death of Walter Loveys.

22 May 1969		43,102/80,681	53.42
Christopher John Chataway	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,966	74.16
Denys Gilbert Kinsella	Liberal Party	5,879	13.64
Albert Frederick William White	Labour Party	5,257	12.20
Majority		26,087	60.52

18 June 1970		60,899/86,966	70.03
Christopher John Chataway	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,120	62.60
Neville Devonshire Sandelson	Labour Party	12,574	20.65
Denys Gilbert Kinsella	Liberal Party	10,205	16.76
Majority		25,546	41.95

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		54,745/69,157	79.16
Rt Hon Sir Christopher John Chataway	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,177	53.30
Graham Alan Jeffs	Liberal Party	17,714	32.36
Nigel John Murray Smith	Labour Party	7,854	14.35
Majority		11,463	20.94

10 October 1974		51,310/69,750	73.56
Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,942	52.51
Graham Alan Jeffs	Liberal Party	15,601	30.41
Nigel John Murray Smith	Labour Party	8,767	17.09
Majority		11,341	22.10

3 May 1979		55,703/73,720	75.56
Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,696	62.29
John George Rodway Rix	Liberal Party	10,920	19.60
Geoffrey Nicholls Cooke	Labour Party	8,569	15.38
Edmund Athelwood Lascelles Iremonger	United Country Party	862	1.55
Ian Frank Nicholas Bagnall	Ecology Party	656	1.18
Majority		23,776	42.68

9 June 1983		55,680/78,197	71.20
Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,482	63.72
Howard Gibson	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	15,365	27.60
Robert Hartley Rhodes	Labour Party	3,995	7.17
Jonathan Sherlock	Ecology Party	838	1.51
Majority		20,117	36.13

11 June 1987		60,318/81,858	73.69
Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,274	61.80
Peter Frank Weston	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,097	28.34
David Morrison	Labour Party	4,751	7.88
Ian Frank Nicholas Bagnall	Green Party	1,196	1.98
Majority		20,177	33.45

9 April 1992		63,874/82,124	77.78
Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,906	59.34
Peter Frederick Gardiner	Liberal Democrats	17,019	26.64
Diane Mary Andrewes	Labour Party	7,192	11.26
Eric Paine	Green Party	876	1.37
Jennifer Lyn Weights	Official Liberal Party	643	1.01
Jean Linda Jackson	Natural Law Party	238	0.37
Majority		20,887	32.70

1 May 1997		55,779/74,489	74.88
Andrew Guy Tyrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,895	46.42
Prof Peter Frederick Gardiner	Liberal Democrats	16,161	28.97
Charlie Smith	Labour Party	9,605	17.22
Douglas Ernest Denny	Referendum Party	3,318	5.95
John George Rodway Rix	UK Independence Party	800	1.43
Majority		9,734	17.45

7 June 2001		49,512/77,703	63.72
Andrew Guy Tyrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,320	47.10
Penelope Lynne Ravenscroft	Liberal Democrats	11,965	24.17
Celia Anne Barlow	Labour Party	10,627	21.46
Douglas Ernest Denny	UK Independence Party	2,308	4.66
Gavin John Elliot Graham	Green Party	1,292	2.61
Majority		11,355	22.93

5 May 2005		52,401/78,645	66.63
Andrew Guy Tyrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,302	48.29
Alan Richard Hilliar	Liberal Democrats	14,442	27.56
Jonathan Courtney Austin	Labour Party	9,632	18.38
Douglas Ernest Denny	UK Independence Party	3,025	5.77
Majority		10,860	20.72

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		56,787/81,568	69.62
Andrew Guy Tyrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,427	55.34
Lury Martin	Liberal Democrats	15,550	27.38
Simon Holland	Labour Party	5,937	10.45
Andrew Moncrieff	UK Independence Party	3,873	6.82
Majority		15,877	27.96

7 May 2015		57,139/83,396	68.52
Andrew Guy Tyrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,953	57.67
Andrew Malcolm Moncreiff	UK Independence Party	8,540	14.95
Mark Farwell	Labour Party	6,933	12.13
Andrew Robert Homan Smith	Liberal Democrats	4,865	8.51
Jasper Richmond	Green Party	3,742	6.55
Dr Andrew Emerson	Patria	106	0.19
Majority		24,413	42.73

8 June 2017		59,918/84,991	70.50
Gillian Keegan	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,032	60.14
Mark Farwell	Labour Party	13,411	22.38
Jonathan Brown	Liberal Democrats	6,749	11.26
Heather Margaret Barrie	Green Party	1,992	3.32
Andrew Malcolm Moncreiff	UK Independence Party	1,650	2.75
Andrew Emerson	Patria	84	0.14
Majority		22,621	37.75

12 December 2019		61,243/85,499	71.63
Gillian Keegan	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,402	57.81
Kate Francesca Bacon O'Kelly	Liberal Democrats	13,912	22.72
Jay Victoria Morton	Labour Party	9,069	14.81
Heather Margaret Barrie	Green Party	2,527	4.13
Adam Gregory Brown	Libertarian	224	0.37
Dr Andrew Emerson	Patria	109	0.18
Majority		21,490	35.09

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		51,947/78,374	66.28
Jessica Sian Louise Brown-Fuller	Liberal Democrats	25,540	49.17
Rt Hon Gillan Keegan	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,368	25.73
Teresa de Santis	Reform UK	7,859	15.13
Thomas Collinge	Labour Party	3,175	6.11
Timothy Peter John Young	Green Party	1,815	3.49
Andrew Emerson	Independent	190	0.37
Majority		12,172	23.43