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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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8 December 1832		604
Henry George Bathurst, Baron Apsley	Tory	Unopposed
Joseph Cripps	Tory	Unopposed

27 July 1834 Succession of Baron Apsley to the Peerage - 4th Earl Bathurst.

6 August 1834
Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset	Tory	Unopposed

6 January 1835		498/615	80.98
Joseph Cripps	Conservative Party	494	99.20
Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset	Conservative Party	405	81.33
Thomas Denman Whatley	Whig	91	18.27
Majority		314	63.05

25 July 1837		585
Joseph Cripps	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas William Chester Master	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 June 1841		552
Thomas William Chester Master	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Cripps	Conservative Party	Unopposed

July 1844 Resignation of Thomas Chester Master. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 August 1844
George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 August 1845 Resignation of William Cripps on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

14 August 1845
William Cripps	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 July 1847		485
William Cripps	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers	Conservative Party	Unopposed

May 1848 Death of William Cripps.

24 May 1848		392/478	82.01
Joseph Randolph Mullings	Conservative Party	262	66.84
Hon Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby	Liberal Party	130	33.16
Majority		132	33.67

7 July 1852		334/434	76.96
Joseph Randolph Mullings	Conservative Party	235	70.36
Hon Ashley George John Ponsonby	Whig	218	65.27
George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers	Conservative Party	214	64.07
Majority		4	1.20

1852 Petition - dismissed.

28 March 1857		348/423	82.27
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	307	88.22
Joseph Randolph Mullings	Conservative Party	200	57.47
Hon Ashley George John Ponsonby	Whig	188	54.02
Majority		12	3.45

30 April 1859		323/421	76.72
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	273	84.52
Hon Ashley George John Ponsonby	Liberal Party	190	58.82
Brent Spencer Follett	Conservative Party	182	56.35
Majority		8	2.48

12 July 1865		431/464	92.89
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	296	68.68
Hon Ralph Heneage Dutton	Conservative Party	222	51.51
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	172	39.91
Majority		50	11.60

Boundary Change
17 November 1868		913/1,076	84.85
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	629	68.89
Frederick Andrew Inderwick	Liberal Party	284	31.11
Majority		345	37.79

30 January 1874		1,101
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 February 1878 Succession of Allen Bathurst to the Peerage - 6th Earl Bathurst.

13 March 1878		1,045/1,128	92.64
Thomas William Chester-Master	Conservative Party	698	66.79
Hon Ashley George John Ponsonby	Liberal Party	347	33.21
Majority		351	33.59

April 1880		1,145
Thomas William Chester-Master	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 December 1885		8,819/10,157	86.83
Arthur Brend Winterbotham	Liberal Party	4,782	54.22
John Edward Dorington	Conservative Party	4,037	45.78
Majority		745	8.45

5 July 1886		10,157
Arthur Brend Winterbotham	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

13 July 1892		8,261/10,095	81.83
Arthur Brend Winterbotham	Liberal Party	4,207	50.93
Thomas William Chester-Master	Conservative Party	4,054	49.07
Majority		153	1.85

8 September 1892 Death of Arthur Winterbotham.

13 October 1892		8,551/10,095	84.71
Thomas William Chester-Master	Conservative Party	4,277	50.02
Harry Lawson Webster Lawson	Liberal Party	4,274	49.98
Majority		3	0.04

6 February 1893 As a result of a recount and scrutiny the judges gound that both candidates had the same number of votes (4,275) and ordered that a new election be held.

23 February 1893		9,132/10,048	90.88
Harry Lawson Webster Lawson	Liberal Party	4,687	51.33
Thomas William Chester-Master	Conservative Party	4,445	48.67
Majority		242	2.65

20 July 1895		8,803/9,825	89.60
Hon Allen Benjamin Bathurst	Conservative Party	4,509	51.22
Harry Lawson Webster Lawson	Liberal Party	4,294	48.78
Majority		215	2.44

2 October 1900
Hon Allen Benjamin Bathurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 January 1906		8,528/9,673	88.16
Richard Walter Essex	Liberal Party	4,517	52.97
Hon Allen Benjamin Bathurst	Conservative Party	4,011	47.03
Majority		506	5.93

25 January 1910		9,199/9,934	92.60
Hon Allen Benjamin Bathurst	Conservative Party	5,091	55.34
Richard Walter Essex	Liberal Party	4,108	44.66
Majority		983	10.69

8 December 1910		8,795/9,934	88.53
Hon Allen Benjamin Bathurst	Conservative Party	4,788	54.44
Gilbert Hugh Beyfus	Liberal Party	4,007	45.56
Majority		781	8.88