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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 November 1885		7,626/9,454	80.66
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	3,976	52.14
Hon Algernon Henry Bourke	Conservative Party	3,650	47.86
Majority		326	4.27

6 July 1886		7,163/9,454	75.77
John Saunders Gilliat	Conservative Party	3,816	53.27
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	3,347	46.73
Majority		469	6.55

6 July 1892		9,696/12,124	79.97
Percy Melville Thornton	Conservative Party	5,170	53.32
Reginald McKenna	Liberal Party	4,526	46.68
Majority		644	6.64

15 July 1895		9,829/13,872	70.85
Percy Melville Thornton	Conservative Party	5,925	60.28
John Kempster	Liberal Party	3,904	39.72
Majority		2,021	20.56

2 October 1900		10,588/16,572	63.89
Percy Melville Thornton	Conservative Party	7,504	70.87
Frank Duerdin Perrott	Liberal Party	3,084	29.13
Majority		4,420	41.75

16 January 1906		15,728/19,180	82.00
Percy Melville Thornton	Conservative Party	7,912	50.31
Frederick Low	Liberal Party	7,816	49.69
Majority		96	0.61

17 January 1910		19,505/22,611	86.26
George Denison Faber	Conservative Party	10,743	55.08
John George Kipling	Liberal Party	8,762	44.92
Majority		1,981	10.16

6 December 1910		17,199/22,611	76.06
George Denison Faber	Conservative Party	9,560	55.58
Sir Jonathon Williams Benn	Liberal Party	7,639	44.42
Majority		1,921	11.17

12 June 1918 Resignation of George Faber prior to his elevation to the Peerage - Baron Wittenham. (Chiltern Hundreds)

21 June 1918		7,843/23,526	33.34
Harry Greer	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,512	57.53
Henry Hamilton Beamish	Vigilante Society	3,331	42.47
Majority		1,181	15.06

14 December 1918		16,230/34,640	46.85
Sir Arthur Philip du Cros, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,776	60.23
Henry Hamilton Beamish	Independent	3,070	18.92
Philip Henry Thomas	Liberal Party	2,790	17.19
William James Harvey	Independent	594	3.66
Majority		6,706	41.32

Henry Beamish was supported by and possibly the nominee of the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers.

2 May 1922 Resignation of Sir Arthur du Cros, Bt. (Northstead)

9 May 1922
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

15 November 1922		22,648/35,962	62.98
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,285	58.66
Leopold Spero	Labour Party	4,919	21.72
Ernest Amherst Villiers	Liberal Party	4,444	19.62
Majority		8,366	36.94

6 December 1923		22,170/36,498	60.74
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,287	46.40
Leopold Spero	Labour Party	6,404	28.89
Thomas George Graham	Liberal Party	5,479	24.71
Majority		3,883	17.51

29 October 1924		25,608/36,872	69.45
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,404	64.06
Charles Diamond	Labour Party	9,204	35.94
Majority		7,200	28.12

30 May 1929		32,369/48,061	67.35
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,507	41.73
James Allen Skinner	Labour Party	9,871	30.50
Owen Picton Davies	Liberal Party	8,991	27.78
Majority		3,636	11.23

27 October 1931		31,834/48,136	66.13
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,648	68.00
Hilda Alice Browning	Independent Labour Party	7,317	22.98
John Henry Clarke	Liberal Party	2,869	9.01
Majority		14,331	45.02

14 November 1935		28,826/47,612	60.54
Sir John Leigh, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,458	60.56
Mary Monica Whately	Labour Party	11,368	39.44
Majority		6,090	21.13

5 July 1945		28,069/39,657	70.78
John Rose Battley	Labour Party	15,205	54.17
Roy Lucas Lowndes	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,014	35.68
Charles Erik Paterson	Liberal Party	2,850	10.15
Majority		5,191	18.49

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		49,084/60,866	80.64
Charles William Gibson	Labour Party	23,300	47.47
Roy Lucas Lowndes	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,094	45.01
Beatrice Ada Marguerite Curtis	Liberal Party	3,071	6.26
Gladys Mary Draper	Communist Party	619	1.26
Majority		1,206	2.46

25 October 1951		48,798/59,610	81.86
Charles William Gibson	Labour Party	25,053	51.34
Roy Lucas Lowndes	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,745	48.66
Majority		1,308	2.68

26 May 1955		44,571/59,015	75.52
Charles William Gibson	Labour Party	22,398	50.25
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,173	49.75
Majority		225	0.50

8 October 1959		42,656/55,894	76.32
Dr Alan Jack Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,266	52.20
Charles William Gibson	Labour Party	20,390	47.80
Majority		1,876	4.40

15 October 1964		38,216/52,826	72.34
Margaret McKay	Labour Party	17,657	46.20
Dr Alan Jack Glyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,101	44.75
Peter Lyden-Cowen	Liberal Party	2,611	6.83
Dr David Russell	Independent Liberal	847	2.22
Majority		556	1.45

Dr David Russell sought election as a "Radical Liberal" and was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market.

31 March 1966		37,902/51,885	73.05
Margaret McKay	Labour Party	19,555	51.59
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,379	40.58
Michael Alan Minter	Liberal Party	2,968	7.83
Majority		4,176	11.02

18 June 1970		33,348/16,953	196.71
William Jeremy Masefield Shelton	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,593	49.76
Dr David Thomas Pitt	Labour Party	13,473	40.40
Eric Grenier Thwaites	Liberal Party	2,982	8.94
Francis William Simkins	Socialist Party of Great Britain	220	0.66
William George Boaks	Independent	80	0.24
Majority		3,120	9.36