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27 December 1832		991/1,099	90.17
Richard Sanderson	Tory	648	65.39
Daniel Whittle Harvey	Radical	411	41.47
William Mayhew	Whig	272	27.45
Majority		139	14.03

17 January 1835		1,040/1,152	90.28
Richard Sanderson	Conservative Party	637	61.25
Sir George Henry Smyth, bt	Conservative Party	568	54.62
Henry Tuffnell	Whig	505	48.56
Majority		63	6.06

28 July 1837		739/1,175	62.89
Richard Sanderson	Conservative Party	472	63.87
Sir George Henry Smyth, bt	Conservative Party	435	58.86
James Ruddell-Todd	Radical	306	41.41
Majority		129	17.46

29 June 1841		1,176
Richard Sanderson	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir George Henry Smyth, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

31 July 1847		903/1,258	71.78
Sir George Henry Smyth, bt	Conservative Party	678	75.08
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle	Whig	596	66.00
Richard Sanderson	Conservative Party	531	58.80
Majority		65	7.20

1847 Petition - withdrawn.

February 1850 Resignation of Sir George Smyth, bt.

6 February 1850		1,012/1,250	80.96
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	623	61.56
George Wingrove Cooke	Whig	389	38.44
Majority		234	23.12

March 1852 Resignation of Lord James Manners on appointment as First Commissioner of Works.

4 March 1852		1,258
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 July 1852		934/1,258	74.24
William Warwick Hawkins	Conservative Party	686	73.45
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	615	65.85
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle	Whig	468	50.11
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	98	10.49
Majority		147	15.74

16 February 1857 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Manners to contest Northern Leicestershire. (Hempholme)

24 February 1857		1,032/1,282	80.50
John Gurdon Rebow	Radical	563	54.55
Taverner John Miller	Conservative Party	462	44.77
William Rawdon Havens	Radical	7	0.68
Majority		101	9.79

28 March 1857		614/1,282	47.89
Taverner John Miller	Conservative Party	599	97.56
John Gurdon Rebow	Radical	581	94.63
William Rawdon Havens	Radical	48	7.82
Majority		533	86.81

30 April 1859		884/1,257	70.33
Taverner John Miller	Conservative Party	651	73.64
Philip Oxenden Papillon	Conservative Party	598	67.65
John Gurdon Rebow	Liberal Party	518	58.60
Majority		80	9.05

13 July 1865		1,292/1,405	91.96
John Gurdon Rebow	Liberal Party	691	53.48
Taverner John Miller	Conservative Party	640	49.54
Philip Oxenden Papillon	Conservative Party	561	43.42
Majority		79	6.11

5 February 1867 Resignation of Taverner Miller. (Northstead)

15 February 1867
Edward Kent Karslake	Conservative Party	675	53.02
Dr William Brewer	Liberal Party	598	46.98
Majority		77	6.05

18 November 1868		2,693/2,970	90.67
John Gurdon Rebow	Liberal Party	1,467	54.47
Dr William Brewer	Liberal Party	1,417	52.62
Edward Kent Karslake	Conservative Party	1,284	47.68
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,217	45.19
Majority		133	4.94

11 October 1870 Death of John Gurdon Rebow.

3 November 1870		2,216/3,145	70.46
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,363	61.51
Rt Hon Sir Henry Knight Storks	Liberal Party	853	38.49
Majority		510	23.01

3 February 1874		2,710/3,183	85.14
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,515	55.90
Herbert Bulkeley Mackworth Praed	Conservative Party	1,407	51.92
Dr William Brewer	Liberal Party	1,297	47.86
Richard Knight Causton	Liberal Party	1,218	44.94
Majority		110	4.06

31 March 1880		3,283/3,713	88.42
Richard Knight Causton	Liberal Party	1,738	52.94
William Willis	Liberal Party	1,650	50.26
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,648	50.20
Francis Henry Jeune	Conservative Party	1,529	46.57
Majority		2	0.06

1880 Petition - withdrawn.

24 November 1885		3,922/4,241	92.48
Henry John Trotter	Conservative Party	2,044	52.12
Richard Knight Causton	Liberal Party	1,878	47.88
Majority		166	4.23

1 July 1886		3,697/4,241	87.17
Henry John Trotter	Conservative Party	1,996	53.99
Richard Knight Causton	Liberal Party	1,701	46.01
Majority		295	7.98

6 December 1888 Death of Henry Trotter.

18 December 1888		3,813/4,417	86.33
Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, Lord Brooke	Conservative Party	2,126	55.76
Sir William Bramston Gurdon	Liberal Party	1,687	44.24
Majority		439	11.51

4 July 1892		4,285/5,000	85.70
Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland	Conservative Party	2,173	50.71
Weetman Dickinson Pearson	Liberal Party	2,112	49.29
Majority		61	1.42

2 February 1895 Resignation of Herbert Naylor-Leyland. (Northstead)

19 February 1895		4,855/5,257	92.35
Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Bt	Liberal Party	2,559	52.71
John Medlicott Vereker	Conservative Party	2,296	47.29
Majority		263	5.42

16 July 1895		4,745/5,257	90.26
Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Bt	Liberal Party	2,475	52.16
Edward Samuel Norris	Conservative Party	2,270	47.84
Majority		205	4.32

4 October 1900		4,822/5,663	85.15
Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Bt	Liberal Party	2,548	52.84
Trevenen J Holland	Conservative Party	2,274	47.16
Majority		274	5.68

15 January 1906		5,934/6,426	92.34
Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Bt	Liberal Party	3,122	52.61
Laming Worthington Evans	Conservative Party	2,812	47.39
Majority		310	5.22

17 January 1910		6,643/7,226	91.93
Laming Worthington Evans	Conservative Party	3,717	55.95
Frederick Whitley Thomson	Liberal Party	2,926	44.05
Majority		791	11.91

3 December 1910		6,363/7,226	88.06
Laming Worthington Evans	Conservative Party	3,489	54.83
Sir Edgar Vincent	Liberal Party	2,874	45.17
Majority		615	9.67

1916 Laming Evans changed his name to Laming Worthington-Evans.

14 December 1918		18,298/30,372	60.25
Rt Hon Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,186	61.13
Andrew Conley	Labour Party	7,112	38.87
Majority		4,074	22.26

15 November 1922		23,187/29,779	77.86
Rt Hon Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,142	56.68
Richard Leopold Reiss	Labour Party	10,045	43.32
Majority		3,097	13.36

6 December 1923		24,281/31,058	78.18
Rt Hon Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,535	43.39
Richard Leopold Reiss	Labour Party	8,316	34.25
Sir Arthur Horne Goldfinch	Liberal Party	5,430	22.36
Majority		2,219	9.14

29 October 1924		25,236/32,009	78.84
Rt Hon Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,283	56.60
Richard Leopold Reiss	Labour Party	10,953	43.40
Majority		3,330	13.20

30 May 1929		33,288/41,947	79.36
Oswald Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,411	40.29
Richard Leopold Reiss	Labour Party	12,809	38.48
William Rowley Elliston	Liberal Party	6,896	20.72
Charles Cecil Gray	Independent Conservative	172	0.52
Majority		602	1.81

27 October 1931		33,010/43,216	76.38
Oswald Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,285	67.51
Edward Aylmer Digby	Labour Party	10,725	32.49
Majority		11,560	35.02

14 November 1935		33,954/45,496	74.63
Oswald Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,915	58.65
Hubert Beaumont	Labour Party	14,039	41.35
Majority		5,876	17.31

5 July 1945		36,609/49,557	73.87
Charles George Percy Smith	Labour Party	16,587	45.31
Oswald Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,123	38.58
George Alexander Routledge	Liberal Party	5,899	16.11
Majority		2,464	6.73

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		46,032/53,048	86.77
Cuthbert James McCall Alport	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,403	46.50
Charles George Percy Smith	Labour Party	20,472	44.47
David Goldblatt	Liberal Party	4,157	9.03
Majority		931	2.02

25 October 1951		46,280/54,551	84.84
Cuthbert James McCall Alport	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,063	54.16
Xenia Noelle Field	Labour Party	21,217	45.84
Majority		3,846	8.31

26 May 1955		44,694/55,527	80.49
Cuthbert James McCall Alport	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,796	55.48
Norman Roy Thomas	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,898	44.52
Majority		4,898	10.96

Minor Boundary Change
8 October 1959		47,630/57,776	82.44
Cuthbert James McCall Alport	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,592	51.63
Jean Isobel Edmondson	Labour Party	17,096	35.89
Peter Mackintosh Linfoot	Liberal Party	5,942	12.48
Majority		7,496	15.74

16 February 1961 Elevation of Cuthbert Alport to the Peerage - Baron Alport - on appointment as the UK High Commissioner in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

16 March 1961		37,925/58,448	64.89
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,891	47.17
John Wilson Fear	Labour Party	12,547	33.08
Howard Levett Fry	Liberal Party	7,487	19.74
Majority		5,344	14.09

15 October 1964		50,665/61,742	82.06
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,319	46.03
Charles Cuthbert Powell Williams	Labour Party	19,780	39.04
Eric Wakelin Rodnight	Liberal Party	7,566	14.93
Majority		3,539	6.99

31 March 1966		53,339/64,843	82.26
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,320	45.60
Michael Hugh Meacher	Labour Party	23,305	43.69
Peter Somerled Watts	Liberal Party	5,714	10.71
Majority		1,015	1.90

18 June 1970		58,135/74,991	77.52
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,562	52.57
John Gordon Bartlett	Labour Party	20,325	34.96
Peter Somerled Watts	Liberal Party	7,248	12.47
Majority		10,237	17.61

28 February 1974		67,019/81,168	82.57
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,072	43.38
Dr David Anthony Whytock	Labour Party	22,210	33.14
David Wynford Thomas	Liberal Party	15,737	23.48
Majority		6,862	10.24

10 October 1974		62,377/81,816	76.24
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,693	44.40
Dr David Anthony Whytock	Labour Party	22,193	35.58
Denis Ambrose Christian	Liberal Party	12,491	20.03
Majority		5,500	8.82

3 May 1979		69,411/90,589	76.62
Philip Antony Fyson Buck	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,740	52.93
Robert Edward Russell	Labour Party	22,877	32.96
Martin Charles Gage	Liberal Party	9,794	14.11
Majority		13,863	19.97

1 May 1997		52,006/74,743	69.58
Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	17,886	34.39
Stephan Andreas Shakespeare	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,305	31.35
Roderic Alan Green	Labour Party	15,891	30.56
John Brewster Hazell	Referendum Party	1,776	3.41
Loretta Basker	Natural Law Party	148	0.28
Majority		1,581	3.04

7 June 2001		43,736/78,955	55.39
Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	18,627	42.59
Kevin Paul Bentley	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,074	29.89
Christopher Fegan	Labour Party	10,925	24.98
Roger Gordon Lord	UK Independence Party	631	1.44
Leonard Thomas Overy-Owen	Independent	479	1.10
Majority		5,553	12.70

Leonard Overy-Owen sought election as a candidate of the Grey Party which campaigned for more support for pensioners.

5 May 2005		44,899/79,010	56.83
Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	21,145	47.09
Kevin Paul Bentley	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,868	33.11
Laura Jane Fenella Bruni	Labour Party	8,886	19.79
Majority		6,277	13.98

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		46,139/73,873	62.46
Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	22,151	48.01
Will Quince	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,169	32.88
Jordan Alexander Newell	Labour Party	5,680	12.31
John Pitts	UK Independence Party	1,350	2.93
Sidney Albert Chaney	British National Party	705	1.53
Peter James Lynn	Green Party	694	1.50
Eddie Bone	English Democrats Party	335	0.73
Garryck Henry Summers Noble	People's	35	0.08
Paul Russell Shaw	Independent	20	0.04
Majority		6,982	15.13

7 May 2015		48,593/74,203	65.49
William James Quince	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,919	38.93
Sir Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	13,344	27.46
Jordan Alexander Newell	Labour Party	7,852	16.16
John Pitts	UK Independence Party	5,870	12.08
Mark George Goacher	Green Party	2,499	5.14
Kenneth William Scrimshaw	Christian Peoples Alliance	109	0.22
Majority		5,575	11.47

8 June 2017		53,545/79,996	66.93
William James Quince	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,565	45.88
Timothy John Young	Labour Party	18,888	35.28
Sir Robert Edward Russell	Liberal Democrats	9,087	16.97
Mark George Goacher	Green Party	828	1.55
Robin Rennie	Christian Alliance	177	0.33
Majority		5,677	10.60

12 December 2019		53,373/82,625	64.60
William James Quince	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,917	50.43
Tina McKay	Labour Party	17,494	32.78
Martin Andrew Goss	Liberal Democrats	7,432	13.92
Mark George Goacher	Green Party	1,530	2.87
Majority		9,423	17.65

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,903/78,662	57.08
Prof Pamela Margaret Cox	Labour Party	18,804	41.88
James Cracknell	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,554	23.50
Terence Longstaff	Reform UK	6,664	14.84
Martin Goss	Liberal Democrats	6,393	14.24
Sara Nicola Ruth	Green Party	2,414	5.38
James Piers Rolfe	Climate	74	0.16
Majority		8,250	18.37