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25 November 1885		7,487/9,371	79.90
William John Evelyn	Conservative Party	3,927	52.45
Lalmohun Ghose	Liberal Party	3,560	47.55
Majority		367	4.90

3 July 1886		6,737/9,371	71.89
William John Evelyn	Conservative Party	3,682	54.65
Lalmohun Ghose	Liberal Party	3,055	45.35
Majority		627	9.31

18 February 1888 Resignation of William Evelyn. (Northstead)

29 February 1888		8,415/10,473	80.35
Charles John Darling	Conservative Party	4,345	51.63
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt	Liberal Party	4,070	48.37
Majority		275	3.27

8 July 1892		10,031/13,066	76.77
Charles John Darling	Conservative Party	5,298	52.82
Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice	Liberal Party	4,733	47.18
Majority		565	5.63

15 July 1895		10,079/13,815	72.96
Charles John Darling	Conservative Party	5,654	56.10
Thomas James Macnamara	Liberal Party	4,425	43.90
Majority		1,229	12.19

1897 Resignation of Charles Darling on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

15 November 1897		10,310/13,868	74.34
Rev Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Conservative Party	5,317	51.57
Jonathon Williams Benn	Liberal Party	4,993	48.43
Majority		324	3.14

2 October 1900		10,042/15,000	66.95
Rev Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Conservative Party	6,236	62.10
Benjamin Jones	Liberal/Labour	3,806	37.90
Majority		2,430	24.20

15 January 1906		11,939/15,397	77.54
Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	6,236	52.23
Rev Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Conservative Party	4,977	41.69
Herbert Vivian	Liberal Party	726	6.08
Majority		1,259	10.55

19 January 1910		13,238/15,159	87.33
Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	6,880	51.97
Stuart Auchinloss Coats	Conservative Party	6,358	48.03
Majority		522	3.94

6 December 1910		12,356/15,159	81.51
Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	6,357	51.45
Stuart Auchinloss Coats	Conservative Party	5,999	48.55
Majority		358	2.90

14 December 1918		25,890/51,611	50.16
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	14,073	54.36
John T Prestige	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,711	37.51
Frederick Alfred Rumsey	National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers	2,106	8.13
Majority		4,362	16.85

15 November 1922		35,199/53,195	66.17
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	18,512	52.59
Marshall James Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,687	47.41
Majority		1,825	5.18

6 December 1923		34,242/54,135	63.25
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	21,576	63.01
Marshall James Pike	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,666	36.99
Majority		8,910	26.02

29 October 1924		40,182/55,797	72.01
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	21,903	54.51
James Hargreaves	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,279	45.49
Majority		3,624	9.02

30 May 1929		48,615/71,242	68.24
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	26,848	55.23
Ernest Everard Gates	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,832	30.51
Herbert Charles Bevan	Liberal Party	6,935	14.27
Majority		12,016	24.72

27 October 1931		48,802/71,405	68.35
Denis Augustine Hanley	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,558	54.42
Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman	Labour Party	22,244	45.58
Majority		4,314	8.84

14 November 1935		47,150/68,026	69.31
Walter Henry Green	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,021	57.31
Sir Malcolm Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,129	42.69
Majority		6,892	14.62

5 July 1945		30,372/44,182	68.74
John Charles Wilmot	Labour Party	22,313	73.47
Bernard Eric Doughty Cuddon	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,059	26.53
Majority		14,254	46.93

30 January 1950 Elevation of John Wilmot to the Peerage - Baron Wilmot of Selmeston.

23 February 1950		44,759/54,838	81.62
John Cooper	Labour Party	28,230	63.07
Geoffrey Frank Sarjeant	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,330	29.78
Edward Issac Miller	Liberal Party	2,637	5.89
Leslie Francis Stannard	Communist Party	562	1.26
Majority		14,900	33.29

25 October 1951		44,309/55,200	80.27
Sir Leslie Arthur Plummer	Labour Party	28,878	65.17
Irene Dowling	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,431	34.83
Majority		13,447	30.35

26 May 1955		36,397/52,282	69.62
Sir Leslie Arthur Plummer	Labour Party	23,925	65.73
Irene Dowling	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,472	34.27
Majority		11,453	31.47

8 October 1959		34,264/49,412	69.34
Sir Leslie Arthur Plummer	Labour Party	21,226	61.95
John Desmond Brimacombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,038	38.05
Majority		8,188	23.90

15 April 1963 Death of Sir Leslie Plummer.

4 July 1963		20,958/47,576	44.05
Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	12,209	58.25
David John Howard Penwarden	Liberal Party	4,726	22.55
John Desmond Brimacombe	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,023	19.20
Majority		7,483	35.70

15 October 1964		28,310/47,124	60.08
Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	17,676	62.44
Murray MacAllister Leask	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,248	29.13
Colin Murray Hazlewood Atkins	Independent	2,386	8.43
Majority		9,428	33.30

Colin Atkins was opposed to coloured immigration.

31 March 1966		26,832/44,668	60.07
Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	17,893	66.69
John Richard Giles	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,033	26.21
Gerald Rowe	British National Party	1,906	7.10
Majority		10,860	40.47

18 June 1970		23,304/42,570	54.74
Rt Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	14,672	62.96
Michael Lewis Brotherton	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,355	31.56
Martin Charles Vaux	National Front	1,277	5.48
Majority		7,317	31.40

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		41,950/60,728	69.08
Rt Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	22,699	54.11
Cecil Hugh Cross	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,070	26.39
Michael MacDonald Steele	Liberal Party	8,181	19.50
Majority		11,629	27.72

10 October 1974		35,818/61,195	58.53
Rt Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	21,045	58.76
Cecil Hugh Cross	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,111	22.65
Michael MacDonald Steele	Liberal Party	4,931	13.77
Richard Charles Edmonds	National Front	1,731	4.83
Majority		12,934	36.11

3 May 1979		35,765/56,096	63.76
Rt Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	19,391	54.22
David Douglas Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,638	32.54
Nicholas John Rowden	Liberal Party	2,774	7.76
Dr Robert Grieg Mitchell	National Front	1,490	4.17
Janet Margaret Maguire	Socialist Unity	274	0.77
Gilbert Constantine Dacres	Workers Revolutionary Party	198	0.55
Majority		7,753	21.68